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lostincalifornia

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1. This jackass should be voted out for his silence on his absence for so long, and not saying

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:50 AM

17 hrs ago

what this PERSONAL medical reason is. He is in a public office, and if he doesn't want his private medical problems or anything else public, then he needs to get another job.

Hopefully the voters will make it so.

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Missing lawmaker will return to DC soon, Tom Kean's staff says [View all] BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP

This jackass should be voted out for his silence on his absence for so long, and not saying lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #1

He will be. Rebecca Bennett will kick his ass. NNadir 15 hrs ago #10

Nervous breakdown? The Wizard 17 hrs ago #2

That was what his flunkies said back in April. And May. niyad 16 hrs ago #3

Alcohol or drug rehab? Jilly_in_VA 16 hrs ago #4

Sure, Jan. 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #5

In two weeks? hatrack 16 hrs ago #6

Sometimes Syph is hard to cure in fascist patients. They never could fix Hitler's cases. 3Hotdogs 16 hrs ago #7

Sorry Kean. Elected officials are held to a higher standard (supposedly...we are in the Trump era) NCDem47 16 hrs ago #8

I can not believe there Bettie 15 hrs ago #9

It is a swing district. A VERY strong candidate Rebbecca Bennett, like... NNadir 15 hrs ago #11

OK, I had heard Bettie 14 hrs ago #13

Regular folks would probably be out of a job by now-and applying for Unemployment insurance. riversedge 15 hrs ago #12

This should be an easy Democratic pickup in November Janbdwl72 14 hrs ago #15

Is he doing jail time somewhere? Autumn 14 hrs ago #14

Good question. yardwork 7 hrs ago #18

One possibility... Long Covid ? Pluvious 12 hrs ago #16

For a formal viewing perhaps? Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #17