In November 20th 2022, the viciously left-wing New York Daily News published a rare article by a self-identifying though broadly unknown “conservative” by the name of Grace Bydalek. Finding column inches in storied, national or regional newspapers can be close to impossible for even moderate right-wingers, which is why the recent, scathing column by Bydalek – whose only other outing in the Daily News was to excuse the cover-up of child sexual assault allegations leveled at Michael Jackson – took readers by surprise. Bydalek – described in her byline as a “writer, performer, and administrator” – appears to enjoy the stage, though seems to have settled as a critic for the recently resurrected New York Sun. She’s also the “manager” of something called the “Dissident Project” – which on the face of it sounds like an ideal, edgy side hustle for a “writer, performer, and administrator” in New York City.

Purporting to a platform for activists who have left their socialist or communist home countries in search of a better life in America, the Dissident Project in fact looks more like just another pustule in a recently resurgent outbreak of Never Trumpism. Backed by corporate cash and long-standing antagonists of the nationalist right .. targeting the “ultra MAGA” New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC), which celebrates its 110th anniversary gala in Manhattan later this week. Bydalek’s attack on the NYYRC revolves around the club’s early endorsement of the President Donald J. Trump for the 2023/4 Republican primary season.

If nothing else, Bydalek is consistent in her pseudo-conservatism – a position which makes even more sense when you realize her Dissident Project is just an offshoot of another ‘Conservative Inc’ entity – Young Voices. Young Voices is run by the not-so-young Casey Given, who describes his organization as “a nonprofit public relations and talent firm for libertarians ages 18-35”.

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