The new Rolling Stone, with Mitt Romney on the cover, is already the talk of the internet. The cover article—which runs over 6,000 scathing words—was written by politics speaker Matt Taibbi in his trademark metaphor-rich, no-holds barred, cut-to-the-marrow style that he’s employed in bestsellers like Griftopia.

Here’s Lavin speaker and Griftopia author Matt Taibbi talking with Eliot Spitzer about how the Securities and Exchange Commission, the government’s cop on the Wall Street beat, looks the other way while the big banks bend and break the law.

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on the Occupy Wall Street protest: “There is enough real distress and desperation out there—this could transform into a real movement.”