*Edit: found a better picture to accompany this post.

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    Ain’t that a fucking shame. The bastard has the best SOCIALIZED health care while the rest of the USA is in the shitter.

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    “The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it can’t. Not without your help. But you’re not helping.”

    Damn right, I’m not helping.

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    pffft i hope its painful you piece of shit. nothin to be done about it now… damage has been done.

    bastard has directly caused the pain and suffering of hundreds of millions of people over decades.

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    “I have never wished anyone dead, but I have read some obituaries with great relish.”

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        Conservatism in general is a great evil, he is just one of its most visible practitioners.

        Virtually all CEOs and a good 20% of America would fit into the same category of irredeemable evil.

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        I wish the last thing he experiences is being treated by a lesbian minority doctor who tells him night night.

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    A doctor or nurse could become a hero any second now. Think of the future research departments they could save.

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      The champagne in my fridge is reserved for Trump, but I guess I would make an exception for him.

      *to celebrate Trump’s passing, relax 😂

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      Oh noes! Not another stroking-out geriatric retainer of the status quo about to need a special election in his district! That can’t be good for the powers desperately trying to claw some survival plan out of a burning railcare of dumpsters heading towards a cliff!

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    “He is in regular contact with his staff and looks forward to returning to Senate business.”

    Just fucking retire, you despicable old cunt.

    McConnell, the Senate’s third-oldest member,

    WHAT?!? There’s 2 senators older than him.

    He plans to retire from Congress when his current term concludes in January 2027.

    He wont live that long

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      My theory is somewhere deep inside himself he knows that once he loses access to his power and position, and the obsequious self-assurance it provides, all that’s left will be to confront the abject moral abyss that is his soul. So he’s just trying to die ignorant and shameless in office.

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      Bernie Sanders is a year older than him and Chuck Grassley is 92 fuckin’ years old. Sad to say that he isn’t even the oldest senator to have ever served

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    Why is he still clinging to the vestiges of his power and not resting at home? These people are fucking pathological.

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      In most states, if a Senator leaves office for any reason, the state’s governor would be empowered to appoint a replacement until a special election can be held. Kentucky, however, has two powerful Republican Senators, and a Democratic Governor. So after some back and forth, the legislature passed a bill (over the Governor’s veto) that said the Governor could not appoint anyone, but could only schedule the special election, letting the seat remain vacant.

      https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/05/how-are-us-senate-vacancies-filled-in-kentucky/78253161007/

      However, it is possible the governor might ignore the law and appoint someone anyway, and let the Senate deal with accepting the appointment.

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      You could ask Dianne Feinstein the same question. God only knows what keeps Chuck Grassley ticking.

      These people are fucking pathological.

      Elderly people are stubborn as old nails. They don’t just move out of the way on their own.

      The better question is what’s keeping them affixed to their positions. Enormous amounts of money go to defending incumbents with full on dementia. And party loyalists consider their aging leadership sacrosanct.

      On top of all that, Senators get the best health care benefits in the world. Keeping your job is - in some ways - a predicate for your very survival.

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        Mostly good points but I’m pretty sure the healthcare plan is for life so it’s literally just influence driving them