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Guy Who Rented All 94 Rooms of Aspen Hotel for Party Scores Awesome New Goldman Job
Remember the story about the Wall Street guy who rented out all 94 rooms of an Aspen hotel for three days for his daughter's Bat Mitzvah? The main character in t... | More »March 12, 6:19 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Bank of America In Trouble?
March 2, 10:44 AM ET| Matt TaibbiIt looks like Bank of America might have started circling the drain before the Occupy movement even had a chance to launch its campaign against the company. For weeks now there have been ominous signs of trouble at the bank, and yesterday we heard yet another dark piece of news.
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Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche
March 1, 3:10 PM ET| Matt TaibbiGive him this: The conservative provocateur had his moments
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Announcement: Occupy Wall Street Rally Today
February 29, 10:30 AM ET| Matt TaibbiOccupy Wall Street is kicking off a new series of actions today, and as part of the campaign, I'm going to be speaking at Bryant Park at 11 a.m., through about noon, when a march will begin.
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The topic is Too-Big-To-Fail banks, and Bank of America in particular.
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Arizona Debate: Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost
February 23, 12:20 PM ET| Matt TaibbiThis is where the Republican Party is now. They’ve run out of foreign enemies to point fingers at. They’ve already maxed out the rhetoric against us orgiastic, anarchy-loving pansexual liberal terrorists. The only possible remaining explanation for their troubles is that their own leaders have failed them. There is a stranger in the house!
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Another March to War?
As a journalist, there’s a buzz you can detect once the normal restraints in your business have been loosened, a smell of fresh chum in the wat... | More »February 17, 9:40 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Lloyd Blankfein's the Wrong Spokesman for Gay Rights
February 14, 4:55 PM ET| Matt TaibbiThe Human Rights Campaign, the organization that advocates for equal rights for gay, lesbian, and transgender people, has named Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein its “national corporate spokesman for same-sex marriage." This is an unfortunate mistake.
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Why the Foreclosure Deal May Not Be So Hot After All
February 9, 12:58 PM ET| Matt TaibbiIt's too easy on the banks and not generous enough to homeowners, among other problems.
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Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
February 8, 11:02 AM ET| Matt TaibbiBankers have failed so spectacularly at that job in the last fifteen years that they’re lucky that God himself didn’t come down to earth and boot their asses out of their new condos.
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A Victory for the Public on Foreclosures?
January 28, 12:07 PM ET| Matt TaibbiSo there was big news yesterday on the foreclosure settlement front. We still have to wait and see what the final deal looks like, but there are reports out that the long-awaited settlement is a far, far better deal for the public than expected. If these reports are true, it looks like New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and California AG Kamala Harris have scored an enormous victory in narrowing the scope of the settlement to the point where it really only covers robosigning abuses.
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Is Obama's 'Economic Populism' for Real?
January 26, 11:15 AM ET| Matt TaibbiObama’s decision to tap Schneiderman publicly, and dump Geithner, and whisper about a millionaire’s tax, signals a shift in its public attitude toward the Wall Street corruption issue. But how far he goes in practice remains to be seen.
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South Carolina Comedy; Poster Contest Result
January 23, 8:45 AM ET| Matt TaibbiBefore this past week, I was completely disgusted with the campaign story and was dreading having to cover it. Now, however, I have to admit to being seduced by the sheer entertainment value of this spectacle. TV comedy at its best!
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Romney Bombs, and Other Thoughts on the Charleston Debate
January 20, 10:30 AM ET| Matt TaibbiI have an article about South Carolina and the GOP race coming out in Rolling Stone soon, so I can't say too much about that race here. But I do have a few quick notes about last night's debate in Charleston, which I had the misfortune to attend.
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The Best Politicians Money Can Buy
January 17, 4:15 PM ET| Matt TaibbiCourtesy of the peerless Tyler Durden over at Zero Hedge, a hilarious graphic presentation:
A few days ago we presented a roster of the top contributors to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign as reported by OpenSecrets. Today we have done the same for two other candidates, representing two previous election cycles: 2008 and 2004. The first table shows Romney's key contributors to date. The other two are the blacklined candidates. We are confident everyone can guess who they are, but just in case they are presented unredacted below the chart. It is ironic that nothing really changes at the end of the day in terms of whose bidding is ultimately performed by the president, whoever it may be. We have highlighted those Romney donors who are identical to previous campaign cycles.
Click here to see ZH's awesomely depressing charts.
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Matt Taibbi is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. He’s the author of five books, most recently The Great Derangement and Griftopia, and a winner of the National Magazine Award for commentary.
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