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Ben Cohen
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Editor of The Banter Newsletter, contributor to The Daily Beast.
thebanter.substack.comEditor of The Banter Newsletter, contributor to The Daily Beast. Brit in Washington DC.
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Saturday Roundup: Living in Ghana, Trump the untouchable, Silicon fascists and F**king Mondays!
By Ben Cohen In case you missed it, here’s what we published this week on The Banter!: The second part of my series on living in Ghana in the early 2000’s (read the first part here ): Enjoy The Banter? Support us by getting a membership. Members get access to all premium articles, Th Living In Ghana Part 2: Accra, Mama T, And The British Class System Abroad
by Ben Cohen Part 1 of this series can be read here . (Note: I have changed the names of the volunteers. Everything else in this story is true) I arrived at Kotoka International Airport, Accra at night time, exhausted from a lengthy journey that included a layover on the tarmac in La The Untouchable Trump
by Bob Cesca WASHINGTON, DC – He keeps getting away with it. Donald Trump continues to exploit loopholes in the system to escape the law – a system he’s planning to tear down, ironically. The United States is, as we’ve all discussed, a nation of laws. Between the U.S. Code and the Silicon Fascists
by Justin Rosario Silicon Valley has a fascism problem. To put it a little less delicately, a lot of very rich men (they’re always men, naturally), find democracy to be deeply offensive and think a little less of it would be great for America. And by “a little less,” I mean “none. F**king Mondays: Drake the "Colonizer", Trump's Nine Lives and Sinister Hamas Motives
By Ben Cohen Welcome to another edition of “F**king Mondays!” In the roundup today: Antisemitic rap beefs Even as a fan of Hip Hop, I’ve never been particularly interested in rap beefs. They mostly seemed like planned marketing gimmicks modeled on the (very real) Tupac and Biggie dr RFK Jr's Brain Worms, Trump's Stormy Weather, and MJT Gets Humiliated
By Ben Cohen In the show today, we talk RFK Jr’s brain worm, Trump gets rewarded for his corrupt legal strategy while experiencing some ‘Stormy’ weather in court. Marjorie Taylor Greene gets publicly humiliated, we have our “Waste of Time of the Week”, and finally our “Sunshine of Emergency Meeting: What The F**k Is Israel Actually Doing?
By Ben Cohen In the Emergency Meeting Podcast, Ben and Justin discuss some frightening updates to the Israel/Gaza conflict. Should AI be used in warfare? Does Israel have a strategy anymore, what is the purpose of going into Rafah, and is the continued fighting about the Israeli h Republicans Don’t Want You To Vote
by Bob Cesca WASHINGTON, DC – This week I considered writing about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s brain worms. I also thought about another rant directed at Jon Stewart’s myopic trolling about President Biden’s age. And I’m sure I could say a lot about David Plouffe’s cynical cash-grab p What Living In Ghana Taught Me About Racism, Colonialism, And Slavery (Part 1)
by Ben Cohen When British teenagers finish secondary school at 18, many of those who are going on to university take what is commonly referred to as “gap year”. This mostly means working for a few months, then traveling to places like Thailand and Australia. Some do work placement Kathleen Parker's Extraordinary Meltdown Over Biden's Pro-Roe Campaign
by Justin Rosario One of the more fun ways to measure the mood of the right wing is to read the occasional op-ed column written by a conservative. Especially one trying really hard to sell themselves as a non-partisan. The beltway press loves conservative columnists larping as “ne F**king Mondays: Protestors vs Palestinians, Israel's Rafah Threat, And Trump Is Robin Hood!
By Ben Cohen Welcome to another edition of “F**king Mondays!” In the roundup today: Israel prepares to invade Rafah? It appears that ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have stalled (again), leading to Israel preparing for an assault on Rafah. From the Washington Post : Is The Path To Dictatorship, Shooting Dogs, And Human Sacrifice
By Ben Cohen In the show today: Trump’s deranged TIME interview, Kristi Noem shoots puppies, Trump keeps falling asleep, and Tucker Carlson goes off the deep end. Also on the show, we have out ‘Theocratic Fascists of the Week’ and finally our ‘Sunshine story of the Week.’ Listen by The Emergency Meeting: The Cosplay Revolutionaries
By Ben Cohen In a very controversial Emergency Meeting Podcast, Ben and Justin discuss the anti-Zionist/pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across America. How does virulent antisemitism, smashing up buildings, and pretending to starve at an elite university help Palestin A Letter from Your Pistol-Packing Tennessee Teacher
By Rich Herschlag Dear Parent: Although under Tennessee’s new law I am not required to notify you, I am taking the time to let you know that starting Monday I will be carrying a concealed loaded .45 Magnum in the classroom, lunchroom, and anywhere else I feel my penis is too small. Where Are The Pro-Democracy Protests?
by Bob Cesca WASHINGTON, DC – I don’t have any problem with peaceful protests in support of Israel or Gaza or any group of oppressed people. There’s enough room for many noble causes, and there’s more than enough space for accompanying protests in support of both the Israeli and P The Pagans Are Coming
by Ben Cohen I have spent a lot of time on The Banter going after radical left wing identity politics. Despite its benevolent intentions, I believe the ideology has far outlived its use. Rather than fighting white supremacy and colonialism, it has become a toxic religion that sepa The New York Times Is Even Worse Than I Could Have Possibly Imagined
by Justin Rosario I canceled my New York Times subscription back in 2017. I had been annoyed with the paper for some time, but the specific straw for me was the hiring of Bret Stephens. Stephens was a notorious climate change denier and not a very bright one, at that. He contribut F**king Mondays: Killing Jews For Progress, Gaza Ceasefire Hope, And Elon Musk's Great Replacement Fail
By Ben Cohen Welcome to another edition of “F**king Mondays"! In the round up today: The woke left is racist, antisemitic, and beyond redemption A leader of the pro-Palestinian Columbia University protests has been expelled after a video surfaced of him declaring that “Zionists don’ Daniel Pinchbeck Interview: The Ecological Crisis And What You Can Do About It
By Ben Cohen In today’s episode of The Banter Roundtable podcast, I spoke to noted author Daniel Pinchbeck about the ecological crisis, and what he is trying to do about it. Pinchbeck has authored a number of fascinating books on ecology, psychedelics, and indigenous wisdom traditi The Last Bastions of Democracy: Defamation and Disbarment
By Thinker at the Gates by Jeremy Novak Jack Smith won’t be able to do it. Neither will the Supreme Court. Nor Congress, states legislatures, or even the President himself. No one can simply “save” democracy. And anyone that even comes close to that kind of power so far has been unw
