Banters is a unique collaborative newsletter by Outspoken and Shallow State. We are very political, highly opinionated, and extremely cynical, yet we remain hopeful and astoundingly … happy. We’re fine-tuning our mastery of the human condition and wish to share it with you. So far, we’ve determined this: Life can be rough but you gotta laugh and try not to get addicted to your own angst. We will be your partner in the resistance during Trump 2.0. We will provide tips, tools, and guidelines.
Together we have a good deal of experience, not only in politics, but in business, psychology, human behavior, and the law. We have multiple graduate degrees, which you’ll come to consider either a source of knowledge and acumen, or not worth the paper they’re printed on - depending on the moment. Even though we’re both over 35 and born in the US, neither of us has run for President, because that would have required us to use our real names.
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MORE ON OUTSPOKEN: Resistor. Female. East Coast. Single mom. Fan of Democracy. Enemy of fascism and Trumpism. Graphic Designer. Legal beagle. Survivor and advocate. Never been shy. You know her on social media as the account the Right-Wing Media loves to hate. Featured by the fools at Fox News, called names by the demented putzes at Gateway Pundit, and obsessed on by the quacks at Newsmax.
Outspoken’s Social Media: Outspoken on Bluesky Outspoken on X
MORE ON SHALLOW STATE: Resistor. Male. West Coast. Fan of Democracy. Enemy of normalization. Former marketing exec and two-time Clio award-winner. Expert in abnormal psych. Grows vegetables. Loves dogs. Never been coy. You know him on social media as the account that popularized the terms malignant narcissism, malignant normality, and gaslighting. Part of a team that produced the films #UNFIT and #UNTRUTH.
Shallow State’s Social Media: Our Shallow State on Bluesky Our Shallow State on X
MORE ON BANTERS: Banters will be collaborative. Banters will be honest, clear, simple and straightforward. We’ll strive to be both informative and entertaining. We will Chat, and we are good listeners. We have no bosses. We answer only to ourselves, each other and to you. We’ll tackle issues that others may not. We’ll never pull punches. We’re resisters. Outspoken HATES Trump, pure and simple. Shallow State says that what he really hates, is TrumpISM. We don’t mind swearing. And we don’t fucking care about political correctness.
IN CLOSING: The coming days and years are going to be different and at times, difficult. We’ll help you sort through disinformation and its evil cousin, normalization. One of our main goals is to help you focus and maintain perspective.
