After two full hours of talking with President Trump on his radio show, it was Rush Limbaugh who finally tried to end the conversation saying: “I know you’ve got a jam-packed day left on your schedule…”
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“Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership team is quietly discussing a plan B to fund the government amid conservative opposition and vocal criticism from incoming President Donald Trump’s top ally Elon Musk,”…
“Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of bird flu among the state’s dairy cattle constituted an emergency, a stark acknowledgment of the increasing seriousness of…
Paul Krugman: “Let me offer a somewhat, but only somewhat, caricatured view of U.S. health care: It’s a system in which taxpayers bear the cost of major medical care, but…
“Eight Republican senators are unsure about supporting former Democratic member of congress Tulsi Gabbard to become America’s top spy, increasing doubts about whether her nomination will secure Senate confirmation,” Reuters…
Bret Stephens: “Never Trumpers also overstated our case and, in doing so, defeated our purpose.” “We warned that Trump would be a reckless president who might stumble into World War…
“The Federal Reserve agreed to cut interest rates by a quarter-point Wednesday but signaled greater doubt over how much and how fast it would reduce them going forward,” the Wall…
“I don’t think I’ve had a better friend in the United States Senate than Kyrsten Sinema. We are best friends.” — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), quoted by Semafor. Save to…
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) floated the idea of being sworn into Congress on January 3 just so he could file a privileged motion to expose the “me too” settlements…
“The federal judge who oversaw the trial and sentencing of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating a plan to violently stop the certification…
“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known…
“Senior Democrats aren’t ruling out Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate for 2028. But not all of them are fully endorsing the idea, either,” Politico reports. “For party leaders, it’s…
Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a three-term Democratic lawmaker from northern Virginia, delivered her final speech on the House floor Tuesday after a severe neurological disease forced her to step away from…
Just three states — Maine, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — have split Senate delegations, the Washington Post reports. That is the lowest number since Americans began directly electing senators more than…
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is defending what he says is “embarrassing, though not criminal” past behavior and taking a shot at the House Ethics Committee, following reports that the…
“The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that could ban its U.S. operations, putting the case on an exceptionally fast track, culminating in oral…
“The House Ethics Committee secretly voted this month to release an investigative report into the conduct of former Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida,” the New York Times reports. “It is…
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos is “apoplectic” and “humiliated” by the network’s decision to pay $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump, the New York…
Alan Rozenshtein: “Trump’s nominations represent an unprecedented triple assault on constitutional appointment norms: First, many are unqualified or hostile to their agencies’ missions. Second, rather than making a few controversial…
Wall Street Journal: “Many rank and file journalists and producers at ABC News are frustrated by the company’s decision to resolve the suit, rather than fight in court Trump’s claims…
Last week, I wrote: If there’s one thing Democrats can agree on in the wake of their devastating defeat in last month’s elections, it’s that the party has a severe…
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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