“You don’t have that much time to take away Americans’ guns and declare martial law… if you’re going to do that, you better get started”.
— Jon Stewart advising President Obama, who was making his final visit to The Daily Show.
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“The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee fired off two letters seeking the personal financial disclosure forms for Corey Lewandowski, a former adviser to President Trump now serving in…
“British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after saying she deeply regretted her mistake of underpaying property tax on a new home, in a damaging blow for her…
“President Donald Trump is expected to unilaterally reinterpret a 38-year-old arms control treaty to sell sophisticated ‘Reaper’ style and other advanced military drones abroad,” Reuters reports. “The new interpretation would…
“The Republican National Committee has green-lit early party aid for Michael Whatley as he campaigns for an open, battleground Senate seat in North Carolina — giving the former national party…
Wired: “At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.” “One by one, Trump asked the executives how much…
Tom Nichols: “The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea are not good men. They preside over brutal autocracies replete with secret police and prison camps. But they are, nevertheless,…
“The Trump administration is expected to issue an executive order as early as Friday establishing a designation for state sponsors of wrongful detention, in a move that would allow the…
Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged that while the Supreme Court’s decisions are supposed to be the last word, that word isn’t always so clear, Politico reports. Said Kavanaugh: “It’s possible we…
“Those governments will help us find these people and blow them up. They might do it themselves, and we’ll help them do it.” — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, quoted…
The Guardian: “A draft White House fact sheet on Trump’s rebranding initiative implicitly acknowledges that only Congress can formally change the department’s name, saying that the order would authorize the…
President Trump is considering New York City Mayor Eric Adams for an ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
Time: “The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats flinched, giving Republicans the votes needed to avert a government shutdown without extracting any concessions. The…
The Hill: “Up to now, the focus on Capitol Hill has been on which Republicans might buck President Trump and GOP leaders and endorse a procedural tool, known as a…
“President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy…
“Job creation sputtered in August, adding to recent signs of labor market weakening and likely keeping the Federal Reserve on track for a widely anticipated interest rate cut later this…
G. Elliot Morris: “Trump’s approval rating in our average is hovering near the low point for his term, around 41.9% approval with all adults. And he scores a 53.7% disapproval…
Washington, D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who is 88 years old, told Axios that “of course” she is running for reelection despite mounting concerns about her fitness for office….
“President Donald Trump has grown increasingly pessimistic about the chance of brokering an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict anytime soon or seeing the leaders of the two warring countries meet…
New York Times: “The mission had the potential to provide the United States with a stream of valuable intelligence. But it meant putting American commandos on North Korean soil —…
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.