A new Monmouth poll finds 34% of Americans would like to go and settle in another country if they were free to do so.
Fifty years ago, this number stood at a much lower 10%.
A new Monmouth poll finds 34% of Americans would like to go and settle in another country if they were free to do so.
Fifty years ago, this number stood at a much lower 10%.
“There’s a new high-flying stock on Wall Street that some investors are eagerly piling into. Its largest shareholder is former President Donald J. Trump,” the New York Times reports.
“His social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, began trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday, under the ticker DJT, and immediately surged in value, gaining 40% in early trading.”
Wall Street Journal: “Its shares soared after the opening bell, giving it a market value of roughly $9.5 billion. The gobsmacking stock price makes Trump’s approximately 60% stake worth approximately $5.5 billion. Those values will continue swinging with the stock price.”
“Former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel has only appeared once on NBC News programming in her new capacity as a political news contributor, and already, senior executives are gathering to conduct a review,” Variety reports.
“Top executives from NBC News were expected to meet Tuesday to hash out the growing controversy around her recent hire, according to two people familiar with the matter, in a bid to stop a growing insurrection by the NBCUniversal unit’s editorial staff.”
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) reversed course after calling reports of Oct. 7 sexual assaults in Israel “propaganda,” Politico reports.
At first Bowman declined to talk about it: “I’m focused on my votes and other things. I’m not talking.”
Later, he reversed himself: “The UN confirmed that Hamas committed rape and sexual violence, a reprehensible fact that I condemn entirely. I also voted yes on Resolution 966, which officially condemns the rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas. So let me be clear, and ensure my words are not twisted: I always stand against sexual violence in all forms and stand for peace for all.”
“WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange can continue his fight against extradition to the United States after the High Court in London ruled on Tuesday he should be allowed to appeal against it unless the U.S. promises he will not face the death penalty,” Reuters reports.
David McCormick (R) “is launching one of the first general election Senate ads of 2024, with a biographical spot that focuses on the glory and grit of high school wrestling in Pennsylvania,” Axios reports.
“McCormick — who was pilloried by his 2022 GOP primary opponent for having been CEO of Connecticut-based Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds — is spending early to tell his Pennsylvania story on his terms.”
“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to push for Rep. Mike Gallagher’s (R-WI) expulsion from Congress ahead of his scheduled departure next month to allow his district time to select a new representative,” The Hill reports.
“His scheduled departure date would leave the House GOP conference with a decidedly slim majority, perhaps for the remainder of the year; Wisconsin election law requires a special election to fill a vacancy if it occurs before the first Tuesday in April of an election year.”
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Rudy Giuliani said he is trapped in a living “nightmare” and “wakes up everyday and can’t believe it’s real,” he was overheard telling pals at Donald Trump’s private club, Mar-a-Lago last week, Page Six reports.
“Donald Trump’s media company is set to make its debut on the stock market Tuesday, a development that could generate a windfall for the cash-strapped former president,” NBC News reports.
“But that is wealth on paper, and a number of things would have to happen to allow him to cash out on that stake and address some of his financial issues, including the mounting legal bills in his criminal cases and a hefty appeal bond stemming from a civil fraud case in New York.”
“Federal investigators in South Florida recently probed transactions linked to Jim Biden as part of a criminal investigation,” Politico reports.
“Meanwhile, Justice Department officials prosecuting an ongoing Medicare fraud case in Pennsylvania were seeking information about the activities of President Joe Biden’s brother as recently as last year.”
Donald Trump said that he “might” spend his own money on his 2024 presidential campaign, which he hasn’t done on his campaigns since 2016, NBC News reports.
“I might do that,” Trump said, adding to reporters, “It’s none of your business.”
He went on: “I have a lot of cash and a great company. I might spend a lot of money on my campaign.”
“A few months ago, Phil and Tammy Murphy appeared poised to become a powerful New Jersey political dynasty — the popular two-term Democratic governor with political connections on the national stage married to the front-runner to become the state’s first female senator,” Politico reports.
“The first lady’s spectacular flameout in her Senate candidacy Sunday ended that prospect. It also may hasten Gov. Phil Murphy’s status as a lame duck governor with almost two years left to go in his term.”
“Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder,” The Hill reports.
“Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022 for handing that power to the states.”
“President Joe Biden has gained ground against Republican Donald Trump in six of seven key swing states, and significantly so in at least two of them. The results make for the Democrat’s strongest position yet in a monthly Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.”
“The move in the president’s direction comes after five months of mostly consistent Trump leads, and follows a State of the Union address that rallied Democrats and seemed to mitigate concerns about Biden’s age.”
“The shift was significant in Wisconsin, where Biden leads Trump by one point after trailing him by four points in February, and in Pennsylvania, where the candidates are tied after Trump held a six-point lead last month. They are also tied in Michigan.”
“The progressive rallying cry of ‘tax the rich’ has morphed into a popular policy stance with voters in the key states that will decide the 2024 election, enjoying support even among those who prefer billionaire Donald Trump,” according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.
“A Republican Party committee is privately warning its candidates that just hitting President Biden will be ‘insufficient’ to win in November,” Axios reports.
“The GOP’s top fundraising committee for state-level leaders argued that Biden doesn’t hurt candidates down ballot in the way some presidents have in the past.”
“Melania Trump sponsored her mother to immigrate to the United States through a family-based process that former president Donald Trump aggressively sought to end, according to federal immigration records released Monday,” the Washington Post reports.
“The records detail for the first time the full path that the former first lady’s mother, Amalija Knavs, followed from Slovenia to the United States — and how the Trump administration’s policies would have made that far more difficult for others.”
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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