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Stories by Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi is a writer for Rolling Stone.

Why Is a Slate Writer Shilling for Goldman Sachs? Taibbi Shreds the Latest Wall Street PR

The winner of this month's Most Retarded Horsesh** Written In Defense of Goldman Sachs award goes to ... Heidi Moore.

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Posted on Jul 31, 2009, Source: True/Slant

The Scandal Continues: The Billions in Govt. Cash Behind Goldman's "Profits"

That Goldman Sachs is getting away with robbery is bad enough -- that they're getting praised for being so smart is damn near intolerable.
Posted on Jul 17, 2009, Source: True/Slant

"Suck on Our Yachts": Goldman Sachs Issues Non-Apology for Destroying the World Economy

Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein says he's sorry, then proceeds to brag about screwing us all.
Posted on Jun 22, 2009, Source: True/Slant

Let's Get It Straight, Hank Paulsen Is a Prick Who Took Down the Economy

The Wall Street Journal lets a former Goldman Sachs employee write a power-worshipping ode to Bush's disastrous Treasury Secretary.
Posted on Jun 9, 2009, Source: True/Slant

Taibbi: No More Compromise -- Obama Must Wholly Reject Bush's Dictator Policies

The recent haggling over Guantanamo is such classic Democratic Party politics, it's almost laughable. Almost, except that it's, you know, revolting.
Posted on Jun 1, 2009, Source: True/Slant

Sarah Palin's Outrageous Hypocrisy on Teen Sex

Palin knew her daughter was having sex in her own house. What does it take to get discredited as a right-wing "family values" merchant these days?
Posted on May 27, 2009, Source: True/Slant

These God Pundits Can Give You a Splitting Headache

God People are constantly fine-tuning their weird arguments to pimp the righteousness of faith.
Posted on May 9, 2009, Source: True/Slant

Memo to Jackass, the Credit Card Industry Doesn't Need Anyone Standing Up for It

A columnist decides the credit card industry is a victim of "public anger" --- how revolting is that?
Posted on May 8, 2009, Source: True/Slant

Obama's Top Economic Adviser Is Greedy and Highly Compromised

Among the payoffs Larry Summers received: $45K from Merrill Lynch days before he joined Obama's team. And it gets worse.
Posted on Apr 10, 2009, Source: True/Slant

AIG Exec Whines About Public Anger, and Now We're Supposed to Pity Him? Yeah, Right

AIG exec Jake DeSantis' NY Times letter asking for us to chill out about his poor overworked employees is a sick joke.
Posted on Mar 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The Big Takeover: How Wall Street Insiders are Using the Bailout to Stage a Revolution

The global economic crisis isn't about money -- it's about power.
Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: RollingStone.com

Someone Take Away Thomas Friedman's Computer Before He Types Another Sentence

Reading Thomas Friedman is like listening to the man talking to himself. His latest book, Hot, Flat and Crowded, is no different.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009, Source: New York Press

The Ultimate 9/11 'Truth' Showdown: David Ray Griffin vs. Matt Taibbi

The two writers lock horns over the accuracy of Griffin's recent book, 9/11 Contradictions.
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The Ultimate 9/11 'Truth' Showdown: David Ray Griffin vs. Matt Taibbi -- Part II

The two writers lock horns over the accuracy of Griffin's recent book, 9/11 Contradictions.
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The Ultimate 9/11 'Truth' Showdown: David Ray Griffin vs. Matt Taibbi -- Part III

The two writers lock horns over the accuracy of Griffin's recent book, 9/11 Contradictions.
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Mad Dog Palin

The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is -- it's what her candidacy says about America.
Posted on Sep 27, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Why Obama's Message Resonates with Millions

Obama delivers the same message Democrats always rely on. So why does it sound like a clarion call this time around?
Posted on Sep 9, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Big Business Is Making Sure It Wins the Presidency

It's the same old story: Money talks, and bullshit walks. And don't be surprised if we're the ones still walking after November.
Posted on Aug 9, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

McCain Doesn't Have a Prayer

John McCain can't stand sucking up to the Christian right. Is this the end of the GOP's unholy alliance?
Posted on Jul 28, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

America's Middle Class Can't Take Much More Punishment

Whether we like it or not, America is in the midst of revolutionary economic changes that are crushing the middle class.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Economic Realities Are Killing Our Era of Fantasy Politics

Election season will be packed with horserace media distractions, but our economic situation is becoming a matter of life and death.
Posted on Jul 19, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

McCain's Playbook: Hate, Fear and Caveman Politics

Haunted by the ghosts of Vietnam, the media-manufactured 'maverick' has remade himself into a dumbed-down Republican Party stooge.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Hillary's Pivotal Role: Help Obama or Let Him Twist in the Wind?

Clinton must choose between two loyalties: party and self.
Posted on Jun 11, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

If Cheney & Co. Had Really Plotted the 9/11 Attacks ...

Matt Taibbi's hilarious re-enactment of the secret govt. conspiracy (that never happened) to conduct the attacks.
Posted on May 19, 2008, Source: Spiegel & Grau

Will Hillary Be the Last One to Know It's Over?

Because mathematically, the game is over.
Posted on May 15, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

An Atheist Goes Undercover to Join the Flock of Mad Pastor John Hagee

In this excerpt from his new book, Matt Taibbi shares his experiences at a Hagee's boot camp for new converts.
Posted on May 5, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Hillary Serves out the Pork

Nobody doles out taxpayer money like Hillary Clinton -- or rakes in as much campaign cash from the companies she does favors for.
Posted on Apr 27, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Hillary's Flimsy Case for the Nomination

Addressing the myth of that Hillary's chances are better in the battleground states, and other frequently asked questions from the campaign trail.
Posted on Apr 5, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

The Wright Controversy Revealed America's Deeply Insecure Side

A society at peace with itself wouldn't have reacted in the way it did to the partly true/partly crazy remarks of Obama's former pastor.
Posted on Mar 27, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

John McCain's Bizarre 'Conservative Problem'

He's gone from laughingstock to presumptive nominee by campaigning for World War III. So why do conservatives fear him?
Posted on Feb 28, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Hillary Clinton: The New Nixon?

Hillary has taken her strategy straight out of Tricky Dick's paranoid, press-bashing playbook.
Posted on Jan 30, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

How Trivial Can the Media Make the Presidential Race?

Corporate media are turning one of the most exciting primary seasons in history into a trivia contest.
Posted on Jan 16, 2008, Source: RollingStone.com

Obama on the Rise

Barack Obama has stormed the Democratic race for the nomination -- can he and his supporters be stopped?
Posted on Dec 17, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

Iowa: Hillary Looks Shaky in a Pivotal Contest

After months as the front-runner, Hillary Clinton suddenly finds herself in a three-way heat.
Posted on Dec 10, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

Mike Huckabee Is Not a Sane Man

Surging Mike Huckabee may talk about poverty and trade, but the wild-eyed Baptist goofball doesn't believe he is evolved from primates. Does that even worry Republican voters?
Posted on Nov 24, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

Mitt Romney: Will Republicans Elect a Bloodsucking CEO?

Mitt Romney's endless bragging about his wealth and success has kept him near the top of the Republican polls, but he's running for the nomination of a party that has nothing left to sell.
Posted on Oct 27, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

It's the End of the Road for John McCain

Let's hope that John McCain's political downfall remains his own personal tragedy -- and doesn't become, by means of some terrible accident at the polls, ours.
Posted on Oct 8, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

Taibbi: Political Absurdity Hits the Iowa Caucuses

The media following the presidential campaigns in Iowa depict voters as gravely caring about meaningless issues like "likeability" and "electability."
Posted on Oct 2, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

Fred Thompson: Desperate Republicans Cheer for a Reagan Wannabe

In Fred Thompson's fantasy world, all you have to do to be president is pretend you're the Gipper and act tough on TV.
Posted on Sep 24, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

The GOP's '08 Candidates Can't Keep Dodging Iraq Much Longer

First Republicans screwed up on Iraq, sending thousands of Americans to their deaths. Then they refused to apologize. And now they're going to pay for it in the 2008 elections.
Posted on Sep 10, 2007, Source: RollingStone.com

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