We already knew the conservative movement was in a lot of trouble but we're starting to get a clear picture of just how broken it is. Even before the Congressional Budget Office scored the Republican atrocity masquerading as a "healthcare" bill, the Trump administration was ...read more

The House of Representatives voted this morning on Congressman Paul Ryan's budget proposal.  It passed by a vote of 221 to 207.  The 221 yeahs were all Republican, 197 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted no.   You can read the official vote count here.  You can read the official ...read more

Since President Obama was first inaugurated in 2009, Congress has failed to pass a budget and the US government has been operating under what is called a “continuing resolution” or CR.  This just means that the levels of spending remain the same from last year (or last time a ...read more

By Ben Cohen: Want to know just how big the US defense budget is, how Obama compares to other Presidents in terms of spending, how many unmarried couples are living together, and how much a baby costs in its first year? Improve your Banter with these need to know facts: THE ...read more

By Ben Cohen: When faced with a serious problem, it is always crucial to understand exactly what you are dealing with in order to change it. The first step is an awareness of the problem itself - if you don't see it, you can't fix it, and the problem remains. And if everyone ...read more

By Bob Cesca: I promise I won't write about every single Karl Rove Crossroads GPS anti-Obama commercial that gets wet-farted into the ear-holes of American television viewers. I'll only write about the most awful ones. And the new one is a $7 million lie. By the way, that's ...read more

By Bob Cesca: I'd like to get down to the bottom line when it comes to the deficit, the president's fiscal policies and the impact of government spending during and after deep recessions. This week I wrote a piece about Rove's latest Crossroads GPS commercial attacking the ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Last week I wrote a column here about the president's record on the deficit. The responses I received from anti-Obama Republicans vividly illustrated the far-right's inability to grasp reality and, in their defense, the degree to which they've been deceived by ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Arguably the biggest lie coming from the Republicans and the Romney campaign is that President Obama is a tax and spend liberal who's responsible for record deficits and a crushing national debt. Not only is Mitt Romney telling his supporters that President Obama ...read more

By Ben Cohen: I was interviewed on the RT Network last Thursday on wealth inequality in the US and the shifting perception about the American dream. You can check it out below: I think the change in the public's attitude towards social mobility could really spark tangible ...read more

Robert Scheer ridicules John Boehner's stance on the debt ceiling: Boehner’s slogan, “I’ve always believed, the bigger government, the smaller the people,” is downright bizarre coming from someone who supported the Bush tax cuts for the rich, the banking bailout and the ...read more

More proof that the Republican Party should not be allowed anywhere near the country's finances. From the Guardian: The US debt crisis has escalated after Republicans were forced to rewrite their proposal to lift the debt ceiling, because they miscalculated how much the ...read more