Saturday Roundup: Dismantling Republican Lies, Expats in Ghana, Civil War Threats and More!

Your guide to the week that was.

Ben Cohen

Jun 08, 2024

In case you missed it, here’s what we published on The Banter this week!:

Bob Cesca tears apart GOP lies about the Trump guilty verdict (Members):

Mythbusting The Republican Lies About Trump’s Guilty Verdict

Bob Cesca

June 6, 2024

Mythbusting The Republican Lies About Trump’s Guilty Verdict

by Bob Cesca WASHINGTON, DC – In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s criminal conviction in New York City, the zone is being flooded by all varieties of whining, butt-hurt, and disinformation from Republican leadership. It’s the familiar conga line of entitled white men shedding crocodile tears and rending their garments, performatively shocked that anything…

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The penultimate part of my series on living in Ghana in the early 2000’s (read part one here (free), part two here (members), and part three here (members):

Living in Ghana Part 4: The Expats

Ben Cohen

June 5, 2024

Read part one here (free), and part two here (members only), and part three here (members only). by Ben Cohen The expat community I was introduced to in Accra shone a light on every aspect of the country’s colonial past. While Ghana became independent in 1957, the remnants of Britain’s Empire were still quite…

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Justin Rosario on whether we should take the escalating right wing rhetoric over Trump’s conviction seriously (now unlocked):

The Right Promises War Over Trump's Conviction

Justin Rosario

June 4, 2024

The Right Promises War Over Trump's Conviction

by Justin Rosario You may have noticed a great disturbance in the force last week. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in rage and…have not stopped whining about Donald Trump’s 34 convictions for a single second. It’s not like we didn’t all know this was coming. Republicans take bad news worse than the cast on a Real Housewives show. And this? The…

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My ‘F**king Mondays’ column featuring a takedown of Matt Taibbi’s Trump defense:

F**king Mondays: Matt Taibbi Sad For Trump, Hunter Biden For President (?), And Mexico's New President!

Ben Cohen

June 3, 2024

F**king Mondays: Matt Taibbi Sad For Trump, Hunter Biden For President (?), And Mexico's New President!

by Ben Cohen The latest edition of “F**king Mondays” is now out! In the roundup today: Matt Taibbi is sad because Trump got convicted Matt Taibbi is very upset that Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Taibbi has called it a “

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NOTE: No podcast this week as I’m traveling. Back to the regular schedule next week!

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Saturday Roundup: Dismantling Republican Lies, Expats in Ghana, Civil War Threats and More!

Your guide to the week that was.

Mythbusting The Republican Lies About Trump’s Guilty Verdict

Living in Ghana Part 4: The Expats

The Right Promises War Over Trump's Conviction

F**king Mondays: Matt Taibbi Sad For Trump, Hunter Biden For President (?), And Mexico's New President!

Help The Banter stay independent and get a Banter Membership. Members get access to The Emergency Meeting Podcast, all premium articles and member chat threads. Your support is greatly appreciated!:

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