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Speaking of intoxicated former NFL QBs, whatever happened to Mark Sanchez - besides getting stabbed by the old man he assailed. Did the press forget about that incident?

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why! Why is Cox wasting his time and ours? Is he trying to look smart? Half of all Americans are incapable of reading a book written for 8th-graders and understanding it while most Americans never read books at all.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A California carpetbagger says what?

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When he voted to convict at Trump's impeachment knowing it would cost his cushy seat in Congress? Go ahead, please proceed, just wave that off.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure thing, Bright Bart, put the data centers right next to the windmills along I-10 in West Texas and pump the aquifer dry so all the cattle die. This California carpetbagger is bought and paid for, isn't he?

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With Jeffries and Schumer bringing knives to gunfights, Congress will continue its habit of picking our pockets to benefit the filthy rich.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fallacious reasoning 101 -- the ad hominem attack.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The U.S. military-industrial complex needs to be reined in. Full stop.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Democrats will be sitting on a goldmine of political capital if they sideline corporate centrists like Jeffries and Schumer in favor of leaders who promote union membership, prioritize closing tax loopholes for the wealthy, rein in the military-industrial complex, and provide Medicare for all.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What would you rather have, a space program or Medicare for all? Because that's a no-brainer for me. Hell, I would give up the multiple redundancies in our military (the Navy, Army and Marines have their own air forces, for example) for universal health care.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is there a better example of GOP hypocrites clinging by any means to their taxpayer-paid salaries, gold-plated health care and lifetime pensions?

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Military brats know this. They get bullied every time they change schools (For me, 12 times K-12). By middle school, brats learn it is best to stand up to bullies - not just for themselves, but for others. We don't win every fight. But being willing to bleed earns instant respect. Every. Damn. Time.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Less than half of all Americans can read and understand a book written for 8th-graders, which is something to carefully consider the next time you go out in public.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Zeus, the All Father, King of All Gods, Gatherer of Stormclouds and Lord of Lightning, has a discerning eye and well-recognized sense of humor. #WWZD

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It should come as no surprise that Kyrsten Sinema is a shit magnet.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Peter Navarro, Skeletor, Death Mask of Deceit. This rat-fucker ran for public office several times in conservative-leaning San Diego and lost every damn time.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Given that most White House "reporters" are merely stenographers with all the courage of a mollusk, it's easy to see why the president formerly known as John Barron thinks that way.

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Forward Blue @forwardblue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The message from Trump’s White House is pretty clear: Report what we like, and you’re welcome inside. Report what we don’t like, and your credentials disappear. Trump doesn't want a free press; he wants an obedient one. We must fight back.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've had life insurance for years. Haven't used it once.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The pathetic thing about these GrOPers turning on Trump is that they are doing it primarily to hold onto the prestige, money, power, lifetime free health care, and taxpayer-funded pensions that springs from their cushy government jobs.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cowardly Republicans in Congress are all that stand in the way of saving We the People from the most corrupt president in U.S. History. Vote accordingly.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Actually, my first though was, "Why Politico? It's a right-leaning rag."

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My father served for 34 years in the U.S. Navy. I cannot begin to describe his disappointment when my youngest son, the last of 3 grandsons, tore his ACL playing high school football and was therefore no longer deemed fit to enlist.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

She thinks a Freudian slip is formal wear for a tryst.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Boycotting -- er, declining to buy -- Tillamook cheese because it is unnecessarily expensive is A-OK, however.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A gentle reminder that only 1 percent of high school athletes receive scholarships to play sports in college, and only 1 percent of college athletes receive contracts to play professional sports. Children are better served when their parents put the travel-ball money in a college account.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Won't this create a trade imbalance with Belarus? Clearly, the president is reaching into his diaper and throwing more shit against the wall in the hope some of it will stick.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump engineered his own October suprise.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I liked Sophia Loren in lingerie. Thanks for asking.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Maggie Haberman, the Access of Evil.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I cannot and will not thank the Access of Evil.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Turns out lauren boebert was the one eating cats the whole time.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Like the average worker would see a penny of that $1 trillion before it disappeared into the untaxed offshore bank accounts of the filthy rich Oprah made famous.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I got a Dear John letter yesterday from the Canadian pharmacy I used to fill 2 super-costly prescriptions my supplemental Medicare insurance company refuses to cover. They are available in generic form in Canada but not in the U.S. Thanks to our porn-star-pumping president, my drug bill will triple.

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The Hand of Rod @sparedarod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Self-loathing homosexuals are the scourge of the GOP.

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