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

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

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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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      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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    This vile ghoul ushered in the death of America by breaking key covenants in governance, and while he’s vaguely expressed some sort of remorse since over the years, there will be no forgiveness or peace for him on his deathbed. He will only be hailed by a cabal of grinning sycophants encircling his frail shell, chanting “you made this all possible” as they lean in to devour his rotting carcass. Thanks for nothing, Mitch.

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      The death of America precedes him by a generation or three in my opinion, but he nailed the coffin shut!

      A functioning Democracy/Republic would never allow this creature to stay in office since 1985, over 40 years of this nasty piece of work

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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

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    Fuck this guy. Fuck everything he’s ever done. I hope he rests in piss. Representative of one of the most impoverished states in America, married to a billionaire, shit his pants before Trump made it cool.