May this year be filled with love, laughter and good health.

And thanks for spending time with Political Wire in 2025!

As 2024 comes to a close, I want to thank you for reading Political Wire and supporting the site this year.

It’s been a momentous and challenging year and the future feels increasingly uncertain. With Donald Trump poised to return to the White House and democracy facing mounting pressures worldwide, the political landscape feels more unsettled than it has in decades.

Thanks to our members, Political Wire will be here to cover what promises to be an unpredictable 2025.

If you’re not yet a member, join today!

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Roscoe had some teeth removed this week — which wasn’t very fun — but his humans are all home now, so he’s trying to be in the holiday spirit.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

I’ve updated the buttons so you can easily share any post with your followers on Bluesky, X, Threads and Mastodon.

You already start your day with Political Wire, so why not have your coffee in this good looking mug?

I’ve got so much to be thankful for — especially for you choosing to spend part of your day here. 

I hope you have a wonderful holiday.

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A Political Wire reader emails:

This is just a quick note to say thanks for all you do. I’ve now been reading Political Wire for 20 years — is that possible?? — and it continues to be the one site I check out probably more than 10 times a day…

You’ve found a great mix of sharing relevant information throughout each day. And while you certainly have your take on things, that’s not what Political Wire is about. You feed us the info in digestible but thorough ways so that we can think for ourselves.

So thanks for all you do, especially in this era of non-stop work with not much sunshine to guide the way.

And from another reader:

I found your site on Election Day 2000. For 8,776 straight days I’ve been appreciating what you do — and the premium content.

It’s funny how the first day along with yesterday were two of the three toughest, but forging through it will be interesting and a worthy reason to keep coming back to your site.

Thanks to everyone who reads — especially the members who keep this site going!

A Political Wire reader writes:

As a highly stressful year in political news draws to a close (for better or for worse), I just wanted to take this opportunity to offer sincere and heartfelt thanks to you for your invaluable help in getting us through it.

Political Wire has been one of my most frequently visited sites for the many years that I’ve been a member, and it’s been absolutely critical this year. You always manage to find the most essential stories to pass along to the PW community, and your own analytical entries are always spot-on and much-appreciated.

However this election comes out, the next year of political news should also be a highly interesting one, and I’m again looking forward to having Political Wire to filter out the “noise” and pass along the critical stories and analyses about the major (and minor) events that will shape the country’s future.  

Please know that you have performed an essential and much-appreciated service for the PW community throughout the year, and I’m sure that you will continue to do so in the future.  Thanks again!

Thanks to everyone who spends part of their day here!

It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since my father passed away. He introduced me to politics when I was a boy and I’ve loved it ever since.

I really missed talking to him during this election cycle. He would have been truly horrified at so much of it, but he also had faith in his fellow Americans to do the right thing.

I’ll be thinking a lot about him as the votes come in tomorrow.

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