“Plainclothes Iranian security forces have rounded up thousands of people in a campaign of mass arrests and intimidation to deter further protests after crushing the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution,” Reuters reports.
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Podcaster Joe Rogan criticized the upcoming UFC fight at the White House, saying it’s going to be “weird to have a fight at the White House in the middle of…
“The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. military strikes while planning the ongoing operation,” CNN reports. “President…
“Russia is earning as much as $150 million a day in extra budget revenues from its oil sales, making it the biggest winner from the conflict in the Middle East,”…
“Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel attacked Iran with an extraordinary display of firepower, Iran has found a way to inflict pain back on its enemies by…
“Iran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel as its forces hit merchant ships and the International Energy Agency recommended a massive release of strategic…
“The Trump administration has burned through ‘years’ of critical munitions since the start of the war with Iran, fueling concerns about the rising cost of the conflict and the US’s…
“Israeli officials now assess that Iran’s ruling regime is unlikely to fall in the immediate future, as Tehran’s battered rulers remain in control and conditions on the ground aren’t yet…
New York Times: “The strategy appears to have allowed the administration to do an end run around the legislative process and enact policies that will affect states and, in some…
“Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf channel that carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, a move that could exacerbate the disruptions to…
A U.S. Air Force refueler crashed in Iraq on Thursday following an apparent accident involving the KC-135 tanker and another aircraft, the Washington Post reports. Save to Favorites
I spoke to the great Julie Mason about how the Iran war is impacting our domestic politics. You can listen here. Save to Favorites
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Treasury secretary Scott Bessent told Sky News that the U.S. Navy will be escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as it is militarily possible.” He added that…
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“Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s billionaire former mayor, is preparing to spend millions of dollars on a super PAC boosting one of his former aides in the race for a…
Wall Street Journal: “This U.S.-centric idea ran counter to the market realities… Maritime war risks policies are sold mostly out of Lloyd’s of London, with foreign insurers covering foreign ships and…
“President Donald Trump and Iran’s new supreme leader both struck defiant tones on the 13th day of the war, offering little relief to energy markets as Brent crude briefly topped…
Aaron Blake: “The war with Iran is now about two weeks old. And we’re getting a lot of polling data on how Americans feel about the most significant new US…
Garrett Graff: “The hardest thing for the media to wrap its hands around over the last year is that Donald Trump has no plan — for anything, ever. Time and…
John Ganz: “In the past, propaganda served the purposes of war; now war serves the purposes of propaganda.” 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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