Don't look now but a group of a-holes are busily destroying another retail product they've already purchased. You might recall the last time this happened when wizards in red hats were smashing their televisions, televisions they already paid for, in protest against ...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
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
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
The California Democratic Party declined to endorse Senator Dianne Feinstein for re-election, selecting state Senate leader Kevin de Léon by a margin of 54-37%. Although neither candidate reached the 60% majority required to make it official, De León declared victory, calling it ...read more
The story broken by the New York Times today that revealed Hillary Clinton protected a male staffer accused of sexual harassment during her 2008 campaign against President Obama does not look good for the former first lady and Secretary of State. However, it is important to keep ...read more
According to details released by Mother Jones magazine last weekend, Donald Trump asked porn star Stormy Daniels to spank him with a copy of Forbes Magazine. Adding to the story's ridiculousness, she claims that she spanked him with an issue of Forbes that featured him and his ...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
When you're a 70 year old sex offender running for political office, it's probably not a great idea to engage in a Twitter war with a professional comic who is a) smarter than you, b) funnier than you, and c) not a sex offender. But no, Alabama's Roy Moore seems to think he can ...read more
As a 6ft tall male who weighs roughly 185lbs and has spent over 30 years practicing various combat arts, there aren't too many men I'm physically afraid of. This isn't to say I'm an invincible superhero, but I can go out at night and walk through a sketchy neighborhood knowing ...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
I have very little confidence that white Alabama voters will do the right thing and send Democratic Senatorial candidate Doug Jones to the United States Senate. On December 12th, I am anticipating that the special election results will show Republican Senatorial candidate Roy ...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
(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
Saul Terrycloth, owner and operator of Saul’s Open Robe Emporium and Sundries, stared at the racks of open robes on display as a handful of customers browsed indifferently. The once bustling regional retailer giant was now on life-support. “You know there was a time this place ...read more
This morning, Hell Inc. released a statement in response to sexual harassment claims made by six hundred and sixty six former and current employees against Satan, Lord of Lies. As of today, Satan has officially resigned his position as CEO and is no longer employed by Hell Inc. ...read more
Americans and the American media only seem to grasp a tragedy, problem, disaster or disease when it happens to a celebrity. I guess we can’t help it. We’re just narrow-minded imbeciles who require a larger-than-life figure through which to experience human emotion vicariously, ...read more
Amidst a tidal wave of allegations surrounding disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood entertainment industry executives have teamed up with Washington lawmakers in an effort to end sexual harassment nationally. “Ladies. We hear you,” said an anonymous ...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
Do not fuck with Jake Tapper. That's the message Bill O'Reilly learned today in what has to be the best public takedown of the loudmouthed conservative in years. Perhaps in an attempt to remain relevant after he was booted out of Fox, O'Reilly figured it would be a good idea to ...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
First things first, we're really living up to the name "The Daily Fluffer" now, so thanks for the suggestion, Cenk. (Ben, go ahead and change the logo.) Last week, on the same exact day that Bill O'Reilly was fired from Fox News, Greg Gutfield thought it'd be hilarious to tell ...read more
Thanks to Derp Night At The White Power Corral, Sarah Palin is marginally relevant again, which resulted in Jake Tapper being forced to make sense of the word salads shooting out of her mouth this afternoon. And amazingly, Tapper somehow managed to sift through a nonsensical ...read more
First things first, a few weeks back I wrote a column titled "Bill O’Reilly Isn’t Going Down: Fox News Doesn’t Care About Women People." Whoops! In my defense, Bill O'Reilly has gotten away with racist, sexist invective for years, so I never once considered the possibility that ...read more
Bill O'Reilly is finally getting the humiliation he almost certainly doled out to the many women he has worked with over the years after the details about the multiple women Fox paid off to keep quiet about him harassing them became public. Not only has he gone on (permanent?) ...read more
In the wake of a mass advertiser exodus from his show, it looks increasingly like the end is nigh for Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. From NYMag: Embattled Fox News host Bill O’Reilly announced tonight that he is taking a vacation. O’Reilly’s decision to go off the air in the midst ...read more
By Blair Hickman and Christie Thompson, ProPublica In 1994, Bridget O'Connor began an internship at Rockland Psychiatric Center, where one of the doctors allegedly began to refer to her as Miss Sexual Harassment, told her that she should participate in an orgy, and suggested ...read more
Andrew Sullivan on the farcical Presidential candidacy of Herman Cain that has finally come to an end: He was also emblematic of contemporary conservatism's degeneracy into an extension of an entertainment franchise. Whatever else can be said of Cain, he sure was ...read more
Oliver Willis on Republicans blatant hypocrisy over the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal: It is sort of hilarious to watch the same people who quite literally caused a constitutional crisis over half-baked allegations against Bill Clinton now insist that not only is ...read more
The GOP front runner finds himself in some hot water: I don't want to jump on any bandwagons here - the allegations are just those - allegations, and Cain is innocent until proved guilty. It will be interesting to see how he responds to the revelation though as it could ...read more
