McConnell hasn't been seen publicly since June 11. Two photos, no video. His exit isn't new though. He announced Feb 20, 2025 that this term is his last, nine months before the fall. Whether he resigns EARLY is the live question. Kalshi has it at 8 cents.
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- Nobody hands the wheel to their most polarizing member when they like their odds. AOC didn't win the 2028 frontrunner slot. She got volunteered for it. And when it goes sideways, the consultants land somewhere else and she's the one holding it.
- Federal judges have one manual for telling good science from bad. Its climate chapter just got pulled — and it closely mirrors a 2020 paper co-authored by a lawyer who's Of Counsel at a firm suing energy companies over climate damages. Nobody disclosed that to the judges.
- 100+ Texas landowners testified ~15 hours against the new 765-kV lines. 40+ state lawmakers now oppose. Lt. Gov. Patrick: the approval process is "broken and must be reformed." Regulators met Aug 14 and took no action. Nothing's decided. Next: Aug 19 and Aug 20.
- A federal judge ordered Trump's name off the Kennedy Center. The board just put it back under a different label and called it a credit line, not a rename. Nobody's ruled on it yet, but let's be honest about what a federal board just did to a federal court order.

