Wall Street Journal: “A top advertising-industry observer expects elections this year and next will see political ad expenditures of roughly $9 billion, more than doubling the amount spent in the 2018 midterm cycle.”


Wall Street Journal: “A top advertising-industry observer expects elections this year and next will see political ad expenditures of roughly $9 billion, more than doubling the amount spent in the 2018 midterm cycle.”
Just for members: The latest edition of . This issue includes a deep dive into California’s 47th district, it’s an open seat because Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is running for…
Zeynep Tufekci: “Bird flu — known more formally as avian influenza — has long hovered on the horizons of scientists’ fears. This pathogen, especially the H5N1 strain, hasn’t often infected…
Washington Post: “Nearly three years since the coronavirus pandemic upended the labor market, restaurants, bars, hotels and casinos remain short-staffed, with nearly 2 million unfilled openings. The leisure and hospitality…
Associated Press: “Some defendants have drawn ire from judges or the Justice Department for their inconsistent comments. But there’s not much the legal system can do for an adjudicated defendant….
New York Times: “The new House Republican majority is again pursuing limits on how long members of Congress can serve, and the result is likely to be the same: failure…
“President Biden secured a $250,000 line of credit against his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home as his son, Hunter Biden, faces an investigation into his tax affairs and amid his own…
“Did that balloon take off from Wuhan?” — Rep. James Comer (R-KY), on Fox News. Save to Favorites
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) will not run for either the House or Senate in 2024, Punchbowl News reports. Save to Favorites
Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA) admitted in a video that he “has been handing out lapel pins shaped like assault rifles to fellow GOP lawmakers,” the Washington Post reports. Said…
Ali Vaez: “The Islamic Republic is now where the Soviet Union was in the early 1980s. The system is ideologically bankrupt, at a political dead end, and incapable of addressing…
“A stronger-than-expected jobs report has put the wind at President Biden’s back ahead of his State of the Union address next week, and it could provide additional momentum as he…
Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) “is doubling down on his belief that former President Donald Trump is the wrong choice for Republicans in 2024, saying he would not support Trump…
Rolling Stone: “The Manhattan District Attorney’s office right now is laying out its case against Trump, arguing that the $130,000 paid to Daniels, an adult-film actress, in 2016 constituted violations…
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) told the Washington Post that he thinks the odds of lawmakers getting police reform done are “fair to good” and urged Democrats to compromise with Republicans…
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) is starting the House Bagel Caucus, Punchbowl News reports. There’s no policy agenda for the group. The goal is just to introduce members to “real” bagels…
Donald Trump is not pleased with all of his so-called friends considering 2024 runs, Semafor reports. For a former president obsessed with rooting out “disloyalty,” however, it’s hard for him…
“The State Department has indefinitely postponed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing after what U.S. officials identified as a Chinese reconnaissance balloon was detected loitering above the continental…
China claims the suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon flying over the continental United States is a “civilian airship” used mainly for weather research that deviated from its planned course, CNN…
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“There’s no Republican plan, let alone a bill, to resolve the debt ceiling problem. But some GOP lawmakers are floating one idea to include in a package: rescinding approved but…
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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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