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The Growing Sentiment on the Hill For Ending 'Too Big To Fail'
First, a quick housekeeping note: About a month ago, I got a call out of the blue from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who's one of my favorite people and somethi... | More »April 3, 6:00 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Same-Sex Marriage Makes David Brooks Crazy
This morning's David Brooks column on same-sex marriage was one of the weirdest, most mean-spirited things I've ever seen in The New York Times. Entitled "F... | More »April 2, 11:02 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Inside the Three Strikes Project: An Inmate's Letter
I had to leave a thing or two out of our new article in Rolling Stone on California's insane mandatory sentencing laws, "Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame o... | More »March 28, 2:30 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Wikileaks Was Just a Preview: We're Headed for an Even Bigger Showdown Over Secrets
I went yesterday to a screening of We Steal Secrets, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney's brilliant new documentary about Wikileaks. The movie is beautiful and pr... | More »March 22, 10:53 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Live-Blogging the Senate Hearing on J.P. Morgan Chase and the Infamous 'London Whale' Episode
Sorry for the delay, folks -- having some technical difficulties. Will be up in a moment. 9:39 a.m. Again, apologize for the delay, but we're underway. Today... | More »March 15, 9:32 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Live-Blogging Senate Hearing Tomorrow, When J.P. Morgan Chase Will Be Torn a New One
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, I'm going to be live-blogging a hearing held by Senator Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations – the be... | More »March 14, 5:00 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Fallout from 'Untouchables' Documentary: Another Wall Street Whistleblower Gets Reamed
A great many people around the county were rightfully shocked and horrified by the recent excellent and hard-hitting PBS documentary, The Untouchables, which looked at... | More »March 4, 2:31 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Jamie Dimon Dong-Slaps Inquisitive Analyst in Hilarious Exchange
You just can't make this stuff up. So JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is participating in an investor conference call. This is the semi-regular ritual where a fin... | More »February 27, 2:24 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Sequestration Cuts Crisis Makes Me Want to Strangle Both Sides
If you can get past how horrifying it is, the looming "sequestration cuts" crisis is fascinating. It's like watching a bunch of gambling addicts play craps by thr... | More »February 26, 2:45 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Justice Department's New Get-Tough Policy Is, Well, Not
I don't want to sound like a broken record, but . . . the latest ploy by the government to insist it is "getting tough" on Wall Street is beyond laughable. The t... | More »February 20, 4:24 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
At Least We're Not Measles: Rationalizing Drone Attacks Hits New Low
Read an absolutely amazing article today. Entitled "Droning on about Drones," it was published in the online version of Dawn, Pakistan's oldest and most widely re... | More »February 14, 3:46 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
'Bailout': Neil Barofsky's Adventures in Groupthink City
Neil Barofsky isn't going to like this, but the first person I thought of when I read the former TARP Inspector General's book, Bailout, was G. Gordon Liddy.... | More »February 6, 11:42 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Get Ready For My Reddit AMA This Thursday
Click here to join Matt Taibbi's Reddit AMA. So, I was recently told that the Reddit site is awesomely popular, and that if you don't have a Reddit accoun... | More »February 5, 5:30 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
New SEC Chief Mary Jo White Thinks the Government Should Bring Cases – 'To A Point'
A few more things about Mary Jo White, the former prosecutor and corporate lawyer recently chosen by Barack Obama to head the SEC. Last week, I wrote about White... | More »January 30, 1:39 PM ET| Matt Taibbi
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