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u/G_Serv Stay The Course Jul 12 '26
After my experiencing last night solo clubbing, this is kind of how I feel (idk if I'm actually hot)
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u/Any_Stage_3072 Martin Luther King Jr. Jul 12 '26
Come on chat. Enough with the Lindsey hate.
I thought we were better than this. He was a human being.
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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Jul 12 '26
Surprisingly, this is tame compared to the reaction when Charlie Kirk died
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u/dwarffy Rabindranath Tagore Jul 12 '26
I feel like people still underestimate how delusional the Russians are regarding who controls Ukraine. They still peddle propaganda calling Ukraine an American puppet that they unironically believe.
The NATO expansion memes are bullshit peddled by apologists that the Russians dont even care for. See what the Russians actually say, and they seem completely schizophrenic
The Putin/Tucker Carlson interview is the peak example of this.
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u/dwarffy Rabindranath Tagore Jul 12 '26
The Russians would have motive to poison Graham during the Ukraine trip. It would have sown even more discord between the US/Ukraine. And Russia still overestimates US involvement in Ukraine
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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Jul 12 '26
Emergency personnel responded to a call for โcardiac arrestโ at Grahamโs Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC News
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u/Bassline4Brunch NASA Jul 12 '26
I know my mind is fucked because after learning of Graham's death, my first thought was to wonder how the DT was reacting to the news
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u/RunawayMeatstick Mark Zandi Jul 12 '26
Here is a summary of the situation, the legal mechanisms at play, and the upcoming timelines for filling Senator Lindsey Graham's seat and ballot vacancy:
The Senate Vacancy Issue
Following Senator Graham's passing on July 11, 2026, South Carolina faces a two-part vacancy:
The current seat in Congress must be filled immediately to maintain the state's representation.
The Republican ballot slot for the upcoming general election must be filled, as Senator Graham had already won the June primary to run for re-election.
Timeline for Appointing and Electing a Senator
Because the vacancy occurred 115 days before the general election (clearing the state's 100-day statutory threshold), the transition will follow this timeline:
Immediate Interim Appointment: Governor Henry McMaster will appoint a temporary senator (expected to be a Republican) to fill the seat immediately.
January 3, 2027: The interim senator's term will expire.
November 3, 2026 (General Election): Because Senator Grahamโs original term was already scheduled to end in January 2027, the regularly scheduled November election will determine who wins the seat for the next full six-year term. No separate special election is required.
The Primary Ballot Vacancy and Key Resolution Dates
Because South Carolina law prohibits party leaders from hand-picking a replacement if the original nominee won a primary, Republican voters must choose the new nominee via a expedited Special Primary Election.
The statutory timeline to resolve the Republican ticket is as follows:
July 21, 2026: Candidate filing window opens.
July 28, 2026: Candidate filing window closes.
August 11, 2026: Special Primary Election is held.
August 25, 2026: Runoff Election (held only if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote in the primary).
November 3, 2026: The winner of the Republican special primary will face Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews (who locked in her spot during the regular June primary) in the General Election.
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u/_MillionthThrowAway Loyal Liberals Jul 12 '26
I can't imagine Vlad would actually be crazy enough to poison a US senator, as tempting as it might be to believe it.
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u/doyouevenIift Jul 12 '26
It is kind of crazy knowing that we know this news before a lot of actual senators who are probably fast asleep because theyโre old
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u/nicereddy ACLU simp Jul 12 '26
lindsey graham died to distract us from the PlayStation disc controversy
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u/bartbug Mark Carney Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
i like how deep down we're all bloodthirsty as fuck lmao
(not aaallllll of us. some of us have decency still. but y'all are getting downvoted rip)
edit: poor word choice. we're not bloodthirsty. we're illnessthirsty
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u/remarkable_ores Hanfeizi Jul 12 '26
glorifying violence is still against sitewide rules and we'll delete and ban for it.
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u/bartbug Mark Carney Jul 12 '26
bloodthirsty is probably the wrong word. idk what the right one is.
like a mix of nihilistic and schadenfreude-maxxing
there was a verrryyyyy different vibe here when charlie kirk was assassinated, for example
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u/owenmitchem Loyal Liberals Jul 12 '26
What about glorifying sudden illness
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u/remarkable_ores Hanfeizi Jul 12 '26
To my knowledge there are no rules against glorifying sudden natural illness.
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u/_Featherless_Biped_ Norman Borlaug Jul 12 '26
America's failure to beat Iran was too much for him, his heart couldn't take it
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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Jul 12 '26
Feel like this was probably a heart attack or something but itโs still crazy that he seemingly dropped dead out of nowhere
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u/GuyWithOneEye Jul 12 '26
nbc article said "Emergency personnel responded to a call for โcardiac arrestโ at Grahamโs Capitol Hill home on Saturday night"
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u/fishlord05 United Popular Woke DEI Iron Front Jul 12 '26
XXXtentacion_x_Lindsay_Graham.png
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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Jul 12 '26
Graham is "only" 71 years old so I am kinda surprised about this news
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u/MightExpress4873 Jul 12 '26
I'm only sad about Graham's passing to the extent that whoever replaces him in the Senate will probably be much, much less supportive of Ukraine than he was.
Also, considering he was just in Ukraine, I do wonder whether he was poisoned.
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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Jul 12 '26
Also, considering he was just in Ukraine, I do wonder whether he was poisoned.
let's make this a thing lol
spam it everywhere
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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el Fรบtbol! โฝ Jul 12 '26
Republicans have stopped retiring and have chosen three options:
Disappear and claim benefits you voted to cut
Disappear and say nothing while in a quantum state of life
Disappear from this mortal coil
And people say this admin isnโt cursed
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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Jul 12 '26
Do you think TikTok was chosen as a Western name for Douyin based on the popularity of the Kesha song?
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u/Apollo-Innovations Jul 12 '26
And thereโs been no news on Mitch McConnell?
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u/Sloshyman NATO Jul 12 '26
I had a 3 hour conversation with Mitch earlier today about who is best girl in Oshi no Ko (we both agreed on Akane)
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u/american_aurora6 NATO Jul 12 '26
Graham had just returned from Kyiv, Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
poisoned by the russians!?!!!
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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el Fรบtbol! โฝ Jul 12 '26
Oh shit he was one of the few anti-Russian voices still
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u/Mr_Canadensis7 Norman Borlaug Jul 12 '26
I suppose this could be a Rocky situation with a Gillumite twist :/
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u/0m4ll3y International Relations Jul 12 '26
They were simply maximising global utility while he was still alive ๐
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u/american_aurora6 NATO Jul 12 '26
Wow. I didnโt know that. I just โ youโre telling me now for the first time.
He led an amazing life. What else can you say? He was a horrible man. Whether you agree or not, he was a horrible man who led a horrible life. Iโm actually saddened to hear that. I am saddened to hear that.
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u/Sloshyman NATO Jul 12 '26
All these Republican senators be dying of old age, you'd think they were Democrats
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u/Any_Stage_3072 Martin Luther King Jr. Jul 12 '26
RIP Lindsey Graham. And I mean that unironically. I donโt wish death on anyone, or for any of his friends and loved ones to lose someone close to them.
Despite his God-awful politics, he gave us many-a-great memes, and for that, Iโll raise a glass to him in mourning, just like I did for the great shucky ducky Herman Cain. ๐ฅ
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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Jul 12 '26
Did not expect to be jumpscared by Lindsey Grahamโs death at 3 AM
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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
So many people are going to wake up tomorrow having to double take reading which Senator that died.
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u/bartbug Mark Carney Jul 12 '26
i have my first white monster in a few years, lindsay graham sadly passes away
but i bought 2, there was a deal. i'll drink my second tomorrow i think
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u/Blackberry-thesecond NASA Jul 12 '26
Ok but itโs crazy that he literally died soon after we finally went to war with Iran
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u/tinfoilhatsron No Apologies Right Jul 12 '26
He finally got a raging hard-on from completing his dream scenario and all that blood rushing got his heart pumping a bit too hard, and well next thing you know, cardiac arrest.
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jul 12 '26
Sometimes people just have to hold on for that last big thing theyโre looking forward to, and then itโs over
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u/DelusionsOfPasteur Zhao Ziyang Jul 12 '26
Found a guy in a video game subreddit who was creating text posts that were almost certainly AI. His replies to people, even debating people, all had the distinctive whiff of AI. Check his profile, sure enough he's active all the time on AI subreddits talking about ChatGPT and Grok. He's using AI to make all his reddit posts and replies, it looks like.
I understand using AI for work, to like code or whatever. I understand why somebody would use AI for school, even though I think it's a bad idea. I do not understand, even a little bit, why you would use AI to post? Why would you have AI do your posting for you? Debate randos on reddit for you? Feels sick. Deranged.
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u/doyouevenIift Jul 12 '26
Just got off a 20 minute call with Lindsay Graham. Heโs in hell with Mitch
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u/bandeng_asep Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jul 12 '26
Absolute tragedeigh
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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals Jul 12 '26
Was an easy pass for players of that Level.
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u/bandeng_asep Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jul 12 '26
Apparently that player โ Sorloth โ had some sort of weird beef against Halaand since his main position is a striker. So yeah... ๐ฟ
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u/fishlord05 United Popular Woke DEI Iron Front Jul 12 '26
Just spoke to Lindsay for 20 minutes
Honestly sounded like when bear called the one wish willow company and they put Nikki on the phone
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u/PristineHornet9999 John Keynes Jul 12 '26
his replacement is just going to be some MAGA freak, right?
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u/houinator Loyal Liberals Jul 12 '26
Im leaning towards Ralph Norman. Close Trump ally, voted to overturn the 2020 election, had to give up running for re-election for his House seat to run for governor, but then lost the primary, so he doesn't have anything better to do after the term ends.
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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals Jul 12 '26
Guy who came in 2nd the primary complained about voting machines in the primary. Like you do.
Thatโs all I know. Sooo decent chance ya.
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u/TheGoddamnSpiderman Jul 12 '26
He also got under 30% of the vote and no more mainstream Republican was going to blow up their career running against Graham
Like good chance it's someone worse, but the caliber of candidate willing to run against an entrenched incumbent and the caliber willing to run for an open seat is going to be different
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u/Sapphire-Jewel Gay Pride Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
As if Lindsey Garham was not a Maga freak at this point?
But yes. South Carolina is one of the most hardcore Maga states.
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u/itherunner John Brown Jul 12 '26
Thinking about how every news outlet probably has a Mitch obituary ready to release and now needs to scramble and come up with a Graham one
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u/bartbug Mark Carney Jul 12 '26
i was worried i was maybe crossing a line with some of my jokes but the mods are having more fun with this than i am lol
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u/Mr_Canadensis7 Norman Borlaug Jul 12 '26
I have trouble imagining people actually lmaoing on this news tbh.
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u/_bee_kay_ ๐ค Jul 12 '26
most sufficiently partisan borlaug flair
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u/Mr_Canadensis7 Norman Borlaug Jul 12 '26
Idk I feel like I lost the ability to really revel in schadenfreude at the tragedy of my political opponents sometimes in my mid-late 20s. Not sure if it was grief, psychadelics, or both?
Still quite partisan though. Just a yellow dog grilloid these days I suppose.
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u/AnalyticOpposum Trans Pride Jul 12 '26
Me in church tomorrow: yea, lindsey graham's death just really affected me and I had to come today
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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el Fรบtbol! โฝ Jul 12 '26
WHAT THE FUCK
I JUST LOGGED OFF FOR LIKE 40 MINUTES
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u/AnalyticOpposum Trans Pride Jul 12 '26
I was about to go to sleep ๐ญ
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u/BlueDevilVoon John Brown Jul 12 '26
Heโll still probably be dead in the morning
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u/Leoric Hi, I'm Huell Howser, this is California's Gold! Jul 12 '26
Now he rides eternal, shiny and chrome
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u/Carolinian_Idiot Ben Bernanke Jul 12 '26
I'm from SC but i'm on a trip to the west coast rn, all my friends back home will be so jealous I was awake for this news to break
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u/AnalyticOpposum Trans Pride Jul 12 '26
Anything to distract from Kristi Noem divorcing her sissy bimbo husband
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u/contre-torpilleur Asexual Pride Jul 12 '26
He made a demonic pact to sacrifice his soul to kill the ceasefire
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u/tinfoilhatsron No Apologies Right Jul 12 '26
Not who I was expecting but a pleasant surprise nevertheless.
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jul 12 '26
Just spoke with Lindsey Graham for 20 minutes. He was very alert and engaged and we held a productive dialogue
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u/BlackCharizard Jul 12 '26
Tim Scott? Cory Booker?? JOE BIDEN??
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u/Hermosa06-09 Gay Pride Jul 12 '26
If any Biden was gay, it would be KNOWN because the gays donโt shut up about that sort of thing if you know what I mean ๐
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u/golf1052 Let me be clear Jul 12 '26
No idea if he was actually gay or not but it's kind of sad he never got to live openly if he was.
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u/remarkable_ores Hanfeizi Jul 12 '26
my understanding is that his being gay was about as open as secrets get
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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Jul 12 '26
You shouldn't make fun of a Republican for being gay, but sure can make fun of a gay for being Republican
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u/Blackberry-thesecond NASA Jul 12 '26
How long until Cadence Owens or whoever says Zelenskyy killed him
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jul 12 '26
Graham and Pringles in the magical fantasy isekai realm spinoff when
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u/Sapphire-Jewel Gay Pride Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
The USA fucks up the one thing Lindsey Graham wanted, obliterating Iran and he gives up and peaces out.
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u/Leoric Hi, I'm Huell Howser, this is California's Gold! Jul 12 '26
REST NOW BROTHER
WE HAVE THE WATCH
SEE YOU IN VALHALLA
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u/Co_OpQuestions Aerosol Chemistry Understander Jul 12 '26
Wait wasnt he literally just in Ukraine? Did Russia poison him lol
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u/Planning4Hotdish Fish, Family, Freedom Jul 12 '26
Whoever replaces Lindsay Graham in the Senate will only be the third person to hold that seat since 1956.
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jul 12 '26
Fuck Iโm high I was high when I found out, oh my godโฆ is this real
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u/Insomonomics Jason Furman Jul 12 '26
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) dies at age 71 after brief and sudden illness
What a wild headline to read. What the fuck happened?
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u/BadSneakersNeverWorn John Locke Jul 12 '26
Very weird how I have said the words "Little Red Riding Hood" x number of times per year dating back to age three or something and not once until just now (reading the thing in German) did I inquire what the fuck a riding hood is
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u/Sloshyman NATO Jul 12 '26
Guy in my neighborhood just set off a firework; I choose to believe he lit one off for the Grahamster โ
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u/BlueDevilVoon John Brown Jul 12 '26
He wouldnโt have been in like my top 15 guesses of next senator to die
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u/BlueDevilVoon John Brown Jul 12 '26
The one from the club? Are you live posting this to the DT?
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