What kind of a person likes to dangle the threat of human extinction in front of the people he has sworn to protect? That would be the current President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. This morning multiple news organizations have reported that White House officials say ...read more

In-person voter fraud is something that rarely happens in American elections. But Republican legislatures and governors all across the country have successfully instituted strict voter ID laws. The purpose, they say, is to stop people from voting illegally. But the real reason, ...read more

In the dead of night, while many of us slept last night, Republicans voted to begin stripping 30-million people of their health insurance.... 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

Vote Protectors, a group associated with Roger Stone, had a plan. The plan was to send untrained people with badges and cameras to the polls in minority-rich cities. They would act, according to the site, as "citizen journalists" and (fake) poll watchers, but with "official ...read more

In the spirit of good will, I'd like to personally thank various Republicans for making my life considerably easier in these difficult times. Since 2012, I've been tracking the creeping threat of Voter ID laws for The Daily Banter, and how they're systematically disenfranchising ...read more