@mtaibbi

Author of INSANE CLOWN PRESIDENT, I CAN’T BREATHE, SPANKING THE DONKEY, and SMELLS LIKE DEAD ELEPHANTS

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Joined May 2009
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No, he didn't, but why care if he did? It's as objectionable as yelling at Macklemore. Like journalism, art becomes less capable of influencing people the more it's tied to an ideology. The fewer demands people put on it, the better it gets
Dr. T3@wjhltn72Oct 21
Replying to @mtaibbi
Hatfield didn’t need to virtue signal about not making political statements
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I don't care if a metal/rock act makes a political statement. I'm against the idea that an artist MUST do this.
scrapped watch@lahawkinsesOct 20
Replying to @mtaibbi
Matt is the actual metal guy by getting upset when an artist criticizes the US President or Israeli policy
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The band is getting back together!!
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbiOct 19
Tune in to America This Week on Election Night! Join @walterkirn and me for an America This Week Reunion Special, as we watch returns and ponder the coming end of the world open.substack.com/pub/taibbi…
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We'll be there, it's not a spoof. I can't wait
Denise Velarde
@denisecvelardeOct 20
Replying to @mtaibbi @walterkirn
not sure have not seen Walter talking about it
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That is funny.
Jonathan Steigman
@MagicPeaceLoveOct 20
Replying to @mtaibbi @walterkirn
SQUEEEEE! I hope this is just the beginning of a return to the greatest podcast EVER. You guys go together like Elon and babies.
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Tune in to America This Week on Election Night! Join @walterkirn and me for an America This Week Reunion Special, as we watch returns and ponder the coming end of the world open.substack.com/pub/taibbi…
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Doctor Zhivago was banned in the Soviet Union and Pasternak expelled from the Writers’ Union, while Master and Margarita was suppressed for decades and even Shostakovich was denounced as a formalist.
Soapy
@OrkSoapyOct 14
Replying to @mtaibbi
Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad), “Come and See,” “The Master and Margarita,” “And Quiet Flows the Don,” “Doctor Zhivago,” “The Motherland Calls,” “The Stone Flower.” I mean I’m a staunch anti-comm but am honest enough to admit they had beautiful art and design.
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The idea that most Independents are just closet Republicans has never been true, by the numbers news.gallup.com/poll/700499/…

New High of 45% in U.S. Identify as Political Independents

A new high of 45% of U.S. adults identified as political independents in 2025.

news.gallup.com
H𝐎mer@OregonHomerOct 18
Replying to @daveweigel
Dumb guys who have voted for republicans their entire lives will really love and identify with this
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Listen to This Article: Art is More Important than Politics Art belongs to everyone and even heavy metal is more important than causes racket.news/p/listen-to-this…
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Tip: when calling someone illiterate, don't misspell "truly."
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This is the Mona Liza
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Muted for “silence the masses.” I think you mean “wielding.”
mdmx@maxdohmanOct 15
in a just society, Art sits on a pedestal. but until ALL peoples of this earth are free, art will remain a weapon of the resistance!! & anyone weilding art to numb, distract, or silence the masses is an enemy to future generations ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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No one is saying artists can’t be political. It’s just absurd to insist they must be political.
end racism, phd@paul_t_millerOct 15
nina hartley was very expressly political and came to guest lecture in college classes regularly
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I’ve stood up for you repeatedly on speech grounds, even on this issue, so - thanks, that’s gracious of you. Who’s the Mona Liza?
Roger Waters ✊
@rogerwatersOct 15
I always suspected Matt Taibbi actually was a useless idiot. And now he’s come clean. Who’s more important Matt? The Mona Liza or Hind Rajab? Matt scratches his head. Ok Matt, The Mona Liza is a painting, Hind Rajab is our sister.
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If you mean the Mona Lisa, it’s not an either/or question. Strange that you pose the question that way - why would you have to choose? How does a painting get in the way of your cause? Interesting also that you chose that painting as an example, because one of the things people love about the Mona Lisa is that they’re never sure what the smile means, but find it beautiful anyway. You’re right, what’s the point of that?
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ART IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS From Swift to Moliere to Dostoyevsky artists have been warning for ages that being Very Sure to the point of claiming to know how other people should behave is a 100% predictor of jackassery: open.substack.com/pub/taibbi…
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Art is More Important than Politics Art belongs to everyone and even heavy metal is more important than causes racket.news/p/art-is-more-im…
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"It does not matter to Motley Crue if you're a Republican. It does not matter to Mtoley Crue if you're a Democrat. It does not f****ing matter if you're gay or straight or if you're going right down the center of the lane in life, because we're all in this together—can we agree?!" 🤘🤘🤘
Cassandra MacDonald
@CassandraRulesOct 14
Nikki Sixx joins Metallica, says Motley Crue doesn't care about your politics.
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So, silence is violence. Got it
Jimmy Dore
@jimmy_doreOct 14
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” -Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate):
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Master and Margarita was only published by the Soviets in a heavily censored version in 1967, followed by a slightly less mangled version in 1973.
Phil
@Piano_TrumpetOct 14
Replying to @OrkSoapy @mtaibbi
The master and margarita and Shostakovich were pretty subversive, but hid it very effectively
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