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@peterhamby.bsky.social

Host of Snapchat’s “Good Luck America.” Founding Partner at Puck News. CNN back in the day. Board, Shorenstein Center. Venice, California

1,909 Followers  |  105 Following  |  12 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  1.7538

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The Newsom Succession In California, local politics is often national—and the governorship can be a path to the White House. But with a suffocating housing market, punishing taxes, and a persistent homeless crisis, the sta...

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The overcrowded and underwhelming race for California governor.

Will any Democrat make their campaign about something other than Donald Trump?

puck.news/who-will-rep...

26.11.2025 02:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bad Luck, Chuck New polling shows only 40 percent of Democrats approve of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown handling, while Hakeem Jeffries maintains stronger support among party voters.

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Exclusive new polling on Schumer & the shutdown

— Only 40% of Dems approve of Chuck’s shutdown handling
— But 55% approve of Jeffries!
— 53% of Dems opposed ending shutdown
— Dems crushed Trump on shutdown messaging

puck.news/chuck-schume...

19.11.2025 02:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How to Lose a Man in 365 Days Gen Zyn swung right for Trump in 2024, but last week’s elections show they’re beginning to question whether the president can make life more affordable. Whether Democrats can keep them remains to be s...

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How Donald Trump fumbled young men

New polling finds that 47% of Gen Z men now say Trump is having a negative impact on their lives

Yes, Dems had a good election — but they can’t take young men for granted either

puck.news/young-men-dr...

12.11.2025 03:36 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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The Dems’ Flight 93 Essay A new 2024 postmortem makes the case for Democrats cutting the cord with left-wing activists and winning back normie voters with a return to big-tent, multiracial, middle-class messaging—while learnin...

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A buzzy new report examining why Democrats lost in 2024 makes the case that doing more social media or more podcasts won’t fix a thing for Dems.

The problem is that voters don’t like Democrats.

The only fix? Fixing the message puck.news/whats-in-the...

29.10.2025 02:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Independent Voters Are Turning on ICE New data from Echelon Insights suggests that Trump’s ICE raids have actually broken through with voters, unlike any other storyline in the current political moment. But as the president doubles down o...

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ICE is on thin ice with voters, per new polling from Echelon Insights

- Majority say agents shouldn't wear masks
- Independents & women oppose ICE raid tactics in a big way
- More see ICE as targeting people who aren't a threat

And more > puck.news/independent-...

22.10.2025 01:37 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Newsom Player Haters & The ’28 Proxy War Democrats have poured more than $140 million into the off-cycle ballot initiative to gerrymander California, counter Trump’s efforts to manipulate the midterms, and—perhaps most importantly—hand Gavin...

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Gavin Newsom’s anti-Trump crusade in California — how Prop 50 is winning, where it needs help, and what it all means for Gav 2028

puck.news/inside-newso...

15.10.2025 03:06 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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How Democrats Finally Won the Internet After years of churning out digital cringe, Democrats finally seem to have found a human message during the government shutdown, leveraging the left’s messy creator ecosystem to beat the Trump meme ma...

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Democrats won the first round of the shutdown messaging fight, and there’s a big reason why — they’re finally starting to understand the content game

puck.news/how-democrat...

08.10.2025 03:11 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
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What College Students Really Think of Charlie Kirk New data from Generation Lab undercuts Trump’s mythmaking about his murdered ally, who was unquestionably a savvy organizer, even if he wasn’t at all popular on the campuses he loved to visit.

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A new poll of college students finds that Charlie Kirk was almost universally famous on campuses. But he was not popular at all — with 70% of students saying they disagreed with Kirk’s views

puck.news/what-college...

17.09.2025 01:38 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1
:Anonymous (ID:

jcplHDpb

09/12/25(Fri)06:24:48 No.515681187

so...is he /ourguy/?

[Image of Tyler Robinson in his bedroom standing next to a desk with a computer]

: Anonymous (ID: XaaieiTM)

09/12/25(Fri)06:27:41 No.515681608

Imao /pol/ was so convinced it was some Latino tranny

:Anonymous (ID: jcplHDpb 09/12/25(Fri)06:24:48 No.515681187 so...is he /ourguy/? [Image of Tyler Robinson in his bedroom standing next to a desk with a computer] : Anonymous (ID: XaaieiTM) 09/12/25(Fri)06:27:41 No.515681608 Imao /pol/ was so convinced it was some Latino tranny

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Anonymous (ID:

vly7yfAO

09/12/25(Fri)07:37:20 No.515693707

>>515691052 (OP) #

Groyper confirmed. Nick is so fucked it's unreal.

[Meme image of centurion groyper toad as a Roman era soldier]

: Anonymous (ID: vly7yfAO 09/12/25(Fri)07:37:20 No.515693707 >>515691052 (OP) # Groyper confirmed. Nick is so fucked it's unreal. [Meme image of centurion groyper toad as a Roman era soldier]

And here are some posts from 4chan since Tyler Robinson was arrested for shooting Charlie Kirk.

via @peterhamby.bsky.social

12.09.2025 18:19 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1
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MLB’s Rose War & An Upfronts Postmortem Podcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 05/16/2025 · 20m

. @peterhamby.bsky.social had me on his great The Powers The Be pod to talk about Rob Manfred’s decision to reinstate Pete Rose.

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17.05.2025 13:43 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Dem & Dumber Despite Trump’s unpredictable, anxiety-provoking, market-rattling, ethics-pulverizing first 100 days, the latest Puck/Echelon poll shows he’s still more popular with voters than Democrats.

Despite Trump’s unpredictable, anxiety-provoking, market-rattling, ethics-pulverizing first 100 days, the latest Puck/Echelon poll shows he’s still more popular than Democrats with voters…

Read @peterhamby.bsky.social's breakdown of the full results of the poll:

17.05.2025 20:43 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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UFC’s $1B Fantasy & a Green Jacket Mystery Podcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 04/15/2025 · 25m

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. @peterhamby.bsky.social invited me onto his pod to dish on Augusta's deals and the UFC's negotiations.

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15.04.2025 19:02 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump’s Honeymoon Hara-Kiri While most presidents enjoy a post-inaugural boost to their popularity, the early post-Liberation Day polling shows Trump’s support on the economy collapsing rapidly.

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Donald Trump’s poll numbers on the economy were already shaky - and now they’re absolutely terrible.

And we’re not even at 100 Days

puck.news/honeymoon-ov...

09.04.2025 01:14 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 2
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Gavin’s Roganitis The California governor’s podcast debut with Charlie Kirk, featuring Newsom’s very public reversal on the issue of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democrats as the party tests new m...

Gavin Newsom’s podcast debut, featuring the governor’s very public reversal on the matter of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democrats as the party tests new mediums and the bounds of its post-election repositioning.

From @peterhamby.bsky.social

13.03.2025 00:27 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 7    📌 1

This was the best piece, commentary, take I’ve seen so far on @governor.ca.gov’s reasons for this podcast.
Lifelong CA Dem here, and this is just ‘Gavin bringing Gavin’ at his best. He’s actually brave enough to test it out.

12.03.2025 18:12 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Gavin’s Roganitis The California governor’s podcast debut with Charlie Kirk, featuring Newsom’s very public reversal on the issue of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democrats as the party tests new m...

New @puck.news!

Gavin Newsom is charging ahead with his podcast, after few Dems condemn his trans comments:

- Charlie Kirk interview clips have over 7 million views across platforms
- Gav tells Michael Savage: “Trump and I are getting along!”
- Next guest: Steve Bannon

puck.news/gavin-newsom...

12.03.2025 01:45 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 2
'White Lotus' Collabmania & Nike's Woman Problems Podcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 02/26/2025 · 21m

Smart takes from @peterhamby.bsky.social @laurensherman.bsky.social @puck.news about the Nike x Skims partnership.

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08.03.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We all thought the social video from 22 Senate Democrats yesterday was corny, but what @peterhamby.bsky.social presupposes here is what if it were effective?

05.03.2025 15:31 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Boys of Bummer Exclusive new polling reveals how the Gen Z men who helped put Trump in the White House—Dave Portnoy types who are into sports, stocks, and crypto—are souring on his presidency as expectations for a s...

Exclusive new polling reveals how the Gen Z men who helped put Trump in the White House are souring on his presidency as expectations for a shiny new economy collide with our current, tariff-laden reality.

From @peterhamby.bsky.social

05.03.2025 17:23 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
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The Boys of Bummer Exclusive new polling reveals how the Gen Z men who helped put Trump in the White House—Dave Portnoy types who are into sports, stocks, and crypto—are souring on his presidency as expectations for a s...

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Young voters — including young men who want those stocks higher and crypto wallets fatter — are souring on Trump’s handling of the economy. New polling shows support for Trump handling of the economy among *Gen Z men* slipped -14 points between Jan and Feb

puck.news/is-trump-alr...

05.03.2025 05:20 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 2
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Elon’s Icarus Moment New focus groups of swing state voters found reserves of goodwill for Trump but deep distrust toward Musk, widely viewed as “weird,” “radical,” and “selfish.” Mostly, however, they just wanted to talk...

“Notably, several voters defined “headlines” as the titles of YouTube videos.”

@peterhamby.bsky.social’s report out from focus groups is worth a read… puck.news/what-swing-v...

26.02.2025 13:46 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Elon’s Icarus Moment New focus groups of swing state voters found reserves of goodwill for Trump but deep distrust toward Musk, widely viewed as “weird,” “radical,” and “selfish.” Mostly, however, they just wanted to talk...

New focus groups of swing state voters found reserves of goodwill for Trump but deep distrust toward Musk, widely viewed as “weird,” “radical,” and “selfish.”

From @peterhamby.bsky.social

27.02.2025 20:51 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1
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The Pritzker Prize Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on why Trump won the economic argument in 2024, and how Democrats can win it back with “simple, clear answers.”

@govpritzker.illinois.gov spoke with @peterhamby.bsky.social taking stock of where we are >>

"Here we are, nearly two weeks into the Trump administration, and they’ve thrown everything out there to cause a lot of chaos, but nothing that actually benefits working people."

puck.news/jb-pritzker-...

04.02.2025 03:58 — 👍 20    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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These hard truths are why Dems remain silent
The tide still favors the Felon - esp on his deportations

From @peterhamby.bsky.social

28.01.2025 22:25 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The GOP might want to remember these facts when discussing CA wildfire aid 👇🏻👇🏻 #MAGA

21.01.2025 12:48 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 01/14/2025 · 1h 7m

An awesome conversation about a number of topics between @peterhamby.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social

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18.01.2025 02:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump’s Billionaire Arbitrage The president has always possessed a magical ability to convince voters that he’s an Imus-style populist, even as he conducts his corporate favor trading in the open. But how long can Trump—flanked at...

“Watching Trump at the inauguration, flanked by a platoon of billionaire supplicants and unaccountable tech C.E.O.s, you have to wonder how long this president can keep wearing the outsider mask.”

From @peterhamby.bsky.social

22.01.2025 00:16 — 👍 22    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

Doing this kind of political analysis in the wake of disaster is not easy for many reasons, including the ppl crying “too soon”…but @peterhamby.bsky.social nails it here. This is worth unlocking the free article for!

14.01.2025 04:08 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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The Blood Is in the Water for Karen Bass The feckless Los Angeles mayor is certain to lose her seat—if she isn’t recalled first. “If it is true that she left the country on a Saturday after the warning came out, that is a dereliction of duty...

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, a Karen Bass donor: “If it is true that she left the country on a Saturday after the [fire] warning came out, that is a dereliction of duty.” New @puck.news from @peterhamby.bsky.social: puck.news/the-blood-is...

14.01.2025 04:35 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Democrats’ Post-MSNBC Playbook Multiplatform content maven Brian Tyler Cohen reveals how the Democratic blob can finally move beyond its depressing greenroom biases and play a game that the Republicans started mastering a decade ag...

Multiplatform content maven Brian Tyler Cohen reveals how the Democratic blob can finally move beyond its depressing greenroom biases and play a game that the Republicans started mastering a decade ago…

From @peterhamby.bsky.social

24.12.2024 02:29 — 👍 22    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0

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