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riverine

(516 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 10:34 PM Mar 2019

Isn't it odd how Matt Taibbi slammed Obama for years, spent years in Russia, yet now is quiet

(relatively) about the Trump regime? Is it odd that he has never called Trump a "criminal co-conspirator"?

I never trusted that smirk-ass "independent".

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Isn't it odd how Matt Taibbi slammed Obama for years, spent years in Russia, yet now is quiet (Original Post) riverine Mar 2019 OP
It does make you wonder. Beakybird Mar 2019 #1
He is slightly better than Greenwald, but they are both arragont jackasses, who have a very still_one Mar 2019 #2
He's following in the footsteps of other left of center individuals with ties to Russia. Jill Stein, okaawhatever Mar 2019 #3
Yes, his silence is deafening, so to speak. nt SunSeeker Mar 2019 #4
Silence? shanny Mar 2019 #9
That was about the 2016 campaign. It didn't talk about Russia. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #10
Lately I have been thinking about that too. 4now Mar 2019 #5
Oh, him? I forgot about him. Shit LuvLoogie Mar 2019 #6
It is true that Russians, Saudis and other shanny Mar 2019 #7
He always seemed like a jerk. And I think his MeToo moment also humbled him a bit. SweetieD Mar 2019 #8
He's not exactly silent. He's a pro-Tulsi, pro-Zero Hedge kind of guy. pnwmom Mar 2019 #11
OMG. I can't believe he actually said "The Russia business is reaching peak stupidity." SunSeeker Mar 2019 #12
Because, of course, Taibbi is pro-Gabbard. Cha Mar 2019 #14
WOW !! Screw Taibbi ... bookmarked uponit7771 Mar 2019 #17
I guess he still thinks the cynical "both sides" arrogant fact-free snark is cool. betsuni Mar 2019 #13
The years he spent hanging out in the Soviet Union made a lasting impression on him. n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #15
She's a plant duforsure Mar 2019 #16
I think the 'left" has been infiltrated more than people want to admit nini Mar 2019 #18
It's not odd. It fits a pattern. yardwork Mar 2019 #19
Taibbi's been a Kremlin stooge for years now... Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #20

still_one

(91,949 posts)
2. He is slightly better than Greenwald, but they are both arragont jackasses, who have a very
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 10:41 PM
Mar 2019

difficult time admitting errors in judgements

okaawhatever

(9,453 posts)
3. He's following in the footsteps of other left of center individuals with ties to Russia. Jill Stein,
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 10:45 PM
Mar 2019

Tulsi Gabbard, Glenn Greenwald, and their like-minded friends.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
9. Silence?
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 01:36 AM
Mar 2019

He published a book in 2017 titled "Insane Clown President". I haven't read it but it has a pic of Rump on the cover so I doubt if it is about Obama.

He's done a couple more books since then, (Hate Inc. and I Can't Breathe) and I think is currently working on something about the black hole of a money pit that is the Pentagon.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
10. That was about the 2016 campaign. It didn't talk about Russia.
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 02:59 AM
Mar 2019

The book basically critiques Trump's marketing style. It doesn't go into the shit show that is Trump's White House. The other books you mention aren't about Trump. I Can't Breathe is about the life and death of Eric Garner. Hate Inc. is a rant about the media, not Trump. The full title is "Hate Inc.: How, and Why, the Media Makes Us Despise One Another." From what I can tell, it's a lot of "both sides do it" false equivalence kind of stuff, and basically blaming "the twisted media" for the surge of hate in this country, instead of Trump. Trump would approve of that talking point!

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
7. It is true that Russians, Saudis and other
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 11:05 PM
Mar 2019

nefarious persons--looking at you Erik Prince-- are thick on the ground. It is not true that they are under every bed.

My advice is to look at who stands to profit and that has never struck me as Taibbi's raison d'être.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
11. He's not exactly silent. He's a pro-Tulsi, pro-Zero Hedge kind of guy.
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 03:09 AM
Mar 2019

For example:








Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi returns to PRIMO NUTMEG to discuss Bernie Sanders' foreign policy, why there's a smear campaign against Tulsi Gabbard, what comes next after RussiaGate implodes, hysterical social media censorship, a









And P.S.: He still loves Bernie Sanders.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
12. OMG. I can't believe he actually said "The Russia business is reaching peak stupidity."
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 03:25 AM
Mar 2019

And he wasn't talking about Trump. He was talking about Dems, namely Amy Klobuchar saying she will be tough on Putin. How is being tough on Putin "stupid"???!!!

And he refers to the worst Presidential scandal in American history, where a sitting President betrayed his own country to it's biggest foreign adversary, as "the Russia business"?!

WTF is wrong with him?

Who writes his tweets? Trump?

Cha

(295,903 posts)
14. Because, of course, Taibbi is pro-Gabbard.
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 05:04 AM
Mar 2019


I like Neera Tanden!

Matt Taibbi sucks-reaching peak stupidity.. hey genius Gabbard "smears" herself by covering for putin/trump/assad. Anyone who attempts to cover for gabbard isn't reality based.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
16. She's a plant
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 07:07 AM
Mar 2019

To use to divide people with , much like stein was used by putin in the last presidential election.

nini

(16,670 posts)
18. I think the 'left" has been infiltrated more than people want to admit
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 08:16 AM
Mar 2019

This Russia propaganda isn't coming from just the right.

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