“Take me to fucking court because I don’t care. Minorities are not going to run my city.”
— La Vista, Nebraska Mayor Douglas Kindig, quoted by the Daily Beast, on atheists questioning his town-sponsored “day of faith.”
Save to FavoritesNew York Times: “For the first time since 1972, NASA is sending astronauts to the moon. (But not to land there.)” “The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to launch on…
Just one-third of the public believes President Trump has a clear plan to handle the situation in Iran, according to a new CNN Poll, underscoring the deep skepticism ahead of…
New York Times: “Senate and House Republicans announced an agreement on Wednesday to move ahead as early as Thursday morning with legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, resurrecting…
TMZ: “Over two dozen members of Congress are on an overseas trip during the government shutdown… and it’s all being paid for by taxpayers while tons of federal workers go…
Politico: “With a sprawling field threatening to split the vote and hand the governorship to a Republican, a late-hour effort failed to persuade longshot contenders to drop out. A preeminent…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that she “would vote against all U.S. military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems, a shift that underscores how opposition to the Israeli government…
Justin Pearson (D), a 31-year-old state lawmaker in Tennessee, and his former boss, 76-year-old Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), are facing off in a contentious August primary, offering another test of…
“More than five years after violent riots at the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump still can’t avoid lawsuits seeking to hold him legally responsible for the chaos that temporarily disrupted…
Politico: “TMZ has launched an effort to shame members of Congress into ending their recess early and funding the Department of Homeland Security — and many congressional aides are quietly…
President Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial…
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers’s (R) newly announced student outreach team “includes a member who complained about women in politics and another who defended a leaked Young Republicans group…
New York Times: “For more than a decade President Trump has been intently focused on making sure Iran never had the nuclear fuel in hand to build a nuclear weapon….
President Trump said on Truth Social that he wants Republicans to send him a reconciliation bill for ICE funding by June 1. He added that the process should be “fast”…
Nancy Youssef and Jonathan Lemire: “As thousands of additional U.S. troops arrive in the Persian Gulf, military officials are planning for two potential ground assaults in Iran: one on Kharg…
“No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval. Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure.” — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), on X, in…
David Frum: “How did Trump get Hormuz so wrong? The answer reveals one of Trump’s most characteristic and most fateful mistakes: his steadfast refusal to acknowledge that Americans live in…
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President Trump told Reuters the United States will be “out of Iran pretty quickly” and could return for “spot hits” if needed. Save to Favorites
“The Supreme Court is casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by Trump’s unparalleled presence in the courtroom,” the AP…
Rick Hasen: “That certainly seems true of President Donald Trump’s second executive order on elections, issued on Tuesday. The order purports, among other things, to direct the United States Department…
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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