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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 11h

I hear Sen Mike Lee is butthurt about this depiction of his slavish devotion to a dictator because he so wants a seat on SCOTUS that he’s willing to sell us all out to a wannabe dictator and he hates people pointing that out

Geez. Should be illegal

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 1d

"It begins with the hopeful optimism of Spring and ends with the cold, hard facts of Autumn."

--Ken Burns (Baseball)

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 1d

Wake up babe, new inflatable costume just dropped.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a former lifelong Republican and not even a Democrat, and somehow I've graduated to be the "terrorist wing" of their party, all because I want Trump to obey the Constitution. Wow.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 1d

And he had bombed Libya in March.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 2d

Kris Kristofferson:

Busted flat in Baton Rouge
And headin' for the trains
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans...

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 2d

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 2d

I'd bet good money that his staff has created an AI video of this fake thing happening.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 4d

Deion Sander is faster but he's close.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 4d

Christians like Noem like making the films but don't appear to have read the book first.

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McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins.bsky.social · 11d

On the death of a prophet, a church shooting in Michigan, and what I learned from President Russell M. Nelson. This was a difficult piece to write. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Shooter and the Prophet

Russell M. Nelson, the Latter-day Saint prophet who preached the need for peacemakers in an angry world, died over the weekend. Then a gunman opened fire on a church in Michigan.

www.theatlantic.com

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 12d

a woman is standing in front of a shrimp dispenser

ALT: a woman is standing in front of a shrimp dispenser

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 13d

You always have two choices when new facts clash with your present worldview: change your worldview to fit the facts, or change the facts to fit your worldview. I'm not confident my MAGA friend or family will do the former

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 13d

This. There is a non-zero chance the shooter was MAGA and if it proves true, many of my MAGA family and fellow congregants will experience some major cognitive dissonance.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · 28d

BuT He dId iT WiThOuT YeLLinG

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Sep 11

People on here claim to believe in being fair and kind to members of the LGBTQ community, immigrants, the poor, etc. but can't extend the same grace to Mormons. Not all of us are right-wing nut jobs and it would be nice if people on the left made us feel welcome. This doesn't help

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Sep 2

They actually made a movie about this...31 years ago. At the end, the President was brought down.

Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great idea but it underestimates the power of AI and the willingness of the illiterate to use it.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's only heretical if you count creedal Christians as the only Christians. Mormons believe Christ and God are separate, distinct individuals and only one in purpose. Christ created the Earth at the direction of The Father and, in his pre-earth existence, was the Yahweh of the Old Testament.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Aug 26

My math says the pharmaceutical company would pay you $1300 to $1500 to take their pill.

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Aug 15

a man is holding a squirrel in his car

ALT: a man is holding a squirrel in his car

media.tenor.com

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Aug 13

But also, can we just stop electing television personalities altogether?

Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Jul 20

Drink!

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Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Jul 20

Drink!

Justin Urry @thejurry.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ho-leeeee crap! After watching this, I will vote for anyone in 2028 whose platform is just "I will completely reverse everything from the last four years"

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