The president announced the Energy Security Trust during his State of the Union, and it’s nice to see some follow-up on what could end up being a very positive development. President Barack...
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Totally Not Racist
Here’s a CPAC participant who both defended slavery and segregation as “good” for African Americans. A panel at the Conservative Political Action Committee on Republican minority...
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Join the After Party. Only $6 per month! If you’re already a member, go on in. This week: Talking to Kids Like Normal People; Louis CK Destroys a Heckler; House of Cards on Netflix; Ed Schultz...
Bravo, Chris Hayes
The demographic makeup of the various weekend political shows: Here’s to Hayes continuing this tradition at 8 p.m. weeknights. And shame on the other shows for being so ridiculously lopsided...
Quote of the Morning
“Ultimately, people forgive and forget and remember the good stuff you did. Is it hard to do? Yeah. But Clinton did it — he loves to work, he loves people, he loves to hustle. He’s...
Benghazi Attack Suspect in Custody
I assure you, the far-right conspiracy fetishists won’t acknowledge this. And if they do, it’ll be in the form of yet another conspiracy. A man suspected of involvement in the September...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag! Drone Hysteria! CPAC Insanity! Pope-on-Pope Action!
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) There’s been a lot written at The Daily Banter this week about drones and a lot of calling out, mostly aimed at Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota and...
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Senate Republicans Sneak Pro-Gun Nonsense into Spending Bill
Goddamn these people are shameless: A bipartisan Senate bill preventing a federal shutdown would make four long-standing gun protections permanent, including one preventing the Justice Department...
This North Korean Anti-America Propaganda Video is Hilarious
I’m fairly certain this is real, given North Korea’s other ridiculous videos. Yes, America is a frigid hellscape where there aren’t any birds because we’ve eaten them all and...
Ed Schultz Moves to Weekends on MSNBC
I suppose those rumors back in the Fall were accurate after all. At the tail end of his show tonight, Ed Schultz announced that his primetime MSNBC show will be coming to an end this week and he will...
Quote of the Morning
“Universal background checks, it’s at 91 [percent]. They’re more popular than capitalism, Italian food and vacations. Universal background checks have 91% support, when nothing has...
Republicans Seek to Eliminate ‘Obamaphone’ Program
My Thursday column and another Republican attack on poor people: When the Republicans determined that ACORN had somehow helped President Obama win the 2008 presidential election, and following a...
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Whoops! The Vatican Bought a Gay Sauna
I’m not a huge Catholic Church basher, but this made me laugh the laugh of all laughs. A day ahead of the papal conclave, faces at the scandal-struck Vatican were even redder than usual after...
Blaming Eric Holder for Rand Paul’s Words
As you might recall, I flipped out on Greenwald and law professor Ryan Goodman for attacking Eric Holder for a phrase that was coined by Rand Paul: “engaged in combat.” Quick recap...
Worst Person in the World
This series of posts always circles back to Ted Nugent. This time, Nugent claimed he deliberate shot 455 pigs from a helicopter (brave!) in order to piss off Bill Maher, who happens to sit on the...
The Most Terrifying Drone Ever! Run Away!
My Wednesday column begins like so: When I began the day, I promised myself I wasn’t going to write about drones or Glenn Greenwald or the war on terrorism again, mainly because I’ve...
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