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    <description>Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged &quot;open-letter&quot;.</description>
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        <title>Twenty-One Elders Signed Their Names. He Built a Church With None.</title>
        <link>https://deceit.blog/essay/no-elders-to-ask-again</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>Explain. To the Christians who&apos;ve watched Mark Driscoll get his stage back, and to everyone else who&apos;s ever trusted a man because of the size of the room he could fill, Start with what&apos;s true. He can preach. People who sat under him at Mars Hill describe a real season, real growth, a church that reached men…</description>
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        <title>The Argument Is the Point</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>Explain. To MAGA, to the left, and to everyone in between, In May of 2016, two crowds of Americans stood on opposite sides of Travis Street in Houston, screaming at each other outside an Islamic center. One crowd came to stop the Islamification of Texas. The other came to defend their neighbors. Both protest…</description>
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        <title>The Litmus Test Has a Birthday</title>
        <link>https://deceit.blog/essay/letter-to-the-american-church</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>Explain. To the American Christian, Your conviction may be sincere, morally serious, and held in good faith. Arguments about abortion almost never grant that. This letter does. Nothing here asks you to stop caring about unborn life. It asks a smaller question, one with a documentary answer. How did opposing…</description>
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        <title>The Eagles Are a Post. The Horses Are a Paper Trail.</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>Explain. To everyone who loves the American mustang, including the ones who voted for the man in this letter, You already know what a wild horse means. You&apos;ve seen one running loose on a ridge, or you&apos;ve just seen the calendar photo and felt something anyway. Congress felt it too, once, badly enough to write…</description>
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