Hillary Clinton warned that “we are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy.”


Hillary Clinton warned that “we are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy.”
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New York Times: “President Trump, himself a felon, has shown particular leniency to criminals he seems to identify with — people who are white or wealthy, or who rioted in…
“Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t have scripted his first visit to the U.S. since 2015 much better,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Russian leader strutted along a red carpet…
New York Times: “After all of the pre-summit talk of land swaps and the technicalities of a possible cease-fire in Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin made clear after his meeting…
New York Times: “A White House reporter discusses the pressures that come with covering a ‘fire hose’ of information.” Save to Favorites
“President Trump’s drive to secure Republican advantage in the House through mid-decade redistricting — and Democrats’ move to retaliate with their own efforts to redraw political lines to their advantage…
Los Angeles Times: “Deep in the badlands of defeat, Democrats have soul-searched about what went wrong last November, tinkered with a thousand-plus thinkpieces and desperately cast for a strategy to…
Out next month: Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy by Randi Weingarten. A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy. Save…
Politico: “Plans are in the works to send at least one of Trump’s favorite interlocutors, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, along with Zelenskyy when he comes to Washington Monday to meet…
Stephen Collinson: “Russian President Vladimir Putin got everything he could have hoped for in Alaska. President Donald Trump got very little — judging by his own pre-summit metrics.” “The question…
“When President Donald Trump took office this year, the United States already commanded the largest immigrant detention system in the world, with the capacity to hold close to 50,000 migrants….
“President Trump told European leaders that he was open to offering U.S. security guarantees to Ukraine, a significant shift in his stance toward America’s role in any end to the…
Peter Baker: “On the flight to Alaska, President Trump declared that if he did not secure a cease-fire in Ukraine during talks with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, ‘I’m not…
New York Times: “The former Texas governor and Trump energy secretary has now dedicated his life to promoting the powerful psychedelic ibogaine.” Save to Favorites
President Trump said on Saturday Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not”, after hosting a summit…
Status: “On Friday, Trump held his own high-stakes meeting with Putin, literally rolling out the red carpet and applauding the Russian dictator on U.S. soil. The talks ended with no…
Anne Applebaum: “President Donald Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. He allowed the Pentagon twice to halt prearranged military shipments to Ukraine. He promised that when the…
Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he would not “move on” Taiwan as long as the U.S. president remained in office, Bloomberg reports. Trump argued that world…
“And next time in Moscow.” — Russian president Vladimir Putin, quoted by CNN, delivering the final words of his summit with President Trump. Save to Favorites
“California Democrats and Texas Republicans who might otherwise have had no chance of getting elected to Congress are suddenly spotting opportunity in the states’ mid-decade redistricting,” Axios reports. “It’s not…
“Americans haven’t been this gloomy about the job market since the Great Recession,” Axios reports. “Fears about joblessness have surged since President Trump unveiled plans to impose steep tariffs on…
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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