“I think my rhetoric brings people together. Our country is doing really well.”
— President Trump, quoted by The Hill, before leaving the White House to visit two cities that experienced mass shootings last weekend.


“I think my rhetoric brings people together. Our country is doing really well.”
— President Trump, quoted by The Hill, before leaving the White House to visit two cities that experienced mass shootings last weekend.
“A super PAC backing the independent presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to spend $10 million to $15 million to get Mr. Kennedy on the ballot in…
“The Fulton County District Attorney’s office has grounds to seek jail time for a Chicago publicist after she posted a video which seems to target an ex-poll worker at the…
“While House Republicans await Kevin McCarthy’s decision on whether to seek reelection — or even stay in Congress — after his eviction as speaker, they’re planning to throw him a…
FiveThirtyEight: “At this point, only Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy appear to have the necessary polling support and donor numbers to…
“As House Republicans move toward a floor vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has again mischaracterized evidence of payments from Hunter…
State Department spokesman Mathew Miller said Hamas might not be releasing more female hostages because it doesn’t want the women’s testimony about what they experienced in captivity to get out…
Rick Wilson: “When Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and, perhaps, Vivek Ramaswamy mount the stage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 6th, it won’t be the last Republican primary debate,…
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Nebraska State Sen. Tom Brewer (R) proposed during a legislative hearing that more people should be allowed to carry firearms in schools, the Omaha World Herald reports. Said Brewer: “I…
Mediaite reached out to the major cable news networks if there was a chance they might hire former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) in any capacity. be it as news host…
“He is historically dangerous. When I hear a lot of Democrats say, ‘Nikki Haley is just as dangerous,’ nobody is.” — Former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin, talking about Donald…
“A rocket most likely fired by Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 attack on Israel struck an Israeli military base where, experts say, many of the country’s nuclear-capable missiles are…
“A House Republican on Monday introduced legislation barring lawmakers who are expelled from Congress from receiving congressional pensions,” Axios reports. “It’s a direct response to the House’s expulsion last week…
Reuters: “Purdue’s owners under the settlement would receive immunity in exchange for paying up to $6 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by states, hospitals, people who had become…
Donald Trump says former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) writes “in her boring new book” that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he came to Mar-a-Lago after the election because “the former…
Westchester County Executive George Latimer (D) filed to challenge Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in a Democratic primary. Save to Favorites
“The lead Democrat in the Senate border negotiations warned Monday that those discussions have fallen apart, endangering a major part of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy agenda,” Politico reports. “Sen….
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Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) doubled the price of his Cameo appearances from $75 to $150, Semafor reports. Save to Favorites
Out next month: Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. DeSantis―the Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida) by Matt Dixon. The book tells the story of how Donald Trump made…
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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