“My father’s life became exponentially worse the minute he decided to run for president.”
— Eric Trump, in an interview with Westchester Magazine.
Save to Favorites“My father’s life became exponentially worse the minute he decided to run for president.”
— Eric Trump, in an interview with Westchester Magazine.
Save to FavoritesA new Monmouth poll finds 43% of Americans are in favor of the recently passed bills to provide aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, while 35% are opposed. Another 21%…
“Joe Biden’s re-election campaign plans to continue using TikTok for at least the next year, despite the president signing a law on Wednesday that would ban the social media platform…
Edward Luce: “Watch carefully and you can see the Republican party forming a circular firing squad. The trigger was last weekend’s much delayed vote for $61 billion in Ukraine aid….
“Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have become key players in the early planning for a second Trump administration’s transition team, and would focus on vetting potential officials and staffers…
Politico: “Now, as he makes his third run for president, the media landscape of 2024 is markedly different than it was in 2016, in no small part due to Trump…
“Donald Trump’s allies have quickly found a target in Matthew Colangelo, the Manhattan prosecutor who delivered the opening statement in the historic hush-money case against the former president,” Axios reports….
Just Security: “While Trump has claimed he will be a dictator for only the first day of his administration, his promise to do so—even for 24 hours—is antithetical to American…
“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character, and so far as I know you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.” —…
William Kristol: “In three months, the Republican party will nominate Trump as its presidential candidate for a third consecutive time. This is unusual in American politics.” “Yesterday Republicans in the…
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is emerging as a key surrogate for President Biden’s reelection campaign for young people and progressives, pushing his climate agenda as a win for those critical…
Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial is reopening old wounds that had mostly healed from the 2016 presidential campaign. While the trial is mainly about how Trump paid to kill…
“I’m catching up on my fucking sleep ’cause I’m bored.” — Donald Trump, quoted by The Bulwark, on reportedly dozing off during his criminal trial. Save to Favorites
“Tucked inside the sprawling $95 billion national security package headed to President Joe Biden’s desk is a provision that could ban TikTok, with an important catch: It won’t happen before…
“Donald Trump’s legal payroll is easily the largest and most diverse of any political figure in modern U.S. history,” the Daily Beast reports. “But while most of the attorneys that…
“The Lincoln Project — a super PAC that ranks among former President Donald Trump’s leading antagonists — lost $35,000 in what it described to federal regulators as ‘fraudulent’ transactions committed…
“I don’t want to take a bit away from Chuck. He didn’t have any Ukraine problems, I had all of them. But, we agreed on the overall goal. It was…
“House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, seen as central to the House Republican…
CNN: “For months, President Joe Biden and his team pressed the case for additional aid both publicly and privately, leaning into courting Johnson – whose young speakership was under pressure…
I can’t tell you if Donald Trump will ultimately be found guilty in a his “hush money” criminal trial. But politically it’s a disaster for him so far. Join now…
“Democrats are increasingly open to the idea of voting to protect Speaker Mike Johnson against an ouster attempt, putting him in a stronger than expected position even with a razor-thin…
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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