One of my least favorite traits about Democrats is that we tend to get dissatisfied with our leaders pretty quickly. In the year following Obama’s inaugural, major news outlets were already writing articles saying Obama was disappointing them, despite the fact that he hadn’t ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Oct 24, 2018

This Monday, the Trump Administration began a new policy denying visas to same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and UN employees. It used to be that only spouses in traditional marriages to UN employees were allowed a G-4 visa: this policy was extended to gay couples in 2009 by ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

In the wake of New York Magazine's profile of Glenn Greenwald, we spent much of yesterday dissecting Greenwald's nonsense about the supposed lack of evidence for Donald Trump's collusion with the Russian government. As Bob Cesca wrote, it is important not to let intellectual ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

The Banter has long lauded Lawrence O'Donnell as one of the most important voices in the media during the Trump era. For almost two years now, O'Donnell has kept a laser like focus on the president and those complicit in allowing his rise to power. He has been utterly relentless ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 12, 2018

Last week, I wrote about Susan Sarandon's retweeting a meme made by Queen Bravenak, an African-American woman, that led the Purity Left to turn her mentions into a garbage fire. The same thing happened to me - after my article went live, I spent 24 hours blocking and reporting ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Oct 1, 2017