“I finally concluded that I could provide runway—financial runway—because I don’t think you can keep shrinking the business. You can be profitable and shrinking. And that’s a survival strategy, but it ultimately leads to irrelevance, at best. And, at worst, it leads to extinction.”
— Jeff Bezos, quoted by the New Yorker, in 2013, on why he purchased the Washington Post.
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Playbook: “It’s a politically perilous time for Trump, who must hold together a fracturing coalition and convince voters to show up for Republicans come November — or else the party…
Punchbowl News: “This wasn’t the jobs report that the White House or Wall Street was hoping for, especially as the war in Iran intensifies. Pre-release estimates were for a 50,000…
“The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine possible federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government,” the Washington Post reports. “Officials from government agencies including the…
Azerbaijan will attack Iran following the drone attacks earlier this week, Kann News reports. Save to Favorites
“First, conservatives opposed to military intervention overseas put their trust in President Donald Trump as he swept back into power,” Politico reports. “Then, the faction in his inner circle that…
New York Times: “Traditionally, Americans stand behind their president when he first orders troops into battle, generally sticking with him unless it drags on, casualties mount and victory seems increasingly…
“The Army in recent days abruptly canceled a major training exercise for the headquarters element of an elite paratrooper unit, officials said, fueling speculation within the Defense Department that soldiers…
Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Isabel Ruehl: “The administration has laid out a buffet of reasons for Operation Epic Fury—take your pick.” Save to Favorites
“The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration opened an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and a dozen other individuals in 2015 that centered on allegations of money laundering, drug trafficking and the procurement…
Peter Wehner: “The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.” Save to Favorites
Derek Thompson: “In its war against Iran, the White House has already failed: to offer evidence that the country posed a direct threat to Americans; to provide a consistent justification…
Coming this fall: How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time by Sarah Longwell. The playbook for consigning MAGA-style politics to the ash heap of history. Save to Favorites
President Trump made it through more than a year of his second term without firing a single Cabinet secretary. That streak ended yesterday when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was…
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President Donald Trump said there would be no deal to end the U.S. war against Iran without an “unconditional surrender” by Iran, CNBC reports. He said that after a surrender,…
President Trump told CNN that Iran’s leadership has been “neutered” and that he’s looking for new leadership that will treat the United States and Israel well, even if that’s a…
President Trump told CNN that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.” Said Trump: “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too….
“She burnt up a ton of goodwill. It was everywhere. It was everything.” — A Trump adviser, talking to Axios about why Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired. Save…
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.