The racism isn't new. This is who they are. This is who they've been since the Civil War and before. The party they infest changes every now and then (once upon a time they were, in fact, Democrats) but the racism is always there. They can't give it up because it defines them, ...read more

The Banter Long Read: Trump is an albatross wearing a pair of cement shoes tied to an anchor strapped to the deck of the Titanic and logic dictates Republicans should be heading for the lifeboats with all due haste once they get their tax cut. There's just one tiny little ...read more

Last week, I wrote that Trump supporters don't deserve a voice in America politics and now we have an emerging narrative on the right that confirms it: Liberals are being too mean to Trump supporters. I kid you not. The New York Times covered this renewed sense of being ...read more