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Puck’s daily political newsletter from Washington—featuring Leigh Ann Caldwell, Peter Hamby, Marianna Sotomayor, Julia Ioffe, John Heilemann, and Abby Livingston—on what’s really happening in this town, from the White House to the Pentagon to Capitol Hill, K Street, the campaign trail, and beyond.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Peter Hamby
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April 29, 2025
Pete Enters the Manosphere…
Pete Buttigieg boldly went into the kind of space other Democrats have feared to tread—a podcast of guys being dudes—and walked away with a clear W.
Peter Hamby
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April 22, 2025
The Gulf of Ocasio-Cortez
Recent fawning coverage of the New York congresswoman tends to overlook one pertinent fact: She’s one of the most polarizing and unpopular Democrats in the country, with favorables below even Elon Musk.
Peter Hamby
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April 15, 2025
Trump Plays the Hits, and Takes Some
As voters lose trust in his stewardship of the economy, the president is shifting to the familiar terrain of immigration. The problem for him is that, as fears of recession grow, the issue is tumbling down the list of voters’ concerns.
Peter Hamby
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April 8, 2025
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. “These economic numbers to me scream red flag,” said polling analyst Lakshya Jain. “Honeymoons don’t end in April.”
Peter Hamby
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April 2, 2025
How Special Is Your Election?
Evaluating the early bellwethers in Wisconsin and Florida, the health of the Dem #Resistance, and the Elon of it all.
Peter Hamby
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March 26, 2025
Khanna Talk Therapy
Ro Khanna, the ambitious Silicon Valley congressman and Bernie acolyte, just wrapped a three-city listening tour to rally despondent Democrats, let them vent, and offer a little hope. Mostly, though, he wants them to face up to the hard work ahead. “We can speak out, but there’s not much we can do beyond organizing and mobilizing in districts and being vocal,” Khanna told me. “And that’s the reality of the situation.”
Peter Hamby
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March 18, 2025
Is Trump Tempting the Doom Loop?
The president is moving with unprecedented speed—including, it seems, in losing the trust and political capital of the very people who put him in the Oval Office. Echelon’s new polling numbers reveal the accelerating erosion of public sentiment on the economy, Ukraine, their tariff-tossed 401(k)s, and, yes, the price of everything.
Peter Hamby
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March 12, 2025
Gavin’s Roganitis
The California governor’s progressive-spurning, slightly-too-solicitous podcast debut with Charlie Kirk, featuring Newsom’s very public reversal on the issue of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democratic operatives as the party tests new mediums, new media strategies, and the bounds of its post-election repositioning.
Peter Hamby
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March 5, 2025
Revenge of the Nerds
Senate Democrats’ corny but MAGA-baiting social media experiment may actually have been a masterstroke, with Cory Booker et al. finally learning to plagiarize Trump’s media playbook.
Peter Hamby
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March 5, 2025
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 shiny new economy collide with our current, tariff-laden reality.