A new Firehouse Strategies/Optimus poll found that a majority of Democratic primary voters in early voting states believe that President Trump should not only be impeached but also imprisoned.
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon won’t join President-elect Trump’s administration, The Hill reports. Said Trump: “I respect Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan Chase, greatly, but he will not be invited to…
“The woman who was at the center of a yearslong Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations surrounding Rep. Matt Gaetz testified to the House Ethics Committee that the now-former…
“President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate former presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,” Politico reports. “The expected…
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) suggested Thursday that he is open to voting for Democratic judicial nominees, even if they can’t secure any Republican support, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
“During Donald Trump’s hush-money trial last spring, a string of top Republicans turned up at the Manhattan courthouse in a public show of loyalty. Now several are being tapped for…
“President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation,” Reuters reports. “Ending the tax credit could…
Jonathan Chait: “Maybe the Senate caucus really will draw the line somewhere—perhaps at Gaetz, perhaps at one or both of Gabbard and Hegseth. But there is something disconcertingly familiar in…
Politico: “House Republicans have salvaged an agreement on their internal rules… after it appeared to be on shaky ground for hours earlier on Thursday.” Save to Favorites
“Although he’s remained involved on the periphery of Democratic politics since losing a 2022 bid for the U.S. Senate, Tim Ryan publicly had ruled out running for office again in…
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is keeping her options open for re-election in 2026. Save to Favorites
“Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) plans to run for a sixth term in the Senate, buoying Republicans’ hopes of retaining her seat in 2026,” the Washington Examiner reports. “Collins would be…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has talked with RNC co-chair Lara Trump about her interest in filling the Senate seat set to be vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) — and…
“Michael Anton and Sebastian Gorka are in the running to be President-elect Donald Trump’s deputy national security adviser,” Politico reports. “With either selection Trump would elevate a firebrand loyalist who…
The Miami Herald confirms that the Ethics Report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is “highly damaging” — and could be leaked today. John Clune, the lawyer for the then-minor…
Trump lawyer Alina Habba said she won’t be White House press secretary: “Although I love screaming from a podium I will be better served in other capacities.“ Save to Favorites
Former restaurant CEO Andrew Puzder “is among the contenders being considered by President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to lead the federal agency that enforces worker safety, minimum wage, child labor,…
The Bulwark: “Smith must decide whether to complete two separate reports covering the two distinct investigations or a single report encompassing both.” “Either way, just over two months is not…
“Capitol Hill is consumed with President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his attorney general, sparking a series of critical questions for the incoming Trump administration…
Tom Nichols: “To make Tulsi Gabbard the DNI, however, is not merely handing a bouquet to a political gadfly. Her appointment would be a threat to the security of the…
Ron Brownstein: “Trump has shown he understands a cardinal rule of strong man dominance: constantly force your allies to defend the indefensible and to make ever greater concessions they once…
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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