“I’m returning home today from a long exile, a freed political prisoner.”
— Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, quoted by Politico, at a news conference after being pardoned by President Trump.
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“When unrest erupted around the country in 2020, President Trump’s then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper drew a line in the sand: active-duty military troops should rarely be deployed on American streets…
“Standoffs between protesters and law-enforcement officers in downtown Los Angeles escalated Sunday night, capping a tense day in which demonstrators, police, rubber bullets and helicopters overran a neighborhood that is…
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“Amid the fireworks of his spectacular breakup with Elon Musk last week was a striking admission by President Trump that once could have led to subpoenas,” the New York Times…
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ABC News suspended the network correspondent Terry Moran on Sunday after he wrote on social media that President Trump was “a world-class hater” and described Stephen Miller, the deputy White…
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Axios: “The populist paradox at the heart of MAGA — a movement fueled by economic grievance and championed by a New York billionaire — has never been more pronounced.” “Trump’s…
David Frum: “If Trump can incite disturbances in blue states before the midterm elections, he can assert emergency powers to impose federal control over the voting process, which is to…
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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