Trish Hall
@trishhall.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Former NYT and WSJ. Author, “Writing to Persuade.”
Grew up in Dallas, Pa.
Grew up in Dallas, Pa.
I asked Google for the cause of death for Diane Keaton. And this is what the AI summary gave me. Be careful! if it can be this wrong on something so clear, what happens when it’s a subtle question?
October 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I asked Google for the cause of death for Diane Keaton. And this is what the AI summary gave me. Be careful! if it can be this wrong on something so clear, what happens when it’s a subtle question?
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This is the only Katrina piece you need. Jeanie writes elegantly, precisely, gently, and then punches you in the gut in the last graf.
“There are two versions of New Orleans, before Katrina and after.” Jeannie Riess writes about navigating the loss of her city after the loss of her mother.
My Mother, New Orleans
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, I’ve left the city that raised me.
www.newyorker.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is the only Katrina piece you need. Jeanie writes elegantly, precisely, gently, and then punches you in the gut in the last graf.
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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
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the Supreme Court is the most radical force in America. It's truly a reckless ideologically driven machine, and I guess we can expect another speech from Roberts extorting everybody else to lower the temperature
Yet another seismic decision fundamentally reshaping our system of government issued on the shadow docket with not even a single word of explanation.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
the Supreme Court is the most radical force in America. It's truly a reckless ideologically driven machine, and I guess we can expect another speech from Roberts extorting everybody else to lower the temperature
A perfect piece.
Opinion | How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A perfect piece.
A perfect piece.
Opinion | How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A perfect piece.
Democrats need to read the always brilliant Arlie Hochschild.
My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Democrats need to read the always brilliant Arlie Hochschild.
My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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President Declines Gift (1925)
May 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
President Declines Gift (1925)
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
April 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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NEW: The Trump administration is set to halt New York City's congestion pricing program by pulling federal approval
Trump to Halt NY Congestion Pricing by Pulling Federal Approval
New York City’s new congestion pricing program is likely to be halted after the US Department of Transportation announced its plan to reverse an earlier federal approval for the tolling initiative, a ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is set to halt New York City's congestion pricing program by pulling federal approval
Danielle Sassoon’s American Bravery www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Danielle Sassoon’s American Bravery
A conservative prosecutor in New York makes the first bold move against Donald Trump’s rampaging Presidency.
www.newyorker.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Danielle Sassoon’s American Bravery www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
The always brilliant David French makes me a little calmer today by looking at history.
Opinion | The Populist Cure Is Worse Than the Elite Disease
The push-me-pull-you relationship between Trump and his movement has a long history.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The always brilliant David French makes me a little calmer today by looking at history.
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Is there a wet February?
February 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Is there a wet February?
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Please share this cartoon far and wide so that everyone sees it, from cartoonist Ann Telnaes: Why I'm quitting the Washington Post open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Please share this cartoon far and wide so that everyone sees it, from cartoonist Ann Telnaes: Why I'm quitting the Washington Post open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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Elon Musk has a net worth of approximately $486 billion
Yesterday, he decided to use his influence to convince House Republicans to shut down the government
As a result, TSA agents will be required to report to work over the holidays WITHOUT PAY
The average TSA agent makes less than 50K/year
Yesterday, he decided to use his influence to convince House Republicans to shut down the government
As a result, TSA agents will be required to report to work over the holidays WITHOUT PAY
The average TSA agent makes less than 50K/year
December 19, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Elon Musk has a net worth of approximately $486 billion
Yesterday, he decided to use his influence to convince House Republicans to shut down the government
As a result, TSA agents will be required to report to work over the holidays WITHOUT PAY
The average TSA agent makes less than 50K/year
Yesterday, he decided to use his influence to convince House Republicans to shut down the government
As a result, TSA agents will be required to report to work over the holidays WITHOUT PAY
The average TSA agent makes less than 50K/year
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“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 AM
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
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😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...
November 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM
😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...