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orleans

(37,573 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:33 PM Tuesday

"Anyone work at George Washington University Hospital? ... Spill the tea"

Anyone work at George Washington University Hospital?
The American People deserve to know if #MoscowMitch is alive or d3ad. Spill the tea.

Franken-Pattern (@franken-pattern.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T12:16:49.348Z

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"Anyone work at George Washington University Hospital? ... Spill the tea" (Original Post) orleans Tuesday OP
And violate HIPAA? Ocelot II Tuesday #1
Exactly. CBHagman Tuesday #2
It's given me the vapors it's so appealing, I mean, appalling. BannonsLiver Tuesday #11
Truly not possible unless a court demands proof of life 31j20b3 Tuesday #4
So, violate HIPAA, lose their job and license to practice? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #3
As of now, Mitch is Schroedinger's Senator. Ocelot II Tuesday #5
Either way, he's not voting, and that's a good thing Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #7
Wrong DET Tuesday #9
100% The people have a compelling interest in this. harumph Tuesday #12
Of course they do have a compelling interest. BannonsLiver Tuesday #15
It's a reasonable question to ask Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #16
When a high-profile death occurs, the circle of people who know the truth expands rapidly. QueerDuck Tuesday #6
There must be ways PATRICK Tuesday #8
Lotta pearl clutching about HIPPA BannonsLiver Tuesday #10
And it's immoral and illegal then too EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #13
Most don't though. BannonsLiver Tuesday #14

31j20b3

(211 posts)
4. Truly not possible unless a court demands proof of life
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:45 PM
Tuesday

McConnel is/was a tremendously important person. His holding a senate office places demands that the public in Kentucky be honestly appraised of his capacity to perform his office.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,671 posts)
3. So, violate HIPAA, lose their job and license to practice?
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:43 PM
Tuesday

The inability of the populace to endure uncertainty and the shortening of both attention spans and patience is evidence of the increasing immaturity of the human race.

At some point it will just be a morass of infantile Id’s impulsively acting and reacting to whatever stimulus enters their awareness.

Ocelot II

(131,983 posts)
5. As of now, Mitch is Schroedinger's Senator.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:47 PM
Tuesday

Guess we'll just have to wait and see whether he leaves the hospital in a wheelchair or a zipper bag.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,671 posts)
7. Either way, he's not voting, and that's a good thing
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:05 PM
Tuesday

Whether he’s dead or not doesn’t really matter at the moment.

DET

(2,700 posts)
9. Wrong
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:21 PM
Tuesday

“The inability of the populace to endure uncertainty and the shortening of both attention spans and patience is evidence of” the American publics absolute disgust with politicians lies and obfuscation. I don’t think it’s too much to ask if one of the 100 most powerful lawmakers in the country is dead - or brain dead. Now they have senators and talking heads claiming that they’ve had extensive conversations with McConnell. That strains credulity, to put it mildly. Just tell us the truth.

BannonsLiver

(21,190 posts)
15. Of course they do have a compelling interest.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:32 PM
Tuesday

With all due respect to those still living in the “my honorable friend across the aisle” era of politics in the thread. The public deserves to know, and by any means necessary. Period.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,671 posts)
16. It's a reasonable question to ask
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:55 PM
Tuesday

But it’s not reasonable to demand that someone break the law to answer it.

QueerDuck

(2,389 posts)
6. When a high-profile death occurs, the circle of people who know the truth expands rapidly.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:01 PM
Tuesday

This would likely include hospital staff, transport drivers, removal technicians, the funeral director, the embalmer, the crematory operator, and even administrative clerks filing the paperwork.

If the people involved feel confident that a reputable news outlet will protect their reporters with the First Amendment... and a news organization can print a story based entirely on an anonymous tip... it may be impossible to keep someone from talking or whispering secrets to a reporter in an empty stairwell... or at the smoker's patio on the roof.

The reporter simply writes, "A source close to the family confirms..." or "According to a confidential source within the facility..."

After he's dead-dead... it wouldn't stay a secret very long. For now, he's just mostly dead.

PATRICK

(12,455 posts)
8. There must be ways
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:20 PM
Tuesday

besides unleashing a wave of money and threats like the GOP would do as a first resort.

BannonsLiver

(21,190 posts)
10. Lotta pearl clutching about HIPPA
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:24 PM
Tuesday

Hospital staff leak shit all the time about celebs. It’s nothing new. And it’s not exactly the crime of the century as some in the thread have intimated. Calm down lol.

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