American Elections Are a Joke
57 years ago, Americans went to the moon in four days. Californians would still be working on the countdown
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News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.
Livestream, 5:00 PM ET: Did We Try to Whack Putin?
Interviewing friend and former colleague Matt Bivens about a weirdly undercovered story
"Get Lit With Matt and Brad." Takes on Machiavelli
A recording from Monday's live video
Livestream at 4:30 PM ET Today: "Get Lit" Takes on Machiavelli
You might have read The Prince. We’re reading “Discourses on Livy.”
How Much Ethnocentrism is Okay?
Responding to a reader question.
Britain's Great Self-Loathing Crusade
American and European liberalism rightly campaigned against ethnocentrism once upon a time, but both versions ultimately went way too far
Listen to This Article: America Needs a Boring and Sane Party
Narrated Version | It’s not the fault of voters that they’re surrounded by crazy
Activism, Uncensored: Delaney Hall
Protesters Face Off with ICE, New Jersey State Police at Private Detention Facility in Newark
“Get Lit June 4, 2026: What Happened to Reading?”
Matt Taibbi and Brad Pearce ask why reading’s gone out of style, and what’s replaced it.
America Needs a Boring and Sane Party
It's not the fault of voters that they're surrounded by crazy
Get Lit Book List
What we're reading on the new all-books, all-the-time show
Episode One of "Get Lit With Matt and Brad."
Watch now | A recording from Monday's live video
Live Now! Episode One of “Get Lit With Matt and Brad”
A new all-books, all-the-time show premieres
Listen to This Article: Humanity Needs to Get Offline
Narrated Version | Log on for some things. Stay off for most things
New Show: "Get Lit With Matt and Brad," Monday, June 1, 4:30 ET
A show re-introducing the stories we've buried, as the clickhole era mercifully crawls to an end
Today at 3 PM ET: Appearing on Szeps Live in New York
Headed to the city today for an interview with Josh Szeps, which you can find in multiple places.
Humanity Needs to Get Offline
Log on for some things. Stay off for most things
Note from Editor: Translator Needed
A bit about the quiet, and more.
Listen to This Article - NPR: Happy One-Parent Day!
Narrated Version | On Mother’s Day, public media cheers parenting-as-self-actualization. It’s all about you, adults!
Activism Uncensored: Protesters Assemble at Bar Investigated for Promoting a #FreeBeerDay if Trump is Killed
Just barely holding on to sanity now.
