Matt Taibbi
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Matt Taibbi: Forgiving Student Debt Alone Won’t Fix the Crisis
Turns out saddling teenagers with mortgage-like debt under the guise of increasing "access" to college education is a bad idea → Read More
Taibbi: Trump's Gone, So What's Next for the Democrats?
The party needs to find another message besides: “We are not Trump” → Read More
Big Pharma's Covid-19 Profiteers
How the race to develop treatments and a vaccine will create a historic windfall for the industry — and everyone else will pay the price → Read More
Taibbi: Why Policing Is Broken
Years of research on brutality cases shows that bad incentives in politics and city bureaucracies are major drivers of police violence → Read More
The COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casiono
While ordinary Americans face record unemployment and loss, the COVID-19 bailout has saved the very rich → Read More
Bailing Out the Bailout
It will take years to sort through the details, but Trump’s $2 trillion COVID-19 response looks like a double-down on the last disaster → Read More
After Richard Burr's Coronavirus Scandal, Will the Government Finally Crack Down on Congressional Insider Trading?
Members of congress trading against a pandemic is as low as it gets. On the long and winding history of elected officials eluding rules against political profiteering → Read More
The Official, Possibly Final, Democratic Debate Drinking Game Rules
Socially distance, grab a beverage and watch Bernie and Joe go one-on-one → Read More
Bernie's Last Chance
Heading into a one-on-one debate with Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders should not go gentle into that good night → Read More
To Rebound and Win, Bernie Sanders Needs to Leave His Comfort Zone
Current and former staffers says Sanders has run a great campaign — except when it comes to taking on Democrats like Joe Biden by name. Can he fix that? → Read More
Taibbi on Russiagate and the Effort to Derail Sanders Campaign
A last-ditch effort to derail the Sanders campaign fails as voters finally reject the Russia con → Read More
The Bloomberg Myth Explodes on Live TV
The Nevada debate offered voters vital information — including the exposure of Michael Bloomberg’s reputation for “electability” → Read More
The Official 'Rolling Stone' Debate Drinking Game: Nevada-Bloomberg Edition
If you feel depressed at how ugly the Democratic primary race has become, drink tonight → Read More
New Hampshire 2020: In Supreme Irony, the Horse Race Favors Bernie Sanders
Bernie and Trump are political opposites, but they’re on the same path to victory → Read More
Yesterday's Gone: Iowa Was Waterloo for Democrats
In a fiasco for the ages, the blue party faceplants in Iowa → Read More
10 Things That Went Wrong In Iowa
There’s no clear winner in the Iowa Caucus state delegate count, but the depth of this disaster go even deeper → Read More
Glenn Greenwald: 'Does the Law in Brazil Even Matter Anymore?'
The award-winning Intercept reporter talks about charges filed against him by Brazil’s right-wing government → Read More
Media Stupidity Is Uniting Left and Right
After CNN’s debate ambush and MSNBC’s body-language analysis, loathing of media is becoming a crossover phenomenon → Read More
CNN's Debate Performance Was Villainous and Shameful
The 24-hour network combines a naked political hit with a cynical ploy for ratings → Read More
The Official January Rolling Stone Debate Drinking Game Rules
Weeks of candidate debate prep likely flew out the window Monday, when CNN dropped a bombshell story: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed Vermont’s Bernie Sanders told her a woman couldn’t win in 2020. By an amazing coincidence, CNN is hosting the last candidate debate before the Iowa caucus in Des Moines tonight. The explosive Monday report is perfect WWE-style marketing for the last… → Read More