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“President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Jamieson Greer, a lawyer and former Trump official, to serve as his top trade negotiator, a position crucial to Mr. Trump’s plans of issuing…
New York Times: “The hourlong hearing, punctuated by an angry outburst by Mr. Giuliani, was the most contentious yet in the winding search for his personal assets, which he was…
Outgoing Rep. Katie Porter is seeking a temporary restraining order against an ex-boyfriend, telling the court that his “persistent abuse and harassment,” including sending her and her family and staff…
Jonathan Last: “He promises his base crazy shit. He then announces that he’s about to do the crazy shit. The media freaks out at the prospect of said crazy shit….
Bloomberg: “In a gambit familiar to adversaries and allies alike, Trump said in a social media post Monday evening he would slap 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada…
“It’s a daunting reality for Democrats: Republican Donald Trump’s support has grown broadly since he last sought the presidency,” the AP reports. “In his defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, Trump…
“President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday reached a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition staff to coordinate with the existing federal workforce before taking office…
“Donald Trump entered the White House eight years ago with a Cabinet full of traditional conservative credentials, tapping some people he barely knew to help him learn his way around…
“The U.S. imports approximately 60% of its fresh fruit and 40% of its fresh vegetables,” NBC News reports. “And among the countries of origin for those products, Mexico is the…
“President-elect Donald Trump is said to have selected Kevin Hassett to lead the National Economic Council, a role spearheading the new administration’s tax, trade and spending agenda,” Bloomberg reports. “A…
“Two Trump transition insiders, Cliff Sims and Kash Patel, are angling to be deputy director of the CIA — and angering others who feel they’re using their roles on the…
Tara Palmeri: “The breakneck speed with which Donald Trump filled out his cabinet may have looked deliberate, but I’ve learned that the process was even more freewheeling, complicated, and downright…
Caitlin Flanagan: “The minute it became clear that Harris had lost, reporters and panelists began offering explanations—explanations so obvious that you had to wonder why they hadn’t seen the loss…
Financial Times: “The incoming Trump administration’s vow to dismantle the leftwing ‘censorship cartel’ has thrown a shadow over the cottage industry of academics, non-profits and researchers that sprang up to…
Eliot Cohen: “Those of us who first became politically homeless in 2016 have lately been in a quandary: We need to figure out who we are. If we are not…
Timothy Noah: “The pithiest summary of Donald Trump’s last presidency was by the comedian John Mulaney. He compared it to a horse being set loose in a hospital.” Said Mulaney:…
Jonathan Bernstein: “Of course normal people want nothing to do with the 2028 election, and won’t until a long time from now. Even most primary voters, who are already a…
“Donald Trump’s transition team is planning for all cabinet picks to receive sweeping security clearances from the president-elect and only face FBI background checks after the incoming administration takes over…
“Senate Democrats don’t sound like they’re gearing up for a repeat of the ‘hell no’ approach to Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks that they adopted during his first term,” Semafor reports….
“If you voted for Trump because you thought he was going to bring grocery prices down, I have some very bad news for you.” — Catherine Rampell, on CNN. Save…
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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