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  • At Least Birthers Do Homework
    March 18, 12:00 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    But the state still gets between 10 and 20 e-mails seeking verification of Obama's birth each week, most of them from outside Hawaii, Kim said Tuesday. via Hawaii... | More »

  • Reconciling Reconciliation
    March 18, 12:00 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Reconciliation has been used with increasing frequency. That was bad enough. But at least for the Bush tax cuts or the prescription drug bill, there was significant bi... | More »

  • The Most Confusing Lede of All Time
    March 18, 12:00 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Underlying the latest U.S.-Israel spat over settlements is the deeper — real — problem: There are five key actors in the Israeli-Palestinian equation today. Two of... | More »

  • Rush on 'Massa'
    March 11, 9:35 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    LIMBAUGH: Are you sure that Paterson appoints or is there a special election? CALLER: I am reasonably sure that Paterson will be appointing the replacement, assuming t... | More »

  • Shorting America Rocks!
    March 9, 9:50 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Lower credit risk means a lower price for protection. Zero implies zero risk. The higher the basis points, the higher the implied risk. When U.S. credit default swaps ... | More »

  • A Field Guide to Sports Egos
    March 4, 9:36 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    When you have agents and hangers-on handing you money and naked women and Escalades from the age of 14 on, it's bound to swell your head. Some athletes just get a... | More »

  • Santelli on Predatory Lending: "You can't cheat an honest man"
    March 3, 3:04 PM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Look at about the 5-minute mark of this video — Janet Tavakoli debating Rick Santelli about predatory lending. You basically have a whole panel of CNBC goons pooh-po... | More »

  • Dems Get Religion on Health Care Antitrust Exemption
    February 24, 11:20 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    MY health insurer here in California is Anthem Blue Cross. So far, my group policy hasn't been affected by Anthem's planned rate increase of as much as 39 pe... | More »

  • AP: Russians Still Sucking on ?Miracle on Ice?
    February 23, 4:46 PM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? They are gathering again at a Winter Olympics, now aging cold warriors. Thirty years ago, they played a game that has been called th... | More »

  • Re: The Mark Twain House Event
    February 23, 4:13 PM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:30 p.m. A Pen Warmed Up in Hell: Matt Taibbi and Charles P. Pierce : Rolling Stone political columnist Matt Taibbi and author Charles P. Pi... | More »

  • On the Bailout Hustle
    February 22, 11:59 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    So my new article in Rolling Stone, "Wall Street's Bailout Hustle," is up and online. The piece was a lot of fun to write mainly because I got to learn a lot abou... | More »

  • Feeling low
    February 17, 11:57 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Sorry for the lack of posts; I've been really sick for days. I hope to be back at it soon. What are you reading these days? And, are there issues I should be chec... | More »

  • Tony Mazz's Sox Math
    February 12, 10:21 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    Of course, we thought the same thing when Bay came up for discussion. As it turned out, the Sox dug in their heels on protective language in the event Bay had any inju... | More »

  • Michael Lewis: Wall St. Is Done
    February 11, 11:31 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to... | More »

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Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. He’s the author of five books and a winner of the National Magazine Award for commentary. Please direct all media requests to taibbimedia@yahoo.com.

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