Minnesota state House candidate Dan Kimmel (D) ended his campaign after tweeting on over the weekend, “ISIS isn’t necessarily evil. It is made up of people doing what they think is best for their community. Violence is not the answer, though,” Smart Politics reports.
Save to Favorites“Most Americans believe recent U.S. military action against Iran has gone too far, and many are worried about affording gasoline,” according to a new AP-NORC poll. “While Trump is deploying…
Wall Street Journal: “Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, are both denizens of Brooklyn. The two men reportedly live just 0.7 miles apart in a uniquely…
“Special counsel Jack Smith gathered evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump took many top-secret documents that related to his worldwide business interests, and investigators considered this a likely motive for Trump…
“Iran has told the United Nations’ maritime organization that ‘non-hostile’ ships may pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that has been effectively closed to tankers since…
Politico: “The renewed push for budget reconciliation — spawned out of a Monday meeting between President Donald Trump and a group of GOP senators — marks the best shot Republicans…
“For a glimpse of how much higher energy prices could still soar, look beyond the prices Wall Street analysts normally track for West Texas Intermediate in the U.S. and Brent…
Iranian officials have told the countries trying to mediate peace talks with the U.S. that they have now been tricked twice by President Trump and “we don’t want to be…
Punchbowl News: “Senate leaders are hitting more snags as they try to reach a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.” “Senate Democrats are demanding additional concessions after Republicans…
Washington Post: “Faith in Israel’s state-of-the-art air defenses has been shaken. In incidents about three hours apart on Saturday night, Iranian missiles directly hit two civilian neighborhoods in Arad and…
“Iran’s combative Parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, is emerging as an unlikely figure in Washington’s search for a deal to halt a widening Middle East war,” the Wall Street Journal reports….
Oliver Darcy: “Six months into Bari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News, new ratings data obtained by Status shows its flagship programs are shedding viewers at an alarming rate, collapsing to…
Wall Street Journal: “Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen led her party to its worst election in more than 120 years on Tuesday, a vote that forces one of Europe’s most…
In the second massive upset of the night for Florida Democrats, Brian Nathan (D) flipped a state Senate seat that became vacant after Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped its previous occupant…
Emily Gregory (D) scored a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping the Florida state legislative district that includes President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, The Downballot reports. Gregory defeated her Republican opponent, 51%…
Shelina Moreda is running for a seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors but was reluctant to say her age when the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat asked her how old…
“Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn told House lawmakers they were never interviewed as part of formal federal investigations into their late client’s sex crimes,” Politico reports….
Miles Taylor, a former Trump administration official, called out CNN commentator Scott Jennings for heaping praise on President Trump on air and then taking a very different tone when the…
Senate Democrats plan to send a counteroffer to Republicans on DHS funding that “will contain significant reforms,” Punchbowl News reports. Said Sen. Chuck Schumer: “Every Democrat in my caucus has…
New York Times: “President Trump has picked Nick Adams, a right-wing influencer known for his machismo and professed love for steaks and the restaurant chain Hooters, to be a new…
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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.
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