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The Democrats Have Lost the Plot
Reclaiming some time, from a House hearing on free speech
 • Matt Taibbi
Meet the Censored: Me?
The Elon Musk portion of the Twitter Files story meets its M. Night Shyamalan ending. On the WTF week to end all WTF weeks
 • Matt Taibbi
After Vance Blasts Europe, the Mask Drops
An incredible event, followed by a more incredible reaction
 • Matt Taibbi
The Slow-Motion Assassination
Self-described guardians of democracy spent years creating a lethal atmosphere around Donald Trump
 • Matt Taibbi
The Media is Busted
And will soon die.
 • Matt Taibbi
Farewell to Volodymyr Zelensky, the GEICO Lizard of the New World Order
Thanking God that the era of mandatory applause for neoliberal mascots is finally over. Can Greta Thunberg come to the White House next?
 • Matt Taibbi
The American Press Is Destroying Itself
A flurry of newsroom revolts has transformed the American press
 • Matt Taibbi
News Blackout in Effect
The Michael Morell story is disposed of by press janitors
 • Matt Taibbi
Giant Electoral Asteroid Strikes America's Intellectual Class, Which Fails to Notice
The dustbin of history awaits thousands of race-baiting professional panic-mongers whose craven dishonesty gave Donald Trump a popular-vote mandate
 • Matt Taibbi
On “White Fragility”
A few thoughts on America’s smash-hit #1 guide to egghead racialism
 • Matt Taibbi
Begin the Deprogramming: There Was No "Pandemic of the Unvaccinated"
A note on Jimmy Kimmel, Howard Stern, Joe Biden, Stephen Colbert, and others
 • Matt Taibbi
Nation Shrugs as Godzilla Eats Washington
Donald Trump's sequel return is already an epic monster movie, and the country seems to think the capital's trampling is a net plus
 • Matt Taibbi
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