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@bencohenbanter.bsky.social

Brit, Jew(ish), living in Washington DC, editor of The Banter newsletter: https://thebanter.substack.com/

239 Followers  |  14 Following  |  136 Posts  |  Joined: 09.11.2023  |  1.6758

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Reports Of Democracy’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated One of the most important takeaways from the election is…the existence of the election itself.

Fantastic piece by @bobcesca.bsky.social on The Banter today!:

Reports Of Democracy’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
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06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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F**king Mondays: Tucker's Nazi Chat, Proof of Life, and Premium Healthcare for Trumpsters An Election Day test for Democrats, Tucker's friendly chat with Nick Fuentes, and Trump gets a MAGA supporter the life saving healthcare he needs.

F**king Mondays: Tucker's Nazi Chat, Proof of Life, and Premium Healthcare for Trumpsters
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03.11.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald’s Dumbest Grift Yet: Owning His Own People Trump keeps punishing MAGA voters so he can "own the libs"

Trump is hurting his own supporters to "own the libs". @bobcesca.bsky.social explains:

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30.10.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is Murdering Americans This is a deliberate policy choice to starve tens of millions of Americans.

A terrifying piece from @julieroginsky.bsky.social on The Banter today:

Trump is Murdering Americans
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29.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering Chez Eight years after his death, Chez Pazienza’s writing lives on.

A big thanks to @bobcesca.bsky.social for doing this:

Remembering Chez
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23.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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F**king Mondays: Ben Shapiro vs Matt Walsh, No Kings Takes Over, Israel/Hamas Update, and Trump's Devious Plan Ben Shapiro is beginning to realize that his own side wants him dead.

F**king Mondays: Ben Shapiro vs Matt Walsh, No Kings Takes Over, Israel/Hamas Update, and Trump's Devious Plan
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20.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ana Kasparian is a Deranged Racist Kasparian’s latest viral rant about the Jews, sorry, β€œIsrael,” reveals much about the TYT firebrand leftist.

Ana Kasparian is a Deranged Racist
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17.10.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Just Rebranded Biden’s Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal Thanks, Joe!

A salient question from @bobcesca.bsky.social:

"Why did he allow the previous deal to die on the vine, precipitating more death and starvation?"

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16.10.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Establishment is Lying Down Before Trump Democrats and the media once called Trump an existential threat. Now they’re normalizing his second presidency.

A really phenomenal piece by @julieroginsky.bsky.social today:

The Establishment is Lying Down Before Trump

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15.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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F**king Mondays: Guess Who's Vaccinated? Trump Crashes the Economy, and Dems are Winning the Shutdown War Vaccines for me, but not for thee.

F**king Mondays: Guess Who's Vaccinated? Trump Crashes the Economy, and Dems are Winning the Shutdown War
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13.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Anti-Black Racism on the Left
YouTube video by The Banter Network Anti-Black Racism on the Left

This is for asshole like Max Blumenthal and Norman Finkelstein:
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09.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Tide Might Be Turning Against Donald This has not been a good week for the President.

Let's fucking hope so.

@bobcesca.bsky.social's latest:

The Tide Might Be Turning Against Donald
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09.10.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Am I Allowed to Talk About Antisemitism? Why antisemitism is treated differently than every other form of hate.

Am I Allowed to Talk About Antisemitism?
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07.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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F**king Mondays: Trump's Gaza Gamble, Oregon's Defiance, and Owning Libs to Go Broke The only column you need to start your week off

F**king Mondays: Trump's Gaza Gamble, Oregon's Defiance, and Owning Libs to Go Broke
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06.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is It Time to Call MAGA a Terrorist Organization After These Mass Shootings? Or does it only count when the shooters are liberal?

The Banter's @bobcesca.bsky.social asks the hard questions:

Is It Time to Call MAGA a Terrorist Organization After These Mass Shootings?
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02.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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This Is What An Autocrat Does Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth addressed the generals and instructed them to use American cities as "training grounds".

A superb piece by @julieroginsky.bsky.social today:

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01.10.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t Believe Anything The Administration Says Kash Patel and Donald Trump have commandeered the FBI to suit the despotic whims of a fascist.

A cracking piece from @bobcesca.bsky.social today. My favorite quote (possibly ever):

"Have you seen the cabinet meetings? They’re not even meetings, they’re orgiastic ass-munching sessions that deserve their own fetish category on Pornhub."

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25.09.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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F**king Mondays: Impeachment Anyone?? the 'Woke Right', and Trump's Hate Filled Charlie Kirk Eulogy Another week of extreme lows for the President.

F**king Mondays: Impeachment Anyone?? the 'Woke Right', and Trump's Hate Filled Charlie Kirk Eulogy
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22.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I Killed Charlie Kirk, I Guess Every liberal is responsible for the death of Charlie Kirk much like every Jew is responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus.

I Killed Charlie Kirk, I Guess
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19.09.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Goes to War With Jimmy Kimmel - and the Constitution The right blames the left for violence it overwhelmingly commits, while weaponizing β€œhate speech” to crush opposition.

A fantastic piece from @bobcesca.bsky.social. He absolutely nails it:

#jimmykimmel

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18.09.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrate Kirk β€” Or Else Kirk’s death is a tragedy. But the bigger political tragedy is what it portends for the future of this country under MAGA rule.

The latest from @julieroginsky.bsky.social:

Celebrate Kirk β€” Or Else
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17.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlie Kirk Didn’t Deserve To Die It’s okay to scream at our opponents, but it’s not okay to justify or normalize shooting them.

A powerful piece by @bobcesca.bsky.social:

Charlie Kirk Didn’t Deserve To Die
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11.09.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 0
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F**king Mondays: RFK Jr.'s Insane Senate Hearing, Trump's Mafia State, and the Mamdani/AOC Illusion How can this happen in the most advanced nation on earth?

What are we actually doing here??

F**king Mondays: RFK Jr.'s Insane Senate Hearing, Trump's Mafia State, and the Mamdani/AOC Illusion
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08.09.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sad Little Men Pete Hegseth destroyed the career of a decorated Navy doctor because she cared for transgender troops.

"Sad little men like this should not hold positions of power. Sad little men like Pete Hegseth who were accused of sexually assaulting women and ripping off non-profits shouldn’t have authority over decorated military doctors"

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05.09.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fine. Let Donald Have His Tariffs. Before you jump into the comments to yell, hear us out on this.

Don't get mad at @bobcesca.bsky.social! His argument is sound:

Fine. Let Donald Have His Tariffs.

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04.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The MAGA Machine Is Burying the Truth About Jeffrey Epstein Trump’s DOJ is shielding predators and silencing survivors. Why?

A powerful piece by @julieroginsky.bsky.social:

The MAGA Machine Is Burying the Truth About Jeffrey Epstein open.substack.com/pub/thebante...

03.09.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How To Smash Trump As democratic institutions crumble, the states could provide the key to defeating Trump.

Reposting without paywall. Please read!:

How To Smash Trump

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03.09.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Boiling Frog Americans do not seem to understand how perilous this moment in history really is.

New piece out on The Banter:

The Boiling Frog open.substack.com/pub/thebante...

02.09.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Barbarians At The Gate The Democrats don't appear to understand what kind of enemy they are fighting.

My latest:

"Barbarians At The Gate"

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29.08.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald The Anti-Socialism Socialist It's only "socialist" when Democrats do it.

Fantastic piece from @bobcesca.bsky.social today:

Donald The Anti-Socialism Socialist

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