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Award-Winning Journalist Thomas Ricks Goes to War Against Greenwald
Of course it’s too late now. Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden will never deign to condemn...
The Top 10 Most Egregious Republican Lies
We spend a hell of a lot of time at The Daily Banter debunking various myths, slogans and lies, and...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Paul Ryan’s ‘Inner City’ Remarks, Banter’s Alleged Attack on Religion and What We’d Do With Piles of Money
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) I know this is probably a rhetorical question but...
Bill O’Reilly Insists Lincoln Would Never Appear on a Comedy Show (With Bonus Lincoln Fart Joke)
Yes, this is what the American debate has come down to: whether Abraham Lincoln would’ve...
Team Snowden Falsely Compares the CIA-vs-Senate Scandal with the Ongoing NSA Leaks
Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) are rightfully angry over allegations...
Five Years Later, the Tea Party Still Doesn’t Understand Taxes or the Boston Tea Party
It’s been five years since the official founding of the tea party movement. Weird, it seems...
I Watched Sarah Palin’s CPAC Speech So You Don’t Have To
Sarah Palin was the closing night speaker at this year’s Conservative Political Action...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Obama’s Actions Against Russia, Banter’s Coverage of the Abby Martin Story and What We’d Like to See at CPAC ’14
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) It’s obvious the Republicans are going to...
Republican Fashionistas Can’t Stop Evaluating the President’s Clothing
President Obama is a bit of a nerd. Not a huge nerd, but occasionally a little nerdish. No need to...
Steve Stockman Loses Texas Primary By Huge Margins; Senate Campaign Likely a Fundraising Swindle
Last night, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) lost his primary campaign against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in...
Glenn Greenwald: The Intercept Won’t Have Editorial ‘Obstacles’ For Its Reporting
Don’t ever refer to Glenn Greenwald as “blogger Glenn Greenwald.” Whenever some...
President Obama Is Neither a Weak, Indecisive Liberal nor a Blood-Thirsty, Warmongering Conservative
If you were to ask Glenn Greenwald or David Sirota about President Obama, they’ll tell you...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Why Some Conservatives are Afraid of Gay People, Banter’s Lack of Kiev Coverage and Best Picture Predictions
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) What do you think it is about gay people that scares...
Jan Brewer Vetoes Anti-Gay Arizona Bill; Tucker Carlson Calls Non-Discrimination Laws ‘Fascism’
Last night, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer did the right thing and vetoed SB 1062, a bill that...
GOP Bill to ‘Save American Workers’ Would Actually Strip Healthcare from a Million Workers, the CBO Reports
The Republican battle against the Affordable Care Act just can’t catch a break. First, the...
Erick Erickson: Gay-Friendly Businesses Are “Aiding and Abetting” the Sin of Homosexuality
You're probably familiar with what might be the greatest scene from The West Wing. In a 2000...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: George Zimmerman in Miami, Covering the Protests in Kiev and Which Celeb We’d Like to Have Lunch With
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. I saw that George Zimmerman was run out of Miami by a...
Google, Ford, Capital One and More Outrage-free, Underreported Examples of Corporate Spying
Since June, when the first leaks from Edward Snowden went public and a debate about the National...
The New Snowden Article by Greenwald About Wikileaks is a Journalistic Mess
Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher published a triple-shot of revelations from Edward...