McConnell will step down as the Senate
Republican leader
Posted By: plomke, 2/28/2024 12:36:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked in awe from its back benches in 1985 when he arrived and where he grew increasingly comfortable in the front row seat afforded the party lea
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Somehow I doubt it, although it’s hard to imagine how much more dystopian — and in what yet-unimagined ways — things can get.
Let’s not underestimate the depravity of the Social Justice™ left — especially north of the border.
Here we go with a full test of your gag reflex, dear reader.
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