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Greenwald got one, too, as he never fails to remind his critics and naysayers. Go figure.

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Well, once upon a time, Greenwald did good work. But like Taibbi, fame and fortune are gifted them for the toxic shit they’re doing now, so…

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Whom the gods would destroy, they first make libertarian.

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I've gotta sock that one away in my dubious memory for future use.

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In fairness, Taibbi broke through as a well-connected disrupter when he was bragging about trying to coerce anal sex out of his Russian admins. He was gifted in all kinds of ways for being toxic.

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No, Taibbi did some pretty good work at the NY Press and Rolling Stone. But two books bombed, a fiction thing failed bigger, the scumbaggery came out, and then he ended up making the best money of his life as a bullshit artiste alongside Roy with Substack…

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