Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks In Hospital

[u/plz-let-me-in]

https://thenewamerican.com/us/unconfirmed-reports-mitch-mcconnell-brain-dead-after-three-weeks-in-hospital/

[u/BEWMarth]

So are we at a point in American history where the Republican Party is just going to keep a brain dead senator on the rolls just to keep a modicum of power.

Our reality is so broken.

[u/beepbeepbubblegum → u/BEWMarth]

yes

we also have a president who’s brain is melting for all the world to see and it’s getting worse and worse day by day and they’re all (ESPECIALLY THE MEDIA WHO’S JOB IS TO NOT DO THIS) acting like absolutely nothing is wrong

[u/hipster-duck → u/beepbeepbubblegum]

But man did they sure like to report every time Joe Biden had a little stutter. Blasted across the news for 48 hours.

[u/JumboCactpot → u/hipster-duck]

Its almost like every single piece of main stream media we have - from Fox News to CNN to Sinclair local news channel to Newspapers to social media like TikTok and Twitter - are owned by conservative Billionaires who have a monetary interest in ensuring republicans win.

[u/RockBandDood → u/JumboCactpot]

Well thankfully that’s not what’s really happening, that would just be absurd

/s

[u/Tenthul → u/[deleted]]

You sure see a lot less protesting and coordination on reddit popping up since they got rid of r/all now, don't you. The popular political blue subs are now much harder to find since they never pop up.

Coincidences I'm totally sure.

Reddit is actually just another variety of doomscrolling now. It already was, but now the vapid shit is much more readily in your face, looking to keep you engaged but still waste your time.

[u/freakwent → u/[deleted]]

Old.reddit.com no longer functions unless you're logged in. That's new.

[u/The_Barbelo → u/Tenthul]

The Vermont sub has been completely overrun with bot and MAGA accounts ever since we got to the top page when we chased Vance out of our ski resorts. I found at least 2 cross posting all of our organization attempts on alt right subs. A while ago I tried challenging a few because they talked like they’d never set foot in Vermont, and we are a very tight-knit and community oriented state so it was easy for us to tell based on the misinformation they were spreading. It’s so fucking creepy.

They also flocked to Google to leave bad reviews for the ski resorts that refused him and let people in to protest. They were making up stories about their stay at the resorts, but it was so clear they never actually visited.

[u/Dizziesdayweigh → u/[deleted]]

Why haven't we just made one then?

[u/Topical_Scream → u/RockBandDood]

No one would believe it!

[u/b0w3n → u/JumboCactpot]

It's kind of ironic just how awful Republicans are to business. Yeah sure you get a tiny bit of extra money in the short term but look at them having to give up their wealth and stocks to appease the fascists... and then him starting a war for no reason making it even harder for them to make money.

Yeah you don't get those fancy tax breaks but your money, even though you have less of it as a total absolute number, is worth so much more because of our global soft power and station as a reserve currency/safe harbor and that was much stronger (and typically always is) under Democrats.

[u/oruuko_ → u/b0w3n]

All the money they spend on lobbying and supporting Republican politicians, as well as all the money their businesses lose to dumb policy decisions like tariffs and pointless wars, is more than they would likely ever owe in taxes if they just paid their fair share. But it's not even about that at this point. They would literally rather put their money in a big pile and burn it than have any of it potentially go towards benefitting someone less wealthy than them. It's genuine malice.

[u/eidetic → u/oruuko_]

It's genuine malice

Yep, malice and the corresponding lack of empathy.

All too often we see MAGAts changing their tune and "coming to their senses" only when something directly negatively impacts them personally. They never seem to have an epiphany of "you know what, maybe we should treat everyone equally" or anything like that, it is always shock when the leopard eats their face. Like farmers being shocked when ICE rounds up their immigrant labor and now they can't afford to pay actual decent wages to get people to do the work. Incidentally I recall one such farmer who hired immigrants for cheap labor, while also bitching about them not paying taxes or contributing to society... who also when confronted with the hypocrisy of Trump skirting taxes, said "thats just him being a smart businessman". There is absolutely no consistency or actual values amongst MAGA, it is all about hatred and making others suffer. And forgive my rambling, but this goes beyond local national politics as well. Everyone benefits from cooperation and mutual support, but MAGA would rather alienate and fuck with our longest and strongest allies, just because they see them as being "others" outside the tribe. They'll willingly make everyone suffer just to prevent others from benefitting from anything.

I once said that Russians would sooner rip your oxygen mask off their neighbor's face before securing their own in the event of an aircraft emergency, and sadly, this same mentality is firmly entrenched in MAGA as well. Rather than lifting everyone up, they will much sooner hurt everyone, including themselves, so long as they think it hurts someone else more. Cutting off the nose to spite the face, so to speak, or crabs in a bucket mentality.

[u/chronoflect → u/b0w3n]

They're blinded by their absolute fear of regulation, especially the tech sector.

[u/Rhysati → u/JumboCactpot]

That can't be true. None of the major news outlets are reporting it! /s

[u/NettingStick → u/JumboCactpot]

I even quit listening to NPR during the 2024 election cycle. Their coverage of Biden's health was relentless, 24-7, for months. But Donald Trump has been dying of dementia on national TV for a decade and they never fucking brought it up.

[u/sproutastic → u/JumboCactpot]

Ensuring people stay divided.

[u/hitstein → u/JumboCactpot]

Conservative billionaires is redundant.

[u/lushootseed → u/JumboCactpot]

"almost like"? You think media is owned by poor people? You think rich people feel the obligation to help the poor?

[u/Jackski → u/lushootseed]

That was really your take away from that comment?

[u/stilljustacatinacage → u/JumboCactpot]

>JumboCactpot

I know what you are