The Donald Trump/Ted Cruz rally we saw on Monday night in Houston would have been inconceivable two years ago. But it happened, and so did the apex of Ted Cruz’s agonizingly long public humiliation. At the 2016 Republican National Convention, Cruz took a gamble. Like Mitt ...read more

• By Michael Luciano
  Nov 9, 2018

It looks increasingly likely that the severely hamstrung FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh has done the trick. With moderate Republicans signaling that they believe the FBI investigation was "thorough", Kavanaugh is likely to survive the vote in the Senate that will be ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

I vehemently disagree with John McCain on almost all political issues. He is a war obsessed conservative who has been on the wrong side of very military issue I can think of, an enemy of social security and the welfare state, and no friend to women's rights. I also think he is a ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  May 11, 2018

What happens when you enable a misogynistic bigot with the competence of a drunk Orangutan to become president? The answer, it seems, is fairly straightforward: electoral disaster at every level of government.  The New York Times reported today that since Donald Trump was ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Rumors are swirling yet again that House Speaker Paul Ryan is set to resign and be replaced by Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.). While aides to both Ryan and Scalise have denied the rumors, there is ample reason to believe that Ryan wants out and is looking to find the right ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  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

The Banter Long Read: Trump-Republicans have much to answer for. On top of electing this incompetent, misinformed Russian agent, Donald Trump, to the presidency, saddling us all with the responsibility of containing then cleaning up the decades worth of mess he's making, ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

Some of us remember Watergate. Specifically, we remember how some Republicans were raising concerns about the scandal, just like their Democratic counterparts. But today's Republican party isn't the GOP of 45 years ago and to most current Republicans, the Trump/Russia scandal ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

In this brand new episode of the Bantercast, we talk to 'Never Trump' conservative Kevin Glass. Kevin is the Director of Policy and Outreach at the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, and has written for conservative outlets like Townhall.com. He has also been ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jul 11, 2017

One of Donald Trump's most famous pronouncements during the presidential campaign was his February 2016 statement that he loves "the poorly educated." And they loved him right back, as large majorities of non-college educated voters backed Trump regardless of their household ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

I keep saying it: Republicans are the purest example of a political animal in existence. While running for or holding office, they toe the party line and chant the party mantra, all for the purpose of bringing themselves and their "Grand Old Party" into positions of power. Even ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

John Dean, the former White House counsel to Richard Nixon, famously told the select committee on Watergate that there was a "cancer on the presidency." The words perfectly illustrated what was going on between 1972 and 1974. Today, more than 40 years later, there's a cancer on ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018