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Congress Is Off to a Yawning Start

February 13, 2023 at 11:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Over the first 100 days of their majority — what Newt Gingrich (R-GA) considered a critical moment when he took over as speaker in 1995 — the House Republican calendar includes just 30 days in the Capitol voting on legislation. Over the next roughly 10 weeks, the House is slated for just six full days in session, with nearly a dozen other half-day meetings so members travel into and out of Washington.”

“All told, this Congress will be mostly about sound and fury well into the spring and early summer.”

Most Democrats Now Want Biden to Run Again

February 13, 2023 at 10:57 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“For the first time since Economist/YouGov polls began asking — in July 2022 — if Americans want Biden to run again in 2024, more than half of Democrats say yes.”

“Now, just about the same share of Democrats favor a Biden run (53%) as the share of Republicans who support another run by Trump (54%). Trump has generally enjoyed more stable support for his 2024 campaign from Republicans than Biden has from Democrats.”

Remote Work Costs Manhattan More Than $12 Billion

February 13, 2023 at 10:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Bloomberg: “Three years into the pandemic, business leaders and city officials around the world are still trying just about everything to lure employees back into offices and revive local economies. But new data on in-person work analyzed by Bloomberg News show that in a number of cities across the US, Fridays at the office are dead. Mondays are a crapshoot. And returning to pre-pandemic work schedules looks like a lost cause.”

“Nowhere is the economic cost of remote work more pronounced when it comes to spending than in the world’s leading financial center: New York. Manhattan workers are spending at least $12.4 billion less a year due to about 30% fewer days in the office.”

Parts of Georgia Grand Jury Report to Be Released

February 13, 2023 at 10:29 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A final report produced by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia will be remain mostly sealed as a local prosecutor considers charges in the case, a judge ruled,” the Washington Post reports.

“But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said in an order released Monday that he will make public three sections of the grand jury report, including the panel’s introduction and conclusion as well as a section in which the grand jury ‘discusses its concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony to the grand jury.'”

Earthquake Death Toll Tops 35,000

February 13, 2023 at 10:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 35,000 Monday as only a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble more than a week after the disasters that devastated swaths of both countries,” NBC News reports.

The Most Blatant Corruption in Recent U.S. History

February 13, 2023 at 10:13 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump and Jared Kushner cultivated close ties with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while Trump was in office. They helped his standing by scheduling Trump’s first foreign visit to Saudi Arabia and by meeting with him repeatedly. They backed him in several international crises during Trump’s term.

And they both profited handsomely from the relationship once leaving office.

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George Santos and the Missing $365,000

February 13, 2023 at 10:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) “has spent his campaign money in plenty of conspicuous ways, from lavish hotel stays in Las Vegas and Palm Beach, Fla., to an unusual slew of payments for exactly $199.99 — two cents below the threshold where receipts would be required,” the New York Times reports.

“But deep within Mr. Santos’s campaign filings, The New York Times found another eye-catching number: $365,399.08 in unexplained spending, with no record of where it went or for what purpose.”

“The mysterious expenditures, which list no recipient and offer no receipts, account for nearly 12 percent of the Santos campaign’s total reported expenses — many times exceeding what is typical for congressional candidates.”

Trump’s One Term Limit Could Be a Negative for GOP

February 13, 2023 at 9:48 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Former President Donald Trump faces a unique limitation that is enticing to both his 2024 GOP rivals and Republicans who hope to be his running mate: He’s eligible to serve only one more term,” NBC News reports.

“That’s because the Constitution prohibits a person from being elected president more than twice.”

Tim Scott Prepares for Presidential Run

February 13, 2023 at 9:46 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) “is taking steps to run for president, adding to the stable of Republicans looking to wrest the party mantle from former President Donald Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Mr. Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, is testing a message with GOP voters in key early states focused on unity and optimism as some Republicans say it is time to move on from the Trump era. Mr. Trump has announced a bid for president in the 2024 election.”

U.S. Tells Citizens to Leave Russia Immediately

February 13, 2023 at 9:40 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The U.S. on Monday issued a top-level advisory telling American citizens to leave Russia immediately and cease travel to the country as Russia’s war against neighboring Ukraine continues, citing risks of harassment and wrongful detention for Americans specifically,” The Hill reports.

“The warning marks the highest level, Level 4, of alerts issued by the State Department, which ranges from exercising precaution to ceasing all travel.”

Wyoming Limiting Child Marriage Sparks GOP Outrage

February 13, 2023 at 9:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Wyoming Republican Party is seeking to kill a bill working its way through the state Legislature proposing to raise the state’s legal marriage age to 16, arguing that putting ‘arbitrary’ limits on child marriage interferes with parental rights and religious liberty,” Newsweek reports.

Republicans Can’t Quit Pelosi

February 13, 2023 at 7:49 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Republicans are trying to portray House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as inexperienced by highlighting former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) decision to remain in Congress as a backbencher, Axios reports.

Said a GOP spokesman: “Hakeem Jeffries begins his stint in leadership with his former boss Nancy Pelosi looking over his shoulder on every decision.”

China Says U.S. Balloons Trespassed Over 10 Times

February 13, 2023 at 7:42 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

China for the first time claimed that U.S. balloons illegally flew over China more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, Bloomberg reports.

Trump Lawyer Floats Explanation for Classified Folder

February 13, 2023 at 7:30 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A lawyer for Donald Trump told CNN that the former president used a classified briefing folder years to block a light on his nightstand that had been keeping him awake late at night.

Said Timothy Parlatore: “He has one of those landline telephones next to his bed and it has a blue light on it and it keeps him up at night. So he took the manilla folder and put it over so it would keep the light down so he could sleep at night.”

Special Counsel in Trump Probe Steps Up the Pace

February 13, 2023 at 7:26 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “The intensified pace of activity speaks to his goal of finishing up before the 2024 campaign gets going in earnest, probably by summer. At the same time, the sheer scale and complexity and the topics he is focused on — and the potential for the legal process to drag on, for example in a likely battle over whether any testimony by Mr. Pence would be subject to executive privilege — suggest that coming to firm conclusions within a matter of months could be a stretch.”

Said Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith: “The impulse to thoroughly investigate Trump’s possibly illegal actions and the impulse to complete the investigation as soon as possible, because of presidential election season, are at war with one another. One impulse will likely have to yield to the other.”

Ron DeSantis Is Not Scott Walker

February 13, 2023 at 7:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Nate Cohn: “Mr. DeSantis will probably need to be a relatively strong campaigner and debater to survive against made-for-television Mr. Trump. But the burden on him will nonetheless be quite a bit less than it was for Mr. Walker, who needed to impress voters, activists and donors to earn the support and attention that Mr. DeSantis already has in his possession. He has done the hard part already.”

What’s Going On Up There?

February 13, 2023 at 7:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “The most alarming theory under consideration by some U.S. officials is that the objects are sent by China or another power in an attempt to learn more about American radar or early warning systems.”

“A senior administration official said one theory — and the person stressed that it is just a theory — is that China or Russia sent the objects to test American intelligence-gathering capabilities. They could be sent to learn both how quickly the United States becomes aware of an intrusion and how quickly the military can respond to such an incursion, the official said.”

Wall Street Journal: “In the wake of the objects shot down Friday and Saturday, U.S. officials have reached out to research agencies to determine whether the high-altitude craft might be related to their work, U.S. officials said. But the U.S. hasn’t ruled out that they might be of foreign origin.”

Freshman Lawmakers Hit Reality of Divided House

February 13, 2023 at 7:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “These new members are now bracing for the possibility that hopes of fulfilling their campaign promises could be dashed if the GOP’s fractured ranks thwart the party’s desire to govern. The freshman Democrats and Republicans who spoke to The Washington Post see an opportunity to bridge the divide, given that they all believe voters gave Republicans a narrow majority in hopes that the parties will work together.”

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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.

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