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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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December 10, 2024
Ro Knows
Ro Khanna represents some of the wealthiest zip codes in America, but what the Bernie-friendly, Bannon-approved Democrat really wants to talk about is the shafting of American factory workers and what the next president—maybe Khanna, himself?—should do about it.
Peter Hamby
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December 3, 2024
Harris Melancholy & The Infinite Sadness
Democrats were outraged to hear Kamala’s inner circle conducting an election autopsy in the cynical language of political operatives, rather than giving voice to their grievances. But for voters seeking closure, the truth isn’t complicated—and there are only two people to blame.
Peter Hamby
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November 27, 2024
Loose Bannon
The Rasputin of the MAGA movement has big plans for the new world order under Donald Trump—mass deportations, checking China, working with Elon and dismantling McConnell’s Senate—and if it requires a little “smash mouth” to get it done, so be it. In the meantime, he’ll be tuned in to MSNBC, watching the Democratic civil war unfold.
Peter Hamby
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November 19, 2024
Pod Save MAGA?
New proprietary polling from Echelon Insights, in partnership with Puck, shows that Donald Trump is entering office with goodwill from voters. It also illustrates that Democrats don’t simply have a political and coalition problem. They have a pretty severe media handicap, too.
Peter Hamby
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November 12, 2024
The Missing Resistance & The Tao of Rahm
After the heartburn of 2004, Democrats rebuilt their party through a new set of candidates in the House, winning the midterms and paving the way for a generationally talented, constituency-realigning outsider to claim the presidency four years later. Rahm Emanuel, who helped engineer the party’s comeback, has a few ideas about what the Democrats need to do now in order to reclaim the presidency—with no #Resistance in sight.
Peter Hamby
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November 6, 2024
Kamala’s Wasted Youth
Sure, young white dudes broke for Trump. But Harris also underperformed with almost every kind of young person: young white women, young Black voters, and young Latinos.
Peter Hamby
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November 5, 2024
The Margin of Error Election
November 5 is upon us: At long last, we can stop texting each other polls showing yet another godforsaken tie, we can put to bed the spin and mumbo jumbo that grifters have been peddling about early-vote numbers, and we can mercifully stop talking about Tony Hinchcliffe. Here are my surprises, predictions, bellwethers, and other last-minute observations.
Peter Hamby
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October 29, 2024
De Tocqueville Does Detroit
Scary and sobering electoral truths (at least for Democrats) from my recent tour of Real America.
Peter Hamby
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October 21, 2024
Kamala’s Latin Lesson
While the campaigns fixate on the Charlamagne vote, the biggest racial realignment in American politics hasn’t been among Black or white voters, but rather among Latinos, who have been drifting away from the Democratic Party in the Trump era. Harris is hoping her campaign can win them back before it’s too late.
Peter Hamby
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October 15, 2024
College Vote Confidential
Interviewing college students on a swing state tour through the South, a couple themes emerged among the voters who may decide the election: Young women are fired up for Kamala, Black men are Trump-curious, and “Brat summer” is definitely over.