Sunday, July 12, 2026

The Graham-McConnell Conspiracy Nexus!

MCCONNELL releases a photo - and statement.

“To my fellow Kentuckians –

“When you elected me to a seventh term and made me our Commonwealth’s longest serving Senator, you did so trusting that I’d keep showing up to fight for you every day. And over the past several weeks, Elaine and I have appreciated both your well wishes and your honest questions about what was keeping me away from the Senate.

“You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older. Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct – I can’t help it.

“But at the same time, I’ve had more than my share of experience with physical vulnerabilities. Surviving childhood polio meant spending my entire life with mobility challenges. They haven’t exactly gotten easier to manage with age. And last month, I took a fall which landed me in the hospital.

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia.

“I can assure you that I’ve been a good patient. At my age, I tend to do what my doctors tell me to do. I’ve submitted to every test they can think of to help figure out what caused this incident. And I’m continuing to do everything they ask to speed my recovery. In fact, with signs of continued progress, I’ve been able to move from hospital care to a rehabilitation center where I’ll keep regaining my strength.

“As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet. But rest assured that, in the meantime, I’m not taking a break from the Senate business that matters to you. I’ve been working closely with my legislative staff on current issues, and with my Kentucky team who help me provide timely constituent services across our Commonwealth. I’ve also been keeping in touch with my Senate colleagues on the appropriations process, midterm politics, and everything in between.

“You’re right to expect your representatives to work hard for you. And part of my decision to retire at the end of my term this coming January was being honest about the demands of Senate work. But I still have unfinished business to complete on your behalf, and I have every intention of finishing the job you elected me to do.

“I’ll keep working hard to get back on the Senate floor as soon as possible. And I’ll keep you posted on the progress of my recovery. Until then, I’m so grateful for your prayers and well wishes.”
'Cause when someone posts what Grok says, you know that comment is NOT AI generated!

And AI is always absolutely right!
Jake Sherman is an AI construct created by Palantir!
Mitch McConnell’s team finally released a photo, but they’re saying he’s not ready to return to the United States Senate. I don’t understand why they can’t put out a video so we can hear him.

The concern, based on the rumors, is that he’s brain-dead or cognitively impaired. This isn’t going to stop anybody from speculating about that.
Personally, I’m surprised anyone gives a rat’s ass. We only have 1 POTUS at a time, but we have no more than 100 Senators at a time. Feinstein wouldn’t recognize reality; and Grassley can’t. Nobody (except maybe his cardiologist) suspected Lindsey had a time bomb in his chest:
Now that’s it’s been revealed that Senator Lindsey Graham died of an aortic dissection, I wanted to provide some clarity as to what it is (and isn’t).

As you see👇, the aorta is like the water main, a huge artery that sends oxygenated blood to the entire body. It’s under extreme pressure - every time the heart beats, it expands a little and has to withstand the force of blood pumping. To do this, it has to be elastic - able to bounce back after being stretched.

In some individuals with atherosclerotic disease (hardening of arteries), the inner aorta wall becomes hardened. Imagine a very old rubber band that is brittle and crumbles when you stretch it rather than stretching and bouncing back. The aorta wall crumbles slightly, allowing blood under high pressure to make its way between the inner and outer walls of the aorta.

After just a few heartbeats (insufficient time to really do much about it in many cases), the blood peels the inner and outer walls of the aorta away from one another, causing it to burst. I’ve treated a patient with it - and he didn’t make it. It’s tough to survive.

How to avoid this? Tough to detect in advance that it’ll happen. So… Eat well (including fatty fish with Omega 3’a), lower your cholesterol, keep your blood pressure normal (exercise and weight loss help a lot).

May Senator Graham rest in peace.
Nobody had “aortic dissection” in the betting pool. 

No doubt there’s an argument for McConnell stepping down. But there’s no 25th Amendment for Senators (because the government can function without one; or two. Unlike the office of POTUS.).  The rules governing his tenure are those of the Constitution (six years at a time), and the Senate. Three things can remove him from office: the Senate, the voters, or death.

Which means he doesn’t need to stop the speculation. He’s not standing for re-election. He can’t (won’t) be forced out early. He could just stay in the hospital until January; nothing anyone can do about it.

This is the system that has prevailed since March 4, 1789. 

You’d think we’d be used to it by now.

(And yes, speaking as a 71 year old, I do support an amendment imposing age limits on federal officeholders, preventing them from standing for election if they will reach the limit in the coming term of office, or have already reached it. I don’t think we should be in this situation with McConnell; but bitching about it is just pointless. McConnell’s out in January, and Congress isn’t going to do that much between now and then. Maybe the Democrats can flex their muscles.)
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  1. The Thought Criminal6:33 AM

    I think it's pretty funny that a lot of the conspiracy theorists find it unreasonable that a 71-year-old man who is known to have eaten pretty much every meal from a restaurant (when a TV was stolen from his kitchen he didn't know it for weeks because he never went in there) and who is known to have drunk heavily - believe me, he was an alcoholic and not a recent one - could have died as a result of hardening of the arteries.
    I was just talking to one of my younger relatives a couple of weeks back about how when I was a kid it was far from unusual for men in their 30s and 40s do die of heart attacks. Off hand, thinking of it right now, I could name you at least four or five of those who died in my town at the time. It's not because diets have generally gotten better, drugs for treating the effects of a meat centered diet mixed with other health endangering habits have gotten better.
    Still, since the Republicans live by spreading rumors and lies, I've got no problem with what they do being turned against them, except it does nothing to defeat the deadly error that there is such a thing as a "right to lie."

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