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Balloon Juice was created by John Cole in 2002 as his personal blog and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It is an online community that later evolved into a platform where other writers and readers debate US politics. Its online news presence can be found at https://balloon-juice.com/ and has an average of 537,200 monthly visits.

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*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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The Analyst Bias Score is on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Our Enemies In Blue | 14% Somewhat Conservative |
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Respect for Marriage, and Other Human Rights | 12% Somewhat Conservative |
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War For Ukraine Day 124: The Butcher’s Bill For Putin’s War Crimes Goes Up | 0% Center |
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08/25/2019 | 75% For | Trump Family Detentions Flores Agreement (link) | So, of course, the Trump administration is doing the opposite in a baldfaced |