Peter Hamby

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Chief National Correspondent @PuckNews. Snap + CNN alum. Board @ShorensteinCtr. Hoya. RVA homer. How Twitter changed politics:

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1Nov 20, '24Turns out Stavros was the surrogate Democrats needed the whole time119×5.3M20k1.6k5.4k
2Jul 31, '24One man deserves credit for the “weird” framing vs. MAGA. It’s Green Shirt Guy.57.9×2.6M39k2.5k2.4k
3Sep 12, '25The groyper antennaes are vibrating on 4chan49.3×2.2M12k1.3k1.6k
4Sep 15, '24The would-be be assassin’s politics, based on a scan of his wacky Twitter account: - Voted for Trump in 2016 - Became a BIG Tulsi guy in 2019 - Wanted Biden to beat Trump in 2020 -36.5×1.6M15k2.1k1.1k
5Sep 18, '25Akaash Singh on the Flagrant pod: "In terms of censorship, freedom of speech is more under attack now than it’s ever been … It is funny to watch right wing people just become left 35.6×1.6M5.8k5811k
6Jul 2, '24New for @PuckNews: Leaked polling from Democratic data firm OpenLabs shows Biden sinking in battleground states + putting states like Virginia, NH, New Mexico in play for Trump. AN31.5×1.4M2.9k773360
7Feb 24, '17Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them.22.7×022k17k26
8Nov 6, '24Harris hitting magic number 60% with the youth vote in Georgia, per CNN exits21.6×963k13k755202
9Oct 9, '23If you're criticizing President Biden for calling a "lid" and having meetings/calls about Israel instead holding public events, I have a feeling you might not be a good faith obser20.6×918k9.7k1.3k44
10Mar 10, '25Bill Burr today roasting Elon Musk17.8×791k13k1.7k3.1k
11Nov 16, '23But it’s fun to keep pretending that a foreign-owned algorithm has no influence on how Americans think as we head into an election year!15.6×697k3k552131
12Aug 6, '24this is a wiiild swing in favor of Harris: "Harris is also now winning independents, something Biden was not doing. Harris is up 9 points with independents (53%-44%). She was down 15.1×672k11k1.5k338
13Oct 11, '24TikTok admits in their own research: “compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinkin14.8×659k3.1k1k1.5k
14Jun 28, '24Literally *nothing* will convince Biden to stay in the race more than the New York Times Editorial Board calling on him to drop out14.4×643k3.2k27163
15Nov 13, '24You see DOGE, I see a blue ribbon commission created as a sop to some annoying people Susie Wiles doesn’t want anywhere near the West Wing12.7×566k5.7k436398
16Jan 30, '25Mary Schiavo — former Dept. of Transportation inspector general — with a reality check on CNN: “Air traffic controllers do not come and go with the change of an administration … Th12.5×557k14k2.4k440
17Jan 8, '25Before you read another tweet about empty Palisades fire hydrants from some bozo with “founder” in their bio — read this explainer from the @latimes instead12.2×544k4.2k1.3k785
18Jun 11, '25This video — tearfully claiming that ICE had raided a Los Angeles elementary school graduation — has over 7 million views. Turns out it’s totally false.12.1×541k11k3.8k719
19May 8, '25anyone done this yet?12.1×538k9.7k630376
20Aug 15, '24It’s. The. Same. People. As. Biden.11.9×533k2.1k12068
21Apr 1, '21“Vaccinated people do not carry the virus"10.7×021k3.4k600
22Aug 6, '24The DJ playing at the Harris-Walz rally in Philly has a coconut tree remix that goes verrrrry hard10.5×466k3.9k3111.2k
23Nov 5, '25Republicans shouldn't campaign on culture wars or wokeness, says guy who premised his entire presidential campaign on culture wars and wokeness10.3×460k6.8k499171
24Sep 9, '21Every few days, I'm reminded that the U.S. military requires service members to get at least ***17 different vaccines***10.3×023k3.3k153
25Sep 26, '18A reminder that Mitch McConnell said Al Franken was unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate after a series of he-said-she-said harassment allegations from multiple women, some of them un10.3×014k6.4k54
26Jan 11, '19Rep. Rashida Tlaib cursing got 5 times more coverage on cable news than Rep. Steve King embracing white supremacy10.1×014k6.6k69
27Jan 18, '17Q: What books are you reading? A: Look over there. There are some books.9.9×012k6.4k1
28Oct 30, '24young Tim Walz looks like he’s about to be the first one voted off Survivor Season 479.7×431k6.2k11287
29Oct 4, '21They took down Finsta9.5×024k1.7k85
30Aug 9, '24Sea change on social media: Kamala: 17% of the top-performing TikTok posts last week mentioning Harris were negative and 82% were positive Trump: 89% of the top-performing TikTok p9.3×413k3.7k865214
31Jul 10, '24Biden is now fumbling what's long been one of his defining traits - that he's seen as honest and trustworthy. Post debate, only 36% now see Biden as "honest and trustworthy," per Y9.0×403k2.3k319144
32Mar 1, '18Twitter sucks today, so here’s some pics the Parkland kids texted me of their back-to-school therapy dogs8.7×017k3.6k19
33Oct 16, '24This is such a good example of a liberal thinking he’s “owning” Trump when he’s just telling one of the most famous sports stories ever. People have literally been using the Wally 7.9×353k2.3k271105
34Aug 23, '24I can’t believe the special guest was Leon Panetta. I’ll always remember where I was.7.4×330k2.8k17670
35Nov 11, '20Laura Ingraham just called Biden the “president elect”7.3×017k1.3k55
36Nov 5, '25The White House *deleted* their Knicks-looking tweet after this DNC dunk. Bing Bong.6.9×307k5.2k250173
37Jan 31, '20Impeachment coverage looks rad6.8×011k1.9k194
38Apr 9, '25Trump adviser: This was the plan Trump adviser: This was the plan Trump adviser: This was the plan Trump: The markets were panicking so I backed off6.8×301k8.4k1k309
39Nov 7, '20Sorry for just realizing this — but Biden is winning Nevada by TWO POINTS with mostly Dem ballots in Clark remaining and they haven’t called it? Forget Pennsylvania. That’s just ba6.5×016k1.4k47
40Nov 9, '24Liz Cheney came up maybe a half dozen times in my conversations with swing state college students in October — always in a negative way. Especially in Michigan.6.5×289k3.7k461173
41Jul 30, '24Harris was doing 20 min speeches as VP. It works. No reason for hour-long stemwinders. Get in, make your points, get out, make your calls, do media. Rinse, repeat.6.0×269k7.5k54168
42Oct 13, '24No, he didn’t. Was I the only political reporter at Coachella this year? Lana had a massive crowd, way bigger than Trump’s. So did Justice, Tyler, Khruangbin, Dom Dolla, pretty muc5.4×242k2.3k41840
43Apr 10, '20Here’s the RNC sending mailers to voters in Pennsylvania urging them to request a mail-in ballot, in part “to protect yourself from large crowds on Election Day”5.2×05.8k3.3k190
44Feb 10, '25Serena dated Drake now she’s crip walking on his corpse5.0×221k4.7k15875
45Aug 6, '20In Snapchat you’ll be able to: - Register to vote - Request a mail-in ballot - Fill out a sample ballot in your district - Make a plan to vote4.8×08.6k2.2k87
46Jul 1, '19Here’s a hot take: What if Trump declines the debates?4.7×07.6k1k21
47Jun 13, '18Here is David Halberstam on how Joe McCarthy played the journalists assigned to cover him4.5×05.5k2.9k181
48Nov 10, '20Just leaving a reminder here that every single Republican Senator and Congressman currently in office claimed victory in their most recent campaign after ~the media~ called it for 3.7×07.4k1.5k56
49Jul 28, '17My dad left this note for my mom about the health care vote and I think he accidentally created a more efficient version of @axios3.5×07.6k1.1k1
50Jan 11, '19How Twitter works: Beto didn’t “live stream his teeth-cleaning.” He’s been interviewing people in El Paso about life on the border. Including his dental assistant. It wasn’t live. 3.5×06.5k1.5k25
51Nov 6, '20Millennials and Gen Z watching cable news for the first time this week are learning a LOT about catheters, fungal infections and buying gold3.5×08.5k62835
52Mar 15, '17The President of the United States has not released his tax returns. Journalists are attacking Maddow for using her show to discuss this.3.2×05.1k1.8k0
53Jun 22The news is out: I’m joining Puck3.2×143k4402730
54Oct 30, '24Harvard hedge funder cosplays shift worker for Halloween3.2×140k5.3k16957
55Feb 13, '20Love to talk on the phone with @JamesCarville3.0×05.4k1.1k58
56Jul 20, '16Epic @ThirdEyeBlind troll of RNC event. Played none of the hits, bashed GOP platform, asked "Who here believes in science?" So much booing.3.0×03.7k2k0
57Oct 21, '24Hey, it’s me, an actual journalist who has been interviewing college women on campuses for weeks now. Yea, abortion is really important to them — so is voting for a woman. Go figur2.9×127k2.2k29843
58Nov 14, '16This is what President Obama told me, before the election, about why young people need to be involved in politics. Holds up pretty well.2.8×03.9k2k2
59Jun 19, '20It isn’t discussed enough that a Joe Biden landslide is a real possibility2.8×04.8k98542
60Sep 29, '17Trump family's Aspen ski vacation cost taxpayers $330,000. Most Republicans in Congress were elected running against crap like this.2.7×03.5k2.1k0
61Dec 7, '19People got so mad at the Peleton spot, but the O.G. hateable ads are these holiday car commercials with the impossibly rich young couples living in ski chalets gifting each other S2.7×06.4k58510
62Nov 4, '20For the doomscrollers: Biden tracking either 307 or 291 EVs. Lay off the apocalypse porn.2.7×05.5k79894
63Aug 30, '18That @nowthisnews clip of @BetoORourke talking about the NFL player protests has been viewed a combined *44 million times* across Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube2.6×04.6k1.2k28
64Aug 9, '2210/10 no notes2.5×05.2k597286
65Feb 8, '21Well New York has more deaths, total and per capita, but hey2.5×05.2k71139
66Apr 2, '25Elon suddenly tweeting a lot more today about cars and AI and outer space2.4×105k2.4k18337
67Jan 31, '20If you’re panicked about Bernie being the nominee, take a breath, flip the script and think about him this way: What if Bernie’s actually the most electable Democrat against Trump?2.2×03.8k853108
68Sep 2, '22No president has ever used the military as a backdrop for a political message 🤯2.1×04k65221
69May 12, '17So the actual headline then: "BREAKING: Trump lawyer: Tax returns from past 10 years show income from Russian sources"1.9×02.6k1.4k0
70Oct 25, '20The biggest dagger in the Borat movie is really just Pence at CPAC smugly bragging about how there are only 15 Coronavirus cases in the U.S.1.9×04.4k48212
71Feb 14, '18Anyone who’s ever covered a GOP event in Sarasota knows how extraordinary this R>D swing is. Republicans are in deep, deep trouble and Trump is the reason.1.8×03k9810
72Nov 15, '18I know the Pelosi drama is sexy, but Chuck Schumer -- the Democratic leader of the SENATE -- told investigators to back off Facebook as they were looking into the company. His daug1.6×02.2k1.1k18
73Nov 4, '20remember when everyone ranted against the early-in-the-night narratives in 2018 & urged caution about vote counting tonight? follow your own advice, freaks1.5×03.7k36410
74Jan 10, '19I am *shocked* that a glib video, customized for re-tweets and filmed in broad daylight along one of the more secure parts of the RGV by a reporter who parachuted in for the day, d1.5×02.7k5853
75Nov 10, '20For those retweeting the AP headline, here’s the slightly more watered-down basis for it:1.5×02k78966
76Jan 20, '20The NYT video of Biden in the elevator now has more than 6x the views on Twitter than the NYT opinion videos for Warren and Klobuchar ... combined1.5×02.7k62347
77Jun 2, '20don’t ask1.5×02.2k71876
78Feb 4, '20Here we have a Democratic member of Congress and a New York Times employee spreading conspiracy theories. Our institutions are quite healthy.1.4×02.5k62543
79Nov 4, '20For those waking up on the east coast: You missed a white knuckle ride in Wisconsin. Biden was losing by 100k until MKE came in, then it moved his way decisively. Expect pattern to1.4×03.1k38835
80Jan 21, '21Missed this from Pew, but pretty devastating: About two-thirds (68%) say Trump should not continue to be a major national political figure for many years to come; just 29% say he s1.4×02.6k54330
81Feb 4, '20Biden people in Clive high-fiving because they hit viability threshold by ONE person. One woman screamed “CARTER” at some dude and he ran over at the last second. Glad we choose pr1.3×02.5k43218
82Nov 5, '20The sheer amount of Republicans and Fox News hosts talking about Trump in the past tense right now, and talking about the Senate instead, tells ya all you need to know.1.3×03.1k30813
83Sep 30, '20Moderating this shit is so hard, but bringing up voting & ballot process and allowing the president to cast doubt on the election in front of ~90 million people is a huge mis-s1.3×02.7k41210
84Nov 8, '16Good snap1.3×02k7820
85Sep 27, '18No one i know who LIKES BEER has ever heard of a drinking game called Devil's Triangle1.2×02.6k3521
86Oct 3, '19Today on Good Luck America: @AndrewYang on tax policy! He has some big questions about Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax. Part 2 out tomorrow --- and a special episode on the Knicks co1.2×02.3k49228
87Feb 8, '21If you think Trump will never fade away, you might not have lived through the Sarah Palin moment. I wrote about how Palin's rise and fall offers clues for Trump's de-platformed pos1.1×01.9k338146
88Apr 2, '21I tweeted this unambiguously great news this morning -- 8 hours later my mentions are still dominated by COVID scolds & doomsayers who are pathologically incapable of admitting1.1×02.4k34633
89Nov 16, '20"Facebook is the primary protector and enabler of the far right in the United States, without question."1.1×01.9k50889
90Sep 22, '20Mitt Romney — conservative Republican who ran for president twice as a conservative Republican on the promise of appointing conservative judges — was never gonna be swayed by your 1.1×02.7k26211
91Nov 9, '20This is excellent. Trump boosted his support with south Texas Latinos for many of the same reasons Rick Perry and Ted Cruz won ~38% of Texas Hispanics in their races. Culture, fait1.1×02.2k29788
92Aug 27, '20One is enormously popular. The other is known to almost no one.1.1×02.7k1448
93Oct 16, '19Credit to Andrew Yang, at least, for forcing a conversation about automation into a party that still thinks about manufacturing and the supply chain like its 1994.1.1×02.2k4392
94Feb 6, '19Stacey Abrams has this newfound rep on Twitter as woke resistance folk hero but she’s showing here what she was in Georgia: a smart progressive who was also [gasp!] a pragmatist wi1.0×02.4k2888
95Apr 27, '21I’ve known @Bakari_Sellers for 14 years - this is peak 🤡. I truly wonder when the last time some of these millionaire Fox hosts in NYC went to the red states they claim to speak f1.0×02.3k23043
96Nov 7, '20Harlan Hill gonna eat a shoe on his onlyfans1.0×02.2k23815
97Nov 21, '19Pete tonight: the first candidate to successfully clap back at Tulsi after one of her kamikaze attacks. Everyone else whiffed.1.0×02.1k2603
98Dec 13, '21everyone knows that the best use case for masks -- according to science -- is putting them on to walk into a restaurant and then taking them off immediately1.0×02.3k20219
99Nov 4, '20Joe Biden is going to win the popular vote by a significantly larger margin than George W. Bush in 2004 — closer to Obama’s popular vote win in 2012.0.8×02.1k12412
100Nov 4, '20Guys. Georgia.0.8×02.1k724

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