South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) interim chief of staff likened banning transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports to thwarting terrorism, the Grand Forks Herald reports.


South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) interim chief of staff likened banning transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports to thwarting terrorism, the Grand Forks Herald reports.
“Some House Republicans who oppose abortion rights are pushing legislation to implement a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks, coming just hours after the Supreme Court released its opinion overturning…
“Sen. Susan Collins was blasted Friday for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as opponents targeted her votes to confirm two justices to the Supreme Court who were in the…
Washington Post: “Trump has largely stayed away from the looming Roe decision in recent weeks, only decrying the leak of a draft opinion in the case from the Supreme Court…
“Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to engineer his return to power by launching a ‘scorched-earth’ campaign, courting far-right voters and accusing rivals of being beholden to Islamists,” the Times of London reports….
Jonathan Bernstein: “In October 1973, Nixon ordered his attorney general to fire a special prosecutor, fired the attorney general when he refused, and then had the second-in-command at Justice resign…
Los Angeles Times: “Four of the five Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion rights nationwide, are men. When the…
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) predicted that people will base where they live on whether abortion is allowed, the Kansas City Star reports. Said Hawley: “I would predict that the effect…
Former President Donald Trump told Fox News that divine intervention was responsible for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Said Trump: “God made the decision.” Save to…
“With Virginia’s biennial budget signed, and the state’s congressional primaries in the rearview mirror, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is ready to head out on the campaign trail to help out…
“The Supreme Court’s ruling Friday to eliminate the broadly supported constitutional right to abortion ignited a political firestorm in an already heated election year, landing less than five months from…
Just after the 2020 presidential election, I started getting emails from readers with a similar message: They loved Political Wire, but they needed to disengage from the news. It just…
Attorney General Merrick Garland said, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, “that states cannot ban mifepristone, a medication that is used to bring…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) declared the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “a historic victory” but said the work of antiabortion conservatives is “far from done,”…
This post for members was written by Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communication and History at American University and a former political speechwriter. Besides being the first Supreme Court decision in…
William Saletan: “One of Donald Trump’s favorite tricks is arm-twisting officials into announcing an investigation of his political opponent. He doesn’t really care about the investigation, because investigations are about…
Amy Walter: “Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen several polls showing Democratic Senate candidates running either slightly or significantly ahead of President Biden’s job approval ratings in their state….
The Economist “has built a statistical model to examine the relationship between food and fuel-price inflation and political unrest. It reveals that both have historically been good predictors of mass…
“Congress gave final approval on Friday to a bipartisan compromise intended to stop dangerous people from accessing firearms, ending nearly three decades of congressional inaction over how to counter gun…
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said he will seek to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, moving quickly following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning the constitutional…
President Biden took a deep breath before giving his remarks on the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, the New York Times reports. Said Biden: “Today the Supreme Court expressly took away…
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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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