Hillary Clinton released a brutal video featuring seven prominent Republicans offering their opinions on their party’s likely presidential nominee.


Hillary Clinton released a brutal video featuring seven prominent Republicans offering their opinions on their party’s likely presidential nominee.
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“The Internal Revenue Service is nearing an agreement to allow immigration officials to use tax data to confirm the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country…
“President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view,…
Wall Street Journal: “As Democrats tussle with each other on Capitol Hill and struggle to find a strategy to combat Trump’s fast-moving agenda, Sanders is stepping into the void and…
New York Times: “In the first two months of this year, the term was mentioned a total of 49 times on television, radio and podcasts in the United States, according…
As President Trump aims to follow through on his pledge to carry out historic mass deportations across the country, “thousands of federal law enforcement officials from multiple agencies are being…
Washington Monthly: “What the Democratic Party’s most buzzed-about policy movement gets right — and wrong.” Save to Favorites
President Trump pressed Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) to issue a personal apology after the two didn’t see eye-to-eye earlier this month on transgender athletes, The Hill reports. Said Trump:…
New York Times: “A quarter-century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.” Save to Favorites
Nate Silver: “From the first full day of his presidency, Jan. 21, through yesterday — March 21: conveniently exactly two months later — Trump’s net approval rating has declined by…
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“Republican candidates across the country are wooing the group for support for the 2026 midterm elections and other political efforts,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “In Georgia, gubernatorial candidates have…
The Dispatch: “Donald Trump’s most lasting legacy may be the foreign policy apparatus forming in the shadows.” Save to Favorites
“In what he described as his largest rally ever, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke to a crowd that filled Denver’s Civic Center on Friday evening, railing against billionaires and President…
A White House official told the New York Times that “despite the deal reached with Paul Weiss, Mr. Trump would continue to target law firms with executive orders, including some…
Politico: “The multi-front effort to memorialize a president who is still alive, let alone still living in the White House, has no precedent in congressional history. While none of the…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) — who ran against Joe Biden in 2020 — became concerned about his former rival’s mental acuity in 2023 at the annual White House picnic for…
“President Trump has embarked on a systematic effort to unravel Lyndon B. Johnson’s civil rights legacy, rolling back protections that have shaped American life for nearly six decades,” Axios reports….
“Senior tax officials are bracing for a sharp drop in revenue collected this spring, as an increasing number of individuals and businesses spurn filing their taxes or attempt to skip…
Wall Street Journal: “The moves this week accelerated the pace of Trump’s efforts to settle scores, which began when he took office. The president is continuing to target his perceived…
Axios: “Here are 10 theories, based on conversations with dozens of top Democrats, on what went wrong and what needs to change.” 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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