{"id":80,"date":"2026-07-13T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackshine.net\/?p=80"},"modified":"2026-07-13T01:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:01:17","slug":"is-the-swamp-draining-or-leaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackshine.net\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Is the Swamp Draining or Leaking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham &#8230; died at age 71 from a heart ailment, specifically an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another long-time establishment Republican will no longer be a member of the U.S. Senate, joining a list that includes several not seeking reelection this fall\u2014Mitch McConnell (KY), Thom Tillis (NC), Joni Ernst (IA), Cynthia Lummis (WY)\u2014as well as primary loser John Cornyn (TX), and now Lindsey Graham (SC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s all just a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/jackshine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Coincidence-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackshine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Coincidence-.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/jackshine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Coincidence--300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jackshine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Coincidence--768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham &#8230; died at age 71 from a heart ailment, specifically an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.&#8221; \u2014 Reuters Another long-time establishment Republican will no longer be a member of the U.S. Senate, joining a list that includes several not seeking reelection this fall\u2014Mitch McConnell (KY), Thom Tillis (NC), Joni &#8230; <a title=\"Is the Swamp Draining or Leaking?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jackshine.net\/?p=80\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is the Swamp Draining or Leaking?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[37,40,39,38],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us-politics","tag-gop","tag-graham","tag-rip","tag-senate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is the Swamp Draining or Leaking? - Jack Shine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jackshine.net\/?p=80\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is the Swamp Draining or Leaking? - Jack Shine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham &#8230; died at age 71 from a heart ailment, specifically an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.&#8221; \u2014 Reuters Another long-time establishment Republican will no longer be a member of the U.S. Senate, joining a list that includes several not seeking reelection this fall\u2014Mitch McConnell (KY), Thom Tillis (NC), Joni ... 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