Peter Hamby

Los Angeles

Partner and Writer at Puck

Host @Snapchat's @GoodLuckAmerica. Partner @PuckNews. @CNN vet. Board @ShorensteinCtr. Levon fan. Hoya. RVA homer. Me, on Twitter: https://t.co/n6oGYZyyTn

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The Next Governor of Virginia: An Openly Gay MAGA Diehard?

1 week ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Thanks to Donald Trump, we are confronted on a near-daily basis with vivid reminders that the Republican Party is not what it used to be. In Boston this week, Mike Pence was hanging out with the Kennedys, who bestowed upon him a Profiles in Courage Award for standing up to Trump on January 6. In Georgia on Monday, Gov.
Pete Buttigieg Enters the Manosphere

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Here are some of the topics Pete Buttigieg discussed on the Flagrant podcast last week: the White Lotus incest scene, cancer research, Grindr, Fox News, Chinese currency manipulation, lesbian college radio stations in Iowa, progressive taxation, fatherhood, “chick flights into space,” tariffs, whether food in Afghanistan turned him gay, Boston crime rates, corporate offshoring, the United Nations, subways, the Cold War, cancel culture, TikTok. That’s just a start.
Could A.O.C. Win a National Election?

3 weeks ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

In some ways, the current hype cycle around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes a lot of sense: There’s a leadership void in the Democratic Party, the base is hungry for guidance and new ideas, and Ocasio-Cortez is young and dynamic, a desperately needed contrast to the crusty old leaders that seem to dominate the party. She excites young people who have been tuning out the establishment for years, with a message of economic fairness and thunderous attacks against the billionaire class.
Trump Slips on Economy, Doubles Down on Immigration

4 weeks ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

If it wasn’t abundantly clear, Donald Trump would love to talk about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, thank you very much. The Salvadoran migrant—who’d been living in the United States legally, but was deported and transferred to Nayib Bukele’s ghoulish prison camp in El Salvador last month without trial or due process, or really any evidence of wrongdoing at all—has become this week’s main character in Washington.
Elon's Icarus Moment

2 months ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Ever since Elon Musk launched his slash-and-burn effort to shrink the federal government under the auspices of DOGE and with the blessing of Donald Trump, polls have demonstrated that voters are queasy about the idea. The latest survey from our partners at Echelon Insights found that a majority of likely voters (51 percent) disapproved of Musk's current role in the federal government.
Kamala '28 Falls in the Forest

2 months ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Bear with me for a moment while I do a little Tom Friedman impersonation. I was at my local barbershop the other day in Los Angeles-Latino-owned, suitably hip, mostly staffed by millennial Trump haters who also think Democrats are corny-being interrogated about the current state of American politics, against my will. "Who can beat Donald Trump?" I was asked. I turned the question around, stuck in my swivel chair, reminding them that Trump (we hope) isn't up for a third term in 2028.
Dems' Post-Kamala Future: Mark Cuban? The Rock? Stephen A.??

2 months ago | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Bear with me for a moment while I do a little Tom Friedman impersonation. I was at my local barbershop the other day in Los Angeles-Latino-owned, suitably hip, mostly staffed by millennial Trump haters who also think Democrats are corny-being interrogated about the current state of American politics, against my will. "Who can beat Donald Trump?" I was asked. I turned the question around, stuck in my swivel chair, reminding them that Trump (we hope) isn't up for a third term in 2028.
Caruso, Kamala, and the Battle for L.A.

Feb 13, 2025 | puck.news | Peter Hamby

In the month following the apocalyptic Los Angeles firestorms, Rick Caruso has been everywhere: Real Time With Bill Maher, the Sam Harris and Joe Rogan podcasts, NBC News, CBS Mornings, every local TV affiliate-basically wherever there's a microphone and a camera. It's a national media blitz befitting a presidential campaign, but wink wink, Caruso doesn't hold any political office.
The Pritzker Prize

Feb 3, 2025 | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Members of the Democratic National Committee gathered in Washington over the weekend to elect a new chairman, Ken Martin, the little-known, 51-year-old leader of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, a white guy with a nice haircut and an accent straight out of the latest season of Fargo. The chairman's race was mostly a behind-the-scenes affair obsessed over by party activists and journalists, but ignored by the general public and the vast majority of exhausted Democratic voters.
The Pritzker Prize

Feb 3, 2025 | puck.news | Peter Hamby

Members of the Democratic National Committee gathered in Washington over the weekend to elect a new chairman, Ken Martin, the little-known, 51-year-old leader of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, a white guy with a nice haircut and an accent straight out of the latest season of Fargo. The chairman's race was mostly a behind-the-scenes affair obsessed over by party activists and journalists, but ignored by the general public and the vast majority of exhausted Democratic voters.

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Peter Hamby @PeterHamby

25 Apr 25

Complete garbage move by the @NBA This game isn’t just blacked out in LA, it’s blocked in random “Denver” TV markets throughout the Midwest.

LeBrončić @MJ95PresRelease

Wanna hear a funny joke? Not only did the @nba put the literal best 1st round series on NBA TV tonight, the entire Southern California region has it blacked out unless they have “Clipper Vision” 😂😂 yall gonna end up like the MLB you keep this typa shit up.

Peter Hamby @PeterHamby

24 Apr 25

Quinta Brunson Benson Boone - say it 3 times fast