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Weekly News Quiz

July 11, 2025 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

It’s been another whirlwind week in politics, with major developments at home and abroad.

See how closely you’ve been following the headlines.

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Trump Acts Like He’s Above the Law, Because He Mostly Is

July 11, 2025 at 10:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump is acting like he believes there are no limits to his power — and he’s not entirely wrong.

This week, he announced sweeping new tariffs on Brazil, a move framed not as an economic strategy but as retaliation.

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The Arena Test

July 11, 2025 at 6:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members.

Is it incompetence or the plan? Why aren’t Democrats calling it Trumpcare?

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A Deep Dive Into Two Swing Seats

July 10, 2025 at 2:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Just for members: The latest edition of Inside Elections.

This issue includes a deep dive into two of the most competitive House races in the country.

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Not Ordinary Times

July 10, 2025 at 11:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has quickly emerged as a distinct and sometimes divisive voice on the Supreme Court.

Her early opinions and searing dissents have stood out for their moral clarity and rhetorical heat. In several high-profile cases, she went further than even Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — and notably, they didn’t join her.

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Incompetence Is Part of the Crisis

July 10, 2025 at 10:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump’s presidency isn’t just ideologically extreme or norm-breaking—it’s breathtakingly incompetent.

Forget, for a moment, the damage inflicted by his policies, the weaponization of government agencies, or his open hostility to democratic institutions. The most immediate threat may be something more basic: He’s just very bad at the job.

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Trump Has a Jeffrey Epstein Problem

July 9, 2025 at 9:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter yetserday for asking about his former friend and notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—only to ignite a fresh political headache for himself.

Said Trump, visibly irritated: “I can’t believe you’re asking a question on Epstein, at a time like this!”

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Trumpcare Claims Its First Victim

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

When Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Republicans seized on every glitch, cost increase, or regulatory change and laid it at their feet.

Premiums up? Blame Obamacare. Medicare tweaks? Obamacare. A website crash? You guessed it—Obamacare.

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A Conspiracy Theory That Won’t Die

July 7, 2025 at 12:52 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Over the long holiday weekend, ABC News reported the Justice Department and FBI said in a memo they had found no evidence of a so-called client list linked to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted child sex offender whose died in federal custody nearly five years ago.

For years, rumors have swirled about a secret trove of names—alleged powerful associates, clients, or co-conspirators—who were said to be ensnared in Epstein’s web of abuse.

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Why Elon Musk’s Third Party Is Doomed

July 7, 2025 at 10:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Elon Musk marked the holiday weekend with a splashy announcement: he’s forming a new political party out of what he says is growing frustration with both Republicans and Democrats.

It’s the sort of declaration that tends to grab headlines—especially when it comes from one of the world’s richest men.

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Can Democrats Weaponize Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill?

July 7, 2025 at 8:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

With Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” now signed into law, the political challenge shifts to Democrats: Can they turn its deeply unpopular provisions into a winning message for the 2026 midterms?

Some early thoughts:

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For Your Weekend Listening

July 5, 2025 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members.

It’s official: Nearly every Republican fears Trump. Hakeem Jeffries can sure talk. Let’s look at Lisa Murkowski’s job description.

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Happy 249th!

July 4, 2025 at 6:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members.

It’s official: Nearly every Republican fears Trump. Hakeem Jeffries can sure talk. Let’s look at Lisa Murkowski’s job description.

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A Few Thoughts on the Republican Budget Bill

July 3, 2025 at 5:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Despite abysmal public polling and private doubts from within their own ranks, Republicans pushed through a sweeping budget reconciliation package that cements their policy vision for the country.

The vote leaves little doubt: this is the Republican agenda and they were ready to pass it under virtually any circumstances.

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A New Front in Trump’s War on Democracy

July 3, 2025 at 11:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s a story that shouldn’t be buried in a pre-holiday news dump…

The New York Times reports the Justice Department is weighing whether to bring criminal charges against state and local election officials it believes failed to adequately secure their voting systems.

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Trump’s Power on Full Display

July 3, 2025 at 8:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

House Republican leaders kept the vote open well into the night, twisting arms and applying pressure to advance President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill.”

It wasn’t about legislative horse-trading or last-minute policy concessions. There were none.

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Democrats Have a Shot at Winning the Senate

July 1, 2025 at 2:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

What began as a deeply unpopular and hastily constructed piece of legislation somehow emerged from the U.S. Senate in even worse shape.

Senate Republicans didn’t moderate the bill—they doubled down. The final product was rushed through with no public text, no hearings, and no serious debate.

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It’s Flat Out Extortion

July 1, 2025 at 11:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CBS is reportedly nearing a settlement with Donald Trump over a bizarre lawsuit stemming from a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign — a case almost all legal experts consider frivolous.

At the heart of the lawsuit is a single answer Harris gave during the interview. CBS aired the full response, but in two separate broadcasts — one on “60 Minutes,” the other on “CBS Mornings.”

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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.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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