“The deck is stacked in their favor. My job is to reshuffle the cards.”
— Hillary Clinton, quoted by the New York Times, on the nation’s wealthiest citizens.
Save to Favorites“The deck is stacked in their favor. My job is to reshuffle the cards.”
— Hillary Clinton, quoted by the New York Times, on the nation’s wealthiest citizens.
Save to FavoritesDonald Trump called for the prosecution of ex-White House aide and witness for the January 6 Committee Cassidy Hutchinson. Save to Favorites
“Stefanie Lambert, a Michigan lawyer who has championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon because of a bench warrant,” the Detroit News reports. “The…
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said GOP leadership should have more carefully reviewed the claims in Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL)’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union address as she…
“Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, as the Republican presidential nominee sizes up a possible…
“Israel and Hamas for the first time in months are negotiating details of a possible deal to release Israeli hostages and for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza,” Axios reports. Save…
“In the three years since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Isabella DeLuca gained a right-wing following and burnished her résumé with two internships in the offices of GOP…
Congressional negotiators have come to an agreement with the White House on Homeland Security funding, the final piece of the FY2024 spending package, Punchbowl News reports. Leadership and key committee…
“Donald Trump accused Jews who vote for Democrats of hating their religion and Israel, reviving and escalating a claim he made as president that Jewish Democrats were disloyal,” the New…
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a senior delegation to Washington in the next few days to discuss an alternative strategy to an Israeli ground invasion of…
“Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to block testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels at his upcoming trial on charges stemming from hush money that Cohen, his former…
New York Times: “The strategy has become more popular in recent years, especially as Republican primary races have tilted ever more to the right.” Save to Favorites
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro must report to prison Tuesday after Chief Justice John Roberts shot down his last-ditch bid to remain free while appealing his contempt of Congress conviction,…
“Members of the Senate Commerce and Intelligence committees will get a classified briefing on Wednesday about TikTok and the House-passed bill to force its sale, according to two aides with…
“Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has begun to see see warning signs that the small-dollar donors who fueled Trump’s last run for the White House have slowed down donations to the…
“New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed back Monday against newly detailed sexual assault allegations stemming from his time as a transit cop,” Politico reports. Save to Favorites
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Tim O’Brien: “Donald Trump, the self-described multibillionaire and ‘king of debt,’ said he doesn’t have enough cash on hand to appeal a $454 million civil fraud judgment against him. Embarrassing,…
“President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month, as the divide has grown between allies over food crisis…
Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) wrote in USA Today that he will not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee for president, nor would he vote for President Biden in…
“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” — Donald Trump, on Truth Social. Save to Favorites
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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