mikel

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[mikel @mikelking]

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This should be interesting, but I promise it will not be too easy...
***Also the rules don't say how long I must go before revealing the correct answer... How about 48h or 50 replies whichever comes first? 🤔

[Queen Dirt Fiend 👑 Beastmaster X Nik @SuperHyperSpaz]

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[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

Before anyone drafts a sympathy card, roll the tape. There's McConnell on Hannity, beaming like a man showing off vacation photos and taking a victory lap for the judicial vacancies he created by blockading a sitting president's nominees.

[Samantha Brown @samthelion79]

Remember when this "accidentally" happened?

Angela Chao was the sister of Elaine Chao, who is married to Mitch McConnell. Tragically, Angela Chao passed away in February 2024 at the age of 50 after accidentally reversing her vehicle into a pond on a private ranch in Texas.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Imagine you’re Mitch McConnell’s staffers.

Chronically plugged in to every pulse of the hill.

It’s been 5 days since rumors of your boss’ health started to spiral

Major papers are now asking where he is.

Some pundits declare he is brain dead.

And you decide… not to address it?

You decide to put out no new statement.

You decide Mitch, who you claim is hard at work and spoke last week to Thune, won’t tweet or write a press release.

And when asked by the press for a statement, you give the same canned response from 3 days prior.

Because that’s how you handle this totally normal and benign situation that’s totally not a problem…

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Frank Herbert was prophetic

[😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 @aintscarylarry]

One way to find out if Mitch McConnell has truly made his final journey to the depths of hell is to walk right up to his bedside and say a liberal Supreme Court justice might be retiring. If he doesn’t leap out of bed with excitement, he’s fuckin dead.

[Outspoken™️ @Out5p0ken]

I heard someone say Mitch McConnell has Rigor Tortoise and I can’t unhear that.

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Was Scott Jennings using a Ouija board when he spoke to Mitch McConnell this morning?

[Truth Will Reign 👑 @TruthWill_Reign]

NOVEMBER IS COMING! 🇺🇸

[P a u l ◉ @SkylineReport]

🚨 Three different Republicans.

Three different "20-minute" phone calls.

Three nearly identical messages.

Maybe that's coincidence. Maybe it's a coordinated reassurance campaign. But when leadership refuses to disclose basic details about Sen. McConnell's condition, synchronized testimonials deserve scrutiny.

Scott Jennings: "just shy of 20 minutes."

Barrasso's office: "roughly 20 minutes."

Thune's office: "lengthy and substantive."

Each stresses the same themes:
• He's fully engaged.
• He's discussing Senate business.
• He's eager to return.

Notice what's missing: any mention that Elaine Chao traveled to Beijing days after McConnell's hospitalization while questions about his condition continue to mount.

When transparency disappears, messaging usually fills the vacuum.

Follow for evidence, not narratives.

[Roxane L Gibson #VoteBlue @RoxaneLGibson1]

Of course he's gone.

But the real story: Elaine Chao bolted for China. 33 years schmoozing the monster in the Senate… and she runs the second he's out?
What secrets did China's asset take with her?
#DemsUnited #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp #IsHeDeadYet

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

In the months leading up to Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest on federal sex trafficking charges on July 6, 2019, a small U.S. Virgin Islands bank he owned that had employed no one and laid dormant for years suddenly came alive. A flurry of transactions totaling more than $20 million passed through the bank named Southern Country International from April to early July that year, according to a Miami Herald investigation based on the recently released documents by the U.S. Justice Department.

Read more at: https://t.co/buSJHR2sb5

[Covie @covie_93]

McConnell can still serve as senator if he's brain dead, look at that man from Pennsylvania.

[🔸️The.Angry.Ostrich. @DaAngryOstrich]

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[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

The U.S. trade deficit rose by over 40% last month, reaching $77.6 billion.

That's the largest since March 2025 and higher than the monthly average during Biden's term.

Trump's tariffs have failed to make a dent.

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

lmfao this guy is such an enormous scumbag. what the literal fuck is wrong with texas?

[National Chronicle @NCNewsOnX]

According to sources close to the White House, Mitch McConnell is “brain dead” and will not return.