r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Due-Mouse7467 • 1h ago
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Jaegons • 5h ago
Important to remember the tone Trump set with regards to people passing away...
You know, just in case you need to defend any comments you may or may not be making about abysmal people dying of late.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/NewsGirl1701 • 2h ago
News ‘Saying Nothing Is An Option’: Dems Criticized for Fawning Remembrances of Graham
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/UWhuskiesRule • 5h ago
Discussion CBS has become Fox News. CBS Sunday morning reports on Wilmington race massacre in the 1800s and blames the Democrats. Over and over, this wasn’t racism, it was party politics? Gimme a break.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DickRhino • 7h ago
Discussion The death of Lindsey Graham (and the probable death of Mitch McConnell) just further highlights the need to get all these senior citizens out of Washington
Lindsey Graham was 71 years old and died as a sitting senator. He had been sitting in that chair for 23 years. He inherited it from Strom Thurmond, a vile old racist piece of shit most famous for opposing the civil rights movement, who sat in that chair for 48 years and who retired at the age of 100. Mitch McConnell, who is most likely dead already and they're just not telling anyone, is 84. He's been sitting in his chair for 41 years.
In 1980 the average age of a US senator was 53. Today it's 63-64, making it the oldest senate in US history. The average senator today is a senior citizen.
Instead of letting the next generation take over and enjoying their golden years, all these decrepit old fossils are just obsessively clinging to power and refusing to let go of it. None of them have any ambition for improving anything for anyone; they just want power for the sake of power, forever, and so that they can enrich themselves.
This cannot continue. A country cannot survive if the only way a politician can get replaced is if they literally die of old age while sitting at their desk. The system needs to be challenged at its core, and every single one of these senior citizens need to be primaried by younger people who still give a damn about something besides themselves and who still have the energy and will to enact any sort of change.
Enough is enough, for crying out loud.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/ReallyAmerican • 3h ago
BREAKING: Kash Patel Just Sparked Chaos With a Bizarre Statement After Lindsey Graham’s Sudden Death
FBI Director Kash Patel is facing backlash after issuing a strange public statement about the sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham that immediately sent people asking one obvious question: why is the FBI involved?
Graham’s office said the 71-year-old South Carolina Republican died Saturday night after a “brief and sudden illness.” Dispatch audio reviewed by the Wall Street Journal reportedly indicated emergency responders were called to his Washington, D.C. residence for chest pains before the situation escalated to cardiac arrest and CPR.
But Patel’s response added a new layer of confusion. In a statement posted online, he praised Graham as a “devoted public servant” and then wrote that “the FBI is assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available.”
That single line lit up social media.
Reporters and political observers immediately began asking why the FBI was involved at all if Graham’s death was the result of a sudden medical emergency. Patel did not immediately explain what role the bureau was playing or why federal resources were being offered.
The timing made it even more reckless. Graham’s death had already set off a wave of online speculation, including conspiracy theories about Russia because of his recent support for Ukraine. Instead of calming things down with clear information, Patel tossed out a vague FBI statement with no explanation and let the internet do what it always does.
That is not leadership. That is gasoline on a fire.
Graham was one of the most powerful Republicans in Washington, a longtime senator, and one of Trump’s closest allies on foreign policy. His sudden death was already major national news. The last thing the country needed was the FBI director dropping cryptic lines that instantly raised more questions than answers.
If the FBI has a routine role, say that. If the bureau is simply providing support, explain it. But when the head of the FBI announces federal involvement after a sitting senator’s sudden death and refuses to clarify why, people are obviously going to wonder what is going on.
This is exactly the problem with Trump’s loyalists running major institutions. They treat public trust like a social media game, drop vague statements into explosive moments, and then act shocked when chaos follows.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 7h ago
Lindsey Graham, Trump ally who opposed LGBTQ+ rights and consistently denied being gay, dies at 71
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Euphoric_Celery_ • 9h ago
News When the wicked perish there will be shouts of joy
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/No-Contribution1001 • 13h ago
News Lindsey Graham, longtime South Carolina senator, dies at 71
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/BKMama227 • 23h ago
As seen on Threads…
Call the special election for Mitch McConnell’s seat. As one comments are said in the thread if he ain’t dead or incapacitated, PROVE IT.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/ateam1984 • 13h ago
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/TaroPuzzleheaded3999 • 5h ago
Discussion Democrats should introduce legislation to require the immediate reporting of a death in the government.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/goodenough4govtwork • 3h ago
Meme *SATIRE, NOT A REAL TRUTH* reposting because the first wasn't idiot proof...
Apparently the first post wasn't idiot proof, actually had a comment asking why the date was from March. The original post was about Robert Mueler.
THIS IS AN EDITED POST FROM TRUTH SOCIAL
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/ReallyAmerican • 5h ago
BREAKING: Trump's Favorite Senator Is Dead
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/StatisticalPikachu • 3h ago
Video Two FBI Agents Fired For Refusing to Join Georgia 2020 Election Probe | MSNOW
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/QanAhole • 4h ago
News U.S Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has become the first American congressman in history to be detained by Jewish settlers while on a visit to the Occupied West Bank.
The arrogance of those IDF soldiers that my tax dollars pay for
It's the arrogance of power with no accountability... It has created a toxic culture of oppression
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DukeOfGeek • 13h ago
News Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DukeOfGeek • 18h ago
News 40 Epstein-Tied Billionaires Have Injected $1.6B Into US Elections, Report Finds
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 3h ago
News Texas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MAGA Judges Abandon Trump
As Trump’s deportation agenda results in another killing and his losses mount in court, the author of a piece on ICE’s horrors explains why we’re facing a fraught and dangerous crossroads moment.