TK News by Matt Taibbi

A few frosty observations, and a question

After they froze a successful GrayZone fundraiser over unnamed "external concerns," GoFundMe became the official poster child for the politicization of economic services

America thought it left the War on Terror behind, but the emergency never stopped expanding

Another idiotic controversy over a Racket-commissioned Matt Orfalea video highlights a spiraling problem

When left/liberal fixations fall out of establishment favor, they're re-christened as conservative menaces

Noam Dworman clashes with Washington Post columnist Philip Bump, and the results aren't pretty

In an impressive new low, the White House sends impeachment coverage guidelines up a flagpole, and the press salutes

Missouri v. Biden goes to the high court, setting up a historic showdown. Did adminstration lawyers make a tactical error?

Matt Orfalea's new video chronicles one of the earliest and most damaging Covid mischaracterizations

A key part of a court order in a major Internet censorship case is reinstated, but other parts, perhaps more important, are vacated.

Democracy may die in darkness, but its new connotations also squirm under the light

One of the plaintiffs in the landmark censorship case offers thoughts on last week's ruling, plus a general warning

If you live in a progressive east coast town, I'd like to come to hold a free discussion

Walter and Matt on Bill Maher, "Strikeforce Suck," and the new era of comedy as narrative-enforcement. Also, "The Lottery of Babylon," by Jorge Luis Borges

Jack Poulson has an insider's background, an outsider's perspective, and unique technical expertise, making him an invaluable resource for monitoring the world of national security contracting

Matt and Walter review the non-drama of the GOP debates versus the heavy ratings of Donald Trump's interview, then read the exotically depressing "Condensed Milk" by Varlam Shalamov

Walter and Matt on the Lovecraft devotee's mordant and predictive work of "social science fiction," describing post-nuclear relations between the sexes

Matt Taibbi: Welcome to America This Week. I’m Matt Taibbi. Walter Kirn: And I’m Walter Kirn. Matt Taibbi: Walter, how are you and where are you? Walter Kirn: I’m in a bathroom in a New York hotel room. You’ll notice the fixtures behind me. Why I’ve retreated to the bathroom has to do with acoustics. They’re even worse out there than they are in here. I also have no voice given that I choked on a supplement the other day and had to induce a kind of retching in order to get it out, rather than call my wife for the Heimlich, which I would’ve found embarrassing.

Matt Taibbi: Welcome to America This Week. I’m Matt Taibbi. Walter Kirn: And I’m Walter Kirn. Matt Taibbi: Walter, it has been 53 months since Julian Assange was arrested. I think periodically, from time to time, we should just remind Raiders that that thing is still going on because it keeps dropping out of the news. We should probably bring it up from time to time.