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Last of the Neocon 'Three Amigos': Lindsey Graham Dies Unexpectedly

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The one thing Graham was consistent about was his enthusiasm for foreign wars.

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John Oliver returns with searing quip: 'Graham died and Mitch McConnell...maybe didn't?'

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John Oliver returns with searing quip: 'Graham died and Mitch McConnell...maybe didn't?'

John Oliver returned from a weeks-long vacation Sunday night and opened his show with a brutal bit questioning whether Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is still alive.The "Last Week Tonight" host used the cold open to run through headlines he'd missed, sliding the Kentucky senator's monthlong hospitalization in between a parasitic outbreak and the death of a Senate colleague."We are back, and we missed a lot over the last few weeks. A parasitic infection has caused explosive diarrhea across the country. Lindsey Graham died, and Mitch McConnell...maybe didn't," Oliver quipped, displaying a hospital-room photo of the 84-year-old senator seated next to his wife, Elaine Chao.The dig comes after McConnell collapsed at his Washington, D.C. home on June 14, and an EMS dispatch recording that later became public showed responders had been called there for "cardiac arrest" and performed CPR before transporting him. His office withheld key details on the episode for weeks. On July 12, staffers finally released the hospital photograph alongside a written statement in which McConnell conspicuously ruled out a laundry list of diagnoses."I didn't have a heart attack or a stroke. I don't have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital," McConnell wrote. "While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I've also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia."A McConnell spokesperson later told The Washington Post that the senator "continues to improve in rehab."Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has said even he can't get information out of the senator's team. "I haven't heard a thing. Not an email, not a letter, not a call, not a video... absolutely nothing," the Democratic governor told SiriusXM earlier this month, adding that he'd received two calls from separate agencies suggesting McConnell had died.Beshear urged the senator's office to "call into a news station for 5 minutes or put out a short video" to end what he called concerning speculation.The stonewalling is being managed by McConnell's longtime chief of staff, Terry Carmack, whose taxpayer-funded salary rose to $226,849.94 in fiscal year 2026. Graham's funeral is scheduled for Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral. McConnell's office has not said whether he will attend.

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Did Elon Musk Just Open America’s Last Retirement Window?

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Did Elon Musk Just Open America’s Last Retirement Window?

Note: The information provided here or in any related communications is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. The post Did Elon Musk Just Open America’s Last Retirement Window? appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Graham funeral – with hopes of winning Trump’s ear

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Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Graham funeral – with hopes of winning Trump’s ear

Both men scheduled to meet Trump at time where US policy towards wars in Iran and Ukraine in state of fluxBenjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to arrive in Washington simultaneously with the goal of winning the ear of Donald Trump at pivotal moments in wars affecting their respective countries.Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, will attend Tuesday’s funeral of Lindsey Graham, the former Republican senator for South Carolina, who died suddenly on 11 July and was a close ally of both leaders. Continue reading...

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Who Is Darline Graham?

Even those in South Carolina politics who know South Carolina’s new senator don’t really know her politics.

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Troy Jackson Is Just as Radical as Graham Platner

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Troy Jackson Is Just as Radical as Graham Platner

Democrats nominate the failed gubernatorial candidate and former state senator in a desperate bid to salvage their chances in Maine.

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Update: Three People Killed, Four Are Injured Including Child After Gang-Related Shooting at Bite of Seattle Food Festival

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Update: Three People Killed, Four Are Injured Including Child After Gang-Related Shooting at Bite of Seattle Food Festival

Three people were killed and four others, including a child, were injured after a gang related shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival on Sunday evening. The post Update: Three People Killed, Four Are Injured Including Child After Gang-Related Shooting at Bite of Seattle Food Festival appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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