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“It ain’t gonna be that cold. Just because the oligarchs are there. They’re too tender, coming from Silicon Valley. Are they too soft?” — Steve Bannon, in an interview with…
Pope Francis has criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace,” CNN reports. Said Francis: “If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes…
“Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides,” the Washington Post…
Shortly after being sworn in at high noon today, President-elect Trump plans to revoke security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a letter in 2020 saying emails from…
Peter Baker: “The last time President-elect Donald Trump took the oath of office, eight years ago, Washington and beyond bristled with tension and angry defiance. But the Resistance of 2017…
Matthew Yglesias: “Even though he campaigned for a year and a half and then served four years in office and then campaigned essentially nonstop through four years of Joe Biden’s…
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President Joe Biden has pardoned members and staff of the Jan. 6 select committee on his last day in office, Punchbowl News reports. Biden has also pardoned police officers who…
New York Times: “Republicans, in particular, pointed to Mr. Biden’s mental state and age as the top thing they remember. Many Democrats relayed memories of Mr. Biden’s kindness and empathy,…
New York Times: “This is the moment Mr. Trump’s supporters have been waiting four long years to see. The ones who converged on the capital this weekend packed bars and…
There has been a furious effort by major Trump donors to get tickets to the Capitol Rotunda to see the swearing-in in person, the New York Times reports. Save to…
“Donald Trump at noon Monday takes office as the 47th president of the United States, marking an unprecedented and audacious return to the White House after weathering conviction on 34…
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…
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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