*Edit: found a better picture to accompany this post.

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    pffft i hope its painful you piece of shit. nothin to be done about it now… damage has been done.

    bastard has directly caused the pain and suffering of hundreds of millions of people over decades.

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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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    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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      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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    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.

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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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    I’d like to remind everyone here that, while he was laying the groundwork for the current political climate of the U.S., he had 3 daughters and two wives. He’s old enough that the upper part of his left leg is paralyzed due to polio.

    We are seeing a resurgence of measles, thanks to men like this — who got to live full lives while fucking us all over. Who knows, maybe we’ll see one for polio!

    Cheer for his death if you must, he has already won.

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

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    To those putting on their dancing shoes… there’s no point. He already did all the damage. Short of going back in time nothing will fix what he’s done. Unfortunately.

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      His death doesn’t reverse things, but the world will still be a better place without his presence.

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        I kinda think the world is better without him welding even the slightest bit of power over any other human, but I’d be okay in that instance with him living another dozen or so years to experience the consequences of his decisions along with the rest of us.

        Perhaps with luck, his medical bills will bankrupt him in the same way that he’s made it possible for so many others to be bankrupted.

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      It’s fine, no looking back, lets just cross our fingers, toes and everything else for a special election in his district.

      We will never repair even a fraction of the damage done to our country by him and his ilk, but I will still be happy to see him go and have a chance for someone, anyone new having a chance of seizing representation.

      We can’t just wallow in misery, we have to celebrate good things and even just potential good things or there’s no point to life at all.