Day: July 7, 2026

Where’s Proof Of Life?

One of the mysteries of DC….other than the mental capacity of Donny….is the saga swirling around Mitch McConnell….

Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for three weeks, and his staff still won’t say why. The lack of transparency has led to all kinds of speculation about the 84-year-old Kentucky senator and his prospects for returning to the chamber. What we know:

  • Hospitalization: McConnell was admitted on June 14, and emergency dispatch recordings suggested that first responders performed CPR on an unconscious male at the senator’s Washington address, reports the New York Times. McConnell’s name is not mentioned in the recordings. A dispatcher also speculated about a “cardiac arrest.”
  • Few details: McConnell’s staff acknowledged the hospitalization without providing details. The only other statement came Thursday: “The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session,” it read in its entirety, per the Washington Post.
  • Rumor mill: In the absence of concrete info, unsubstantiated speculation is rampant, and it’s coming from high-profile figures. The far right’s Laura Loomer wrote that McConnell “is allegedly in a vegetative state.” Steve Bannon used his platform to amplify claims “that McConnell remains in office to avoid triggering a special election that could allow Thomas Massie to run as an independent.” The Daily Beast has a roundup.
  • Not so fast: But longtime Kentucky political observer Al Cross rolls his eyes at the rumors. McConnell’s staffers are “causing themselves problems by not saying more about it, but he’s always been very private about his health matters,” Cross tells the Hill. (McConnell had polio as a child and has had a number of health issues in his later years, per the AP.) Cross’ hunch is that McConnell will return to the Senate. He is due to retire this year, in any event.
  • Two friends: Fellow GOP Sens. John Thune—the majority leader—and John Barrasso told reporters they had spoken to McConnell the day after his hospitalization. McConnell is “clearly dialed into what’s going on,” said Thune. Still, McConnell’s absence has already delayed work in the Senate Appropriations Committee, where Republicans need his vote. A prolonged absence would shrink the GOP majority in the Senate to 52-47, which could complicate some votes.

Fascinating stuff, huh?

But there is more and it is getting good now….

A number of MAGA figures are demanding that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s aides provide proof that the 84-year-old is still alive nearly a month after he was hospitalized.

Speculation about the Kentucky Republican is continuing to intensify as his team refuses to provide new information about his treatment, his condition, or whether he will ever be able to return to work after he was hospitalized on June 14.

McConnell’s team has repeatedly issued the same statement, saying he “appreciates the outpouring of support” while he continues treatment after he was found unconscious and requiring CPR at his Washington, D.C., home following an apparent cardiac arrest.

The mystery surrounding the seriousness of McConnell’s condition escalated after it emerged that the senator’s wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, 73, traveled to Beijing and met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng three days after McConnell’s hospitalization.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-demands-proof-of-life-for-mitch-mcconnell/

Fascinating stuff, as I said…..

What do you think is going on behind those gilded doors?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

 

Underwater World

I do not normally write about the climate stuff basically because any sane person realizes that this planet is doomed without some serious changes.

I saw this article and wanted to share it with my readers because 2030 is not that far away.

Climate change is not just about warmer summers and unpredictable weather. It also causes rising sea level, which is an especially real and present danger for coastal cities worldwide. Rising sea levels, driven by melting ice caps and expanding warm water, are putting many cities at risk. Here are 12 cities that could be underwater by 2030.

 

https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/12-cities-that-may-be-underwater-by-2030-11-247774/

 

This does not bode well for the planet if some iconic cities are that close to flooding.,

Any thoughts about this prediction or the climate stuff in general?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Let’s Look At The Dems And Their Possibilities

We all know that the mid-terms are less than 6 months away and the voted in the primaries has already began….and the Dems are making some in-roads into taking back Congress.

But is it sound Democratic polices or just a dislike of Donny?  Sorry to say it appears the hatred of Donny and his policies that is driving this bus.  But will the hatred of Donny save us?

My opinion is the rise of Dems will do little to save us from the damage of Donny.

But here is an opinion on this phenom….

All told, Democrats already seem as though they’re headed for a great midterm election. Voters already troubled by the state of the economy now have the impacts of Donald Trump’s teeter-tottering war in Iran to contend with, and polls tell us they aren’t happy ⁠– per poll averages from the analyst Nate Silver, nearly 55% of Americans oppose the war in Iran, 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, and 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall. As it stands, Democrats have a six-point advantage in generic congressional ballot polling over Republicans.

And Republican hopes that a mid-decade redistricting rush would save their tight majority in the House have been frustrated. The partisan gerrymandering war of the last several months peaked with the victory of a ballot measure in Virginia that allows the state’s Democratic legislature to draw maps that would eliminate three Republican seats and a riposte by Florida Republicans who approved their own map that could allow Republicans to gain as many as four seats in that state – mere hours after the supreme court struck down provisions in the Voting Rights Act banning racial gerrymandering.

While the redistricting battles will drag on, electoral history and Trump’s standing give Democrats plenty of reason to presume it will take the House in November ⁠– on average in elections since the end of the second world war, the president’s party tends to lose well over 20 House seats in midterm elections and Republicans currently hold the chamber by just three. And given polling for competitive races in Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, and elsewhere, even the Senate may now be in Democrats’ reach.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/democrats-trump-election-voter-poll

Some voters see the likes of the mayor of NYC, Bernie and AOC, among others as the true intent of the Democratic Party and also see them as the savoir of a struggling party.

Progressives are gaining in all quarters….as a hard Leftist I see this as a positive change….but there is so much to be done will it be enough?

This year marks 250 years since the first American Revolution. Yet the American ruling class has no grounds for celebrating the occasion. The country they have ruled for a quarter millennium is teetering on a catastrophe.

As they survey the state of the nation from the bird’s-eye view of their skyscraper penthouses and corporate boardrooms, from their gilded halls of power, and their remote luxury islands, they see a picture of decline. As they look at this country’s position in the world, the mood of its population, perception of its institutions, quality of its political leadership, and its economic trajectory, they have no reason for optimism in the years ahead.

We are living through a historical pivot. On the global stage, US imperialism has lost the hegemonic grip it once held. In the space of 25 decades it has matured from colonial infancy, to unrivaled colossus, to the irreversible frailty of senile decay. Its strength has waned for decades, but in the 2020s, the gradual downward slope has started to tip into free fall. When future historians look back on the country’s curve of rise and decline, they’ll identify this decade as the tipping point.

Capitalism’s historical mission has come and gone. The next American revolution is approaching.

I say bring it on!

Get money out of politics, silence special interests and lobbyists, enact term limits and mandatory retirement requirements….work on things that will make any change permanent for that is what Donny and the Bros are attempting to do as I type.

It is time to make this country a great nation…..a beacon of democracy and freedom that it use to be….

Change is good and NOT to be feared.

Bring on the new American revolution.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”