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
At the same time newspapers are stepping up their game to hold Donald Trump accountable for his growing number of gaffes, scandals and outright crimes, they're putting in the extra effort to wipe the slate clean for the GOP. Recently, Republicans have taken to complaining that ...read more
In case you missed yesterday’s inaugural installment of a new nightly feature we’re testing at the Banter, I’m an idiot who’s going to try and recap the one thousand developments festering out of the current administration with stunning regularity. Will I hit everything? ...read more
On November 8, 2016, America went from a nation that was admittedly rife with problems — albeit problems that we were slowly overcoming — to a goddamn dystopian horror show in the blink of an eye. To make matters even more terrifying, Donald Trump, the squinting, carrotoid ...read more
As a flood of dark money swamps Washington in support of placing Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, the Democratic Party has a choice to make... To continue reading this article, please go here. A Banter Membership gets you access to the magazine and all our Members Only content. ...read more
Jeff Sessions is already living up to his promise as a white supremacist with two back to back moves that will embolden institutional racism like nothing we've seen since Jim Crow. On Monday, Jeff Sessions' Department of "Justice" announced it would no longer oppose Texas' ...read more
With the announcement of a hard right nominee to fill the illegitimately open seat on the Supreme Court, Trump is handing the Democratic Party both an opportunity and a potential time bomb. Neil Gorsuch may not be quite as extreme as Antonin Scalia, but he's well to the right on ...read more
