The Deuce: It's going to be 'Weekend at Mitch's' where GOP Sens take turn propping him up

Week of July 6 Current Events Thread - Orangeillini July 6, 2026, 10:17:13

The plane gifted to POTUS by a foreign nation lacks defensive capabilities. - doubledown Today, 13:03:15
- And here I am fresh out of Surface to Air missiles* - Stu Today, 13:30:59
- easy fix, just permanently attach a wing of F-35s* - Sammich Today, 13:06:27
The people who “recruited” Platner are turning out to be even more whacked than him… - LeatherneckIllini Today, 12:54:54
- Wasn't YoYo who always said, "I'd it weren't for Democrats would Republicans ever win anything?"* - Tuscy Today, 13:47:10
- Who vets the vetters? * - doubledown Today, 13:04:00
- Yinzer!* - ATL Today, 12:55:52
Ghouls - ATL Today, 12:02:49
- fucking moron - Sammich Today, 12:11:03
  - Maybe you need to read The Grapes of Wrath. - Chuck Woodaby Today, 12:16:18
Hoosiers gonna Hoosier? - ATL Today, 9:44:47
- Come on Baby light my fire? * - illinijohn Today, 11:40:41
- did he sew it up right away so he could get down to his arson work?* - Sammich Today, 9:49:01
Folks I think the MAHA may not be actually happening* - MC Today, 9:06:09
- Explosive shitting is a great weight loss tool.* - Sounder Today, 9:38:33
Colorado’s Republican nominee for Governor does phone exorcisms and refuses to say - doubledown Yesterday, 21:26:25
- Same. - complainant Yesterday, 22:56:24
If ICE is just going to go around shooting random Hispanics, they should start in Little Havana. - ATL Yesterday, 19:09:30
- It was probably that Cardinal shirt* - Sounder Yesterday, 19:58:55
  - Pretty sure that’s not the dead guy * - ATL Yesterday, 20:12:50
    - Birds of a feather…* - Sounder Today, 1:02:24
Explosive Diarrhea Virus hits Taco Bell - ATL Yesterday, 12:16:58
- Suddenly, Arby’s seems like a good option* - timmer Yesterday, 14:39:21
- this reminds me of the rumour - Sammich Yesterday, 12:38:29
  - This rumor could have been believably applied to the Green Street Burger King as well* - OB25 Yesterday, 13:27:13
    - Many years ago after a night of drinking I had a buddy get behind the counter and start making food. - EffinIllini Today, 8:53:20
    - the single worst run fast food establishment (non-popeye's edition) - assassin Yesterday, 13:35:18
      - the Taco Bell out near Market Place Mall would routinely greet drive-thru customers with - Sammich Yesterday, 14:54:49
      - We have a couple of Popeye's that were sued recently for using the brand name without authorization - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 14:47:32
      - The Champaign Springfield Ave. KFC often ran out of...chicken.* - MojoJojo Yesterday, 13:56:10
        
        I've experienced this with 2 different KFC locations in the Chicago burbs - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 14:33:12
        
        My lifelong observation of KFC - Sounder Yesterday, 14:00:02
        
        My life long observation of KFC: - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 14:48:31
        
        While I agree - Sounder Yesterday, 14:57:28
        
        there are more and better options than ever before, even in smaller towns* - torinese Today, 6:20:54
        
        definitely both, but I'll still nom the hell out of some KFC extra crispy - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 15:00:57
        
        the absolute best kfc used to be in taylorville. owned by a local family who ran it extremely well - lcubed Yesterday, 14:19:20
        
        The buffalo chicken snackers!!! - illinilosch Yesterday, 19:14:23
      - You think Popeyes is bad? - Sounder Yesterday, 13:36:24
  - Luckily none of the 7 layers in 7 layer burritos were meat.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:08:17
  - There was a scandal a pizza place in Peoria in the 80's - Sounder Yesterday, 12:42:36
  - Maybe the real Taco Bell was the feces that we ate along the way* - ATL Yesterday, 12:40:41
- ooo - complainant Yesterday, 12:37:45
Seems both sides are sending missiles again* - UofIL6 July 8, 2026, 22:18:32
- One of two things is going to happen: - Stu Yesterday, 10:49:12
  - You spelled "Leader of the Resistance Newsome assumes office after toppling... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:10:36
    - You spelled "After beheading Trump with a machete" wrong* - Stu Yesterday, 13:17:13
  - Here is what needs to happen, IMO - Sounder Yesterday, 12:38:24
    - What is definite: Iran is going to come out of this really empowered - Stu Yesterday, 17:18:18
    - I mean his name is President Deals. That's like saying Michael Jordan shouldn't take the last shot.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:10:28
      - Does any rational and reasonably intelligent person still believe - Sounder Yesterday, 13:22:54
        
        He's probably still wondering why his cheap conman shit isn't working with them.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:28:48
  - Whichever outcome is dumber and/or makes the most money for Trump will prevail* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 10:51:45
- Weird, we seemed so good at ending wars once we start them* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:41:13
- Tired: Forever war. Wired: Quantum war* - Sammich Yesterday, 9:16:22
- There will be a halt before markets close tomorrow, and then it can resume again* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 9:14:02
  - I wonder if we'll ever find out how much money he personally made from this war. * - doubledown Yesterday, 9:47:12
    - Maybe in the Hague tribunal* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:43:02
- i thought we won this war like 40 times* - VIV Yesterday, 9:02:48
  - That's the Art of Claiming How Many Wars I Have Stopped, keep them on repeat* - illini222 Yesterday, 10:16:05
  - Why wouldn’t you want to win it 40 more times? More is better, right?* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 9:45:14
- Oh no* - Stu Yesterday, 5:15:12
- But Donnie told the press earlier tonight that Iran called wanting a deal* - Mrap24 July 8, 2026, 22:45:53
Platner drops out. Still can’t believe he even got past the Nazi tattoo* - Carl Spackler July 8, 2026, 19:49:47
- Seems like a correct take… - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 8:32:14
  - anyone who uses the R word is an automatic disregard for me, especially now - Sammich Yesterday, 8:49:22
    - cosign* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 10:42:58
    - Ding. Sure feel free to use that word, and I'll feel free to ignore everything you say after it. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:27:42
    - also, this seems like a good opportunity to realize the limits of one's own attention economy - Sammich Yesterday, 9:13:24
      - Land of the free, home of the takes* - Tortillini Yesterday, 9:17:05
    - Seriously, the resurrection of this word is disgusting* - Jackie Yesterday, 8:58:26
      - I assumed you were talking about "r*t**d" but I didn't see it in that post - ATL Yesterday, 9:02:20
        
        No, he meant Republican* - Stu Yesterday, 9:10:52
        
        It's in the parenthetical. * - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:06:09
- It seems like that could be a bright line litmus test. “No Nazi tattoos”* - IlliniRunner July 8, 2026, 20:54:10
  - That's it, Maine has to go back to being part of Massachusetts until it proves... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:30:09
- Nice to see he finally pulled out.* - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2026, 20:00:30
  - Touché * - JacobRDaugherty July 8, 2026, 20:04:55
- I look forward to the Maine Dems coming together to do what’s best for the Country… - shua July 8, 2026, 19:58:46
Andy Beshear has entered the chat - ATL July 8, 2026, 15:56:56
Oh no we're attacking Iran - Stu July 8, 2026, 15:19:52
- Just another opportunity for him to manipulate markets and make cronies richer* - UofIL6 July 8, 2026, 16:01:47
So did they eff up the rehabilitation of the Qatari 747? - ATL July 8, 2026, 15:12:58
So much going on here…. (Platner) - LeatherneckIllini July 8, 2026, 11:22:48
- ooo - doubledown July 8, 2026, 13:01:22
  - lol* - LeatherneckIllini July 8, 2026, 13:15:45
- I heard that yesterday and didn’t think there was a more annoying voice than RFK Jr’s but here we - ATL July 8, 2026, 11:31:13
  - Bruce Weber, and Steve Kelly are on this list* - HeatMizer July 8, 2026, 12:33:10
two more members of the Ammons political family indicted* - Poldark July 8, 2026, 9:07:41
- Should have known better than to try that kind of stuff without being POTUS * - doubledown July 8, 2026, 9:42:13
  - Primae corruptis.* - KingTalkyTiki July 8, 2026, 11:14:05
Asalamalekham, Nihon. - ATL July 8, 2026, 8:52:31
I spoke to Mitch McConnell this morning. He said Trump should be convicted & removed this time. - complainant July 8, 2026, 8:32:12
- MAGA should have loved this guy.* - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2026, 8:46:02
  - they did, until he dared to challenge Dear Leader on the Epstein stuff - Gene Parmesan July 8, 2026, 9:06:30
    - It's weird they didn't mention the Epstein stuff at all in this article: - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2026, 10:07:08
    - The two things Republicans absolutely love: child molestation and low taxes.* - ATL July 8, 2026, 9:34:52
- lol * - ATL July 8, 2026, 8:42:10
Drip, drip, drip for Platner. - Chuck Woodaby July 7, 2026, 17:38:22
- he'd win a special election to replace Mitch if he was an R in Kentucky - TarheelIllini July 7, 2026, 19:08:18
  - Not with Massie sitting around.* - voiceofreason July 7, 2026, 19:35:39
Ken Paxton appears to have engaged in voter fraud - ATL July 7, 2026, 14:30:19
- I look forward to nothing happening* - shua July 7, 2026, 15:25:11
  - If a Democrat can't beat this asshole, it will never happen* - Sounder July 7, 2026, 17:09:12
- God will deliver him, as He has done before. - Sammich July 7, 2026, 14:50:51
Iran heating up again* - Stu July 7, 2026, 14:00:19
- CENTCOM says we are back to kicking Iran's ass again - Stu July 7, 2026, 17:03:00
  - And it’s not even Friday yet* - DocWalk20 July 7, 2026, 22:08:44
  - Thank God for all our unvaccinated warfighters - Sammich July 7, 2026, 17:06:58
    - You mean the UVWFs, not the MPACs* - Stu July 7, 2026, 17:08:34
- Two for the last two on missile strikes?* - assassin July 7, 2026, 14:17:37
  - 3/3; no notes. Trump yanks Iran license to sell oil; oil up* - Stu July 7, 2026, 14:19:48
    - THEYRE ON FIRE - assassin July 7, 2026, 15:00:06
This is a little old, but still relevant and I hadn’t seen it before. - doubledown July 7, 2026, 10:03:31
- To;dr* - TarheelIllini July 7, 2026, 14:07:45
  - HO:DOR!* - Tortillini July 7, 2026, 15:20:06
Mitch is brain dead and his wife is in china - TarheelIllini July 6, 2026, 21:10:50
- ooo - ATL July 7, 2026, 4:37:34
W and Stallone both turned 80 today* - Stu July 6, 2026, 18:05:44
Ugh - Stu July 6, 2026, 17:48:15
- Summer of 2024?* - TarheelIllini July 6, 2026, 20:36:22
  - News travel slow in Canada. It goes on logs down rivers* - Stu July 6, 2026, 20:46:08
Looking more like the end for Platner - assassin July 6, 2026, 14:32:13
- this guy was like made it a lab to lose a senate race. - John Coctostan July 6, 2026, 15:19:35
  - Donald Trump is president. Never good to get accused of stuff like this but does it - Warrin'_Illini July 6, 2026, 15:27:30
    - Well, no. One side still mostly cares about stuff like this. * - doubledown July 6, 2026, 15:49:25
      - Unfortunately, these claims seem pretty credible. It sucks we won't get health care - Warrin'_Illini July 6, 2026, 17:02:11
        
        Well, he's pausing his campaign. No one would do that if they weren't credible* - Stu July 6, 2026, 17:06:59
- Nice work Dem team* - reggiedunlop July 6, 2026, 15:04:27
  - Just burn the whole party down and replace the entire leadership.* - KingTalkyTiki July 6, 2026, 16:26:39
    - I would say this one is more the fault of the people. The Dem leadership didn't want him* - reggiedunlop July 6, 2026, 16:33:04
      - Shame on the people for electing an anti-war and pro-Palestine candidate and making the Dem - Chuck Woodaby July 6, 2026, 16:45:37
  - No kidding. Uber-important state, and it's like they never vetted him* - UofIL6 July 6, 2026, 15:13:51
    - Sarcasm?* - Carl Spackler July 6, 2026, 17:30:31
- did people not like the old lady because she was so old? is she the leftover option?* - shua July 6, 2026, 15:03:31
  - Yes, no more olds* - Sounder July 6, 2026, 15:30:10
- Sorry kids, no healthcare this year.* - Warrin'_Illini July 6, 2026, 14:52:27
  - Should have gotten behind a better candidate for the most important senate race - CanHartlebHireSnider July 6, 2026, 14:55:56
    - If he had an ‘R’ next to his name there would be record turnout from the GOP - TarheelIllini July 6, 2026, 15:22:20
    - I'm sure the next person will be AIPAC approved.* - Chuck Woodaby July 6, 2026, 14:57:42
- Yeah, he’s dropping - snipes824 July 6, 2026, 14:50:36
- A screenshot or two might not have been the worst thing to hang on to. * - doubledown July 6, 2026, 14:44:27
  - Yeah and I would kind of like to see the response to the he "forces himself on people?" - Chuck Woodaby July 6, 2026, 14:55:45
    - Victims of sexual assault and other trauma often adopt minimizing language as a coping mechanism. - doubledown July 6, 2026, 15:52:45
      - It sounds like she didn't minimize a thing in her messages to him. - Chuck Woodaby July 6, 2026, 16:04:16
Trump is huge on Tic Tac - Sounder July 6, 2026, 11:32:32
- what's LA Knight doing there?* - lcubed July 6, 2026, 15:44:48
- All the kids are watching the tic-tacs and grooving to the raps. - KingTalkyTiki July 6, 2026, 13:55:25
- The reactive facial expressions of Skelator in the background...* - ATL July 6, 2026, 12:18:30
  - I appreciate that these morons are forced to stand behind him while he spews his drivel... - shua July 6, 2026, 13:57:14
  - oOo - KingTalkyTiki July 6, 2026, 13:56:58
- Tic Tac Dope * - doubledown July 6, 2026, 12:10:36
"Journalists float astonishing theory around silence surrounding Mitch McConnell’s health" - Orangeillini July 6, 2026, 10:18:30
- I don't really get what's astonishing about it. - Sammich July 6, 2026, 10:39:05
- Didn't they already have the primary? so there's already a (R) lined up for the seat... - shua July 6, 2026, 10:29:50
  - Yeah I think the article should have been titled: - Chuck Woodaby July 6, 2026, 10:45:42
    - ...and he'd already decided not to run again* - shua July 6, 2026, 10:50:32
      - he probably can't even walk* - VIV July 6, 2026, 10:54:40
        
        At this point even crawling seems a stretch. * - DocWalk20 July 6, 2026, 10:57:26
        
        It's going to be 'Weekend at Mitch's' where GOP Sens take turn propping him up - UofIL6 July 6, 2026, 11:07:43
- Kinda the same logic as "nobody ever dies at a race track" - ijustkrushalot July 6, 2026, 10:27:29
- that's fucking ghoulish* - VIV July 6, 2026, 10:23:17
  - And it totally tracks with McConnell's record.* - ATL July 6, 2026, 12:17:29
- This could all be cleared up by simply showing proof of life and health. - assassin July 6, 2026, 10:20:12
  - It's actually kind of hard to do that in a way that people would believe. - doubledown July 6, 2026, 10:58:25

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