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      Appoint a replacement and if Mitch is alive tell him to come fight for his seat like a real senator.

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      Can’t, the GQP when Beshear was elected stripped that power from the governor. It requires a special election that will take so much time to setup that it’d be canceled because it’s so close to the actual election. The scum GQP have thought all this through just to maintain their flailing grasps on power.

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    Warns? How do you warn about something good happening?

    Be careful everyone! Workers are finally getting a liveable wage!

    Like that? What about:

    Watch out! The government finally ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of its population by giving everyone universal health-insurance.

    See? It’s weird

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    Republicans are so fucking stupid. They always gotta hide shit, Bitch McConnell has been a walking corpse for a decade… just announce his fucking death if he died… don’t try and hide it… makes your party look even more fucking stupid and incompetent.

    At least they’re consistent at something, jesus fucking christ.

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      They’re trying to avoid a special election. If they can keep playing this game until August third, they’ll succeed.

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          Unfortunately the scan the rules for loopholes that children would use on the playground–things that a normal person may not think to put rules about.

          No low is too low.

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        even in death, the mfer is blocking a legitimate appointment because of who would make it.

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        If the rest of your country ALLOWS them to keep playing this game.

        Americans’ feigned helplessness is so fucking gross.

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          Cool. Tell me, what should I do? March down there and wave a sign? Buy a bunch of guns and shoot up the place? Sorry, mate. I’m just trying to make my mortgage.

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            They’re a troll, don’t waste your energy. Every comment they make is condescending and trying to incite violence in Americans… but they’re not even American? I have no idea, I just tag users like that so I can see their patterns

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              There’s a lot of people outside the USA that wants to see piles of dead people in the country from infighting. They’re no better than MAGAts who want a civil war.

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              “Incite violence in Americans.”

              You’ve spent 30-40 years sleepwalking into the fourth reich. But please, do another cute little “no Kings” parade and wave some signs. I’m sure you’ll be just fine.

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                Unless you actually provide suggestions for individuals to take action you find useful; only providing non constructive criticism is for YOU and you alone. You’re making every conversation about yourself and your feelings and not about actually creating material improvements.

                It’s easy to criticize what is not working. It’s difficult to actually have an opinion on what you believe would work. Then someone could actually criticize your ideas or actions. So, you stay comfortable in your finger wagging.

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                  I tagged this guy Canadian Troglodyte so long ago I can’t remember why.

                  It is not worth discussing anything with them. They are a cave person.

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            Start by fucking off with your defensive bullshit. Then get it through your cowardly head that your mortgage means fuck all when your country is building concentration camps.

            And yes, buy a lot of fucking guns before you can no longer do so. And learn to use them.

            You are the kind of person history looks at with embarrassment. Do something or just crawl in your little hole and cower.

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              your mortgage means fuck all when your country is building concentration camps.

              I don’t have a mortgage, personally, but I’m curious as to why you think this is the case.

              Do you think that all of our responsibilities just magically pause as soon as they build the first camp?

              What you’re telling that person, who might have literally children to house and feed, that they should be willing to let their home go.

              You can’t feed and house children with ideals.

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                Do you think that all of our responsibilities just magically pause as soon as they build the first camp?

                This person doesn’t consider any of these things, they just hate the U.S. and love to foment.

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      Still blows my mind that we’re in a place where hostage proof-of-life methods are being employed by elected representatives because they know nobody would trust a plain statement from them anymore. Politician has been synonymous with liar for ages but this is something else.

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        Well, they should’ve responded to the Gov when he requested additional details. The only thing GOP does best is keep quiet, hide under the fridge at night planning their next schemes while looking for their spines.

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    He should just appoint someone ‘in case McConnel can’t return to the Senate’

    We all know Moscow Mitch is dead, but that covers his bases in all situations. All Mitch has to do is return to the Senate, alive and functional…

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      Kentucky is one of like 4 states where he cant do that. It would trigger a special election. Which is exactly why the repubs are being cagey about it

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        Ok… Then start the process for the special election, and make it so that the election will be cancelled if proof is shown that McConnel is alive and able to perform his duties.

        If that can’t be shown by the date of the special election, then the election will take place.

        Make the special election the default.

        There’s no law against being prepared. In fact, a competent government is prepared for many contingencies.

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          Are you trying to be a dick? Unfortunately i am just a citizen, and that of another state, and cant change the legislation. Im just telling you why it matters.

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      They needed to sneak in, “…The ongoing situation in Maine, The inclement weather here in hell, …”