Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was a senior advisor to a firm helping advise on investments for a business that is part of a sprawling corruption investigation into Venezuela’s national oil company, Semafor reports.


Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was a senior advisor to a firm helping advise on investments for a business that is part of a sprawling corruption investigation into Venezuela’s national oil company, Semafor reports.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will step down from his role as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after his indictment today, MSNBC reports. Save to Favorites
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) said that the fake Republican electors from 2020 that she charged were “brainwashed” to keep Donald Trump in power, and touted that their cases…
“Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday turned to a new strategy in a long-shot bid to prevent the fourth government shutdown in a decade, as time runs…
“The request by prosecutors that a judge impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump in the federal election-subversion case presents a thorny conflict between the scope of his…
“Shawn Fain, the United Automobile Workers president, escalated pressure on the White House on Friday with a public invitation to President Biden to join workers on the picket lines in…
“The Biden administration is close to deciding it will provide Ukraine with a version of ATACMS long-range missiles armed with cluster bomblets rather than a single warhead,” the Washington Post…
The United Auto Workers union plans to stage more strikes at General Motors and Stellantis by noon Friday, but will spare Ford Motor from more walkouts based on progress it…
Rolling Stone: “According to three sources with knowledge of the matter, the high-profile departure was largely driven by the same kind of power struggles that have long plagued Trump’s legal…
“I don’t think it’s even going to arrive — dead on departure.” — Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), quoted by TPM, when asked if the House spending proposal was “dead on…
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery. CNBC: “The indictment says that the Democrat Menendez and his wife from at least 2018 through…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is the “architect of the House GOP’s newest legislative strategy,” Playbook reports. Save to Favorites
Tara Palmeri: “Some have suggested that DeSantis simply hasn’t spent enough time in the Granite State. After all, he’s going all-in on Iowa—ostensibly following the playbook of ur-consultant Jeff Roe,…
“The anger-tainment ecosystem that Fox News, above all, has created in the U.S. has left America angrier and more divided than it’s been at any time since the Civil War….
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said that Donald Trump once warned him not to bring a wounded veteran to public events, The Messenger reports. Said Trump:…
“Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is deploying California Gov. Gavin Newsom to the second Republican presidential debate next week in Simi Valley, Calif.,” Axios reports. “It’s the latest example of Biden’s…
Rock and roll legend Eric Clapton raised $2.2 million for Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., at a recent campaign event, Fox News reports. Save to Favorites
A Republican candidate who lost last November’s election for county judge in Texas by more than 18,000 votes has finally given up on a lawsuit challenging the election, the Houston…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said that Donald Trump is “too dumb to be a danger to democracy,” the Texas Tribune reports. Said Sununu: “Let’s not give him that…
Washington Post: “He held fewer events than most all of his GOP foes, according to a Washington Post analysis of campaign stops from May until September. And he is still…
Politico: “Interviews with nearly two dozen lobbyists, political consultants and lawmakers revealed that DeSantis’ struggles as a presidential candidate have already eroded his influence in Florida. There is a widespread…
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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