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Welcome to America, where you’re never quite sure if your senator is dead or not (www.theguardian.com)
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Real senator, or wax figurine?

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[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He was born in 1942. Imagine all the wonderful things he could have done with his life!

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Or at the very least retired 25 years ago.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sure he did plenty of wonderful things for his life. His life. Not the lives of the people he was paid to represent.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

he did try to sustain himself by absorbing the soul of another senator who conveniently died at the same time.