# matt taibbi — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover matt taibbi. Page: Feed: --- ## [NATO, the Chamber of Death-Tech Commerce](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/nato-the-chamber-of-death-tech-commerce) _2026-08-28 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Part three of a five-part series on all of the excellent reasons to start emergent and serious peace talks to end the fighting in Ukraine, with an agenda based on Russia’s opening terms. ## [Ukraine and our wildly reckless flirtation with a nuclear war](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-our-wildly-reckless-flirtation) _2026-08-26 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Part two of a five-part series on all of the excellent reasons to start emergent and serious peace talks to end the Ukraine war, with an agenda based on Russia’s opening terms. ## [We Ought to be Standing With Ordinary Ukrainians](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/we-ought-to-be-standing-with-ordinary) _2026-08-24 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ We could still broker a peace there. Instead, we continue to help wreck their country, in ways that seriously endanger our own. (Part one of a five-part series.) ## [Busifikatsiya](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/busifikatsiya) _2026-08-16 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Working together, America and Europe can surely get a lot more young Ukrainian men dragged off screaming to the front lines, right? ## [Links for Livestream, 3 pm ET: The Origins of COVID, Wrapping Up Fauci, and More](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/links-for-livestream-3-pm-et-the) _2026-08-07 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Join Matt Taibbi of Racket News and I as we discuss whether Covid-19 leaked out of a lab. We'll also review the safety issues of such research, including the use of AI to engineer new viruses. ## ['Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program'](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/political-turmoil-will-not-derail) _2026-08-06 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Welcome to summer 2026 where that is an actual headline. ## [When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz](https://www.reneediresta.com/when-matt-taibbi-met-mike-benz/) _2026-08-04 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ To mark the paperback of Invisible Rulers, I’m releasing audio from a Twitter Space in which Matt Taibbi meets then-unknown political operative named Mike Benz. It is the origin story of the “censorship industrial complex”. ## [Combat Robot Kicks Child in Chest ...](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/combat-robot-kicks-child-in-chest) _2026-07-31 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ ... while robot dogs in Kazakhstan track down men late on their alimony, among other news about our coming Overlords. ## [Livestream: Anthony Fauci Hearing](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/livestream-anthony-fauci-hearing) _2026-07-29 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ A recording from Matt Bivens, M.D. and Matt Taibbi's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208980234/4c9a87401ff03f7da0450e79bcefe748.mp3) ## [Suddenly, We Admit Iran Wasn't After a Nuclear Weapon After All](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/suddenly-we-admit-iran-wasnt-after) _2026-07-27 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Their elderly leader had vetoed nukes. We murdered him anyway. (What if he were to change his mind?) Now, his son might want nukes. Luckily, we're already at war to keep Iran from nukes! ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mvMy7Eqr1KTF) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [A Year of Torturing Iran, Part II](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/a-year-of-torturing-iran-part-ii) _2026-07-25 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ After 13 consecutive days of renewed bombing, and threats "to open the gates of hell", the White House has paused this weekend ahead of a possible "massive attack, bigger than ever!" ## [Trump is going to lie to you tonight. An old guide to propaganda shows how to spot the red flags.](https://www.reneediresta.com/debunking-election-integrity-lies-trump-institute-for-propaganda-analysis/) _2026-07-16 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ Trump is expected to revive his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, using selectively declassified intelligence as “receipts.” Here’s how to spot the tricks used to sell that story. ## [Keep the Cat Memes Flowing: Interpretive Polarization and the Strategy Behind One of 2024’s Most Effective Political Narratives](https://www.reneediresta.com/jd-vance-springfield-pets-interpretive-polarization/) _2026-07-13 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ JD Vance admitted he promoted the debunked "eating the pets" claim because he had to "create stories" to get media attention. This essay explores how political narratives are intentionally engineered to outlast factual corrections. ## [A Year of Torturing Iran](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/a-year-of-torturing-iran) _2026-07-12 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ Rising Lion. Iron Swords. Midnight Hammer. Epic Fury. The grandiosity of pathetic little men has been a year-long grind, and what has it given us? Needless death, reckless hate, and $4-a-gallon gas. ## [Inside the Twitter Files](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/inside-the-twitter-files) _2026-07-11 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ A recording of a live conversation between Matt Bivens and Matt Taibbi about meeting Elon Musk, poking around at Twitter, and trying to suss out which forces are secretly shaping our world view. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206512882/1709e0d63bb18d69116beb728d094142.mp3) ## [Game over](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/game-over) _2026-07-06 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ All but curtains for Graham Platner's campaign. ## [Happy July 4! We beat Stephen Miller in court.](https://www.reneediresta.com/happy-july-4-we-beat-stephen-miller-in-court/) _2026-07-05 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ A federal court dismissed Hines v. Stamos in full — the America First Legal "censorship" suit against the Election Integrity Partnership and Virality Project. ## ['Welcome, But Be Good'?](https://mattbivens.substack.com/p/welcome-but-be-good) _2026-06-27 · Matt Bivens, M.D. · The 100 Days_ The President doesn't seem to understand how passports work. But he is still our Troller in Chief. ## [Why X's Community Notes is Struggling to Factcheck the LA Mayoral Election](https://www.reneediresta.com/why-xs-community-notes-is-struggling-to-factcheck-the-la-mayoral-election/) _2026-06-14 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ The "Spencer Pratt got 0 out of 24,000 votes” rumor was obviously false. Fifty Community Notes tried to debunk it. So why did none of them appear? ## [Red Mirage, Blue Shift, Online Cope](https://www.reneediresta.com/red-mirage-blue-shift-online-cope/) _2026-06-07 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ What Spencer Pratt's viral campaign tells us about online hype, election fraud spin, and what we'll see in the 2026 midterms. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vLaUUWMfmS3L) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## ["Vote blue no matter who" has conservative Democrats saying boo hoo](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/vote-blue-no-matter-who-has-conservative) _2026-05-29 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ Score-settling seems more important than keeping the party together and taking the Senate. ## [Settlements-as-Spin: The Trump DOJ’s Slush-Fund Politics](https://www.reneediresta.com/settlements-as-spin-the-trump-dojs-slush-fund-politics/) _2026-05-21 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ Pandemic contrarian Alex Berenson just got a $150,000 payout, and the spin machine is hard at work. But a look at the primary documents makes it clear: no court found that Biden officials had him censored. ## [Yes, I'm suing Matt Taibbi](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/yes-im-suing-matt-taibbi) _2026-05-21 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ I'm seeking attorney's fees from the conservative pundit over his spurious defamation suit—and I'm doing it to protect free speech. ## [I went to Web Summit Vancouver](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/i-went-to-web-summit-vancouver) _2026-05-18 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ Three daytime talks and one nighttime debacle. ## [Case dismissed](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/case-dismissed) _2026-05-05 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ Matt Taibbi takes an L. ## [Kashing out against free speech](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/kashing-out-against-free-speech) _2026-04-28 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ Plus—context on Maine's data center moratorium ## [I Was Falsely Accused of "Censorship" in The Free Press. Then Their Editors Censored The Truth.](https://www.reneediresta.com/i-was-falsely-accused-of-censorship-in-the-free-press-then-their-editors-censored-the-truth/) _2026-04-15 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ I prefer to keep drama off main in this newsletter, so I would rather not have to publish a post like this. But one of the things I've been meaning to write about is the way that partisan media ecosystems protect their own. This is a case study. ## [Running it back](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/running-it-back) _2026-04-13 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ Democrats could criticize the war without using right-wing talking points. One hopes. ## [Whistling down the road](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/whistling-down-the-road) _2026-04-02 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ A roundup of some recent, and upcoming, work. ## [Participation Trophies and Million-Dollar Verdicts](https://www.reneediresta.com/participation-trophies-and-million-dollar-verdicts/) _2026-03-27 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ TL;DR: In just three days, two social media “censorship” decisions, two major jury verdicts on platform design harms, and a cautious Meta Oversight Board advisory opinion highlighted the limits of framing every platform issue as related to speech—while spotlighting accountability questions around product design ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aBe1Krpvrx0L) _2026-03-27 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Florida, man](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/florida-man) _2026-03-14 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ James Fishback's appeal is limited, but some of his fans have reasons to support an open white nationalist that aren't so easy to parse. ## [The trials of Graham Platner](https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/the-trials-of-graham-platner) _2026-03-07 · Eoin Higgins · The Flashpoint_ Lunatic online conspiracy theories about the Democrat aren't breaking through to Maine voters—yet. ## [From Epstein to Everything](https://www.reneediresta.com/from-epstein-to-everything/) _2026-02-19 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ The Epstein files are real. The conspiracy theories they're re-fueling aren't. Here's why Pizzagate and Wayfair are surging once again, and why Cenk Uyghur went 9/11 truther. ## [“Who has the power to define the truth?”](https://www.reneediresta.com/who-has-the-power-to-define-the-truth/) _2026-01-31 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ A Doha Debates conversation between Glenn Greenwald, Siva Vaidhyanathan, and me on free speech, content moderation, and the realities of platform governance ## [Crisis of Trust 2026: The Retreat Into Insularity](https://www.reneediresta.com/crisis-of-trust-edelman-trust-barometer-2026/) _2026-01-20 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ 70% are hesitant to trust “the other side.” The 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer offers “trust brokering” tactics—but no clear path back to a shared reality. ## [Shopping for Receipts: How a viral video about Somali daycares triggered federal action](https://www.reneediresta.com/shopping-for-receipts-how-a-viral-video-about-somali-daycares-triggered-federal-action/) _2026-01-06 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ Two weeks ago I wrote about the fusion of the rumor mill and the propaganda machine —how online claims get picked up by political elites who lend them credibility and turn them into political reality, whether they’re true or not. The Brown shooting witch hunt was ## [The Rumor Mill and the Propaganda Machine](https://www.reneediresta.com/the-rumor-mill-and-the-propaganda-machine/) _2025-12-23 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ Last week, a mob on X falsely accused a college student of mass murder. The aftermath of the Brown/MIT shootings was a time of high anxiety. The appetite for answers was enormous, and the police hadn’t yet identified a suspect. And in that vacuum, X did what ## [Transparency is Censorship](https://www.reneediresta.com/transparency-is-censorship/) _2025-12-13 · Renée DiResta · Renée DiResta_ In my newsletter from just before Thanksgiving, I wrote about the little scandal on X in which a whole lot of MAGA folks suddenly learned that many of their favorite paidcheck influencers were not what they seemed . MAGAMom1776 was actually in Nigeria! BasedChad with the eagle avi was