“I grew up in a trailer park and I like a good scrap.”
— Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), in an interview with Politico.

Save to Favorites“I grew up in a trailer park and I like a good scrap.”
— Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), in an interview with Politico.

Save to FavoritesIf you follow politics closely, you know some of the most powerful ideas in history weren’t just argued — they were designed, printed, and plastered on walls.
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“A new poll shows 76% of Greenlanders say they wouldn’t benefit from becoming part of the U.S., noting their concerns about exchanging the Danish welfare system for American healthcare, elder…
“Iranian gunboats approached a U.S. oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday and ordered the vessel to stop, a provocative move at a time when Washington is building…
Ron Brownstein: “Since emerging as the GOP’s leader in 2016, Trump’s hold on working-class White voters — often defined as White adults without a four-year college degree — has been…
Out today: Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family – and the World by Gabriel Sherman. Sherman spoke to…
Sidney Blumenthal: “The Democrats hold in their hands constitutional means yet unused to check the Trump regime’s ruthless attempt to impose a police state. That the Democrats thus far have…
Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, on Monday threatened jail time for anyone who enters the capital with a gun, the New York Times reports. In…
Andrew Trousdale and Erik Larson: “Americans today accumulate hundreds, even thousands, of Facebook ‘friends’ and Instagram followers. Yet 35% report having less than three close friends and 17% report having…
Carolina Arteaga and Victoria Barone, writing in the Quarterly Journal of Economics: “In this article, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the…
Garrett Graff: “U.S. law enforcement has never experienced a scandal as big, as far-reaching, destructive, and as far-lasting as the wave of corruption and criminality that has overtaken CBP and…
“Don Lemon says about a dozen federal agents came to his Los Angeles hotel to arrest him overnight on 30 January, even though the former CNN anchor’s attorney had told…
“Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning that Republicans have given Bill and Hillary Clinton a noon deadline Tuesday to provide details of how they plan to comply…
“Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard participated in the FBI’s recent search of a Georgia election center at the request of President Trump, she told members of Congress in a…
“President Trump was expected to meet privately with President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the White House on Tuesday, the first face-to-face encounter between two leaders who have spent months…
“Analilia Mejia, a longtime labor activist who’s never held elected office, is one of close to a dozen Democrats who are vying for an open Congressional seat in New Jersey,”…
Edward Luce: “The Epstein files offer America the opposite of closure. They are the latest widening of a scandal that has become a leitmotif of our time — not only…
Dan Pfeiffer: “The reach and influence of corporate legacy media have steadily declined, in part because of the brutal economics facing large media companies. Into that vacuum, a vibrant and…
Time: “The men who rule the Islamic Republic of Iran came to power in 1979 after millions of ordinary people filled the streets to demand the end of a despotic…
“Melania, a documentary about first lady Melania Trump, brought in $7 million domestically in its opening weekend, a surprisingly stellar haul,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “It’s an important reminder…
“Senate Democrats say they might not support another short-term Homeland Security appropriations bill when the next tranche of funding expires on Feb. 13 — even as Republicans warn they may…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced a coast-to-coast book tour to promote Stand, a 270-page expansion of his famous 25-hour speech on the Senate floor. Save to Favorites
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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