A dozen Black canvassers for Donald Trump in Michigan “were tricked, threatened, and driven in seatless U-Haul vans,” Wired reports.
They were fired after talking to reporters — some without full pay or a way back home.
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“President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health wants to take on campus culture at elite universities, wielding the power of tens of billions of dollars in…
James Carville called President Joe Biden the “most tragic figure in modern American politics” on his podcast, adding that Biden’s political wounds are “all so fucking self-inflicted.” Said Carville: “I…
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Jon Stewart took aim at the media on his podcast, arguing he’s unsure how “helpful it is” to get people “shitting their pants this much” over the incoming Trump administration….
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) told KSTP that he was “a little surprised” that he and Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential election. Said Walz: “It felt like at…
“In her first interview since her husband won the presidential election, the former and future first lady Melania Trump said on Friday that their son, Barron, had played an important…
New York Times: “In its latest iteration, CPAC is seeking to build something of a political import-export business, seeding Trumpian politics across the globe while also hunting for ideas for…
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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