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Geithner's In The Soup
AIG said in a draft of a regulatory filing that the insurer paid banks, which included Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale SA, 100 cents on the dollar for cr... | More »January 8, 10:31 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Fannie, Freddie, and the New Red and Blue
It has become conventional wisdom, perhaps even cliche, to pin the origins of the credit crisis on the big banks or, AIG or even the practice of financial modeling. Ce... | More »January 5, 11:00 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Lohan Denies Vagina Kick
Michael Lohan is adamant that he never laid a single toe on his ex-fiancee's no no special zone — claiming Erin Muller's allegations that he abused her ove... | More »January 5, 10:57 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Onward Christian Warriors!
But after Vietnam, most liberals moved on. It became unfashionable to talk about evil. Some liberals came to believe in the inherent goodness of man and the limitless ... | More »January 5, 10:56 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Re: Bill Moyers Journal
When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he had no shortage of challenges to address: an economy on the verge of complete meltdown, two wars, and a hea... | More »December 21, 9:22 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Defense Bill Raids Personnel Funds to Pay For Weapons
The measure also trims personnel and maintenance accounts from previous versions of the measure to pump up weapons procurement for Afghanistan and Iraq by almost $2 bi... | More »December 18, 12:33 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
TIME's Person of the Year revealed
msnbc.com:TIME's Person of the Year revealed. Well, now I've seen everything. | More »December 16, 9:33 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
PhRMA Hack: Campaign Promises Are Just That
The dispute traps Obama between his campaign rhetoric and the political realities of health-care reform, which depends in large part on tacit support from drugmakers a... | More »December 16, 9:31 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
On Obama's Sellout
This is pernicious for a lot of journalistic reasons, but politically it's bad for progressives beacuse conspiracy theories stand in the way of good policy analys... | More »December 14, 11:48 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Health Care For Almost One-Third of Everyone (Who is Left-Handed and Over 50)!
The short answer - subject to Senate revisions - is that those without employer-provided insurance would have more options for buying coverage, but if they are younger... | More »December 10, 11:55 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Palin Goes Birther
Well, the best way not to get tagged as a Birther is to refrain from saying that people are "rightfully making it an issue" and that the only reason that she would av... | More »December 7, 10:41 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
The Ultimate Vanity Plate
The License Plate That Says It All: 2BG2FAIL | Andrew Ross Sorkin. I'm going to give this one at least an 8 on the funniness scale, leaning toward a 9. The pla... | More »December 4, 11:23 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Seeking: Owners of ARM Mortgages
Quick note to readers — I'm doing some research and would like to hear from people who bought adjustable rate mortgages in 2004-2005. If you have a horror story... | More »December 3, 4:21 PM ET| Matt Taibbi
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