The Banter
Ben Cohen, Derek Beres, Nick Cohen, Rich Herschlag, Bob Cesca, Joe Walsh, Craig UngerFearless political journalism — straight out of DC, delivered with British snark.
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The Price of Trump’s Vast Dumbness
by Bob Cesca
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s difficult to know whether Donald Trump is just lying like always or, due to his cognitive decline, whether he legitimately believes the obvious bullshit he spews every time he opens his gross yapper.
If...
When Anti-Woke Goes Too Far
Left: Protesters in London holding a sign for Henry Nowak. Right: Vickrum Digwa and Henry Nowak.
by Ben Cohen
On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak, an eighteen-year-old university student in his first months at Southampton University in the UK...
The 2028 MAGA Freak Show
The ultimate guide to the sycophants, has-beens, and one genuine threat hoping to succeed Donald Trump.
by Ben Cohen
F**king Mondays: Britain Bans Cenk, Peak MAGA Sadness, and Astonishing Cancer Breakthrough
Britain bans Cenk Uygur
On Saturday I posted on Substack Notes challenging Cenk Uygur to do something genuinely difficult: shut up about Israel for a full 24 hours, just to prove he wasn’t a hysterical conspiracy theorist who reflexive...
Trump Has Abandoned Ukraine, But Does It Matter?
Trump may have walked away from Ukraine, but the more disturbing question is whether Ukraine still needs America as much as Putin thinks it does.
I recently spoke to geopolitical analyst Pyotr Kurzin about a major question that still hangs...
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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).
Derek Beres is an Emmy-nominated journalist, podcaster, and speaker based in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.
Journalist and commentator from the UK
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.
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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