“President Trump came to Washington promising to ‘drain the swamp.’ But after less than 13 months, more than 40 percent of the people he originally picked for Cabinet-level jobs have faced ethical or other controversies. And the list has grown quickly in recent weeks,” the Washington Post reports.
Save to FavoritesCharlie Warzel: “The Trump website is essentially a GoFundMe page for the twice-impeached leader of the Republican Party. The one link that does work is the one that says ‘CONTRIBUTE’…
“In a stunning announcement Thursday night, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) told supporters that she will not run for reelection this year,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The move…
Susan Glasser: “The striking difference is that, this time, Liz Cheney has chosen to fight him on it. If Trump does manage to reinvent ‘the Big Lie’ in service of…
“After a record 16 years in office, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said it was time to call it quits,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. “The longest serving mayor in the…
“Recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner (R) may have played right into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) hands when she lamented on Fox News that a neighboring private plane owner at her airport…
During a press conference outlining his plan to end most COVID-19 restrictions, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) spoke out about the politicization around masks, saying “it cost lives,” WCCO reports….
“Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump ― three of ex-President Donald Trump’s adult children — continue to stick taxpayers with the cost of their Secret Service protection,” the…
“Four months after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, FBI agents maintain a steady pace of arresting people accused of taking part, as one of the largest criminal…
“JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon urged lawmakers to spell out — very specifically — targets for building roads, funding college degrees and creating jobs if they embark on…
“As voters have installed Democrats in the state’s top offices, conservative activists have increasingly turned to recalls to reverse the blue tide,” Colorado Public Radio reports. “Now, as part of…
A Michigan legislative hearing to pre-emptively ban governmental “vaccine passports” in Michigan devolved into the realm of conspiracy theory, Michigan Bridge reports. Author and activist Naomi Wolf told lawmakers that…
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D) will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, the AP reports. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on…
“Republicans are firing back at Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) over a compilation she created of their social media posts related to the 2020 election and Jan. 6 insurrection, filing a…
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), campaigning to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the Republican Party’s No. 3 leader in the House for calling out President Donald Trump’s election lies, pitched…
Wall Street Journal: “With Donald Trump’s return to Facebook in limbo, YouTube has emerged as the former president’s best chance to return to social media in the near future. Mr….
Associated Press: “The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 498,000, the lowest point since the viral pandemic struck 14 months ago and a sign of the…
Playbook: “They see a divided opposition gradually coalescing around devotion to an former president known primarily for one thing these days: lying about the legitimacy of the 2020 election. And…
A new Punchbowl News survey of senior Democratic Capitol Hill aides finds 64% of them see Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as the next Democratic speaker of the House, followed by…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) commented on Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who will soon be “voted off” the House Republican leadership: “Her crime: acknowledging the reality that Trump lost the election….
“More than a dozen onetime aides and advisers to former President Donald Trump have signed on to assist Republicans competing in statewide and federal contests across the country, in some…
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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