The Banter
Ben Cohen, Rich Herschlag, Bob Cesca, Rick Wilson, Joe Walsh, Craig UngerBeating back political tribalism one column at a time. Written for readers who still like to think.
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“Let Them Take LA”
Donald Trump is threatening to sacrifice Los Angeles and San Diego in his idiotic war with Iran (yes, seriously). Republicans are heading into what looks like a brutal midterm environment, and both liberals and conservatives are still livin...
October 7 and the Helplessness of Moderate Jews
by Ben Cohen
After October 7th, I finally understood what so many of my relatives and older friends had told me about antisemitism.
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Tucker Carlson Has a Nazi Problem
by Ben Cohen
In an extraordinary interview with former Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Tucker Carlson went from defending Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine to questioning whether Britain should have fought Adolf Hitler. Carlson rati...
AI Won’t Kill Us — Because It Isn’t Actually “Intelligent”
Some of the most prominent people working in artificial intelligence believe there is a genuine chance the technology they are building could eventually wipe out humanity. I’ve always been deeply skeptical of that argument for one major rea...
F**king Mondays: Zionism is Racism! Plague in Russia, and Tucker Carlson Loves Nazis
Welcome to another edition of F**king Mondays! — the only column you need to start your week off.
In the roundup today: the Greens decide Zionism is apparently the most important issue facing Britain, Russia may be covering up a plague ou...
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Editor of The Banter Newsletter, Brit living in Washington DC, occasional contributor to The Daily Beast, former boxing and MMA scribe for ESPN (many moons ago).
Rich Herschlag is the creator, co-writer, composer, and executive producer of Dictator for a Day, A MAGA Musical for the Masses, coming soon to streaming in its filmed version. Sign up for updates at Dictatorforadayshow.com.
Host of the Bob Cesca Show podcast. Weekly regular: The Stephanie Miller Show and TME with John Fugelsang. Podcaster, writer, cyclist, collector of nerdy things.
Writer, ad maker, troublemaker, 5th generation Florida guy. Lincoln Project/Square co-founder. Podcasts: The Enemies List, The Lincoln Project Podcast. Beechcraft driver. I'd much rather be flying. (Myself, not like an animal in a tube.)
A former Tea Party Congressman and right-wing radio host, I torched my career to challenge Donald Trump & the MAGA GOP head on. Director of The Social Contract. Co-Founder of PAXIS. Founder of HopeNotFearProject.org. Conservative Democrat.
Craig is the NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP's assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.
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