By now it's an undeniable fact that Donald Trump's most reliable advisers are Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Lou Dobbs, and Sean Hannity. Maybe toss Laura Ingraham and Jeanine Pirro into that basket as well. For quite some time, we've all hypothesized that Trump gets his twisted ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Feb 18, 2019
• Opinion

Last month, the North Carolina Board of Elections unanimously refused to certify the election of Republican Congressman-elect Mark Harris, who beat his Democratic opponent, Dan McCready, by about 900 votes. Harris, the only representative not to be seated when the new Congress ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Jan 8, 2019

So we have to actually do this. Elizabeth Warren, or "Pocahontas" as president Trump derisively likes to call her, is in fact part Native American as her DNA test results show.  Senator Warren made the results of her DNA test public today, which shows “strong evidence’’ that she ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

As a student of the presidency, I thoroughly resent someone of such low class occupying that heretofore sacred office. But, regardless, he's still the president, though I won't go so far as to claim ownership. He's not "mine," he's our president, whether we think he won ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Oct 19, 2018

As Bob Cesca routinely points out in his work here at the Banter, Donald Trump always makes things worse for Donald Trump. And this week, Trump's self destructive tendencies were on full display as he took time at a rally in Mississippi to mock Christine Blasey Ford's testimony ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

It’s officially Donald Trump versus Joe Biden, the 2018 edition, where the jabs are happening behind the other person's back though very much in the public eye. On Tuesday, Joe Biden lashed out at Trump during a speaking engagement at the University of Miami referencing the ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Dec 20, 2018

When the results came in in November 2016 that Donald Trump had won the Presidency, it was a serious blow to women. And not only because he got more electoral votes than Hillary Clinton, but because it was unfathomable to so many women that a man like Trump could be America’s ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

Donald Trump had 62,979,879 Americans on his side for the 2016 Presidential election. While a seemingly large number, it was only 46.1 percent of the vote, with Hillary Clinton leading with 48.2 percent. Trump, of course, cleaned up the Electoral College and became our 45th ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

The strong white female base that once made up Trump’s fiercest supporters are dwindling in numbers. And it seems fitting the same is happening in his innermost circle with the news that broke yesterday that Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa, are said to be getting a ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

The Berkshire Eagle suggested yesterday that Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren take a “spit test” in order to prove (or disprove) her Native American heritage. This ridiculous suggestion is referring to one of those DNA identifiers which lets a person know their heritage and ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

If you haven't watched Donald Trump's weekend rally in support of Rick Saccone, don't bother. Just turn on Fox News and watch it at double-speed for a few minutes and you'll get the idea.  Trump's rallies have always sounded like Cap'n Spazzy McMethmouth doing his best impression ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

Today, we learned that Donald Trump's team of crackpot lawyers, Dowd, Sekulow and (snicker!) Ty Cobb (snicker!), are insisting that in order for their presidential client to meet with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Mueller has to agree to end his investigation and to limit the ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

Dating app Bumble, which boasts around 30 million users, has already set itself apart from other dating sites due to their policy that women have to make the first move. This feature gives women a bit more control and a sense of safety on social media, which is a very welcome ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Dec 20, 2018

President Donald Trump hosted a listening session at the White House for survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting where 17 people were murdered in another mass shooting in America. Family members of those killed attended as well and everyone's emotions were ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Feb 21, 2018

We’ve fallen into this sad state of accepting the worst when it comes to what our President is going to do in times of emergency. Trump’s responses to horrific events always compound the situation -- and that’s exactly what’s been happening in the aftermath of the latest school ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

By now you've heard about the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida. By now you've heard the call for sensible gun laws and reform. By now you've also heard the need for better help for those with mental illnesses. And through all this sorrow and anger and fear, with 17 ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Dec 20, 2018

Donald Trump is starting to see the power in the #MeToo movement, and the power in the women who firmly believe that the time is up for the patriarchy and misogyny that has plagued us for so long. Trump is scared and his tactic to divert attention away is to rush to defend those ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

The discussion about Donald Trump’s hair creeps into conversation often enough -- or depending on which way the wind blows. And the winds were strong the other day when Trump boarded Air Force One to head to Mar A Lago. This resulted in a lot of commentary on his questionable ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

It has been 140 days since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. President Donald Trump hasn’t spoken much about the island or the 3.4 million Americans struggling to survive there. He questioned the hurricane’s severity, saying it wasn’t worse than Katrina, and made sure to ...read more

• By Michele Zipp
  Nov 9, 2018

Lately I've been spending a considerable amount of time thinking about how America can pull itself back from the brink of disaster and heal the almost inconceivable political and social divisions that have torn the country apart. The past two years have been the worst I have ever ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Good evening. As many of you know, a couple of years ago I started a business venture that included running for President of the United States. I was in more debt than anyone except Robert Mueller probably knows. One night, a couple of Russian oligarchs at Mar-a-Lago suggested I ...read more

• By Rich Herschlag
  Nov 9, 2018

Republican Leaders were ecstatic after President Trump gave himself a perfect score on his administration’s handling of Puerto Rico during a press conference.

 When Trump was asked by reporters how he’d grade his administration’s efforts on the relief effort from Hurricane Maria ...read more

• By Frederic Poag
  Nov 9, 2018

Steve Bannon isn't going to war against Donald Trump. Let's exorcise this prediction from our heads right away. Not only has Bannon made it abundantly clear that he intends to go to war in the name of defending Trump against enemies in Congress and the news media, but the trend ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018