There are few things Democrats and Republicans agree on in this bipartisan climate, but one of them is that Chris Cillizza is the absolute worst. He is to journalism what Nickelback is to rock and roll, or Michael Bay is to film - and at least they didn't write tons of articles ...read more
Let's not mince words here. The dual investigations announced by the House GOP on Tuesday are a single mountain of bullshit that's about one thing and one thing only: Distracting the press from Trump's train wreck of an administration. And it's going to work. You could ...read more
It's been just about a month now since we found out that Jared and Ivanka have been using personal email accounts on a private email server for government business. It's been three weeks since congressional Democrats asked them to freeze the accounts in place and to not tamper ...read more
I haven't commented on the revelation that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted and harassed multiple women over the years in Hollywood because it's not an industry I have much interest in and Weinstein isn't a person I know much about. Having read the stories, I'm almost ...read more
Yesterday, The New York Times ran a damning expose of film mogul Harvey Weinstein, founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Company, who is being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. Because Weinstein has also been a Democratic donor throughout the last few election ...read more
On Sunday, we found out that Jared, Son-in-law of Trump and unelected Fixer of Everything, has been using personal email to discuss government business. More specifically, we discovered that this particular email account was set up after the election, meaning its clear intent ...read more
The Banter Long Read: If there's one constant in the Trump administration, it's that the press will go to any length to normalize Trump and give cover to the Republican Party. This week's contrivance concerns Trump stabbing the GOP in the back by working with the Democrats to ...read more
There's still a brutal fight, 10 months after Election Day 2016, for control of the narrative of what happened. On one side, you have Hillary and her supporters pointing to the media's overt hostility, Russian interference, 25 years of Republican smears, James Comey's ill-timed ...read more
Remember way back, when right wingers were outraged at the "lawless" President Obama? ... To continue reading this article, please go here. A Banter Membership gets you access to the magazine and all our Members Only content. Your membership also directly funds independent ...read more
Now that Greg Gianforte has won a seat in Congress after violently attacking a reporter, the "liberal" press has been wringing its hands as the right wing media smugly enjoys yet another victory over decency. The New Republic's Brian Beutler justifiably finds the entire scene ...read more
There are two main narratives about the 2016 election. The first is that Hillary was brought down by a combination of Russian interference coupled with journalistic malpractice. This malpractice took the form of normalizing Trump's extreme behavior while abnormalizing Hillary's ...read more
