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What labels establish, and what we volunteer to believe
Jul 15
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M. Ballard
The Gospel Trumpism Refuses to Read
The Bible is not ambiguous about how believers are commanded to treat foreigners, poor people, prisoners, widows, orphans, and others without political…
Jul 8
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M. Ballard
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Tulsi Gabbard, the Guru, and the Cult We Are Supposed to Pretend Is Just Yoga
I know the smell of a cult.
Jul 6
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M. Ballard
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The Fabulous History of Queer Music. Part 6.
Folk, protest, and the first open voices
Jul 3
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M. Ballard
June 2026
Still Looks Like a Cover-Up
The people in charge of the Epstein files keep telling the public two things that cannot both be true. The pattern is the story.
Jun 25
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M. Ballard
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Americans for Opportunity’s AI Attack Operation Deserves scrutiny
Americans for Opportunity presents itself as a civic-minded political committee.
Jun 19
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M. Ballard
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Using The Phrase "Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Confession
I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
Jun 18
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M. Ballard
The King and the Coin
And the Neighbor Worried About Newsom
Jun 17
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M. Ballard
Re-Watching Idiocracy After Two Trump Terms
Now I am Less Smart
Jun 16
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M. Ballard
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Newsom’s Climate Record
What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why
Jun 12
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M. Ballard
The Fabulous History of Queer Music. Part 5
Bars, camp, and the coded middle decades
Jun 10
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M. Ballard
Oakland Week Ahead: June 8–14, 2026
City Hall has a packed schedule this week, with nearly $51 million on the table across three committees, plus neighborhood cleanups, a police-oversight…
Jun 8
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M. Ballard
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