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NBC News: “She is likely to finish the race with a substantial unspent war chest, reflecting both the ease with which she raised money from anti-Trump donors across the country…
The FBI has returned three passports belonging to former President Donald Trump that federal agents seized during their search for classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last week, NBC News…
David Leonhardt: “Describing Congress as dysfunctional seems unobjectionable, even clichéd. I’ve done it myself this summer. Yet as the current session enters its final months, the description feels off. The…
Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself to five additional ministries while Australia’s prime minister, The Guardian reports. “Between March 2020 and May 2021, Morrison appointed himself to the health, finance, industry,…
Administration sources tell ABC News “the amount and the sensitivity of confidential, secret and top-secret documents allegedly discovered in the Mar-a-Lago search raise critical national security questions that must be…
“Republicans used the ‘defund the police’ slogan after George Floyd’s murder to paint the Democratic Party as radical. But since the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, a growing number of GOP…
New York Times: “Several voters said Ms. Palin had abandoned Alaska, after she resigned from the governor’s office in 2009 amid ethics complaints and legal bills. But Ms. Palin’s support…
Marcy Wheeler: “DOJ only needs to identify a single classified document to charge the former President under the Espionage Act. And given the way that Trump is ginning up outrage…
Playbook: “When it comes to dealing with Donald Trump, plenty of Republicans have chosen sycophancy — backing him no matter what. Others pick their spots, delivering an occasional critique alongside…
Punchbowl News: “Anyone reading the news or watching TV this August would think Donald Trump – rather than Biden – won the presidency in November 2020.” “Trump is everywhere. The…
“U.S. gasoline prices continue to fall, and they could keep falling, raising the possibility of gas below $3 a gallon in much of the country before the end of the…
“President Joe Biden plans to sign the Democrats’ massive climate, health and tax bill into law on Tuesday at the White House, marking a major accomplishment for his domestic agenda…
Just published: The Propagandists’ Playbook: How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy by Francesca Bills Tripodi. “An examination of what algorithmic polarization means for society and how conservative elites…
Former Trump aide Peter Navarro claimed that he has “circumstantial evidence” that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is going to try and steal her election tomorrow with fraudulent absentee ballots. Save…
“Attorney General Merrick Garland deliberated for weeks over whether to approve the application for a warrant to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, people familiar with the matter said,…
“Border Patrol agents have made about 1.82 million arrests at the southern border in the government’s fiscal year that began in October, new figures published Monday show, the second year…
“A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with threatening the FBI after the agency’s Mar-a-Lago search, allegedly posting on the right-wing social media platform Gab that all FBI employees…
“Allen Weisselberg, a longtime top executive at Donald Trump’s family business who was indicted on tax charges last summer, is nearing a plea deal with prosecutors from the Manhattan district…
“The Justice Department intends to unseal additional documents connected to the FBI search at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate but is urging a federal court to maintain the secrecy of…
Former national security adviser John Bolton told the New York Times that Donald Trump is “almost certainly” lying about why he had classified material at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Bolton said…
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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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