Curtis Sliwa said he would rather be fatally tortured than drop out of the New York City mayoral race and work for one of his rivals, Politico reports.
Said Sliwa: “If all of a sudden the executioner would have stopped, and I was on that gurney, and he said, ‘Hey, you can work for Mayor Andrew Cuomo,’ I would say: ‘Finish the job. Impale me.’ That will never happen.”
Save to FavoritesNOTUS: “President Donald Trump is preparing a $98 billion supplemental spending request tied to U.S. military operations in Iran, a sharply reduced figure from earlier Pentagon proposals.” “Defense officials initially…
White House deputy chief of staff James Blair is considering a temporary leave of absence to run President Trump’s political operation during the midterms, Politico reports. Blair would oversee the…
Isaac Stanley-Becker: “It may not be obvious why an election in Hungary, a landlocked European country with a population roughly the size of Michigan’s, has commanded so much international attention….
New York Times: “Democrats seized on a report that President Trump accepted a donation of foreign steel to be used in the White House ballroom, saying it showed disrespect toward…
“Vice President JD Vance said he expected to hold ‘positive’ talks with Iran, the Financial Times reports. But within a few hours, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Iran’s top wartime…
Washington Post: “The Trump administration on Friday unveiled new renderings for President Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch, his most significant effort to remake Washington’s skyline, as officials begin the…
“Kristi Noem’s husband, Bryon, had an on-off secret online relationship with a left-wing dominatrix for more than nine years,” the Daily Mail reports. “At times, the former homeland security secretary’s…
Bloomberg: “A group of small businesses and 24 mostly Democrat-led states urged a panel of US trade judges to vacate President Donald Trump’s latest global tariffs, arguing that they were…
Punchbowl News: “It’s been a brutal run for President Donald Trump and Hill Republicans. Trump’s poll numbers on the economy are dismal, dragging down his overall approval rating. That hurts…
“Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that she might run for president in 2028, telling a gathering in New York that she is considering mounting a third bid for…
New York Times: “In the six weeks since the Iran war started, the once-chummy rapport between Mr. Starmer and Mr. Trump has cratered. In the face of repeated taunts and…
“The framers had no concept of nuclear weapons and what a president could do with them. And I don’t think they ever anticipated that somebody would act in the ways…
Time: “Dozens of Democrats this week called for a premature end to Trump’s second term—either through impeachment or the Constitution’s 25th Amendment—as much of the party’s base expresses outrage at…
President Trump told the New York Post that U.S. warships are being reloaded with “the best ammunition” to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks in Pakistan fail. He added:…
New York Times: “Europe could face shortages of jet fuel if ships are not allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz soon, an association of airports warned top European…
Washington Post: “Through the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, tensions between his administration and the Vatican — now with the first U.S.-born pope — had simmered.” “Days…
Julia Ioffe looks at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to make life difficult for Army Secretary Dan Driscoll — during the middle of a war, no less. “Driscoll, as I’ve…
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel spoke to Kristen Welker of NBC News: WELKER: Are you afraid for yourself, for your family? Or are you prepared to, as you say, make the…
NBC News: “Over several days in February before the deadline for primary candidates to withdraw, White House officials peppered Alexandra Wilson with phone calls, text messages and voicemails that she…
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.