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  • Geithner's In The Soup
    January 8, 10:31 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Fannie, Freddie, and the New Red and Blue
    January 5, 11:00 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Lohan Denies Vagina Kick
    January 5, 10:57 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Onward Christian Warriors!
    January 5, 10:56 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Re: Bill Moyers Journal
    December 21, 9:22 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Defense Bill Raids Personnel Funds to Pay For Weapons
    December 18, 12:33 PM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • TIME's Person of the Year revealed
    December 16, 9:33 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    msnbc.com:TIME's Person of the Year revealed. Well, now I've seen everything. | More »

  • PhRMA Hack: Campaign Promises Are Just That
    December 16, 9:31 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Obamania
    December 14, 11:52 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    There is an important parallel between those who believe all criticism of Obama to be illegitimate and those on the Right who despise him without pause. The latter is ... | More »

  • On Obama's Sellout
    December 14, 11:48 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Health Care For Almost One-Third of Everyone (Who is Left-Handed and Over 50)!
    December 10, 11:55 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Palin Goes Birther
    December 7, 10:41 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • The Ultimate Vanity Plate
    December 4, 11:23 AM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

  • Seeking: Owners of ARM Mortgages
    December 3, 4:21 PM ET
    | Matt Taibbi

    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 »

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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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