Archive - Colby Hall

Trump’s Press Ban Set Off Authoritarian Alarm Bells. That’s Why It Worked.

Trump banning the press is a fight he’d rather have than one about $6 diesel and a $38 billion war.

20 hrs ago • Colby Hall

TIPPING POINT? GOP Candidate Campaigning Against Trump Could Break the MAGA Dam

Maria Elvira Salazar’s new ad looks into the camera, calls the president by name, and tells him his immigration enforcement has gone too far.

Sep 17 • Colby Hall

MORNING FRAME: Trump’s Inflation Woes Get Worse, GOP Runs From Iran War, and Dems’ Hasan Piker Issue

Tracking the political media narratives that shape the news for Thursday, September 17: What’s emerging, what’s fading, and who’s fighting for the…

Sep 17 • Colby Hall

MORNING FRAME: MAGA Reject AI ‘Hoax’, Iran War Hits $38 Billion, and Trump Closes Kennedy Center

Tracking the political media narratives that shape the news for Wednesday, September 16: What’s emerging, what’s fading, and who’s fighting for the…

Sep 16 • Colby Hall

Trump Insists the AI Threat Is a Hoax. So I Asked AI to Assess His Claims

ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini and Claude all agreed the doomsday case is far from proven. None agreed that makes it a hoax.

Sep 15 • Colby Hall

MORNING FRAME: Trump’s AI ‘Hoax’, Supreme Court Kills Mail-Ballot Plan, and Don Jr.’s Grift?

Tracking the political media narratives that shape the news for Tuesday, September 15: What’s emerging, what’s fading, and who’s fighting for the…

Sep 15 • Colby Hall

MORNING FRAME: AI Panic Goes Bipartisan, Trump Blames Ukraine for Gas and 60 Minutes Goes MAGA?

Tracking the political media narratives that shape the news for Monday, September 14: What’s emerging, what’s fading, and who’s fighting for the remote.

Sep 14 • Colby Hall

Kansas Lost to Missouri. Then Missouri Proved Kansas's Good vs Evil Point.

Nobody disputed a word of Kansas' Civil War hype video. Missouri's coach, a Mizzou columnist, and its fans argued taste.

Sep 12 • Colby Hall

Everyone’s Missing the Real Story: Trump’s Loyalty Test Is Breaking the GOP

Republicans pledged to cheat for Trump on live TV, then torched his $5,000 check. But can they win without him?

Sep 12 • Colby Hall

MORNING FRAME: Trump’s Socialist Backfire, Politics Over Iran and 9/11 Steps on the GOP Convention

Tracking the political media narratives that shape the news for Friday, September 11: What’s emerging, what’s fading, and who’s fighting for the remote.

Sep 11 • Colby Hall

RATINGS DISASTER: Trump Failed to Beat a Normal Night on Fox News Despite Exclusivity

The president had Fox News to himself for two hours and drew less than the network does without him. It’s a terrible omen for Trump.

Sep 10 • Colby Hall

WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION: Trump’s $5K Giveaway Just Blew Up the GOP’s Socialist Attack

Republicans spent months calling Democrats socialists. Then the president proposed the biggest cash payment in history.

Sep 10 • Colby Hall

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