Interview: Matt Taibbi at 'Rescue The Republic'

[@obedirect5491]

Russell, that was a great interview with Taibbi. His closing answ "that he's scared of what a Dem win might mean" is frankly chilling.

[@nyperi13]

Matt Taibbi... 100% class act and true journalist!

[@F_ckAllTrumpVoters]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 How's his twitter account doing?

[@JohnTravena]

@@nyperi13 think a lot of what he’s saying is true but isn’t the whole truth. All of us have to think for ourselves no matter how much we respect this or that journalist cause they’re all human and they will let us down.

[@theresathompson9123]

His speech was the best at the event.

[@billyquaide1902]

It's time for defending the Constitution. Call it whatever you want.

[@portalarizona]

I read Matt's speech yesterday and my only comment was "wow!" It was so good I read it twice. Not only is Matt America's best living journalist, he spins out colorful prose that no one else - with the possible exception of Caitlin Johnstone - can match.

[@carmelsileo6520]

He's a fantastically good writer and an excellent journalist.

[@JohnTravena]

He’s a much better wordsmith than Caitlin Johnstone.

[@400brian]

I thought his remarks were the highlight of the event.

[@GardenerGeorge]

@@JohnTravenaI admire Matt ‘s ability with words but Caitlin has the better functioning moral compass and integrity . And its not even close .

[@JohnTravena]

@@GardenerGeorge Agree there. I’m talking purely prose.

[@bitteralmonds666]

Be patriotic! Vote Green ✅💚🍀 🧉🦄👍🏽

[@jumboshrimp5193]

Hows this channel at only 76k subs? Major throttling by google.

[@iteerrex8166]

Big time

[@iteerrex8166]

To me it shows 74.6K. All numbers are “adjusted” by the ai.

[@portalarizona]

And without it having been discovered and promoted by Jimmy Dore most of us would never have heard of Due Dissonance.

[@JL-gt1kc]

Yeah that’s pretty suspicious

[@iteerrex8166]

@@portalarizona I found Kim Iversen at the beginning of the plandemic, and the subs did not grow for like 3 years, despite the very high level popularity of the channel. Even now after 4+ years it has gained only 10%.

[@uncletoogie]

I am an American citizen. Not a peasant. It is my duty to question those in power and question the choices they make. I criticize my country to make it a better place.

[@janisjackson7322]

Russ on fire! Fantastic speech. Thank you! Let's all keep fighting.

[@universalsoldier2293]

Taibbi encapsulated exactly how I feel about this election. I abhor Trump, but I'm more worried that Harris is going to drag us into WW3.

[@djangokill65]

I'm afraid we'll get WWIII with either candidate. Trump may not have started a war when in office but he sure laid the groundwork for the current conflicts.

[@sandiharris5906]

In a perfect world, fine to abhor Trump. Not in this world on a relative basis. Yes you have to consider Dems the MORE party of war. The U.S. is just a bad country to be truthful

[@codingkriggsofficial]

I'm with you, except that Trump will also. Maybe he says he'll end the Ukraine war, but that's only one possible path to WW3. Israel and China rhetoric and actions will likely get us there too, and Trump does not hold back in the slightest there.

[@mvs9122]

Ignore trump as a person. Look at his policies: peace, jobs for Americans, no illegal immigration. Thr first is good enough to vote for him. If trump had won in 2020, the Ukraine war would have never had happened and 100 thousands of men would have been alive. All those who voted for biden in 2020 must recognize the consequences their votes.

[@dave9547]

​@mvs9122 trump is suggested Iran tried to k i l l him. Wonder why hes saying that?? He's a zy nist and those people want more w a r. Hate Harris more though. I will say that.

[@gammasmash1924]

As always, great stuff from Taibbi. Props to Russell as well. Great questions that sparked a fascinating conversation.

[@mharry2464]

I love this guy

[@earthandstraw]

"If you control the oil, you control entire nations; if you control the food, you control the people; if you control the money, you control the entire world.“ - Henry Kissinger

[@revmansolution]

Just vote a little harder 💪👌

[@dc7370]

Long journey. Went from active in elections as a kid, hanging paper. to not believing we have ever had proper elections

[@Randulpheleven]

You have a new follower after you good questions of the great Matt Taibbi! Thanks! Smart interview

[@leahhanderson3737]

I had to type in every word to search this coverage. The search engine is not making it easy to find.

[@dansanfrisco]

F-the establishment!

[@streamocu2929]

great humble guy, one of us ❤

[@urrywest]

I am also scared by the democrats.

[@janisjackson7322]

Don't be scared. Be angry.

[@urrywest]

@@janisjackson7322 I am voting against Harris in the up comming election.

[@sagnorm1863]

@@urrywest I am in a position where I want to vote for green, but don't want to risk a democrat victory so I might vote maga.

[@TheRadiostar72]

❤❤❤ Matt

[@GardenerGeorge]

Thanks for the ( to the point ) Interview. Maybe I missed it but that helped me understand where MT is politically and why more than anything I have heard recently . Some combination of the moment , the interviewer , and where he is at yielded less obfuscation than usual .

[@iteerrex8166]

The last four years brought everyone into politics. I had zero interest.

[@F_ckAllTrumpVoters]

😂😂😂😂 U brainwashed 🤡

[@StoryThyme100]

Thank you DD and MT!!! MT's last statements sum up where many people are right now. 8 years ago i couldn't believe that members of my family voted for DT. 2020 I voted against DT. And now I feel as MT. ---- PA voter who has never voted R....until now.

[@fellowcitizen]

Excellent interview

[@ianw19]

Russ, when someone asks you if you're in the stratosphere, YOU SAY YES!

[@jennifermoffitt7294]

Wow, they really burned Matt and yes he's an honest broker.

[@hipnicity]

I now know more than I ever wanted to about being ‘black-pilled’.

[@lesshiaman8952]

Matt, you squandered the hour. Your silence on Gaza particularly screams: Self-Censored!

[@vfwh]

I feel quite the same.

[@31mbur]

He’s a tool for Elon, what do you expect?

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

@@31mbur He just had a giant public war with Elon, what are you even talking about?

[@gauravtejpal8901]

​@@johnnyshanksalot8358 You must be utterly tone-deaf and lack even an ounce of self-awareness to describe the lovers tiff between Musk and Tiabbi as a 'war', when people are talking about the genocide of Palestine

[@jutlander6057]

Saw a picture of Matt from 15 yrs ago. He does not age … at all ! Makes the rest of us feel bad 😂

[@citystuff7184]

Well he did have a bit more hair back then, lol

[@EDoringer]

the hat fooled you then

[@paconner27]

Taibbi is a smart and talented journalist. I hope he gets back on the right (correct) path soon,

[@GardenerGeorge]

You kind of nailed what I would say . Great writer with a faulty moral compass that gets stuck on one issue for personal emotional reasons

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

"right path"? Why, because he's decided to criticize Democrats instead of Republicans? I'd say that gives him more credibility than it does being wrong. He's a classic lefty, like I am. I am also a writer who took journalism in college; albeit a small college, I still understand how it works. Journalists are supposed to head where the most smoke flows. And for the past almost twenty-five years, the Democratic Party has slowly turned on its base. That's part of the reason Occupy Wall Street happened. That protest wasn't solely about the banks. I was there. Those general assemblies covered a gambit of legitimate grievances. And I too have been accused of "losing my way" by some of my friends, all because I challenged the orthodoxy of the DCCC during COVID and the "Russiagate" hoax. Insofar as covering those stories from the correct side garnered derision from my contemporaries and family members, it's only galvanized my position more, especially coming out of it on the correct side of history, while all those people who gave me crap for my stances have seemed to memory-hole those entire events. Matt's fine... he's performing his job as a legitimate journalist.

[@stevensprung-wo3pk]

Hating one's own country is just as ridiculous and toxic as patriotism

[@genevievepluviose9919]

please clap 🎉🎉🎉

[@stripey7303]

While I view Trump as less dangerous than Harris, I also think most of us should be able to find someone in our own state holding the opposite view with whom to make a Vote Pact. I've registered with Break the Duopoly to that end and look forward to being matched with someone so I can vote for Dr. Stein without any qualms rather than hold my nose for Trump. #DRexit

[@thetruthfrommyperspective6688]

You mistake Jones and Carlson for RINO republicans. 😂 Love Matt, great interview, glad you had the opportunity 😊

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

Jones is all over the place though, I used to like him until maybe '17 but he can't decide whether to be anti neocon or the opposite, pushing/selling their worldview & fears (final straw for me was long rants about how terrified he was to simply see Muslim people out in public when frequenting local shopping malls). He constantly tries to have it both ways like pick a lane, bruh.

[@TheDbaru]

I genuinely don't understand why smart people keep using these dichotomous tribalistic labels that don't mean anything anymore. Why do you need to put yourself in that artificial box, or get mad/confused at others when they don't fit into your conception of the box?

[@johanarango835]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@stevesmith7839]

Matt looks so young!!!! I want to know how he does it???

[@glennbolder2722]

Thanks Matt for keeping that whole 9/11 truth thing to yourself, it's far to up setting for people to think about, thanks again Matt.

[@vfwh]

What are you referring to?

[@glennbolder2722]

@@vfwh he has been and is a 9/11 truth gate keeper for 23 years, he is a stooge for the deep state.

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

How would that help, exactly? These folk still believe that a president died from 'magic' 60 odd years ago, you think they're 1 revelation away from understanding something like that? They'd simply shoot the messenger so it's pointless. Anyone who's emotionally capable of grappling with what the facts truly show about the events of that day already knows the score.

[@mcl6406]

My wife criticizes me all the time but she still loves me.

[@IRONMANMETALBILLDANKANIS]

Sheeple will follow the Govt off a cliff

[@CHAOSANDCLOUDS]

How big was the event heard from 25k to over 100k

[@davidschluter6639]

👏

[@donmower]

Matt’s speech at the rally was “fire for effect” and “scorched earth.” It was the defining moment of the rally in my opinion. This interview just made him seem subdued and milquetoast.

[@GardenerGeorge]

Because he is a more natural writer than a speaker . The speech was Matt the writer - in his comfort zone ; much more confident

[@Jack-xc2ys]

Hypocritical hypocrits being hypicritical about hypocrisy should not deter action or protest. Whatever one is doing now, is different than what has already happened.

[@patrickholt2270]

The USA's ruling parties have made the words "democracy" and "authoritarian" completely meaningless. There is no difference now between the regimes the empire calls "democratic" and the regimes it calls "authoritarian." If anything, the one means the other. Maybe 10 years ago there was still a noticeable difference, but the censorship and political repression is just as strong here as it was then in places like Turkey and Latvia. Oligarchy and extreme inequality do this, by shrinking the distribution of good livings, they run out of carrots and have to use ever more stick to control us. Like with how "freedom" now habitually means "power", when US politicians talk about "our freedom", "the troops preserving our freedom", it's clearly unrelated to the state of civil and constitutional rights in the USA. What they are praising is the empire's power over other countries, and the ruling class's power over us. Which logically follows, because freedom is the byproduct of power at the personal level, which is why the pursuit of economic equality is the way to achieve mass freedom, through equality of power, most especially in the sense of "freedom to" but also in terms of "freedom from".

[@traru4]

Well put!!!!!!

[@patrickholt2270]

@@traru4 Thank you kindly. I try to be briefer than that, so again, thanks very much!

[@sagapoetic8990]

Will there be another event in DC? Sorry I missed this.

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

Diaper the IHS placard... run Jesuits run see Jesuits run

[@sandiharris5906]

He has to vote against them (the current powers). About time, I have been all in against Dems since 2016 and they are just getting progressively worse

[@drmali86]

Matt Tabibi is the smart version of Tim pool.

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

? Do they even have 1 thing in common? I don't get it. Tim says/believes whatever he has to for $ & clout while Matt is the direct opposite of that.

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

@9:33 The KZbin comment section is a perfect example of active lexical pruning or sematic pruning in social media, that is very much like what Taibbi is describing. On KZbin if you write certain perfectly acceptable descriptive words, or combinations of words, your comment will be auto-deleted. It's become so bad, you have to try to communicate certain ideas in code, or use poor enough grammar or spelling that the algo misses it. But that still doesn't prevent someone from reporting your comment and getting you on the algo's list. It's insanity.

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

I've always seen the usage of "patriotism" or being a "patriot" as a political tool to bash a political opponent over the head with when the side using that cudgel had no legitimate response to crucial questions about our military adventures around the globe. And I never trust anyone who self-espouses their patriotism publicly; the irony there is that's usually the side of the political aisle that claims, and rightfully so at times, that the other side of the aisle does nothing but virtue signals, when to me, that's the ultimate act of virtue signaling. It's just my opinion, but I feel that real patriots don't need to publicly display that idea like a badge for all others to respect. It should be inherent, I think. And when we mix politics with that idea, it becomes both muddied and cheapened for political advantage over one side or the other. That's just my opinion. Feel free to challenge that idea, as that's what makes this country so great, allegedly.

[@TheJofurr]

Reformists. Not even once.

[@herOhface]

Oh you didn’t know that eh.. fool 8:38

[@Kimiko1968]

Matt is an obvious example of audience capture. I loved him, he’s a great journalist. He’s not now, he knows his framing is bs.

[@2ChukBuk]

How is Matt NOT a great journalist now? Please be very detailed in your reply.

[@Kimiko1968]

@@2ChukBuk I didn’t say he wasn’t a great journalist. The tense is present. He got dissed and dismissed by the Dems and me too’d. He had nowhere else to go without an admission or explanation, so off to Fox News. As I said, he is a great journalist, I love his books, I think he’s butthurt hanging with his conservative homies now, making nice cash.

[@TRAZ4004]

@@Kimiko1968He’s not on fox, he runs a stacked subscriptions. There’s money there, but it’s coming from individuals not corporation and special interests,

[@Kimiko1968]

@@TRAZ4004 he went on Fox all the time. I don’t know if he does still. I understand he’s on substack. Glad he’s earning money for his very gorgeous home. Look I went to college with him at a very expensive private college. I admire his books about Wall Street and all the things he taught in them. But he clearly is not speaking/writing on Left issues anymore. I know free speech is a Left issue but he always frames is a. Democrat problem. We should understand BOTH parties suck, he knows that and never says it anymore because his audience would desert him.

[@traru4]

@@Kimiko1968What is “his framing”?

[@dc7370]

You are heading for economic hardship and detention

[@abolishnato]

Dude loves israel. So does Russell brand and Jordan Peterson but nobody will call them out on it

[@garyluciani1082]

What makes you think matt taibii loves Israel? Just asking.

[@abolishnato]

@@garyluciani1082 watch his interview with sabby. He has not said a single thing about the genocide in almost a years time. He refuses to call out any of either party's unwavering support for Israel and is constantly on right wing podcasts and news programs and doesn't ever call them out for being war mongers

[@theresathompson9123]

@@garyluciani1082 Nothing. A lot of people are building careers off of the issue. He's a renowned investigative journalist who has an established career. Investigative journalism is very different from political analysis or podcasting. For future work they're better off not making big statements.

[@TRAZ4004]

@@abolishnatoIf you bothered watching the video, he talks about censorship and Zionism.

[@resistapathy]

I heard this same argument against Chris Hedges- someone leaves a lame comment that they don’t the like the person (Hedges, Taiibi etc) because that person hasn’t talked about x issue in x amount of time, when the actual video shows that person talking about that issue.

[@hipnicity]

WALK AWAY

[@Raven1816]

Matt is a pro Israel..... guy.

[@nyperi13]

Just curious... where do you get this idea from?

[@abolishnato]

@@nyperi13 watch his interview with sabby. And he never calls out zionism

[@hipnicity]

Just because he doesn’t call it out? So is he pro human trafficking then?💁‍♀️ I don’t think so.

[@theresathompson9123]

@@abolishnato That's another purity test that many investigative journalists don't want to play. He has talked about the murder of women and children in Gaza. Knock it off with that nonsense.

[@abolishnato]

@@hipnicity watch the sabby interview. He's a complete coward but you just don't want to admit it

[@vfwh]

No republicans in the sphere of censorship?? His blindness to the current Palestine situation is jarring to me. I’ve read several of Taibbis books and have touted him as the parangon of honest journalism for years. How can he say (and how did Russ fail to pick up on that??) that with a straight face? The whole vocabulary shrinking thing that he mentions is 100% a republican tactic as much as a dem one. The fact that he didn’t even know about that also shows that he’s been audience captured. The « dems have the institutional power » thing was pretty believable a year ago, but that’s completely out of the window now. Of all the people who seem to be on the verge of losing the plot, Tabbi is the one that pains me most.

[@gauravtejpal8901]

If you keep looking for saviours, your only reward will be disappointment

[@vfwh]

@@gauravtejpal8901 Er, sure man. It's still nice to have people we like, you know...

[@carmelsileo6520]

He's right, though, in the sense that the neocons are the most evil force in the US political sphere, and the Democrats--both party and voters--have fully embraced them. It's in the GOP that you see any dissent to the neocons agenda. Not enough, sure, but it's Republicans and right-wing populists who have rebelled against the trend. There is ZERO dissent against the neocons among the Democrats. There is also zero dissent from the security state bullying. As Taibbi says, it's Democrats, not Republicans, who sicced the security state on him, on Tulsi Gabbard, on Scott Ritter, on Assange, on the Uhuru's. Of course he is terrified of what they might do with more power.

[@EDoringer]

patriotism is a function of nationalism, which isn’t good

[@MichaelWilson-ee8zx]

Indeed. His invocation of "America! Fuck Ya!" as a free speech slogan is just fucked.

[@saml8967]

FDT FKH

[@diegomagellan]

Uuuhuuh

[@Marxist2]

Russell, yesterday you predicted that Kamala is going to win the election. I truly hope you & your co-host are wrong because I don't want the same party that is committing genocide to win & continue this genocide. Matt, you on the other hand have my respect because you are a brilliant journalist.

[@henryburton6529]

Rescue the Republic = Russia First Con

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

As opposed the 'common sense' nuke war approach which is somehow 'patriotic' in seeking to literally destroy the planet (which believe it or not contains the US)? So who's the traitor to their nation in this equation, him? Or YOU?

[@Jimbo898]

Love Matt, let's quit it with this audience capture B.S. So you don't like part of his speech, get over it.

[@vfwh]

Some of us have known Matt for well over a decade. We're the ones talking about audience capture because we"ve seen him become narrower. If you discovered him 3 years ago, then you're part of the audience capturing him.

[@RobertJones-pm3zk]

It’s odd free speech is your issue and then you pick one of the sides who doesn’t like free speech🤔 and appear not to educate yourself on how the side you picked doesn’t like free speech. Matt needs to pay more attention. Odd to be so blind to one of the biggest issues of the day and how both sides will use that same issue to crack down on many freedoms.

[@TheBoogerJames]

what are you even talking about?

[@RobertJones-pm3zk]

Zionism is the issue that brings down free speech, as it always has, and Matt appears oblivious and is choosing one side of the Zionist team.

[@GardenerGeorge]

@@RobertJones-pm3zkI agree . Matt T. was attacked by people on the “ left “ and it has clearly gotten emotional and personal for him . Plus he does not seem able to focus on more than one issue at a time - he has been stuck on the “ free speech” / anti woke Subject for a few years now . Missing in action on the myriad of other pressing issues . I admire his writing ability greatly but not his moral compass .

[@herOhface]

Agree on a few points Matt, but it doesn’t change your indignant hypocrisy on a few files 6:21 You’re a bit wishy washy and non committal to ideas not of the right these days..

[@skmed1983]

Taibbi is likeable, and his journalism work is top tier... but it just seems like when it comes to directly addressing his political alignment he has an issue just coming out and saying he's right wing. Which, ok, that's fine. But just say it man. It just seems like he gets extra uncomfortable and begins squirming more visibly when it comes to direct questions about his actual political stance. He has criticisms of the "left", and they're not all invalid... with the exception of the fact that he doesn't typically make the distinction between the "left" and liberals.

[@jeffweskamp3685]

Maybe he's neither right-wing or left-wing. Maybe his opinions cross over into both territories. Maybe his beliefs don't HAVE to align into one of two polarized groups of opinion. Also, what is the difference exactly between "left" and "liberal?"

[@skmed1983]

@@jeffweskamp3685 Nobody says that you have to adhere to one camp or the other. Which is why in the comment above there's the "if he is right-wing 'then, that's ok'". Because you're right, it doesn't matter. But again, as stated above, it seems as if he himself has reservations about addressing his political ideology head on. He gets visibly uncomfortable and stammers more than usual. And as far as leftists vs. liberals. You do watch Due Dissidence right?

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

Please name 1 'right wing' idea that Matt has ever expressed in his entire life😆

[@GardenerGeorge]

@@johnnyshanksalot8358He just told you he is voting for the “ right wing “ candidate for President.

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

@@GardenerGeorge i'm not a Trumper but Trump ran to the left of the Dems on many issues so right/left gets pretty vague in this context. Is supporting war/censors somehow 'left wing?' And is opposing those things then somehow 'right wing?' I asked for an example of him expressing right wing views (as opposed to traditional old school democrat views from a few decades ago). Do you have 1 or no?

[@foodie135]

Kamala 2024!!!