“Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing.”
— Trump strategist Stephen Bannon, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Save to FavoritesProPublica: “Even as Trump and his allies officially refuse to concede the Nov. 3 election, the White House and federal agencies are hurrying to finish dozens of regulatory changes before…
President Trump has canceled a planned trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to stage a media spectacle around his false accusations of voter fraud, Politico reports. Save to FavoritesTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
Wall Street Journal: “Ms. Yellen’s resume was a draw for Mr. Biden. No past Treasury secretary has served both as leader of the Federal Reserve, which she did from 2014…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) told CNN that President Trump is “acting like an organized crime figure” over a possible pardon for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Said Schiff:…
The U.S. logged nearly 2,100 coronavirus-related fatalities, the deadliest day since early summer — and yet Flightradar24 data reveals that more flights are in the air today than on the same…
City officials in El Paso told KTSM that they would be hiring legal counsel in their fight to obtain $570,000 owed by President Trump’s reelection campaign from a rally held…
Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) is interested in being President-elect Joe Biden’s Interior secretary, telling the Washington Post the position is “just a natural fit for me.” The Hill:…
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message to President-elect Biden to congratulate him on his election victory, according to the Xinhua state news agency. “In his congratulatory message, Xi Jinping…
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) lambasted President Trump in a USA Today op-ed, saying that the commander in chief threw him under the bus although he voted for…
“The Israel Defense Forces have in recent weeks been instructed to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. will conduct a military strike against Iran before President Trump leaves office,”…
Wall Street Journal: “In a West Wing where advisers have often loitered near the Oval Office in the hopes of being asked inside, there has been noticeably less angling among…
President-elect Joe Biden won more than 80 million votes in the 2020 election, the ongoing vote count. The Week: “Biden currently has 51 percent of the vote, versus 47.1 percent…
Wall Street Journal: “In private conversations, he has polled advisers on what he should do next, musing about how he can stay relevant in the media and in the Republican…
Rudy Giuliani and Pennsylvania State Senate Republicans are planning a public event in Gettysburg on Wednesday to discuss supposed voting irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, and President Trump is…
New York Times: “In the end — and the postelection standoff instigated by Mr. Trump and his party is truly nearing its end — the president’s attack on the election…
Politico: “New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have emerged as top contenders to be President-elect Joe Biden’s health secretary, with Hispanic advocacy groups making…
Several days after the election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreed to increase the weight that the social network’s algorithm uses to make sure “authoritative news” appeared more prominently, the New…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized members of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration, saying they’ve lived in a “fantasy world” and “led from behind,” Politico reports. Said Pompeo: “I know…
President Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian…
“The federal government plans to send 6.4 million doses of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to communities across the United States within 24 hours of regulatory clearance, with the expectation…
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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