Here Come The Independent Voters, And They're Not Happy With Trump
For just a moment, try to ignore the fact that the following allegedly independent voters made colossal errors in judgment by voting for Donald Trump in the first place. Yes, they were successfully duped by a despot whose entire career, reaching back to the 1970s, has been all ...read more
Sorry Trumpers, It Turns Out Elizabeth Warren Really Is Part Native American
So we have to actually do this. Elizabeth Warren, or "Pocahontas" as president Trump derisively likes to call her, is in fact part Native American as her DNA test results show. Senator Warren made the results of her DNA test public today, which shows “strong evidence’’ that she ...read more
The 'Due Process' People Are Back To Hating Due Process Again
I'll confess here at the outset: my tolerance for Donald Trump and all of his accompanying cruel whimsy has reached an all new low. Chiefly, the shit flinging, without any real accountability for it, is overloading my logic circuits to the point of seizing up -- to the point ...read more
MEMBERS ONLY: The War On Your Mind (And What You Can Do About It)
Over the past few weeks, I've been feeling completely overwhelmed with the sheer amount of information coming at me from every angle imaginable. Granted, I have just moved house (with a young child this is twice as stressful), but the non-stop scandals coming out of the White ...read more
Emails Reveal Trump is Weaponizing the Census. What Happens Now?
We already knew Trump's Commerce Secretary, George Wilbur, was lying to Congress when he said there was a legitimate reason to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. But now we have concrete proof he's a liar and that Republicans are, in fact, using the Census as a power ...read more
MEMBERS ONLY: It's Different This Time
Until now, there has never been a concerted call for the wholesale destruction of a political party in modern times. That was until Mitch McConnell broke the Senate, the Tea Party broke the House, and Donald Trump finished the job.... To continue reading this article, please go ...read more
BANTER EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Scott Carter, Producer Of Real Time With Bill Maher
A few weeks ago, Real Time host Bill Maher invited Steve Bannon onto his show, after he was disinvited from the New Yorker Festival. The interview was criticized by the left, just as Bannon's recent appearance in The Economist's festival and his documentary with Errol Morris, ...read more
Dear Republican Voters: Stop Blaming the Left. You're Trash. Own It
There's a narrative conservatives (and sometimes the media) love to push when trying to explain away how people who say they don't support Trump still somehow can't stop themselves from blindly voting for Republicans:Yes, it's the "Why do you keep making me hit you?" defense and, ...read more
Here's How Russia Could Attack The Midterms
With the battle over the Kavanaugh confirmation in the rearview mirror, we turn now to the midterms and the low frequency stress we're all experiencing in the face of another Election Day that could be hijacked by Russian military intelligence operatives. So far, there hasn't ...read more
MEMBERS ONLY: Liberals Do Not Understand The Deadly Game Republicans Are Playing
The disgraceful nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court reinforced a notion I have come to understand about America for some time now. Beneath the exterior presented to Americans via the news, America is not a country with two political parties. It is not a country ...read more
Our Agenda Must Now Include Adding 2 Seats to the Supreme Court
Picture this: It's 2020. Donald Trump and the entire leadership of the GOP have been caught on video eating a live baby while worshipping a golden statue of Vladimir Putin. Except for the 60 million Trump voters who applaud them for their healthy nutritional habits and choice of ...read more
The Liberal Purity Test Is Back
Today, it appears as if the Kremlin will be installing yet another justice on the Supreme Court through its proxy in the Oval Office. This result comes as a key vote in support of Brett Kavanaugh, that of Susan Collins, was announced a short time ago. Conspicuous in its absence ...read more