President Trump claimed to a small crowd in Ohio that Joe Biden is “against God.”
Said Trump: “No religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt… God. He’s against God, he’s against guns.”
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Donald Trump “will sign more than 200 executive actions on Inauguration Day — a massive, first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living…
Playbook: “Donald Trump will today complete a political comeback for the ages, sweeping back into the White House for an historic second term as president. A mere 1,475 days since…
New York Times: “The Trump family’s new crypto token surged in just two days to become one of the most valuable forms of digital currency in the world, creating the…
Two days after her president-elect husband generated potentially tens of billions of dollars with a new meme coin, first-lady-in-waiting Melania Trump launched her own coin Sunday night: $MELANIA, Axios reports….
Julia Azari: “As I think about what makes the Trump era feel different and more threatening to American democracy than past moments, I keep coming back to the way that…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a key ally of President-elect Donald Trump on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that he plans to support Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI…
New York Times: “Mr. Trump has told people he wants to sign around 100 executive orders at the outset, including what he has touted as ‘the largest deportation operation in…
Michael Tomasky: “Folks, it’s time to reengage. Trump will take the oath of office at noon on Monday. Soon thereafter, this parade of misfit toys we’ve been watching testify this…
“President-elect Donald Trump is set to speak at a rally with supporters this afternoon in Washington, his first such event in the nation’s capital since his address at the Ellipse…
“Stephen Miller, President-elect Donald Trump’s top domestic policy adviser, briefed House and Senate GOP leadership Sunday afternoon about the executive orders the incoming administration plans to issue in coming days,”…
“TikTok flickered back to life in the United States on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said that he would issue an executive order to stall a federal ban of the…
New York Times: “Some said they were worried that the Justice Department or F.B.I. could launch internal or criminal investigations into actions they took during the course of their work,…
“Across many facets of society—in sports, entertainment, the classroom and the workplace—there are signs that MAGA isn’t just retaking the White House. It is gaining a firmer foothold in the…
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President-elect Donald Trump’s handpicked “border czar” Tom Homan said that the incoming administration is reconsidering whether to launch immigration raids in Chicago next week after preliminary details leaked out in…
“If I was Lady McBiden, I’d put on my big girl pants, play the long game and think about my husband’s legacy. There aren’t that many people left in America…
“President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will issue an executive order once he takes office Monday to delay the federal ban against TikTok and give the company more time…
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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