Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

Author of INSANE CLOWN PRESIDENT, I CAN’T BREATHE, SPANKING THE DONKEY, and SMELLS LIKE DEAD ELEPHANTS

New Jersey, USA

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Joined May 2009

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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Oct 3
Listen to This Article: Writing is Good (He Said Controversially) Having dispensed with marriage, the New York Times enlists a professor to denigrate writing racket.news/p/listen-to-th…
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Oct 1
I’ve spent my whole career arguing against U.S. military engagements and arguing for defense budget cuts. I once spent three months learning Pentagon accounting so I could explain why we systematically overspend on weapons. But because I’m not additionally bitching about one of
Fractal Atlas
@FractalAtlas
Oct 1
Replying to @mtaibbi
It’s not a mystical, ancient phenomena of divine destiny beyond America’s ability to influence and control, it’s a modern geopolitical phenomena facilitated and buttressed by the American taxpayer, military, complicit media entities, and apathetic folks like yourself.
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Oct 1
Yes. That’s exactly what I’m saying
violet.transgirl 🩷
@Maria8721554925
Oct 1
Replying to @mtaibbi
So you’re basically saying “I’ll stick to my beat and let the rest of the world spin without my commentary.”
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Oct 1
I don’t make light of a child sex trafficking ring, I say there’s no proof one exists. The only adjudicated crime in all this is a solicitation charge with a 17-year-old. When it’s proven that “children” were trafficked, I’ll say so. There are plenty of real pedophilia cases, but
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@BlackestofLies
Oct 1
Replying to @mtaibbi
You frame the "conflict" the way the Israelis do, you make light of a child sex trafficking ring alongside a guy who pretends his mic goes out on talk shows when people ask him if he's on the Israeli payroll, you refuse to cover a genocide and refuse to acknowledge it as such--
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Oct 1
Let’s say it’s “just” 78 years old. That means for my entire life (and decades more) this has been going on without real movement/ progress. Shockingly, jumping in the middle of an endless blood feud seems unappealing. But, allocate your own time as you see fit
Fractal Atlas
@FractalAtlas
Oct 1
Replying to @mtaibbi
Ancient? That contemporary religious fanatics and ethno-supremacists embrace and practice uncivilized Bronze Age barbarism, doesn’t make it any less of a modern phenomena. The conflict is 78 years old, not ancient.
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