“I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.”
— Elon Musk, on Twitter, responding to Bernie Sanders demanding “that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.”


“I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.”
— Elon Musk, on Twitter, responding to Bernie Sanders demanding “that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.”
Senior Department of Homeland Security officials are concerned they will not have enough funding and resources to cover the recording-breaking number of migrants at the southern border, especially as the…
“Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive former presidential candidate who rose to prominence in part by denouncing the influence of wealthy interests in politics, has a new target in his sights:…
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside Joe Biden’s popular-vote victory and choose “a clean slate of…
Elon Musk blasted Democrats on Twitter while doubling down on his vow to vote for Republicans in the next election. Said Musk: “In the past I voted Democrat, because they…
“Clean it up a little bit because sometimes when I’m discussing things with a reporter, I speak differently than if I’m making a speech. Then I speak perfectly.” — Donald…
Michigan state Senate candidate Jacky Eubanks (R), who was endorsed by Donald Trump, promised to ban all birth control if she gets the chance. Said Eubanks: “People believe that birth…
“Russia will cut natural gas supplies to Finland on Saturday, the latest salvo in a growing confrontation between the two countries over the war in Ukraine,” the New York Times…
“Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City, announced on Friday that he would run for Congress in a newly created district stretching from Lower Manhattan to his…
New York Times: “At least three members of the group chat are now facing charges in connection with the riot at the Capitol in January 2021. They include Owen Shroyer,…
British prime minister Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley Johnson, has become a French citizen, The Guardian reports. The elder Johnson campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU in 2016,…
“Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano warned in a master’s thesis that the United States was vulnerable to a left-wing ‘Hitlerian Putsch’ that would…
Jeff Bezos tweeted about politics this week. First, he criticized President Biden’s economic agenda: “Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together…
“A long-awaited report into the partygate scandal by senior civil servant Sue Gray is unlikely to force Boris Johnson from office,” the Financial Times reports.Save to Favorites
“King Abdullah II of Jordan issued a royal decree Thursday restricting the communications and movements of his half brother Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, whom Jordanian authorities accused last year of…
“The number of people receiving unemployment benefits fell in early May to the lowest point in more than 50 years, adding to signs the U.S. labor market remains unusually tight,”…
“Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government is facing a new threat to its existence after a second lawmaker quit the ruling coalition Thursday, leaving it with a minority in parliament…
The Economist: “By invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin will destroy the lives of people far from the battlefield—and on a scale even he may regret. The war is battering a global…
North Korea had nearly 2 million “fever cases,” affecting 7.7% of the population, and 63 deaths in just a week since it reported the nation’s first confirmed Covid cases May…
“In a sign of Russia’s urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners…
A new AP-NORC poll finds President Biden’s approval rating dipped to 39% — the lowest point of his presidency — with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic…
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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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