After incumbent Wisconsin governor Scott Walker lost re-election to Democrat Tony Evers last November, the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a controversial bill stripping key powers away from both Evers and incoming Attorney General Josh Kaul. Under the new rules, ...read more
Despite the Democrats' massive victory in the 2018 midterms, Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania - the three states that decided the 2016 election - are determined to hold on to power by any means.  The GOP's bid to maintain power is so extreme they are willing ...read more
According to tax records obtained by The Daily Beast, the NRA's income dropped $55 million, from $367 in 2016 to $312 million in 2017, ending in the red for the second year in a row after spending a substantial amount to elect Donald Trump. The lack of revenue comes from a ...read more
In 2016, Democrat Roy Cooper won the governorship of North Carolina. Republicans immediately passed a raft of legislation to strip the incoming governor of most of his power, essentially overturning the results of the election and defying the will of the voters. It was a blatant ...read more
Last night's election was a triumph for Democrats, who managed to take back the House of Representatives and a majority of the governorships across America. Yes, there was some heartbreak along the way - Andrew Gillum lost the governorship of Florida to an unabashed racist, ...read more
Last Friday, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 opened in 1,719 theaters across the country – the biggest opening for any of his films – but only made $3.1 million. Although it had the highest opening for a documentary in 2018, it was a letdown compared to the famous weekend in ...read more
Last night Wisconsin held local elections. In a normal year, this wouldn't be such a big deal, but given that nothing is normal under Donald Trump, the results in this state portend the oft-mentioned Blue Wave that will sweep Democrats to victory this fall. For the past eight ...read more
In the 2016 campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was criticized for...well, everything, but in particular for her remarks that half of Donald Trump's voters could be thrown into the "basket of deplorables" for their racism and misogyny. She wasn't wrong - look at ...read more
In a situation that seems more in cadence with an action movie montage than it does with reality, nine skydivers in Wisconsin had a brush with death when they were forced to jump out of their plane after it collided with another aircraft during a mid-air stunt. Two ...read more
Let's review. Yes, if you're a cellphone user subscribed to one the major carriers, NSA probably collected your metadata in its ongoing effort to find out what terrorists are up to. That is, per a FISA court warrant, NSA might have a list of numbers you dialed, along with ...read more
It still makes me uncomfortable to write about politics in terms of ethnic, socio economic and gender based terms, but I guess that's the reality of how campaigns are planned and executed. Having said that, maybe Obama's recent bump in the polls from a demographic he has had ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via the Guardian): Mitt Romney has confirmed his selection of Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, stating that he is "proud" to have the Wisconsin congressman on the Republican White House ticket. In a tweet sent out ahead of a ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab (from Reuters): A gunman killed six people and critically wounded three at a Sikh temple during Sunday services before police shot him dead in an attack that authorities are treating as an act of domestic terrorism. Witnesses said the gunman ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Throughout the previous decade, anyone who claimed that there was no real threat of terrorism was hectored, accused of hating America and temporarily driven out of politics, even though the numbers vindicated them. According to a study by Nate Silver, your odds ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Thank you, Mitt Romney, for this: "[Obama] wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It's time for us to cut back on government and help ...read more
By Ben Cohen: So far, Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign is based on not being Barack Obama. The Republican nominee is spending vast sums of money on attacking the President for his liberalness, his perceived weakness and lack of stewardship over the economy. Romney is going ...read more
Welcome to this week's edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag!! Today, Bob, Ben and Chez answer reader's questions on Obama's chances of re-election during bad economic times, the recall fiasco in Wisconsin, and whether we'd vote for a third party candidate. The questions: I'm ...read more
By Ben Cohen: The fallout from the bitter recall election in Wisconsin is reverberating around political circles and the media. The Right is claiming victory in an election that they believe should never have happened, and the Left is busy licking its wounds and crying foul ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's victory over Barret Tom Barrett last night was another sad reflection of the corrupting influence of money in American elections. Organized labor took on Walker over his budget repair bill in 2011 that saw workers rights slashed, their ...read more
Wisconsin's governor Scott Walker survived a bitterly fought recall election on Tuesday after Republican voters mobilised in huge numbers, propelling him to a victory that will boost Mitt Romney's run for the White House. Television networks called it for the incumbent at 11pm ...read more
Mitt Romney has taken a stride closer to the Republican presidential nomination by winning primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC. He routed his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland, although his projected margin of victory looked leaner in Wisconsin. Mr Santorum, ...read more