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Ron Wyden Has No Intention of Stepping Aside

August 9, 2025 at 11:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Associated Press: “Wyden is in his fifth decade in Congress and showing no inclination to step aside even as pressure builds on aging Democratic officeholders to give way to a new generation. He says he plans to seek another term in 2028, when he will be 79 years old.”

“After a recent town hall in Wasco in conservative Sherman County, Wyden said questions about age are ‘fair game for debate’ but that he is still up to the job and the fight against Republican President Donald Trump’s policies.”

A Golden Opportunity for Democrats

August 9, 2025 at 11:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“If California Gov. Gavin Newsom succeeds in putting mid-decade redistricting to a statewide vote this November, it will become the most consequential decision on any American ballot in 2025 — and the clearest opportunity for voters to opine about President Donald Trump’s agenda ahead of the 2026 midterms,” Politico reports.

“In an off year mostly devoid of big-ticket contests — the races for New Jersey governor, Virginia governor and New York City mayor are the only other elections this fall garnering any sort of national attention — a vote in the state of 40 million people at the heart of Trump resistance stands to become a major draw for money and national attention.”

“There are also no limits on political spending in ballot-measure races, meaning the redistricting fight could reach eight figures — or more.”

Beto O’Rourke Can’t Back Texas Democrats Who Fled

August 9, 2025 at 11:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A judge ruled that former Rep. Beto O’Rourke cannot financially support Texas Democrats who left the state to delay passage of a new congressional map, the Texas Tribune reports.


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Master Builder of Castles in the Air

August 9, 2025 at 11:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Susan Glasser: “The Mar-a-Lago-fication of the White House may be the least bad part of the President’s legacy.”

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Crypto’s Richest Man Campaigns for a Pardon

August 9, 2025 at 7:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“In 2023, as Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, prepared to plead guilty to U.S. money-laundering violations, he fashioned a crash course for himself on clemency politics, reading books about business tycoons who had received pardons, including Marc Rich and Michael Milken,” the New York Times reports.

“Two years later, Mr. Zhao, a Chinese-born billionaire, is out of prison and mounting a pardon campaign of his own, backed by a sophisticated influence operation worthy of those high-profile predecessors.”

Ayotte Rules Out Redistricting for New Hampshire

August 9, 2025 at 7:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) has ruled out joining the rush of states redrawing the lines of congressional districts for partisan advantage in the 2026 midterms,” Politico reports.

Said Ayotte: “The timing is off for this, because we are literally in the middle of the census period. And when I talk to people in New Hampshire … it’s not on the top of their priority list.”

Most Foreign Lobbying Efforts Came Up Short

August 9, 2025 at 7:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Countries across the globe have dropped tens of millions this year on lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump as they rushed to stave off tariffs that could cripple their economies,” Politico reports.

“In most cases, the spending has gotten them nowhere.”

“As Trump has taken a scattershot approach to setting tariff rates — crafting trade agreements that set a 15 percent tariff on major trading partners while imposing rates that vary between 10 and 41 percent on the rest of the world — traditional lobbying tactics in Washington appear to have had little influence.”

Trump Expands Use of Tariffs for National Security

August 9, 2025 at 7:17 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Donald Trump’s freewheeling use of tariffs as a tool of American power may have been more extensive than was publicly known, encompassing an array of national security goals as well as the interests of individual companies,” the Washington Post reports.

“This month, State Department officials considered demanding that U.S. trading partners vote against an international effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the oceangoing container ships that are the backbone of global trade.”

Zelensky Rejects Trump’s Proposal

August 9, 2025 at 6:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday flatly rejected President Trump’s proposal that a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia could include ‘some swapping of territories’ — a plan that would in effect mean ceding land to Moscow,” the New York Times reports.

Said Zelensky: “Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.”

He added: “Any decisions made against us, any decisions made without Ukraine, are at the same time decisions against peace. They will bring nothing. These are dead decisions; they will never work.”

Trump Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents

August 8, 2025 at 11:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Trump administration is warning Harvard University that it could take over its patents, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, if a review finds the university hasn’t complied with federal law, an escalation of the continuing negotiations between the White House and America’s oldest university,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Gerrymandering Is Deepening America’s Divide

August 8, 2025 at 11:03 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“America’s identity as a unified nation is eroding, with Republican- and Democratic-led states dividing into separate spheres, each with its own policies governing the economic, social and political rules of life,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The bitter fight over redrawing U.S. House maps, triggered by President Trump’s effort to protect his party’s majority in the 2026 midterm elections, is the latest example of how the dominant party in many states is making extraordinary efforts to impose its will.”

Trump Weighs Reclassifying Marijuana

August 8, 2025 at 11:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, after pot companies have poured millions of dollars into Trump’s political groups,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska

August 8, 2025 at 11:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump said he would meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia next Friday in Alaska, as he tries to secure a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Trump announced the meeting Friday shortly after he suggested that a peace deal between the two countries could include ‘some swapping of territories,’ signaling that the United States may join Russia in trying to compel Ukraine to permanently cede some of its land.”

Trump Shrugs as RFK Jr. Undermines His Vaccine Legacy

August 8, 2025 at 5:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump’s laissez-faire approach is notable, given that the development of the Covid vaccine was seen as one of his first term’s most notable achievements,” the New York Times reports.

Said Trump: “That was now a long time ago, and we’re onto other things.”

Janet Mills Won’t Rule Out Senate Bid in Maine

August 8, 2025 at 5:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“There has been widespread speculation that Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, could challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in a run for U.S. Senate when Collins’ term ends in 2026,” WMTW reports.

Said Mills: “That’s the rumor. I don’t know. I would think seriously about it, but I’m not ready to make any decisions along those lines.”

Trump’s Team Expands Search for Fed Chair

August 8, 2025 at 3:52 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump’s team is reviewing new contenders to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, with a longtime economic consultant and a past Fed president added to the list,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“About 10 people are under consideration for the job.”

Trump Pushes Ahead to Privatize Fannie and Freddie

August 8, 2025 at 3:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Trump administration is pushing ahead with plans to take US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public later this year, in a move that would bring the federally-backed housing finance agencies out of government control,” the Financial Times reports.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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.

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