“The White House’s answer is a hard no: President Joe Biden will not pardon his son Hunter,” NBC News reports.
“But the question isn’t going away, and the issue seems far from settled. Wouldn’t a loving father do what he could to spare his lone surviving son a possible jail term that might send him spiraling back into life-threatening addiction?”
Save to FavoritesNew York Times: “Supporters of prediction markets such as Polymarket, Kalshi and PredictIt, where bettors could wager on the outcome of the election, said that the odds reflected reality faster…
James Carville said that his party had “every advantage” in the presidential election, but none of it mattered in the end, Mediaite reports. Said Carville: “I have to reevaluate. I’m…
Franklin Foer: “Earlier this fall, one of Joe Biden’s closest aides felt compelled to tell the president a hard truth about Kamala Harris’s run for the presidency: ‘You have more…
Jonathan Chait: “That half this country could willingly restore Donald Trump to a position of power is a sickening thought. For most liberals, moderates, or people who closely follow news…
“Newsrooms: Trump takes office in 74 days. If you haven’t started scouting for a good religion reporter yet, then you’re already behind on one of the biggest stories of the…
Sharon Quinsaat, a sociologist at Grinnell College, wrote about her fieldwork with Trump supporters: “Their sources of information are nothing we have never heard of. Yes, there is still that…
Playbook: “Backstage at Donald Trump’s watch party Tuesday night, before the now-president-elect took the stage, the notoriously pugnacious Corey Lewandowski did something a bit unusual: He extended an olive branch…
“America just elevated one man to an unfathomable status: the most powerful civilian — ever,” Axios reports. “Elon Musk — the most influential backer of President-elect Trump, thanks to his…
Wired: “Republicans now see the value in collaborating with influencers and content creators. Their plan? Bring them under their red tent for many elections to come.”Save to Favorites
“President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for another two decades,” the Los Angeles Times reports….
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“President Joe Biden will step into the White House Rose Garden on Thursday to speak to the nation for the first time since his party’s bruising defeat at the polls…
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated that the world’s 10 wealthiest people gained nearly $64 billion on Wednesday, the largest daily increase since the index began in 2012, The Guardian reports.Save…
New York Times: “How he won in 2024 came down to one essential bet: that his grievances could meld with those of the MAGA movement, and then with the Republican…
“Donald Trump’s allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to detain and deport migrants residing in the United States on a large scale,” CNN reports. “And…
John Burn-Murdoch: “Such a crushing defeat in this week’s US election is bound to elicit months if not years of soul-searching from Democrats. Did Biden hold on for too long?…
“Donald Trump has vanquished the Bushes, the Clintons, the Bidens, the Obamas — and the entire establishment of both parties,” Axios reports. “Trump is stronger than ever, backed by a…
“Mortgage rates rose after President-elect Trump’s victory and are expected to stay higher for longer,” Axios reports.Save to Favorites
“President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory comes as a series of major foreign policy issues are in play, with the Biden administration facing difficult diplomacy and threatened escalation in the Middle…
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.