The latest controversy over the question of public platforms for odious speakers revolves around Steven Bannon, Donald Trump’s former chief strategist and ex-publisher of Breitbart News, the Pravda of the Trumpian right. On Monday, the news that Bannon would “headline” the upcoming New Yorker Festival in early October, appearing in an interview with New Yorker…
President Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon was uninvited to the New Yorker Festival, where he was scheduled to headline, the New York Times reported. The rescinded invitation came after several celebrities dropped out following the release of the festival’s lineup. David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, announced the news in an email…
Steve Bannon’s new film, “Trump @ War,” will debut with the intention of encouraging Republicans to vote in the midterm elections — and re-establishing his own relevance, Axios reported Thursday. It will premiere Sept. 9, the second anniversary of Hillary Clinton’s remark that “you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the…
Details are salaciously short, but documentarian Errol Morris appears to have made a film with — of all people — Steve Bannon. We know the film, titled “American Dharma,” will debut at the Venice Film Festival and that it’s meant to be a “dialogue” — a broad description that applies many of Morris’ films —…
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who is still in contact with allies and employees of President Trump, is proposing a plan to save the presidency from the probe into Russian election interference by firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller and signed off…
We’re delighted to announce that the Backward has won a record number awards from the Jewish Organization for Satire and Humor (the JOSHies), including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement for a Decade of Jewish Humor In a National Jewish Media Outlet. 2009 For providing ten years of hilarity that have done “more to preserve continuity than…
Only a few weeks after Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” ignited Washington with allegations of mismanagement and backstabbing in the Trump White House, a new book promises to reveal even more inside information — including new details about the fights between chief strategist Steve Bannon and senior advisor/daughter Ivanka Trump. “Defiance Disorder,” by Fox…
Steve Bannon, the executive chair of Breitbart News, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from the news organization that he led for the past five years (not including his stint working for President Trump). Bannon presided over the right-wing website’s rise in popularity and recognition, which also led to significant attention to controversial statements…
100% of profits support our journalism
