The Financial Bubble Era Comes Full Circle
An unstable encounter with a $50 billion stablecoin
Taibbi: Democrats and Republicans Have One Thing in Common — Both Suck on Free Speech
It's great that FIRE is expanding, and speech has a national champion again. It's depressing as hell that the Democrats have joined Republicans in abandoning free expression.
Matt Taibbi: Shouldn’t Hillary Clinton Be Banned From Twitter Now?
Trial testimony reveals Hillary Clinton personally approved serious election misinformation. Is there an anti-Trump exception to content moderation?
Taibbi: Bush is Biden is Bush
George W. Bush returns to the news with a tad too much honesty, lifting a veil on Washington’s dirtiest open secret: the Biden Democrats have become the Bush Republicans.
Matt Taibbi: PayPal’s IndyMedia Wipeout
A series of moves against media outlets by PayPal shows the next step in speech control: confiscation. Why won't the company answer questions?
Matt Taibbi: America’s Intellectual No-Fly Zone
From left to right, from Chomsky to Carlson, war-skeptical voices are being denounced at levels not seen since Iraq.
Matt Taibbi: The Great Billionaire Space Caper
Let's fly the first black woman to the moon, but send the checks to Jeff Bezos! On the congressional hustle that perfectly captures 2022 America.
Matt Taibbi: Give War A Chance
More and more, we're told outright war isn't just necessary and right, but the thing that will solve America's existential problems.
Matt Taibbi: “Regime Change” Doesn’t Work, You Morons
How many examples of "regime change" blowing up in our faces do we really need before realizing that it's a disastrous policy? Will we really try it with a nuclear-armed…
Matt Taibbi: Meet the Censored — Chris Hedges
Interview with the award-winning investigative reporter, now at Substack, who had six years of shows removed by YouTube over the weekend.
Matt Taibbi: The Media Campaign to Protect Joe Biden Passes the Point of Absurdity
A development in the infamous laptop story further proves the "Russian Disinformation" tale was itself disinformation, shaming a herd of craven media stenographers
Matt Taibbi: World’s Dullest Editorial Launches Panic
In an inane sequel to the Harper's Letter fiasco, a New York Times editorial ignites a fury proving its anodyne thesis
Matt Taibbi: John Podhoretz, You Suck
Neoconservatives think they've been vindicated by Ukraine, and their new Democratic allies agree. On America's most improbable and undeserved political comeback
Matt Taibbi: Orwell Was Right
From free speech to "spheres of influence" to our passion for endless war, we've become the doublethinkers 1984 predicted
Matt Taibbi: Conversation With Russell Brand, Who Isn’t “Right Wing”
Talking media, politics, censorship and other topics with the brilliant, irreverent, and increasingly influential British comic