Just for fun, I spent a few minutes taking The Guardian's "How Populist Are You?" quiz. The first image is of several world leaders and populist politicians including Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump scattered on a chart of how populist they are and ...read more
I'm having a hard time feeling sympathy for Tucker Carlson right now after a group of about 20 protesters showed up outside his house and started chanting for him to "leave town" because he's a "racist scumbag." From the Washington Post: “Tucker Carlson, we are outside your ...read more
On the Alt Right troll farm otherwise known as Breitbart, there is a truly amazing piece of fiction being run today as an "exclusive" that attempts to intellectualize Trump's blatant fascism. Breitbart hired 89 year old Berkeley professor A. James Gregor to pen the ...read more
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
Trump continues to draw out the darkest impulses of white Republican voters, egging them on to ever greater heights of depravity and cruelty. For conservatives who refuse to follow him down this path, they're left wondering what the fuck is happening to their fellow ...read more
If you're wondering just how dangerous the GOP has become, consider the words of Tom Nichols, a Republican trying, in his own words, to fumigate his party... To continue reading this article, please go here. As a Banter Member you'll get access to our beautiful, ad free digital ...read more
Greg Sargent at The Washington Post is worried about the growing trend of Republican candidates aping Trump's authoritarian style to excite the GOP's base: The question all this raises is whether there is a large swath of GOP primary voters who are fully prepared to march behind ...read more
The Banter Long Read: After Bill Maher leapt to Laura Ingraham's defense against the dreaded power of the Parkland teens and their oppressive boycott, it kicked off the debate on the left again about freedom of speech versus progressive censorship, particularly on college ...read more
As a born and bred Londoner, this makes me immensely proud. From the Evening Standard: The Royal Borough of Greenwich has "barred" Donald Trump after councillors called for his visit to the UK to be abandoned. Earlier this week, America's ambassador in London signalled that Mr ...read more
Just when you thought Donald Trump couldn't get any worse, any viler or any more toxic, the President of the United States retweets a fascist's anti-Muslim video to his 43.5 million followers. The president retweeted not one, but three anti-Muslim videos posted by the deputy ...read more
To the GOP, Congratulations on your first lesson in karma in the era of Donald Trump! It has been a long time coming, but you've finally been made to feel the consequences of your allegiance to a bonafide lunatic who has no business being in the White House. The stunning ...read more
In the wake of Charlottesville and Donald Trump's spectacular failure to denounce white supremacy and Neo-Nazism, conscientious Americans are justifiably concerned about fascism going mainstream in their country. I stumbled upon a painfully astute quote from Norman Mailer that ...read more
Apparently it was our lack of hospitality that caused all the death and injury in Charlottesville. As progressives, we need to take this to heart and promise to do better in the future. After all, the Nazis and a motley crew of their KKK, alt-right, and skinhead friends are ...read more
After a white supremacist plowed his car into a crowd of anti-fascist protestors, one would think that responsible media outlets would cover the story quite extensively. Not so if you're Breitbart.com -- the internet's thinly disguised home to America's White Power community. ...read more
Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule of Hitler analogies) is an Internet adage that asserts that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1."—that is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long ...read more
Apparently Richard Spencer, leader of the white nationalist alt-right, just doesn't pull the crowds he used to. Headlining a laughably misnamed "freedom of speech" rally where white nationalists wore their victimhood on their sleeve, Spencer preened for several news crews before ...read more
Thanks to the French people, the world now has a new, powerful ally in the fight against rising nationalism. With the election of centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, the far right in France was effectively neutered and sent back to the wilderness of French politics. Yes, Marine ...read more
After making it through to the second round of the French presidential elections, the far right Marine Le Pen temporarily stepped down as leader of the Front National (National Front). Jean-François Jalkh took her place and managed to go only a week before reports were made ...read more
Standing between the complete break down of the international framework that has kept world peace for the past 70 years is one man -- Emmanuel Macron, the independent centrist who made it to the second round of the French presidential election this past weekend. Macron will be ...read more
Last Friday during Bill Maher's "New Rule" segment, the comedian and political commentator encapsulated the new Republican philosophy of brazen cruelty and total lack of empathy. Calling the philosophy "What Would a Dick Do?" Maher ran through the Trump administration's decision ...read more
The Alt Right's favorite online troll Milo Yiannopoulos was evacuated from the University of California at Berkeley after student protesters threw smoke bombs, smashed windows and lit a massive bonfire when he arrived to give a speech yesterday.... To continue reading this ...read more
No, this is not hyperbole. Five days into the Trump administration and America is officially transitioning into a fascist state -- and today was without a doubt the worst day since Donald Trump decided to run for president. According to the AP the Trump administration will now ...read more
The Associated Press obtained an advanced copy of Megyn Kelly's upcoming memoir, "Settle for More," and it may prove that Donald Trump will be the most corrupt president in modern history. The reporter's insight and behind the scenes information she reveals are striking. She ...read more
The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman has dropped a bombshell about why the Federal Bureau of Investigation has suddenly become a central figure in the 2016 election and it should freeze the blood in your veins. According to the reporting, the FBI has become a tool of the Trump ...read more
Update: A lot of people are pointing to a Snopes article "debunking" this one. The problem is that the Snopes article refers to a vague statement made by Stein in the middle of October. This article concerns a post from October 31 and has nothing to do with the statement covered ...read more
Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the GOP convention last night was a predictable mixture of outright lies and rampant fear mongering designed to appeal to the worst of America's instincts. Much of the speech was nothing out of the ordinary given the general tone of Republican ...read more
It is official: America is now pre-Nazi Germany. This is not hyperbole or a manifestation of Godwin's law -- there is a bonafide fascist movement in America led by a megalomaniac and advised by people who are openly advocating shooting the Democratic nominee for president, ...read more
