It's kinda crazy that Mitch McConnell might've been dead for almost a month and yet he still holds a Senate seat and the public has no idea whether he's alive.
There are at least two reason they might not want to update us on McConnell’s condition:
-In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election.
-That date is August 3rd.
1) If McConnell’s condition is clearly unfit for office, they’d hide that to avoid being forced to submit a resignation letter until after that date.
2) If McConnell has not regained consciousness or has the chance of oxygen induced brain death and is on artificial life support, they would try and
-In Kentucky “brain death” is legally considered death under Kentucky Revised Statute § 446.400
-Any two independent physicians may declare the patient dead for the purposes of the seat being vacated IF the patient is only “alive” due to a ventilator and artificial life support systems.
But, his next of kin (Chao) would need to be involved in the process of treatment and testing and final decisions to end support for that path to be viable…
She left to China 3 days after his hospitalization.
So is McConnell alive and well? Is he awake and functional? Is he a vegetable?
Either way I think they are trying to make sure we don’t have the answer to that until August 3rd.
In a major victory for free speech on X, Elon Musk suspends an account that posts publicly available information that the government doesn't want you to know.
So @pressfreedom, if having “participated in combat” (your words) at any given point in time is grounds for revoking a journalist’s status, why doesn’t that apply to Israeli journalists who fought in the Israeli military or still serve in its reserves? What’s your excuse?
BREAKING: The U.S. Congress is expected to stand down and allow the Israeli military to be merged with the U.S. military under Section 219 of the NDAA.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros, who described October 7 massacre as 'the inevitable consequence of apartheid,' has called for a total arms embargo on Israel - including defensive weaponry https://t.co/u6mYpvkyHH