“He can’t feed his people. It’s a communist country, so he can’t feed his people, so they need more farmland.”
— Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), quoted by 1819 News, explaining why he thinks Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

Save to Favorites“He can’t feed his people. It’s a communist country, so he can’t feed his people, so they need more farmland.”
— Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), quoted by 1819 News, explaining why he thinks Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

Save to FavoritesA new AARP poll in Arizona finds Sen. Mark Kelly (D) is leading opponent Blake Masters (R) in the race for U.S. Senate, 50% to 42%. For comparison, the FiveThirtyEight…
“An Arizona state court judge lifted a 50-year-old block on a 19th-century law banning nearly all abortions in the state Friday, ending three months of confusion about the legality of…
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon (R) made light of the 2020 kidnapping plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), CNN reports. Said Dixon: “For someone so worried about being kidnapped, Gretchen…
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (R) went after his opponent, John Fetterman (D), for purchasing his home for $1 from his family, saying “Only in John Fetterman’s world can…
“The property management subsidiary of Jared Kushner’s family real estate company has agreed to pay a $3.25 million fine to the state of Maryland and to reimburse many of the…
“In-person voting for the midterm elections opened Friday in Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming, kicking off a six-week sprint to Election Day in a landscape that has changed much…
The House Republican conference rolled out their platform for the 2022 midterm elections with words attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but the Daily Beast reports the quote is actually from a…
“Intelligence officials have resumed their national security risk review of top-secret documents that were seized at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate,” Politico reports. “The resumption, which has not been…
“President Biden vowed that Democrats will codify the right to an abortion into law if two more are elected to the U.S. Senate in the upcoming midterm elections,” CNBC reports….
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Ohio congressional candidate J.R. Majewski (R) told reporters that he did serve in Afghanistan — contrary to reports — but he refused to provide any proof, the Toledo Blade reports….
Nate Silver: “Ever since we launched our election model in late June, it has moved entirely in one direction: toward Democrats. Pretty much every week, they’ve either gained ground in…
“A federal judge in Arizona ruled Thursday that the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol can see the phone records of Arizona Republican Party…
Donald Trump posted a video to Truth Social last night with overt QAnon memes, including references to military tribunals, pedophiles and Satanists.Save to Favorites
A new Emerson College poll in Maine finds Gov. Janet Mills (D) with a 12-point lead in her re-election campaign against former Gov. Paul LePage (R), 53% to 41%. Said…
Nate Cohn: “Today we wish a belated and maybe not-so-Happy 20th Birthday to The Emerging Democratic Majority, the book that famously argued Democrats would gain an enduring advantage in a…
“Democrats are stepping up efforts to portray Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed 15-week nationwide abortion ban as a de facto criminalization of certain forms of reproductive health care,” Axios reports.Save to…
Donald Trump’s attorneys “are fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from an expanding circle of close Trump aides about his efforts to…
I’m not sure politics is enough to keep Donald Trump from regaining power. As Jonathan Last notes, Trump has defeated most systems which try to impose some form of accountability:…
“Fossil fuel giant Koch Industries has poured over $1m into backing — directly and indirectly — dozens of House and Senate candidates who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s win on…
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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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