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6 hours agoIt was a mutual decision, not mine alone.
I believe the exact quote was “Yeah, rule 6, but fuck that guy.”
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Wasn’t just “the mods hate”. Kissinger was legit a war criminal.
As much as we all hate Graham, he was not at the same level as Kissinger. Few are.
When did you stop beating your significant other?
See how that works? Hey, I’m just asking questions…
He’s completely absent from everything and if they announce he’s dead now they have to have a special election to replace him.
If they wait until 8/3, then the seat just stays empty and whoever gets elected in November gets seated in January:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky
Weird how I’m less concerned they celebrate Bastille Day 2 days early than I am why they celebrate Bastille Day at all? 🤔
https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/huzzah-bastille-day
Huh, today I learned…
I guess not really different from us celebrating Octoberfest in September…
On brand for McConnell…
Nice choices! I sprinkle a little cinnamon and nutmeg on the apple.
Governor appoints an interim, Republicans have until 8/11 to name a nominee, then the General election in November.
Whoever wins in November replaces the interim Senator in January.
We also made jokes about how when whoever was leading Russia died, they never announced it publicly for some time. 😉
It really makes a case against gerontocracy, doesn’t it?
Donald Trump - 80
Clarence Thomas: 78 (Born: June 23, 1948)
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.: 76 (Born: April 1, 1950)
Sonia Sotomayor: 72 (Born: June 25, 1954)
John G. Roberts, Jr. (Chief Justice): 71 (Born: January 27, 1955)
Elena Kagan: 66 (Born: April 28, 1960)https://ballotpedia.org/Ages_of_members_of_the_119th_Congress_(2025-2026)
"As of Jan. 3, 2025:
The median age of a Democratic U.S. senator was 64, and a Republican U.S. senator was 64. The median age of an independent U.S. senator was 81.5.
The median age of a Democratic U.S. representative was 57, and a Republican U.S. representative was 57.
A plurality of U.S. senators — 33.3% — were in their sixties, and a plurality of U.S. representatives — 26.5% — were in their fifties.
A plurality of U.S. senators — 60.6% — were baby boomers, and a plurality U.S. representatives — 41.7% — were part of Generation X."
Just looking at folks 80+
Senate:
Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley 91
Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders 83
Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell 82
Idaho Republican Jim Risch 81
Illinois Democratic Dick Durbin 80
Maine Independent Angus King 80House:
KY-05 Republican Hal Rogers 87
CA-43 Democratic Maxine Waters 86
MD-05 Democratic Steny Hoyer 85
CA-11 Democratic Nancy Pelosi 84
SC-06 Democratic James Clyburn 84
IL-07Democratic Danny K. Davis 83
TX-31 Republican John Carter 83
FL-24 Democratic Frederica S. Wilson 82
CT-03 Democratic Rosa L. DeLauro 81
NC-05 Republican Virginia Foxx 81
CA-07 Democratic Doris Matsui 80 IL-09 Democratic Jan Schakowsky 80
MO-05 Democratic Emanuel Cleaver 80
We did lift the rule temporarily for Kissinger. 😉
The level of self hatred people like that have is just stunning. Almost dissociative. I’d love to see a psychological analysis.
The Democratic primary is already settled, Annie Andrews, what now needs to happen is a fresh Republican primary and that has to happen by 8/11.
The Republican governor appoints an interim replacement.
Whoever the Republican nominee is runs against the Democrat in November, and whoever wins will be seated as Senator in January, replacing the interim person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina
Mostly because we physically can’t read every comment and rely on reports.
Events like this are fairly unique.
So here’s the situation:
Last night? I didn’t see anything removable or bannable and went to sleep.
Waking up today, I had a butt-ton of replies to wade through, then reports, now I’m going through the whole comment tree looking for rule violations.
So far, as of your comment, it looks pretty clean! I’m impressed!
Same thing as here, no celebrating death.
Video links are not allowed.
I’m working on it. It was clean when I shut down for the night last night, checking the comments now, but I have to get through a buttload of replies first. 😉
At the time I shut down last night, I didn’t see anything bannable. Going through comments now, but doing my replies first. 😉
This will be the best opportunity, but the last time was a Presidential election, not a mid term. Voter turnout is not the same.
Look at the last mid term election:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina
672,942 - 54.27%
480,933 - 38.78%
Having made an initial pass of the comments, there were really very few removable. Mostly blatant rule breaking like “Good!” and “I am celebrating!”
The rule states “bannable” but not how long. The minimum I can set is 1 day. I’d probably have gone for something in the hours range, but it is not that granular. 😉