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[–] 150 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Senate staff not to take video of his remarks in the second-floor hallway, even though video is often permitted in that area. Still images were allowed.

And the press, being completely controlled by the government offered absolutely NO pushback to this. Freedom of the press? An well informed public? "Most transparent government"? Buncha bullshit. You will only hear what the party wants you to hear.

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    [–] 135 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    They're finally going to do something?

    Actually shocked over here.

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  • [–] 104 points 1 week ago (18 children)

    Please tell me that this is in response to a wellness check that someone called in when he didn't show up.

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  • [–] [S] 70 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (17 children)

    I’m seeing conflicting reports. Newsweek says he did not show, and his staffers released a statement. CBS says he was seen in public and at the senate. Still have set to see any video evidence of this.

    https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-says-hell-vote-in-senate-after-3-month-absence-from-fall-12441269

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  • [–] 38 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-mcconnell-returns-to-the-senate-for-the-first-time-since-his-june-hospitalization

    There's clips of him being wheeled out of his house too. Doesn't look like he spoke with any reporters. I'm guessing a stroke affected his speech. He certainly looks significantly older than three months ago.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    looks significantly older

    There's an episode of dr. Who where they age the doctor physically to match his age and glitchin' Mitch still looks older than the 900 year old CGI goblin of 2010 BBC evening sci-fi. How could he possibly look any older?

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  • [–] 103 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    From what I can tell, this video was taken as they arrived to transport him, then later another one was taken when he was actually brought out of the house and put into the limo. Then more video was taken of him being wheeled around in the safe space Senate Chamber, but out in the hallway, only photos were allowed to be taken, no video.

    So my guess is, he's non-verbal and they're going to wheel him around and help him push the right button to vote when they need his vote on something. So far I haven't seen -- more importantly heard any footage of him actually speaking. In the video I linked with him being wheeled out, he doesn't speak but does a "thumbs up" once, and in the car we see he has a blank expression and mindless grin.

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    [–] 90 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Must be nice have 3 months paid vacation from work.

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    [–] 66 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    So they really did the weekend at bernies routine?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Also, I'd love to see what drugs were in his system during his public performance

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  • [–] 35 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    They're going to wheel his corpse onto the Senate floor and have someone push the button for his vote.

    Already did once, apparently.

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    [–] 30 points 1 week ago (1 child)
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    [–] 30 points 1 week ago

    Get that turtle!

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  • [–] 26 points 1 week ago

    Weekend at Bernie's was supposed to be a parody. 🤨

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  • [–] 57 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    From the AP article:

    Reporters and photographers were told by Senate staff not to take video of his remarks in the second-floor hallway, even though video is often permitted in that area. Still images were allowed.

    So its deliberate

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    [–] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Again, wtf is going on? CNN posted this: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/14/politics/mitch-mcconnell-senate-return-health

    Is that completely fabricated in AI?

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  • [–] 28 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I was wondering the same. AP sent out a news alert saying he voted. - https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-senate-return-abe03e84e30a174da4076385692b5751

    This raw story says that "more than an hour after the Senate convened without him" I legit don't know what to think.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 week ago

    Reporters and photographers were told by Senate staff not to take video of his remarks in the second-floor hallway, even though video is often permitted in that area. Still images were allowed.

    What the fuck is going on... this is crazy he is clearly not well and needs to resign.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago

    Are we finally going to get some god damn answers?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    This is pathetic.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I met a traveller from an antique land
    Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
    Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
    Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
    And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
    Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
    The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
    And on the pedestal these words appear:
    "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
    Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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    [–] 12 points 1 week ago

    Because necromancy is illegal? Because it's illegal right?

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