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Far-Right ‘Shoe Truthers’ Believe Hillary Clinton Staged Shoe-Throwing Incident
“This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!” That’s what a...
The Bundy Ranch Fiasco: Another Chapter in the Continuing Story of Unhinged, Anti-Government Outrage
There are so many layers of ridiculousness in the Bundy Ranch story, it’s difficult to know...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag! Salon.com Click-Bait, Colbert and Letterman, and a Round of Marry, F**k, Kill
In this week’s edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag, Bob, Ben and Chez discuss Salon.com...
We Watched the Psychotic ‘Blow Your Balls Off’ Campaign Ad So You Don’t Have To
We’re all familiar with the caliber of insane politicians in states like Florida, South...
Tea Party Republicans Publish Op/Ed Slamming Obamacare; Shocker, It’s Filled with Lies
With a non-stop geyser of news hitting digital media every day, a lot of material tends to slip...
Republicans Unwittingly Vote for Obamacare Improvement; Boehner Fecklessly Skulks and Spins in the Shadows
As long as the radical, far-right tea party wing of the GOP continues to exist, the party’s...
Dispatches and Debunkery from the Trenches of the Obamacare Debate
My friends are always warning me to avoid political shovel fights on social media. And while...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag! The Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Decision, the Gun Control Debate and the Inevitable #CancelBanter Hashtag.
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. This is probably a rhetorical question but do you...
Louie Gohmert Thinks the Church-State ‘Wall of Separation’ is a ‘One Way Wall’
The physics of this thing should baffle anyone with even a basic grasp of logic. So, conversely, it...
The Most Egregious Examples of Hobby Lobby’s Religious Hypocrisy
Yesterday, we learned that Hobby Lobby, which is challenging the federal government over...
Please, Republicans, Run Against Obamacare This Year and We’ll See You in November
Anyone who tells you the GOP is a lock for holding onto the House of Representatives while taking...
When Hashtag Activism Totally Lost Its Narrative
One of my biggest gripes with the extreme flanks of the political debate is this: neither the far...
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, I’m Officially Covered
I’ve told parts of this story before so I’ll mostly skip over the narrative about the...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Nate Silver vs Paul Krugman, InfoWars Goon Dan Bidondi and Dating Gwyneth Paltrow.
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. It is my imagination or has Nate Silver taken on a...
Justice Kennedy Gives Hobby Lobby’s Anti-Contraception Case a Big, Fat, Crazy Gift
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the dual Obamacare contraceptive cases, Sebelius v. Hobby...
Congress to Vote Today on Republican Bill Attacking National Parks, Antiquities Act
I spent most of Saturday hiking up and down the impossibly steep trails of Muir Woods National...
‘Creation Museum’ Demands Equal Airtime to Refute Scientific Facts in ‘Cosmos’ Series
I blame Bill Nye. Several weeks ago, Nye thought it’d be a fine idea to debate a well known...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Millennial Republicans, Charlie Pierce and Some Dude is Really High Right now
In this week’s edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag, Bob, Ben and Chez discuss Millennial...
The GOP Tries and Fails to Pander to Hipster Millennials
A few months ago, the GOP had a lot of fun at the expense of an ill-conceived Healthcare.gov web...