Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
History is littered with hundreds of conflicts over the future of a community, group, location or business that were "resolved" when one of the parties stepped ahead and destroyed what was there. With the original point of contention destroyed, the debates would fall to the wayside. Archive Team believes that by duplicated condemned data, the conversation and debate can continue, as well as the richness and insight gained by keeping the materials. Our projects have ranged in size from a single volunteer downloading the data to a small-but-critical site, to over 100 volunteers stepping forward to acquire terabytes of user-created data to save for future generations.
The main site for Archive Team is at archiveteam.org and contains up to the date information on various projects, manifestos, plans and walkthroughs.
This collection contains the output of many Archive Team projects, both ongoing and completed. Thanks to the generous providing of disk space by the Internet Archive, multi-terabyte datasets can be made available, as well as in use by the Wayback Machine, providing a path back to lost websites and work.
Our collection has grown to the point of having sub-collections for the type of data we acquire. If you are seeking to browse the contents of these collections, the Wayback Machine is the best first stop. Otherwise, you are free to dig into the stacks to see what you may find.
The Archive Team Panic Downloads are full pulldowns of currently extant websites, meant to serve as emergency backups for needed sites that are in danger of closing, or which will be missed dearly if suddenly lost due to hard drive crashes or server failures.
“Multiple GOP lawmakers expect former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to step down from his seat before the end of the year,” Axios reports.
“Speculation over McCarthy’s potential departure escalated ahead of the Thanksgiving recess, with multiple GOP sources noting he posted a photo on Instagram in which his district office appeared to be in the process of being packed.”
Save to FavoritesA lawyer who represents Donald Trump told federal prosecutors that she “very clearly” warned the former president that it would “be a crime” if he failed to fully return all…
A federal appeals court on Wednesday released previously secret text messages from Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) — only to remove them from the public docket later in the day, Politico…
“There’s nothing they can really agree on. They used to talk a lot about abortion. The cat’s got their tongue now that they have realized we’re in a pro-choice country.”…
No Labels — the bipartisan group plotting a third-party presidential bid — is pulling the plug on its Dallas convention next spring and will instead conduct its “selection process virtually,”…
“Henry Kissinger, a scholar, statesman and celebrity diplomat who wielded unparalleled power over U.S. foreign policy throughout the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford, and who for…
“Go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself.” — Elon Musk, quoted by Puck, to advertisers threatening to boycott X over his controversial comments. Save to Favorites
“A court-ordered financial auditor has caught Donald Trump quietly moving $40 million from the Trump Organization into a personal bank account—seemingly so the former president could pay his whopping $29…
Even as his party has backed away from the issue, Donald Trump is doubling down on his calls to replace the Affordable Care Act, if he’s elected president again, NBC…
Donald Trump “has spent the last 24 hours on Truth Social unleashing a torrent of grievances, vengeful promises and links to online conspiracy theories about his political rivals,” Axios reports….
“Battleground states Pennsylvania and Arizona are reaping billions of dollars from Washington’s efforts to arm Ukraine, according to a graphic the Biden administration has circulated on Capitol Hill,” Politico reports….
President Joe Biden suggested that conditioning future military aid to Israel was a “worthwhile thought,” Politico reports. But days later, administration officials are shutting down any talk of that happening….
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, called for the next spending bills to set a topline at the $1.59 trillion level previously agreed to by…
The next election is the most important of our lifetimes. And there’s no better place to follow it than Political Wire as a member. Members get the full experience, including…
“Deutsche Bank viewed Donald Trump as a ‘whale’ of a client, was eager to land him and eagerly cultivated a relationship that grew from $13,000 worth of revenue to $6…
“I do not criticize him on television because I don’t think it’s right, and I know it drives him crazy.” — Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), quoted by The Hill,…
House Republicans are launching a “one-stop shop” website for all things related to the impeachment inquiry against President Biden on Wednesday so that the American people can “see the clear…
“Senate Democrats are engaged in an intraparty debate on whether to attach strings to military aid for Israel in hopes of limiting further civilian casualties in Gaza, with a vote…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) writes in her new book that Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) called Donald Trump “Orange Jesus,” CNN reports. Save to Favorites
“Two Republican members of a county election board in southern Arizona were criminally indicted by a state grand jury this week for allegedly flouting last year’s deadline to formally accept…
Punchbowl News: “For months, GOP leadership had resisted this move, insisting a full vote on the House floor wasn’t necessary to probe whether Biden committed impeachable offenses. But as the…
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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