Matt Taibbi | Trump Is a Dangerous Idiot. So Why Is the Media Pushing Him Toward War?



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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "There's a big conference going on at the moment in Brussels, where the bipartisan Alliance for Securing Democracy - a group of journos, pols, and intelligence vets from around the West - is holding a conference to discuss how to rebuild the world order in a 'time of distrust.'"
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