Tag: Matt Taibbi

The Best Description Of The Tea Party – Ever

Filed in National by on September 29, 2010 • 24 Comments

As usual, Matt Taibbi nails it.  I’ve highlighted certain points below, but you should really read the whole article! A hall full of elderly white people in Medicare-paid scooters, railing against government spending and imagining themselves revolutionaries as they cheer on the vice-presidential puppet hand-picked by the GOP establishment. If there exists a better snapshot […]

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Taibbi: Potentially Huge Decision On Mortgages In Kansas

Filed in National by on September 23, 2009 • 15 Comments

Matt Taibbi has a blog post up about a recent ruling in Kansas regarding foreclosure on mortgages. MERS is a middleman in the mortgage trading business, it would buy mortgages from banks and participate in bundling mortgages for the securities market. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that MERS had no standing to foreclose on a […]

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