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Possible Paywall In interview, Beshear says he received calls about McConnell 'suggesting he's passed'

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u/FreedToChoose 9h ago

So what is the legal liability of someone lying to the governor about a Senator being still alive?

I feel like we should find that out.

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u/kstar79 Massachusetts 8h ago

For one, anyone with knowledge of the death is required to report it immediately, and medical workers have up to five days to submit the death certificate. Fines up to $250 and up to 90 days in jail.

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u/toptierdegenerate 8h ago

Yeah, but does that count if they’re keeping him on life support with no brain activity?

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u/primadonnapussy 8h ago

That would require testing. And brain death IS death. A death certificate is issues for the time of death being the time brain death was pronounced. I just don't see doctors putting their very licenses in the line to help cover up McConnell's death. I can see them not doing the testing but knowing that he has had a catastrophic brain injury that cannot be recovered from.

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u/thetransportedman I voted 8h ago edited 7m ago

Physician here that tested for brain death on multiple Neuro ICU patients my intern year. That's easier said than done. Brain death includes assessing spinal reflexes like pinching the trapezius and nail beds really hard. A brain dead person will pull away the same way every single time. Any variation in this response on repeat attempts means there is some cerebral filtering/feedback so you cannot say brain dead. Normally in these circumstances you also assess apnea test where you withdraw vent settings. But usually that's with family approval to let their loved one go when you do this.

He could very well be responsive enough to not legally and medically be brain dead despite all physicians knowing he's perma vegetable yet the powers to be don't want him to pass on for political reasons

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u/totally_not_a_dog113 8h ago

tested for brain death on multiple NICU patients my intern year

Jeez, that would have been the end of my medical career! That sounds awful.

u/myWeedAccountMaaaaan 7h ago

Oh dammit. I totally skimmed the ‘N’ in NICU until your comment and now I’m sad.

u/LittleDogTurpie 7h ago

As an intern, right out of med school! I guess that’s how they pick off the ones with too much empathy.

u/Dense-Hat1978 7h ago

Like the cadaver scene in Dracula Dead and Lovin It

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u/Digitalion_ 7h ago

Kinda sad that the more you care about people, the more you're deemed unfit in a profession about caring for people.

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u/newfriend20202020 3h ago

Neuro ICU. (I doubt he meant neonatal)

u/divDevGuy 56m ago

Why would you doubt they meant neonatal?

Personally, I've never heard or seen the N in NICU stand for neuro. That's just anecdotal experience and I'm not in the medical profession.

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u/ZombieMage89 7h ago

I'd have been a sobbing mess every single day. The people who work in the NICU are stronger than ill ever be. I don't know how they can keep on but I'll be forever grateful that they do.

u/IyearnforBoo 5h ago

My partner became a nurse a little over a year ago and he has such an amazing brain. What I mean by that is it we have had some trauma in our past including losing our only child to cancer. When he became a nurse and started thinking about what he wanted to specialize in he decided that since he likes kids so much he wanted to either work in the NICU or work in pediatric oncology. I have a medical background but I promise you if I ever went to nursing school I would be running from those positions as far as I could. I know I couldn't handle it and I just know I wouldn't be able to do it. He loves it and he loves feeling like he's doing everything he can to save other kids. It's absolutely beautiful and I respect him so much for it. I just know that no matter how much I wanted to do it I simply couldn't. So when the days are a little hard I listen and send him in with extra treats to work the next day when I can.

u/malman149 Utah 3h ago

Sorry for your loss, I can't comprehend how difficult that was/is. I'll give my little ones extra long hugs when they get up.

Really glad there are people like your husband on this planet.

u/IyearnforBoo 3h ago

I really am too. I cannot tell you the kindness and grace of all the people in pediatric oncology. It was very obvious they did their best and as my son's cancer (clear cell sarcoma) was really rare and aggressive they had never seen it before. I got to watch them struggle to understand why absolutely nothing seemed to work. In a way it felt like they were having the same struggles that we were. When he mentioned that that was one of the places he was thinking of working it was really hard to have a supportive answer right off because I can't even ride past that building without feeling A LOT. The fact that he could do that and feels so fulfilled and thrilled about it is something I super admire and also envy. I simply couldn't do it.

Definitely hold your little ones tight. My son looks so healthy and nobody could believe it when he was diagnosed with cancer right after his 18th birthday. We were really lucky in the sense that the statistics for average life/survival after diagnosis from that cancer are only a few months. We got a year and 4 months. The pandemic might have helped with that because getting into ORs within 24 hours when it was determined he needed them was absolutely brilliant. At one point a decision was made at 8:00 a.m. and he was in the OR for a chest line within 5 hours. Kind of like Charles Dickens - "It was the best of times and the worst of times." I won't pretend that I think I've recovered much at all from that, but my partner has found a way to grow from it and I am so grateful that this didn't manage to destroy him and manage to help him grow. I'm hoping for that myself as I move forward.

On a sad note I found out through an accident / local gossip that 5 years on after my son's diagnosis another child came in with clear cell sarcoma. It was in his foot near his toes. I understand from the person who told me that the pediatric oncology clinic explained exactly how aggressively the clinic warned the parents about the cancer and instead of just taking part of his foot they took all of it in the hopes that if any of the cancer had moved at all they caught it. The person who is gossiping to me knew that my son was gone from cancer but did not know she was specifically talking about my kid as the one that compelled the extra uegent aggressive response to the cancer from the oncology clinic. I really hope that that kid is okay. I'm horrified to hear that anybody gets this cancer now and I'm so glad it is rare.

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u/wlake82 Colorado 7h ago

Same here. I have 2 kids and I can't even imagine

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u/DaraParsavand 8h ago

In any of these descriptions you've given where he's not technically brain dead but completely incapacitated, fraud was committed with that picture and everyone saying they talked to him for 20 min. I went heads to roll for that.

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u/exmachina64 8h ago

And the people that would prosecute that work for the Trump administration.

u/etcpt 7h ago

Technically if there is a state-level crime the Kentucky AG could prosecute, but since he's a Republican directly elected by the voters (i.e., not answerable to the governor), I don't see that happening.

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u/Lilylana-419 8h ago

They could still get away with saying they spoke to him and then poof, sudden and brief illness from complications of pneumonia, and omg he's dead, even though he's probably already dead but who would know? Not us, and therefore no one knows if anyone's lying about the calls unfortunately. I think they are. I think they all got handed a script of garbage to say and they said it. Just like when they pay the maga influencers off to say the same lies at the same time....

u/fcocyclone Iowa 6h ago

They could still get away with saying they spoke to him and then poof, sudden and brief illness from complications of pneumonia, and omg he's dead,

Yep. That seems like exactly what they'd do. Someone his age it wouldnt even be that unbelievable for a guy to look like he's getting better then suddenly take a rapid turn for the worse.

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u/rlacey916 8h ago

It can be even more complex in adults in my experience. A whole checklist of reflexes. Extensive bloodwork to rule out any theoretical reversible cause. Can also require elaborate perfusion scans, which radiologists often will not give an absolutely definitive answer as to not take on liability. If a family really wants to threaten everyone with frivolous lawsuits, it can take some balls to just follow the law on brain death is death even if it’s 99.9999% certain. Maybe there’s some variance by state on the exact details too?

I agree that it’s possible he has some primitive brainstem function, but no chance at meaningful recovery. But it’s all speculation. Which is what we’re left with in the absence of definitive information.

u/lilbelleandsebastian 6h ago

it's definitely not that complicated lol

radiologists don't have anything to do with brain death which simply requires a neurologist to diagnose. if imaging is required, the neurologist will utilize the radiologist's interpretation of images or interpret images themselves

even the person you're responding to is incorrect. brain death is straightforward, but most hospitals do not have a policy to allow for withdrawal of care against the will of the surrogate decision maker due to how fraught those situations can become medicolegally

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u/PorcelainTorpedo California 8h ago

NICU would be an unbelievably tough job, but I would imagine that’s a great start for those who have the ability to do it. Thank you for all that you do.

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u/blazze_eternal 8h ago

A few other politicians could use this test. Nice info!

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u/iKnowRobbie Florida 8h ago

:: searches for Senator to pinch their trapezius::

u/W1D0WM4K3R 7h ago

Brain dead people still have reflexes? Is that like an autonomic response?

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u/Maatix12 8h ago

I keep saying "I just don't see" about them being evil as well.

Somehow I am always surprised. There are so many Trump sycophants who will do anything for him.

I refuse to be surprised anymore. Until there's proof, I have to assume this admin is doing shady shit, because that's what they're ALWAYS doing.

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u/hoffsta 8h ago

What about hyper-partisan doctors though? I can see some of them making a hush-hush deal.

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u/toptierdegenerate 8h ago

I was not aware. Thank you for clarifying.

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u/Ok_Flatworm_3855 8h ago

Or does it even matter? I would happily pay 250 bucks and take a 3 month stay in prison if there was some sort of large reward.. I mean "I" wouldn't I guess what I mean is that is a very easy position to buy your way out of

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u/AlsoBort742 8h ago

You wouldn’t be allowed to practice medicine with that on your record, though

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u/USvsKrasonv 8h ago

Exactly what I was thinking…just like the GOP who were proactive

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u/DibsArchaeo 8h ago

He’s been without brain activity for years.

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u/Izisery 8h ago

Impersonating a Sitting Senator is a Federal Crime, Lets start there.

u/etcpt 7h ago

What DOJ attorney is going to bring charges?

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u/valyrian_picnic 8h ago

Wow with penalties like that, I'm sure no Republicans would dare break the law.

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u/Super-Topic-3378 8h ago

If he’s dead and they are just hiding his body isn’t that improper handling of a dead body. I’m pretty sure that’s a thing.

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u/HumanRuse 8h ago

Nothing under this administration. You get the Medal of Freedom, a lick of the boot and a case of Brawndo.

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u/SleepingCod 8h ago

Ha! You think there are rules still? This is the bad place

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u/FreedToChoose 8h ago

Oh so THIS is the bad place?

The clown pictures hung all over DC should have given it away I guess.

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u/dantedoesamerica 8h ago

Really? Jason figured it out?

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u/twoDuckNight 8h ago

This is a new low…this one hurts

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u/Shadpool 8h ago

Couldn’t be Jason. There’s way too many opportunities for someone to scream ‘BORTLES!’ and huck spicy bottles, but it’s not happening.

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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 8h ago

Well, Beshear should call for a special election.

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u/Thor_2099 8h ago

If the governor can't even get a phone call, that's not a good sign folks.

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u/aemorgen 8h ago

I’ll take “laws that don’t explicitly exist because we never fucking envisioned a reason to pass them” for $100, Alex.

Also, yes I know it’s illegal not to report a death, etc. I just thought I’d take the opportunity to use that sentence.

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u/25point4cm 8h ago

Such as “is it illegal for a president to profit by selling advance notice of his social media posts for insiders to trade upon”?

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u/Churchbushonk 8h ago

I mean, if he is dead and they cash his social security check, that is fraud.

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u/FreedToChoose 8h ago

That is a depressingly good point.

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u/the_drunk_drummer 8h ago edited 7h ago

The fact that NO ONE has even gone in with police on the grounds if possible elder abuse, it's fug'n absurd. Is he dead? Being kept alive by machines like the mutilated guy from Loopers? Is he fug'n in a meat freezer?

u/Lilylana-419 7h ago edited 5h ago

I think someone reported secret service was standing guard at his hospital at the very least, can cops trump secret service, or vice versa? Because if police can't then it wouldn't even make sense for them to try and look

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u/scfoothills 8h ago

What's the legal liability of collecting paychecks every two weeks after you're dead.

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u/lake_effect_snow 8h ago

Well, the crime would be failure to report the death. It’d be difficult to prove whether it was financially-motivated that they hid the news, particularly since he and his wife are quite wealthy and it’s basically a non-issue to get the funds back. They can be reversed easily— I work in Treasury for a F500 & was an auditor for FI’s. If the money couldn’t be recalled for some reason, it’d be added to the claim and crimes.

ACH payments (which is most likely how he gets paid, like you, via direct deposit) are recalled all the time. If, for some reason, he actually got paid via physical check, they can put a “stop payment” on it if it hasn’t been deposited. If it has, it’s a different return process but it’s a common thing in my day to day.

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u/Few-Bass4238 8h ago

Start a legal investigation into possible foul play surrounding the Senator's health. Lying to an officer at that point would be criminal.

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u/Few_Entertainer_385 Missouri 8h ago

how long do you have to willfully leave a body out to rot before it becomes desecration of a corpse?

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u/jaxxxtraw 8h ago

To be fair, the rot began some years ago.

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u/Dockers4flag2035orB4 8h ago

I just spoke to Mitch.

We had a 20 minute conversation.

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u/lake_effect_snow 8h ago

Did he say whether he’s run into Shelly Miscavige?

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u/FreedToChoose 8h ago

I really hope this meme catches on.

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u/mrev_art 8h ago

The Republic has fallen my guy. There are no rules in a dictatorship.

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u/YardAffectionate2094 8h ago

Regardless of politics, if a senator's health becomes a serious concern, the public deserves transparency.

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u/9mac Washington 9h ago

He ded

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u/JMurdock77 8h ago

Not until August 4th! He’s just resting!

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u/Lost_it_all24 8h ago

It's only 19 more days. They can Weekend at Mitchie's this until then.

u/the2belo American Expat 6h ago

He's pining for the fjords!

u/Spaceinpigs 5h ago

He’s got lovely plumage

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u/SigX1 8h ago

Resting comfortably until a doctor declares him deceased

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u/Contagious510 9h ago

dedder than ded

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u/def_indiff 9h ago

Dead as Dillinger.

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u/Bjables 8h ago

Dead as disco

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u/User4C4C4C South Carolina 8h ago

Dead as a doornail

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u/Earthpig_Johnson 8h ago

Let’s go to woik.

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u/CountTakesh1 9h ago

Dead from the neck up, dead from the neck down.

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u/stratdog25 8h ago

If he was a Canadian bass player he’d be Deddy Lee.

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u/pgm_01 Connecticut 8h ago

Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!

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u/SnooRabbits2040 8h ago

Pretty sure he's pining for the fjords

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount 8h ago

From your lips to Spaghetti Monsters ears 

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u/EXPLODEDman 9h ago

i say you

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u/mphatso 9h ago

Mitch still fucking the US as a ghost

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u/wibble17 8h ago

Well at least right now he isn’t able to vote

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u/djfudgebar 8h ago

Why? What's his sister up to?

u/Roxytg 2h ago

To steal Poverty_Shoes's joke: Hanging out at the New England Aquarium

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u/OU7C4ST Minnesota 8h ago

Until Randy Fine sneaks down the hall and hits the button for Mitch that is.

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u/jaywastaken 8h ago

It's the most Mitch McConnell death he could have had

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u/tink_tink_tink_ 8h ago

Then call for the special election. Now.

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u/BeerPlusReddit 8h ago

Does he have any sisters we can appoint?

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u/Poverty_Shoes 8h ago

There’s Myrtle at the New England Aquarium but as far as I know she’s not interested in being a US senator.

u/BeerPlusReddit 7h ago

I see the similarity but I’m not sure Myrtle’s old enough to be his sister.

u/Systembreaker11 5h ago

Myrtle is between 76 and 96 years old.

That's fucking wild that she's the perfect age to be Mitch's sister.

u/feminas_id_amant 3h ago

the perfect age for senate

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u/ElieMay 7h ago

It’s pretty fucked up to bring Myrtle into this buddy. Fun fact: she loves shell scritches

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u/TraceThis 5h ago

Trying to steal a meal from a shark. Now that's the sort of energy I want in my Congress.

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u/dragonurtle 7h ago

Dolly Parton would make an excellent choice. Not that she'd want to, but she'd be incredibly popular down there.

u/Commercial-Co 6h ago

Kentucky isnt tennessee

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u/Greenpoint1975 7h ago

No special election the governor gets to appoint.

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u/SparkleCobraDude California 8h ago

Stop talking

Call for a special election now

Make them show their hands

No more half measures

u/pconrad0 5h ago

No, don't call for the special election.

That is accepting the illegal and unconstitutional action of the Kentucky legislature, which had no authority under Kentucky's Constitution to take away the power to fill vacancies from the Governor.

Appoint a Senator, immediately. A Democrat.

Or if you want to be particularly ornery, appoint Thomas Massie.

Then they can't complain that he appointed a Democrat, but we still get to stick it to Trump.

u/davossss Virginia 3h ago

Massie told Breaking Points yesterday that he is not interested in a short term appointment. Besides which he is still a member of the US House until the new Congress is sworn in in January 2027.

u/pconrad0 2h ago

Fair enough. Appoint a Democrat then.

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u/simic947 9h ago

You would think demcorats would do everything they can to force a special election and hammer home how reoublicans lied about McConnell.

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u/CountTakesh1 8h ago

Democrats also never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity, so theres that.

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u/MrBeanCyborgCaptain I voted 8h ago

Good lord is that not the truth. Well said.

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u/TornInfinity Georgia 8h ago

I've pretty much resigned myself to believing that both parties are in the pockets of billionaires and corporations and Democrats are mostly just pretending to be opposition. Controlled opposition. I know it's cynical and not completely fair, but it's not far off either. It's why they try harder to defeat progressives over Republicans.

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u/Fluffy_Lemming California 8h ago

Come join us in DSA, comrade! We're trying to change things for the better!

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u/TornInfinity Georgia 8h ago

I was in our local chapter and my brother and I tried to organize stuff, but nobody actually wanted to do anything. They just wanted to complain on Discord. We tried to change it and recruit, but we live in a super conservative town so it didn't work. I still support the wider DSA, though! It might be worth trying again since things are getting even worse. We'll see.

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u/DAVENP0RT American Expat 8h ago

Folks are still too afraid to rock the boat and risk their livelihoods. For a lot of people, taking a day off to protest is not realistic and, even if it was, getting arrested and branded a socialist is pretty much a one-way ticket to unemployment.

It's a catch-22: you can't protest safely for certain rights because those are the rights you need in order to protest safely.

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u/BearOdd2266 9h ago

He’s dead Jim.

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u/NecessaryFreedom9799 8h ago

It's life Jim but not as we know it...

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u/BearOdd2266 8h ago

Not as we know it
Not as we know it
Not as we know it Jim

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u/circusgeek I voted 8h ago

There's Klingons on the starboard bow

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u/Disastrous-Abroad428 8h ago

Scrape 'em off, Jim 

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u/KinkyPaddling 8h ago

Hold the fucking special election already. Let McConnell prove that he’s alive. Stop being obstructed by a dead man.

u/100LimeJuice 6h ago

The Democratic establishment is literally losing a political fight against a dead man. That's how low the Democratic politicians have sank. Absolute ball-less cowards. They let Mitch steal a supreme court seat already and still haven't learned how to fight back 10 years later. R's do whatever they want, D's (D voters too) always make excuses to not fight fascism by saying "we can't do that, it's against the rules!!!!" absolute doofuses. Couldn't even get the postmaster general removed even after appointing enough Dems to the board (Biden literally appointed DeJoy supporters).

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u/petshopB1986 9h ago

What doesn’t he call for a special election and see what happens? Why allow them to wait out the clock to get past the deadline? One picture is not proof of life.

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u/Khramtic 9h ago

democrats never put any effort in to fight the republicans dishonest schemes

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u/Count_Backwards 8h ago

If Beshear wants to have any shot at being President he better appoint someone to the seat, call a special election, and demand to see McConnell in person

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u/kennyminot 9h ago

Beshear will call for a special election and appoint someone for office. It will be a mess.

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u/Intelligent-Sir1375 8h ago

Like it not already a mess do it do it now

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u/JustSatisfactory 8h ago

Oh no we can't make a mess

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u/hitman2218 9h ago

Suggesting it? He’s either dead or he isn’t. Figure it out.

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u/RemoteBoner Tennessee 8h ago

Schrodingers Mitch

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u/Pol_Potamus 8h ago

Turtles' heart rate and breathing can get extremely slow at times. It can take a while to be sure.

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u/SleepingCod 8h ago

I mean what a fucking coincidence that 2 of the bane of the Democrats existence for like 20+ years die in the same week. Life is wild sometimes.

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u/TooMuchPowerful 8h ago

These things tend to happen in threes, right?

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u/tranquilrage73 8h ago

Yes, please.

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u/Bleh54 8h ago

The wildfires have been turning air orange

u/OfficerBarbier 7h ago

The shit winds are blowin

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u/anohioanredditer 7h ago

Please for fucks sake

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u/jcbubba 8h ago

Beshear should just say he was told McConnell was dead. And proceed to hold the special election. what are the Republicans gonna do in that situation.

u/What_a_fat_one 3h ago

Kentucky Constitution says Beshear can appoint anyone. The special election law isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

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u/Particular-Beat-6645 1h ago

Kentucky citizen checking in. Beshear is far too congenial to do it. I'd bet money that, if we could look into his head and heart, Andy knows he's dead. He just doesn't want to stir a news cycle about it because it'd be easy fodder for right-wing media.  And what's easy fodder for right-wing media is a nuisance when you're a Democratic Governor in a very red state.

I think the other part of the calculus is, what does it hurt other than confidence in Republicans? They've lost their margin, Dems won't turn MAGA in the next few months and push legislation through, and McConnell was already a non-issue after this November.

So Beshear, keeping his posture in the lead up to 2028, has to keep a calm and measured demeanor to stay on brand. He has to seem responsible rather than hysterical. I'm surprised he even said this much on the record.

Not to say this whole situation isn't a big deal or general madness. Just that the juice isn't worth the squeeze with the current rules.

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u/bookjacket 7h ago

The special election is without precedent. In the past WVa governors appointed a replacement to finish out the term. All this talk about a special election only started when the state elected a Democratic governor.

u/LowlySparrow 6h ago

This is in Kentucky, not West Virginia

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u/FaerieQuene California 7h ago

Whether Mitch is dead or not isn’t the most relevant thing here. He cannot do his job and needs to be replaced. The governor needs to call a special election and get someone who can do the job

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u/frododog 9h ago

he's for sure dead as a doornail, not living, unalive.

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u/Somerset-Sweet 8h ago

Mate, he's gone to meet his maker, kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil! He's a stiff, bereft of life, gone to meet his maker!

If you hadn't propped up his corpse to have AI do a photoshop, he'd be an urn of ashes in the McMausoleum!

THAT is an EX-TORTOISE!

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u/HoosierRed 8h ago

Republicans hate the voters.

u/duckinasombrero 6h ago

No one hates Americans more than republicans.

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u/dd97483 8h ago

well, duh. that phony picture of life didn’t fool anyone.

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u/ismacau 8h ago

Appoint a new senator and McConnell can fight it in court.

Easy.

He shows up and makes a statement, then the new senator can't be seated.

Call their fucking bluff.

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u/heretik77 California 9h ago

Jesus, we know already!

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u/PrefersEarlGrey 8h ago

Now that you have reasonable doubt Mitch is even alive call an election for a replacement until credible proof of life is provided.

Take off the kid gloves and force the issue the way Republicans would if the shoe were on the other foot.

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u/Forward-Bank8412 9h ago

Special election time!

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u/Rn2770 California 8h ago

Beshear should be calling for a special election. This does not give me confidence he is the one to fight MAGA fuckery in 2028. At least Gavin rammed through 5 House seats.

u/BrandonUnusual Pennsylvania 7h ago

This is probably him gearing up to do so. He is now claiming he has had reports McConnell is dead. He intends to use that claim to call the special election, forcing the hand of McConnell's camp. At that point either Beshear succeeds, or McConnell will have to be wheeled out for everyone to see. Even if they try to fight it in court, his condition will come out.

u/ELVEVERX 7h ago

nah this article is quoting him from before the picture of mitch came out

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u/KenTitan America 8h ago

why can't Kentucky call a special election and just day McConnell can stop it in person if he wants

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u/DrowningKrown 8h ago

Only in the US do we have a sitting congressman die and other congressman + family and friends all lie About it because they want to keep a political 'edge'

Edit: and somehow nobody will be angry enough about it to do anything

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u/frygod Michigan 8h ago

Call a special election. Let them contest it.

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u/jertheman43 8h ago

His ransom picture showed him in perfect health. They wouldn't lie to us.

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u/lucerndia 8h ago

Well call the election let’s do this. Fight it out in court once it’s too late for it to be stopped.

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u/Lilthisarry California 8h ago

He’s as dead as the Constitution he murdered.

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u/Downisthenewup87 9h ago

So do something

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u/purplebrown_updown 8h ago

Then find the fuck out. If he’s dead, there isn’t any dr patient confidentiality.

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u/Xionic Ohio 8h ago

He'll be declared "deceased" on August 4th. One day after the special election cutoff date.

u/PanavisionGold2 5h ago

How long is the governor going to sit on his ass and do fuck all

u/chigunfingy 5h ago

The man passed doing what he loved: obstructing democracy.

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u/Omirin 8h ago

Fucking appoint someone already. Make them prove it.

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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 8h ago

He should call for a special election and force Mitch to prove he is alive 

u/naitsirt89 7h ago

If that photo ends up being edited, someone should see a prison cell.

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u/AllGarbage Arizona 6h ago

Would be nice if someone with military oversight like Mark Kelly visited Walter Reed and maybe interviewed some medical professionals to see if DoD facilities are being used to perpetuate a fraud against the public.

u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 2h ago

Fucking GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!

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u/etherealtwo 8h ago

I don't understand. Find out what hospital he is at.

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 8h ago

And then do what? The hospital has a legal obligation to protect McConnell’s privacy.

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u/wentwj 8h ago

does that apply to dead people?

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u/motorcitydevil 9h ago

He be gone.

u/androbot 2h ago

This is the time when Beshear should force McConnell's hand. Don't let the clock run out.

He should file a suit challenging the modified Kentucky succession laws, promote a referendum to change them, and initiate a special election NOW while these issues are in process. The response will be immediate and he should file for injunctive relief, citing the time sensitivity and grave threat to Kentucky's governance if these hijinks are allowed to continue.

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u/FartyFartsMD 8h ago

Is the funeral being held in Moscow?

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u/Cdub7791 Hawaii 8h ago

Some creative lawyer in his administration needs to figure out a justification to get an emergency court order to confirm or deny McConnell's state.

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u/JustDoc District Of Columbia 8h ago

I would say that he would be within his rights as Govenor to show up at the hospital where McConnell is being held to get some answers.

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u/trashmailaccount00 8h ago

Why doesn't the Gouverneur just visit him... If he is alive and well, talking for 20 minutes about politics to multiple people - a short visit would be no problem

  • if he is just there, dead, artificially hanging on lifesupport i That would also be obvious.

u/SnowRascal 7h ago

The incident occurred in DC. Previously McConnell & office have been way more transparent about health concerns, falls, treatments. Beshears got calls from two non state agencies suggesting McConnell’s death. DC ems report to the mayor via the fire chief. Trumps fingerprints seem likely. Notice how the only thing he’s said is he has no idea about McConnell’s health? Does anyone believe that?

u/matninjadotnet 7h ago

How is this even a thing? Like…GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL! Hell, ask a nurse. Get to the bottom of this.

u/very_loud_icecream 7h ago

Yeah, if he just calls a special election and gets sued, wouldn't the court begin discovery thay could require McConnell to show proof of life?

That photo of him got released but I'm not 100 percent sold...

u/Dewey081 Canada 7h ago

Looking fwd to watching the GOP untie themselves from this ever increasing web of lies. How on earth they ever thought that sending a doctored picture of him as proof of life would ever survive the smell test is beyond baffling. With his wife next to him, of all things. They are truly 1-dimensional morons.

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u/vinelandfrenzy 6h ago

i mean who gives a shit at this point. he’s stuck to a hospital bed, he’s a geriatric turtle who stares into infinity when asked a simple question, my point is that he’s indisposed. that should mean an automatic special election.

u/BoringWebDev 6h ago

Mitch is capable of calling all those nazi grifters on Twitter to tell them he's alive, but not the governor of the state of Kentucky.

u/KnotSoSalty 6h ago

Call for the election. If he’s actually alive you can cancel.

u/StupidizeMe 6h ago

"Bring Out Your Dead!!"

u/armshady 5h ago

He may be alive or dead but Beshear is a genius to call it out publicly. 'If mconnel is alive, ok prove me wrong or else I'm going to keep saying you're dead until proven otherwise '

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u/Heliosvector 5h ago

Kind of makes sense. If 2 senators were dead that he needed to pass the save act, he's desperate and trying whatever he can including holding a press event

u/Trolkarlen 4h ago

The US has gotten so politically corrupt, we don’t even know if a senior senator is alive, dead, or in a coma.

u/Capolan 1h ago

This weekend at bernies shit needs to end.

Think about how utterly pathetic and cravenly this is. They want to hold power so much that they are refusing to "allow" someone to die. How long are they going to stretch this out???

Fucking cowards.

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u/USvsKrasonv 8h ago

No siren when ambulance pulled away

u/KevesArt 7h ago

Anyone have the actual article? I'm really tired of so many paywalls posted here.

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u/Maxpowerxp 7h ago

My thought on this is that they are keeping him on life support. You can keep a person on it for a long time and technically alive

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u/GingerbreadJoah 7h ago

Am I just crazy in my assumption that the governor, hell, a state assembly member or even peers in the senate couldn’t just…go to the hospital?

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u/Orwells_Roses Oregon 6h ago

Will they appoint his wife to take his place?

u/TlkShowHost 5h ago

Beshear should’ve visited him personally by now… as a courtesy.

u/Blacksad9999 5h ago

Call the special election.

Mitch can dispute it if he's of sound mind and body. If not, move forward and elect a representative for the people of Kentucky.

They're literally getting taxed with no representation.

u/EroticFalconry 6h ago

That’s not possible, I talked to the senator for 20 minutes this morning and he said that he was very much enjoying the view of the lake of sulfur, and adapting to the intense fiery heat.