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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "matt taibbi"

Matt Taibbi: How Congress Has Blocked Health Reform in Five Craven Steps (Video)

Matt Taibbi: How Congress Has Blocked Health Reform in Five Craven Steps (Video)

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2009.
"We might look back on this summer someday and think of it as the moment when our government lost us for good. It was that bad."

NYT Invites You to Shed a Tear For the Super-Rich (While Reminding You How Much We Need Them)

NYT Invites You to Shed a Tear For the Super-Rich (While Reminding You How Much We Need Them)

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. August 21, 2009.
The New York Times has apparently failed to learn the most basic lessons from the global financial disaster.

Sam Seder Interviews Matt Taibbi on Health Care Reform

Sam Seder Interviews Matt Taibbi on Health Care Reform

Staff, The Young Turks AlterNet: Video. August 20, 2009.
Taibbi talks Congress and reform with The Young Turks.

What the Mainstream Press Can Learn from Matt Taibbi's Takedown of Goldman Sachs

What the Mainstream Press Can Learn from Matt Taibbi's Takedown of Goldman Sachs

Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review. August 8, 2009.
If biz journalists won't step back and take in the sweep of this crisis, and the systemic distortions that underlie it, somebody else will.

Taibbi: How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Economic Meltdown

Taibbi: How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Economic Meltdown

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. July 17, 2009.
Matt Taibbi argues that "Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression."

Goldman’s Coup: Why Banks Are Benefiting and Workers Aren't

Goldman’s Coup: Why Banks Are Benefiting and Workers Aren't

Laura Flanders, GRITtv AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 16, 2009.
Matt Taibbi and Mike Lux discuss whether Goldman Sachs is a risk taker or a coup maker.

Ludicrous: Matt Taibbi Accused of Being Anti-Semitic for Goldman Sachs Article

Ludicrous: Matt Taibbi Accused of Being Anti-Semitic for Goldman Sachs Article

Matt Taibbi, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
Sample letter: "Isn't it convenient that an Arab-American writer ... looks at Wall Street and picks the most prototypically Jewish firm to demonize."

Matt Taibbi: Goldman Sachs Has Made Fools Of Us All (VIDEO)

Matt Taibbi: Goldman Sachs Has Made Fools Of Us All (VIDEO)

Dorsey Shaw, Air America Media AlterNet: Video. July 9, 2009.
Matt Taibbi and Sam Seder explore the shameful past of Goldman Sachs

Taibbi's Scream: Stop the Political System That Has Let Goldman Sachs Fleece Us for 90 Years

Taibbi's Scream: Stop the Political System That Has Let Goldman Sachs Fleece Us for 90 Years

Rob Johnson, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
The sordid story of how Goldman Sachs and Co. engineered bubbles in the economy and made a hefty profit.

Taibbi: New Secrecy Rule Lets Goldman Sachs Control Stock Prices Unmolested by Public Scrutiny

Taibbi: New Secrecy Rule Lets Goldman Sachs Control Stock Prices Unmolested by Public Scrutiny

Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. July 6, 2009.
The new rule means the public will no longer be able to tell if large investment banks are manipulating the stock market for their own gain.

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

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

Matt Taibbi, True/Slant. June 9, 2009.
The Wall Street Journal lets a former Goldman Sachs employee write a power-worshipping ode to Bush's disastrous Treasury Secretary.

Naomi Klein, Matt Taibbi, and Bill Maher on Investigating the Bush/Cheney Torture Program

Naomi Klein, Matt Taibbi, and Bill Maher on Investigating the Bush/Cheney Torture Program

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 11, 2009.
Should we sacrifice justice for political gain? Of course not, but not everyone feels that way.

These God Pundits Can Give You a Splitting Headache

These God Pundits Can Give You a Splitting Headache

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

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

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

Matt Taibbi, AlterNet. March 26, 2009.
AIG exec Jake DeSantis' NY Times letter asking for us to chill out about his poor overworked employees is a sick joke.

GRITtv With Laura Flanders: Obama’s Win, Was It Marketing Or a Movement?

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2008.
Nov 19: 9am (PST), Noon (EST). It was groundbreaking and impressive, but how did Obama win?

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

Matt Taibbi, David Ray Griffin, AlterNet. October 6, 2008.
The two writers lock horns over the accuracy of Griffin's recent book, 9/11 Contradictions.

Matt Taibbi on the Daily Show

Matt Taibbi on the Daily Show

Mark Ristaino, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. May 28, 2008.
Taibbi talks about joining the ranks America's conspiratorial fringes to write "The Great Derangement".

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Great Derangement

The Great Derangement

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 1, 2008.
How much bullshit can the human organism tolerate?

Mitt Romney: Will Republicans Elect a Bloodsucking CEO?

Mitt Romney: Will Republicans Elect a Bloodsucking CEO?

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. October 27, 2007.
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.

It's the End of the Road for John McCain

It's the End of the Road for John McCain

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. October 8, 2007.
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.

Taibbi: Political Absurdity Hits the Iowa Caucuses

Taibbi: Political Absurdity Hits the Iowa Caucuses

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. October 2, 2007.
The media following the presidential campaigns in Iowa depict voters as gravely caring about meaningless issues like "likeability" and "electability."

Fred Thompson: Desperate Republicans Cheer for a Reagan Wannabe

Fred Thompson: Desperate Republicans Cheer for a Reagan Wannabe

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. September 24, 2007.
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.

The Rip-off in Iraq: You Will Not Believe How Low the War Profiteers Have Gone

The Rip-off in Iraq: You Will Not Believe How Low the War Profiteers Have Gone

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. August 30, 2007.
In Iraq, private contractors are guaranteed huge profits no matter how badly they fuck things up.