“This is about one thing and one thing alone — to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week.”
— House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), speaking at a press conference, on the government shutdown.
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The House rejected a procedural motion that would’ve blocked lawmakers from bringing up resolutions disapproving of President Trump’s tariff regime, a rebuke of the White House, Punchbowl News reports. The…
“Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video this fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of…
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) trashed the economy under her former boss President Trump and warned Republicans some big losses could be coming in the midterms, Mediaite reports….
“A large Pride flag was quietly removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan after a directive from the federal government, the latest step in the Trump administration’s nationwide assault…
Wall Street Journal: “Overhauling the Kennedy Center has become a fixation for Trump—and no detail is too small for the real-estate-developer-turned-president.” “Despite Trump’s focus on the Kennedy Center, and in…
“The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some…
Republicans are calling on the FCC “to investigate Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance, suggesting the content and lyrics of the Puerto Rican star’s show were ‘illegal,’” Axios reports. “Many…
President Trump ruled out pushing another one-party reconciliation package through Congress, Politico reports. Said Trump: “In theory we’ve gotten everything passed that we need. Now we just need to manage…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that he plans to view a tranche of unredacted Department of Justice files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, NewsNation reports. Save to Favorites
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“House Republicans sought yet again on Tuesday to manipulate the laws of time on Capitol Hill, turning months into a single legislative day in a bid to block any lawmaker…
“Vice President JD Vance’s X account posted and then deleted a recognition of the Armenian genocide after he paid his respects at a memorial in the country on Tuesday,” CNN…
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) theorized that Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, would be “shot in the back of the head” if she was released from…
Just published: Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln by Matthew Pinsker. “We know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war. But he had…
“An FBI search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in…
“Daily life in Cuba is grinding to a halt under a U.S. campaign to block the island’s oil imports, drawing international criticism that the Trump administration is pushing the island…
“Well, initially, my reaction to all this was, ‘I don’t care. I don’t know what the big deal is.’ But now I see what the big deal is, and it…
Trump aide Peter Navarro was interviewed on Fox Business: “The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should…
President Trump told Axios in an interview that he’s considering sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East to prepare for military action if negotiations with Iran…
“The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople,” CNN reports….
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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