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Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) threatened a former Department of Veterans Affairs worker for asking a question during work hours in an exchange on LinkedIn over the weekend, WCPT reports….
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Regarding the President Trump’s handling of the war between Russia and Ukraine, a new Emerson College poll finds 44% of voters disapprove, 41% approve, and 15% are neutral. Following the…
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“U.S. stocks slid Monday as investors braced for President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to go into effect by the midnight deadline,” CNN reports.Save to Favorites
Wall Street Journal: “The American president’s embrace of Russia, an adversary that has worked for years to undermine U.S. global leadership, runs counter to decades of Western policy. The U.S….
“The Trump administration has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine and is considering freezing weapons shipments from U.S. stockpiles, moves that threaten Kyiv’s ability to fight at a critical…
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President Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky on Monday, saying he wasn’t interested in finding peace. Said Trump: “This guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he…
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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