The Daily Banter has a long history dealing with Sandy Hook Truthers, not to mention their Truther-in-chief, Alex Jones. At one point, a couple of us actually ended up getting one of these disgusting goblins tossed in prison for harassing the families of the victims as well as ...read more
After a tumultuous week that included calls for boycotts, advertisers dropping out, and a leaked recording of a pre-interview phone call, Megan Kelly’s 17-minute special on Alex Jones finally aired. Kelly was more than critical during her questioning of the radio host and ...read more
In the wake of national tragedies there is always a battle in the media to attach a particular narrative to it. In the wake of the awful shooting in Charleston, South Carolina last night that saw nine African Americans shot in a church, you can bet that a huge frenzy of blame ...read more
Last Wednesday, Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) vetoed a bill that would have limited ammunition magazines to a ten-round capacity, a bill that passed the duly elected New Jersey legislature in May, but which he waited until the eve of the July 4 weekend getaway day to act on. ...read more
This isn't going to get more than maybe a couple hundred hits. I'll be fucking shocked if it gets even that many, actually. And yet I feel like I have to post it because even though we don't claim to be the paper of record here at the Banter, when a teacher is killed and two ...read more
“Too soon.” That’s what we are always told every time some deranged individual goes off and shoots up a school, church, work place (oh hell, take your pick). People will accuse you of being indecent. They will say “the bodies are still warm,” or “this isn’t a time for ...read more
A kitten yes, but how about an abortion? It has been six months since the Newtown shooting and while we are no where near passing any gun safety bills, the US House of Representatives is poised to take up the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which would ban the ...read more