Kavanaugh’s defense was simple: he doesn’t remember it, so therefore in his eyes, it did not happen. DeGrasse Tyson’s case however, is far more complex and must be explored in more detail. The accusers have claimed more opaque, less definable instances of sexual impropriety, and ...read more
Last night it was revealed that two right-wing grifters, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, were reported to the FBI for a hasty, rushed-together conspiracy that involved forcing women to make false claims of sexual assault against Robert Mueller. For those unfamiliar with either ...read more
A few weeks ago, Real Time host Bill Maher invited Steve Bannon onto his show, after he was disinvited from the New Yorker Festival. The interview was criticized by the left, just as Bannon's recent appearance in The Economist's festival and his documentary with Errol Morris, ...read more
Maine Senator Susan Collins has been at the center of much of the debate surrounding the vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. In the past, Collins has bolted party lines to vote with the Democrats, most memorably in the summer of 2017 when she sided with ...read more
Last night on Anderson Cooper 360, panelists Jeffrey Toobin and Kirsten Powers found themselves having to calm down Michael Caputo, whose defense of Brett Kavanaugh turned into a full-on temper tantrum when they called him out on his lies. Caputo, a Republican aide, has worked ...read more
Please excuse the caps in the headline, but this is too much. Too fucking much. If you want to understand what is at stake this November, please sit down and watch the following short clip where a Trump supporting mother from Bozeman, Montana, condones sexual assault in front of ...read more
There are only three areas of bipartisan consensus in America anymore: the sun is hot, water is wet, and Ted Cruz is a terrible person. Democrats have hated him since he was elected Senator in 2012, and Republicans haven't been much nicer - as Lindsey Graham said, "if you killed ...read more
The recent sexual misconduct allegations against [insert: famous male] by [insert: female accuser to be defamed] are all too typical of a movement that has outgrown its [insert: female undergarment]. We have, unfortunately, reached the point in our society where a successful ...read more
The 2018 midterms are potentially America's last chance to hold Donald Trump and his corrupt administration to account. But now, they have also become a referendum on Brett Kavanaugh and the sham hearings Republicans have foisted upon us. There were many red flags against ...read more
Last Friday, Anderson Cooper 360 aired a panel discussion led by CNN correspondent Randi Kaye where she talked with five Republican women about the allegations made against Judge Brett Kavanaugh by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. She started out by asking if they believed Kavanaugh ...read more
In 2018, Republicans have come a long way when it comes to their basic sense of decency. Back in 2016, they were absolutely fine with electing a self confessed sexual predator to the highest office in the land. In 2017, they were fine with electing an alleged pedophile to the US ...read more
Since Doctor Christine Blasey Ford went public with her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in high school, Senate Republicans have tried to frame the debate as "he said/she said," with only two people to be questioned. Their efforts to stonewall an FBI ...read more
Although the Brett Kavanaugh hearings will reopen on Monday, with Doctor Christine Blasey Ford testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the White House still refuses to ask the FBI to investigate her allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape, much to the ...read more
The once world-renowned Olympic doctor, Lawrence G. Nassar, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades-long sexual abuse of more than 160 women, many of them children. Larry Nassar was repeatedly hired, put in a position of power, and continuously committed sex ...read more
When Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Team America: World Police came out in 2004, critics didn't quite know what to make of it. With its bashing of liberalism, celebrities, and puppet sex, some believed it was an act of juvenile rebellion with little more to say than "fuck the ...read more
Dear Kellyanne, It came to my attention today that you are now vigorously defending president Trump's decision to endorse accused pedophile and sexual deviant Roy Moore for the Senate in Alabama. When Chris Cuomo stated that "it seems like you have no standards of morality, ...read more
I genuinely believed this could never happen in a supposedly civilized country like America. If electing a sexual predator to the presidency wasn't bad enough, Republicans in Alabama are now working diligently to put an accused pedophile into the Senate, and trotting arguments ...read more
The New York Times piece published on Saturday looking into Donald Trump’s repulsive decision to endorse alleged pedophile and sexual predator Roy Moore for the U.S. Senate revealed another truly terrifying insight into the mind of the president. According to the Times, Trump ...read more
(WARNING: SATIRE! Eh, maybe...) In the first year of the Trump Presidency there hasn't been much in the way of compromise or even to be thankful about. But Republicans are trying to remain positive that bipartisanship is possible. And the issue of Democratic sexual harassment is ...read more
I hate writing this, but Minnesota Senator Al Franken has no other choice but to resign in the wake of a second allegation of inappropriate sexual behavior towards a woman. Reported the Huff Post: Lindsay Menz, 33, told CNN in a report published on Monday that Franken ...read more
Donald Trump is the master of distraction, a bonafide expert in creating so much chaos around him that no one can remember the last appalling thing he did forcing us to move on to whatever he did today. As 'liberal' Hollywood reels from the Harvey Weinstein scandal and ...read more
Earlier this week, I published a piece for Banter Members arguing that Bill Clinton was likely a rapist and that now was the time for the left to denounce him. I've received a lot of flak for the piece on two fronts, firstly that I attacked a Clinton, and secondly that I ...read more
(Image via Getty Images) The Banter Long Read: KABC commentator Leeann Tweeden accused Senator Al Franken of groping her in a photograph during a 2006 USO tour. The photograph depicts her asleep in a cargo plane while Franken, smiling to the camera, is seen with his hands on ...read more
In the wake of accusations of sexual assault brought forth against Minn. Democratic Senator Al Franken, allegations of sexual misconduct by Alabama Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore, and sexual harassment and assault accusations against celebrities Louis C.K. and Harvey ...read more
While I've been wondering how long it would be before the Old Boys Club in Hollywood found some desperate starlet to lie about being sexually assaulted in order to strangle the infant "Believe Women" movement in its crib, Brain Beutler at Crooked has turned his attention to a ...read more
(WARNING: You are about to read satire!) So you wanna masturbate, preferably in the presence of a woman. We all do my friend. Who doesn’t?! But first you must determine if your particular situation is right for both you and your masturbatory muse. Sounds complicated, right? It’s ...read more
When it comes to naming, shaming and prosecuting sexual predators, there are no sacred cows. While certain high profile figures may be well loved, if there are women claiming they were assaulted by them, they should be believed. Period. This means we take the claims against the ...read more
Most of my friends were vehemently opposed to Donald Trump for one reason above all others. While disgusting xenophobic rhetoric was appalling and his lack of intellect deeply troubling, it was his attitude and behavior towards women that made Trump a mortal enemy. This was ...read more
In this episode of the Bantercast, Ben and Michael discuss the shocking Harvey Weinstein scandal and why sexual assault is so rife in corporate America. Also discussed in today's show: is 'toxic masculinity' a real thing? Are the regressive left responsible for the Alt Right, ...read more
I haven't commented on the revelation that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted and harassed multiple women over the years in Hollywood because it's not an industry I have much interest in and Weinstein isn't a person I know much about. Having read the stories, I'm almost ...read more
The Banter Long Read: Yesterday, Miramax/The Weinstein Company co-founder Harvey Weinstein was fired effective immediately following the New York Times' report documenting the multiple allegations of sexual harassment against women and the years of cover-ups... To continue ...read more
Imagine you are a woman who was just violently raped. You are laying on the ground bleeding because your attacker decided he wanted to beat you before forcing himself on you. When he leaves, you are afraid for your life and you just want someone to help you. So, you do what you ...read more
by Matthew Casper I admit it. I have (more than one) "guilty pleasure" TV show that I regularly watch. Rather than sticking to socially and gender-acceptable viewing options, I have ditched the sports, fantasy drama, and action shows that society wants me to care about. Chandler ...read more
Jessica Leeds sat next to Donald J. Trump on a flight to New York in the early 1980s after being bumped up to first class. Speaking to the New York Times, she has finally gone public with her terrifying and utterly disgusting story of how Trump reached over and casually sexually ...read more
I swear to Dog, the desperate need for people on the far left to turn Hillary Clinton into the moral equivalent of Donald Trump is nauseating, not least because they consider themselves to be more "liberal" than the rest of us establishment, pragmatic "sheeple". The same day ...read more
In a video released on Facebook and Twitter, Donald Trump apologized for his repulsive comments about women in a leaked audio tape released earlier today. Trump's performance was, to put it mildly, terrible. Heavily made up with a truly ridiculous amount of orange tanning ...read more
Today, Penn State University is celebrating Joe Paterno Day – the first time the school is honoring the late football coach since he was fired for his role in enabling the systematic rape of children. This here isn’t going to be a hot take – this take is room temperature at ...read more
Finally, it seems serial rapist Bill Cosby will finally face some appropriate justice for his monstrous behavior towards women. Reports CNN: Bill Cosby has been charged with sexual assault in relation to a 2004 accusation in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Cosby, whose legacy ...read more
There are not enough expletives to describe this monstrous move by rapist Bill Cosby to undermine and cause further misery to the women he raped (from the Huff Post): Bill Cosby is taking action against seven of the women who have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct. On ...read more
Photo: Jeff Miller/UW-Madison My father has been in law enforcement for most of his life. When he wasn't a cop with the Miami-Dade Police Department, he was a cop with the Broward County Sheriff's Office or the executive director of Broward County's Crime Stoppers organization. ...read more
A new report from Sen. Clair McCaskill (D-Mo.) and the Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight has found that although one in five women experience sexual assault during the course of their college careers, 41% of colleges and universities haven't conducted a ...read more
Happy Wednesday! Here's what's happening on the internet: 1. Donald Sterling Receives Lifetime Ban Donald Sterling, a well-documented terrible person, received a lifetime ban from newly appointed NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who said that he "fully expects to get the ...read more
Sexual assault allegations made years after the fact are tough things to offer a public opinion on. They obviously shouldn't be dismissed out of hand, as the difficulty of proving sexual assault in general is what can lead an attacker not to worry too much about the consequences ...read more