Matt Taibbi

The Spill, The Scandal and the President

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE June 24, 2010. by Tim Dickinson On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For weeks, the administration had been insisting that BP alone was to blame for the catastrophic oil […]

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Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle

Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren’t just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy – they’re re-creating the conditions for another crash MATT TAIBBI Posted Feb 17, 2010 5:57 AM On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left a peculiar voicemail message on the work phones of his employees at Goldman Sachs. Fast […]

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