“We have contained this. I won’t say airtight, but pretty close to airtight. We’ve done a good job in the U.S.”
— Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow, on CNBC, commenting on the coronavirus pandemic one year ago.
Save to Favorites“We have contained this. I won’t say airtight, but pretty close to airtight. We’ve done a good job in the U.S.”
— Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow, on CNBC, commenting on the coronavirus pandemic one year ago.
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Politico: “It’s easily one of the most dazzling feats of jurisprudence the nation has seen — and the sort of accomplishment that could launch him on a political rocket ship…
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 10% of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business records to cover…
“I don’t think there’s anything to lose and a lot to gain, because I am convinced there’s a swath of people out there who are going to be very, very…
Todd Blanche told the Associated Press there was a chance Donald Trump might be sentenced to jail time. Said Blanche: “On the one hand, it would be extraordinary to send…
“I was shocked at how he took the verdict. He just stood there and just kind of took it. And I think had a lot of appropriate solemnness for the…
Associated Press: “It’s more than drugs and border crossings. As criminals take control of territory south of the border, the U.S. could lose its top trading partner and potentially strongest…
“After a day of holding its fire, the Biden campaign late Friday blasted Donald Trump as a ‘convicted felon’ — an indication the president’s team has decided to seize upon…
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. We began this recording just before Donald Trump was found guilty at his “hush money” criminal trial — and came…
“Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution…
“As the nation’s electorate processed the felony convictions of Donald J. Trump, the partisan divide in the verdict’s wake did not look so much like opposing sides of a chasm…
“The jury that found former president Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges delivered not only a historic verdict, but an unusual form of validation for two historically offbeat and…
“President Biden’s re-election strategy rests in large part on reminding voters about the darkest days of Donald Trump’s presidency: the Capitol riot, a botched response to Covid-19 and violence driven…
New York Times: “Although Mr. Trump proclaimed at a news conference on Friday that he had plenty of ammunition to overturn what he called ‘this scam,’ several legal experts cast…
“New York City was once Donald Trump’s playground, the place where he made his name and then plastered it everywhere he could,” the New York Times reports. “Now, the city…
Wall Street Journal: “A wave of political violence has become a threat across Mexico ahead of the country’s national elections Sunday. More than 200 government officials, candidates and political party…
Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, the family said in a statement Friday. She was 86. Save to Favorites
“The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday against Donald Trump spurred a wave of violent rhetoric aimed at the prosecutors who secured his conviction, the judge who oversaw the case…
A YouGov snap poll conducted after Donald Trump’s criminal conviction found 50% agree with the jury verdict, 30% disagree and 19% aren’t sure. Independents are nearly twice as likely to…
Time: “It was a strikingly cohesive message from virtually all corners of the conservative firmament, even among those who don’t subscribe to the America First doctrine. This didn’t happen by…
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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