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Ex-McCain Aide Admits ‘Inappropriate’ Messages

January 15, 2021 at 6:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

John Weaver, a veteran Republican operative who co-founded the Lincoln Project, declared in a statement to Axios that he sent “inappropriate,” sexually charged messages to multiple men.

Said Weaver: “To the men I made uncomfortable through my messages that I viewed as consensual mutual conversations at the time: I am truly sorry. They were inappropriate and it was because of my failings that this discomfort was brought on you.”

He added: “The truth is that I’m gay. And that I have a wife and two kids who I love. My inability to reconcile those two truths has led to this agonizing place.”

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Brad Parscale Plots His Comeback

December 24, 2020 at 9:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Mr. Parscale, President Trump’s former campaign manager, said he was trying to move on from that bleak Sunday in late September when he made the national newscasts, after police were called to his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. His wife told officers he was inside the house, ranting, acting erratically, with a loaded and cocked gun.”

“Now he is turning to real estate and plans to buy houses and flip them, he said in an interview this month, something he said he was good at. He is also restarting his political consulting firm, Parscale Strategy, and trying to kick off a start-up called Nucleus, to process and analyze data for conservative politicians.”

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Roger Stone Says Trump Should Pardon Julian Assange

December 24, 2020 at 7:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

In his first radio interview since being pardoned, Roger spoke told WABC that he plans to sue Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N-NY) for defamation.

He also made the case for President Trump to pardon Julian Assange.

Filed Under: Political Consultants

Top Trump Brass Launch Campaign Firm

December 22, 2020 at 5:30 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Three top officials on President Donald Trump’s reelection effort are going into business together to help Republicans navigate the post-Trump world,” Politico reports.

“Bill Stepien, Justin Clark, and Nick Trainer are relaunching National Public Affairs, a political consulting shop that will aid the president as he decides which 2022 races to engage in, as well as bolster pro-Trump candidates and advise the party’s campaign committees.”

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Steve Schmidt Registers as a Democrat

December 15, 2020 at 9:36 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt announced on his podcast that he is registering as a Democrat after nearly 30 years with the Republican Party.

Said Schmidt: “I spent 29 years as a Republican, I’ve spent two and a half as an independent, and later this afternoon I will register as a member of the Democratic Party. Because in America today, it’s only the Democratic Party—which is the oldest political party in the world—that stands for the ideas and ideals of American liberty.”

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Newsom Adviser Faces Domestic Violence Charges

December 3, 2020 at 3:51 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Prominent California Democratic strategist Nathan Ballard — a longtime friend and adviser to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — was arrested and jailed on two felony domestic violence charges that include attempting “to suffocate a child with a pillow,” Politico reports.

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Parscale Trying to Stop Florida Taking Away His Guns

November 5, 2020 at 2:16 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Attorneys for Brad Parscale argued in court Thursday morning that the city of Ft. Lauderdale had no right to take his guns away after his wife told police in September he was ‘ranting and raving’ with a handgun,” Business Insider reports.

“The hearing, over Zoom, was to determine whether Ft. Lauderdale has the right to obtain Parscale’s psychiatric records and use them to make a decision. Florida’s ‘red flag’ law could allow the city to hold on to his 11 guns for one year if authorities determine he poses a significant threat to himself or others.”

Filed Under: Gun Control, Political Consultants

Rick Gates Seeks Redemption

October 28, 2020 at 6:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “As attempted comebacks go, it’s an audacious gambit. Rick Gates, the former Trump aide who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the Robert Mueller probe — and then helped put other Trump associates in jail — hasn’t just launched a book tour aimed at clearing his name. He’s also started a new strategic consulting firm for companies looking to navigate the federal government.”

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Inside the Lincoln Project’s War Against Trump

October 5, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New Yorker: “The Project, which was founded by eight people, now employs about thirty-five paid staffers. For the first months, everybody worked remotely—in Tallahassee, Denver, East Hampton, Sacramento. Once the war room was ready, more than a dozen employees began arriving at their assigned housing with luggage and pets, prepared to stay until November. The selection of a secret temporary headquarters had been complicated by the pandemic, but security was also a factor.”

“The Project was on track to take in some seventy million dollars by Election Day—not as much as many established pacs, but far more than the founders anticipated.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign, Political Consultants

Top Strategist Leaves Chamber of Commerce

September 29, 2020 at 7:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Scott Reed, the longtime top political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday that he resigned from the organization after a political shift at the business lobbying powerhouse,” Politico reports.

“The move comes amid mounting fears among Republicans — including many within the organization — that the traditionally conservative Chamber is moving to the left after endorsing roughly two dozen freshman House Democrats for reelection this year.”

The Washington Post says Reed was ousted.

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Police Release Footage of Parscale Being Tackled by SWAT

September 28, 2020 at 5:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department released body-cam footage of an incident involving former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, who was hospitalized for intent to self-harm.

Filed Under: Political Consultants

Police Confiscated 10 Guns from Brad Parscale’s Home

September 28, 2020 at 12:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Miami Herald: “Brad Parscale was involuntarily hospitalized under Florida’s Baker Act by officers and taken to Broward Health Medical Center Sunday after barricading himself in the $2.4 million home he shares in Fort Lauderdale’s Seven Isles with his wife, Candice. In reports released Monday, police documented a tense scene in which Parscale — after possibly firing a shot inside his house — refused to leave and was ultimately tackled by SWAT officers outside the home when he emerged shirtless with a beer in his hand.”

“Officers also wrote in their reports that Parscale’s wife told them he had post-traumatic stress disorder and had become violent in recent weeks. She showed them bruises on her arms from an argument two days prior, they said. Police say they took photos of injuries.”

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Brad Parscale Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt

September 27, 2020 at 9:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A tense situation unfolded at a home owned by Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Trump’s reelection campaign, after his wife called police to say that Parscale had guns and was threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police said Sunday night,” the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.

“The police, called by his wife, went to the house in the Seven Isles community, an affluent area in which the houses have access to the water. They made contact, ‘developed a rapport’ and negotiated his exit from the house.”

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Michael Caputo Diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer

September 24, 2020 at 1:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Michael Caputo, the political consultant at the center of controversy over the Trump administration’s coronavirus messaging, has been diagnosed with metastatic head and neck cancer, the Buffalo News reports.

Said Caputo: “It’s something I’ve been dealing with for months but didn’t do anything about it, even though I work in a building full of doctors.”

Caputo recently took a 60-day leave of absence from his post at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Banks Processed Manafort’s Millions Despite Warnings

September 21, 2020 at 7:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Thousands of documents detailing $2 trillion of potentially corrupt transactions that were washed through the US financial system have been leaked to an international group of investigative journalists,” The Guardian reports.

“One of those named in the SARs is Paul Manafort, a political strategist who led Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign for several months.”

Filed Under: Political Consultants

Roger Stone Calls on Trump to Seize Total Power

September 12, 2020 at 3:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

In an interview with Alex Jones, Roger Stone urged Donald Trump to consider several draconian measures to stay in power if he loses the election due what he called “voter fraud.”

The measures included having federal authorities seize ballots, having FBI agents and Republican state officials “physically” block voting under the pretext of preventing voter fraud, using martial law or the Insurrection Act to carry out widespread arrests, and nationalizing state police forces.

Filed Under: Political Consultants, White House

Prosecutors Have ‘Voluminous’ Emails In Bannon Case

August 31, 2020 at 8:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Federal prosecutors have seized “voluminous” emails and other communications in their case against Stephen Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump who is charged with defrauding donors to a private group that promised to build a wall on the Mexican border, the New York Times reports.

Filed Under: Political Consultants

Comey Says Bannon Is In a ‘World of Trouble’

August 23, 2020 at 11:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former FBI director James Comey told CBS News that former Trump strategist Steve Bannon was in “a world of trouble” following his arrest last week on fraud charges.

Said Comey: “It’s another reminder of the kind of people this president surrounds himself with, at this point they could almost start their own crime family.”

He added: “It’s a very serious case, the Southern District of New York has laid it out in a very detailed indictment called a speaking indictment, and he’s in a world of trouble.”

Filed Under: Political Consultants

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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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