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The Bulwark
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Jul 10, 08:56 AM
"Why would you call him up and be like, 'Hey, I heard that you were unconscious for a couple of minutes, but can I just get your thoughts on what's going on with the Strait of Hormuz?'" @timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social on the McConnell story:
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"So it's pretty big news that Mitch McConnell is alive we think it's a little suspicious I don't want to be in conspiracy when it's a little suspicious that Mitch McConnell goes into the hospital June 14th Okay, he's been basically MIA ever since it is now July 7th. So it's almost a full month Yesterday the rumors start to spread Laura Loomer who Okay, you can't trust Laura Loomer on the one hand on the other hand She's been like one of the best inside sources in the White House So you know, you got to just take that with what it for what it is Laura Loomer said that he was a vegetable and he's brain dead. So this seems to have yielded the need to respond Sarah's friend Scott Jennings John Barrasso John Thune all all post on Twitter within like five minutes of each other About how they just talked to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes. And so it's like was it a group call? Like was did he call him all one at a time? It is a little suspicious and they all were also saying talking about how the conversation was very depth doing a lot of policy Discussion a lot of thoughts about Iran foreign affairs the NATO meeting in Ankara. I don't know. Okay, I guess I kind of like to see it Yeah, could they not record the the conversation? We get like can we get an audio recording me? It does have this big You know flashback to the the the Biden era where I was like, yeah You know, you may seem slow in public but in private man, he is just a whiz. He's just whipping around I kind of called BS on like you talked to Mitch McConnell for the first time He's had this catastrophic health event and you're like, sir What are your thoughts on Iran right now? Like that actually doesn't feel like how you would approach that conversation also when they were like, oh, you know It was this in-depth conversation I had the same thought where were they all in the zoom together and they had an in-depth conversation about those things and I Don't know. I mean look, I'm not such a good point Like why would you call him up and be like, hey, I heard that you were unconscious for a couple minutes But can I just get your thoughts on like what's going on with the straight-up for me? It was like a cuttary Ellen G ship got hit yesterday in the straight of our moves, sir"
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The Bulwark
@thebulwark.com
· Jul 8, 05:45 PM
"Why would you call him up and be like, 'Hey, I heard that you were unconscious for a couple of minutes, but can I just get your thoughts on what's going on with the Strait of Hormuz?'" @timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social on the McConnell story:
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Bette V. Collins 🇺🇸📎🧷V for Victory</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@bettevcollins.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:21 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Exactly
Instead of &quot;how are you&quot; or &quot;do you need anything&quot; or &quot;get lots of rest&quot; they talk politics to an 84 yro heart attack victim
But then again since Repubs are empathy free it sounds about right</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Alex Strachan</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:57 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Hummus? Never tried it.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">mjlinde.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@mjlinde.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:00 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I use it all the time in the garden... it really helps to hold moisture in the soil!
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:56 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">They talked to 🐢.
🐢 did not talk back to them.
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">red_olivvia</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@ronkoppjr.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:56 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">okay this is way too cute 🙈</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">gibby espinoza</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@cyclegibby.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:51 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Are they talking to Mitch the same way tRump spoke with Teddy?</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">News From The Left</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@newsfromtheleft.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:50 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I visited Mitch McConnell yesterday, we spoke for about 20 minutes. He told me his wife is a agent for the Chinese and he's had a secret male lover for 30+ years, loves smoking cannabis and screams &quot;turtle head&quot; when he ejaculates.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Cliff Tarrance</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@cliff-tarrance.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 08:29 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Zoom Call With Bernie</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">The Bulwark</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@thebulwark.com</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:45 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts and watch it here:</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">beege</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@beege4.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:48 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">He has daughters. Being on life support is not necessarily a pain free existence. I keep raising the issue of elder abuse.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">KJN</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@kjn1950.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:31 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">MTG should just waltz herself into the hospital for a visit with her grand dad. She supported him long enough to be a relative.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Larry McLaughlin</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@larrymcva.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:54 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Mitch&#39;s health status does not currently matter to the Senate, correct? So why is this a big deal to anyone?</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">elaine</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@turdhatr.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:03 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">since when is margery green-toes the bar for truth telling????</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Annu Subramanian</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@annu61.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:27 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">And here is his conversation with Massie... I want to believe it! @annu61.bsky.social</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">ciphaerialkrill.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@ciphaerialkrill.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:00 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Why?... Because when you're making shite up and have a bag of marbles for brains, this actually seems like a completely plausible narrative.
I can't wait until it's confirmed the fruitloop had a one-sided conversation with a banana pressed to his melon.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Flying None</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@flyingnone.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:13 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">If you're wondering why they're doing this cover up, I think it may turn out, this is what McConnell himself asked for.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">5thgenfljane.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@5thgenfljane.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 05:52 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Rs being disrespectful to a (deceased or seriously incapacitated) loyal soldier and the people of Kentucky? Yeah, I totally believe they are that crass.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">🦋 Aldamar 🦋 📎🇺🇸🇩🇰🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@aldamar.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 8, 06:06 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Valid point. That would be crazy but remember who we’re dealing with here. 😏</p>
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