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RussBLib

(10,872 posts)
21. Brain-dead deepfake?
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:38 PM
14 hrs ago

Some reports say that Mitch is brain-dead. Others insist that several people have spoken to him for "20 minutes" or so. Surely not everyone is lying about talking with him? We know that Trump and his gang of grifters use AI when they feel like it. Another aspect of this "artificial" intelligence is deep fakes, not only video but audio. All you really need are a couple of samples of someone's voice, and you can make them say just about anything you want, and it's very hard to distinguish between the actual voice and a copy.

The GOP is capable of anything, including the destruction of the United States, and it would not surprise me at all if they had sampled McConnell's voice and have had him "talk" to various people while he is still actually brain-dead. This, to keep him "alive" long enough so that a special election would not be needed. His seat would simply remain open until the November election, and McConnell is not running for re-election. I guess the GOP being down one vote at least until January of 2027 is better than having a Dem voted into Mitch's seat for six years, from their perspective.

The following is a writing from another online friend of mine I will identify as L.C. He is a retired doctor and he knows what he is writing about.

About Mitch
I mean the turtle, of course. If you have read my rants, essays, and musings over the years, you will probably remember that the percentage of individuals who survive CPR at age 80+ is in the single digits - probably 1%. Of that number, an even smaller fraction leaves the hospital alive and neurologically intact. It isn't that CPR doesn't work or that first responders are incompetent, it is that we simply aren't designed to survive a prolonged period of cardio-pulmonary arrest - especially not in our later years.

It's because of these realities that I have for decades said that if I collapse from cardiac arrest, please leave me the fuck alone so that I may die in peace. If you want to hold my hand or stroke my face as I lie dying, thank you for that kindness. Just don't be breaking my ribs, blowing your bad breath into my lungs, and all that other "lifesaving" shit. I don't want it. I have already led a long and fulfilling life. Don't screw it up for me.

Mitch, on the other hand, got the "full resuscitation Monty," of course. It should come as no surprise to anyone that he is lying in a hospital bed probably on a ventilator with diffuse anoxic brain injury. That's what would happen to me or maybe you - if either of us were so fortunate as to have lived into the eighth decade of life and then had a cardiac arrest.

So, maybe Mitch still has a heartbeat. I don't know. But he sure as hell isn't going to be voting on any bills or floor motions. He was 84, and that was a good run. Too bad that he used the time he was allotted to run afoul of the Constitution chasing power over justice and democracy.

Mitch, what has happened to you, is going to happen to all of us. I just hope that when it happens to me, I will not be as hated and reviled by my fellow humans as you are after you have taken your last breath. AMF!


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Beshear requests McConnell health update [View all] BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP
Here is a copy of the letter LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #1
As Lizzo said BaronChocula 16 hrs ago #2
I really think the Dems are purposely trying to stay in the minority in the senate. OhioBack2Blue 14 hrs ago #26
Really? MorbidButterflyTat 11 hrs ago #32
This message was self-deleted by its author BaronChocula 11 hrs ago #33
Have a group of Democratic Senators go visit him in the hospital. Talitha 16 hrs ago #3
McConnell's office's response: "All is well!" Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #4
Remain calm! generalbetrayus 15 hrs ago #11
Priceless! Bayard 14 hrs ago #15
Let it go. TomSlick 16 hrs ago #5
Agree but I think the Gov said that law was illegal newdeal2 16 hrs ago #6
Also, there is value in forcing the Repukes' hand. (nt) Pinback 15 hrs ago #12
What value? TomSlick 10 hrs ago #35
if it is on the ballot in November a democrat will win JT45242 16 hrs ago #7
Nope. The seat is already up for election in November Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #18
Kentucky law requires a special election to fill Senate vacancy Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #14
That law was subsequently repealed and replaced with one stripping Beshear of any power to appoint a replacement onenote 14 hrs ago #20
Can Beshear appeal? n/t Just_Vote_Dem 14 hrs ago #23
He has suggested he might try to challenge it in court, but I think it would be an uphill battle. onenote 14 hrs ago #28
Thanks! n/t Just_Vote_Dem 13 hrs ago #30
The governor should just go to the hospital today for a visit. Escape 16 hrs ago #8
Good for Gov. Beshear FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #9
McConnell could be in the morgue under a John Doe. Harker 15 hrs ago #10
"And please give my regards to Agent Chao." (nt) Pinback 15 hrs ago #13
McConnell is talking about national security! Skittles 14 hrs ago #16
Just get his # from Scott Jennings maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #17
Proof of Life. Marcuse 14 hrs ago #19
Brain-dead deepfake? RussBLib 14 hrs ago #21
I believe I offered the same prognosis Akakoji 13 hrs ago #29
The supposed phone calls didn't make it better. SamuelAdams 14 hrs ago #22
I would really like to help and I own a few shovels. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #24
The turtle has retreated to his shell flamingdem 14 hrs ago #25
simple solution. give mcconnels staff 24 hours to prove he's alive moonshinegnomie 14 hrs ago #27
It's about time. n/t returnee 13 hrs ago #31
I refer you to the current Miguelito Loveless 11 hrs ago #34
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