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16. So oldness is the key? Not mental agility, care for people or being in touch with constituent concerns?

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:32 AM

Aug 1

Nobody is too old.
Ageism is as bad as sexism and racism.

Age is just a number. What counts is job performance.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren falls in the Senate Chamber...... [View all] a kennedy Jul 31 OP

Wow. Hope she's okay. senseandsensibility Jul 31 #1

I know! ShazzieB Jul 31 #13

That was no Mitch McConnell tumble True Dough Jul 31 #3

How's she doing? nt Dulcinea Jul 31 #4

Are we sure this isn't AI? EdmondDantes_ Jul 31 #6

I hope that she is well. CentralMass Jul 31 #7

Watch the video, it doesn't look that bad. StarryNite Jul 31 #8

Looks accidental and not bad . . . AverageOldGuy Jul 31 #9

Daily Mail Daily Fail the equivalent of National Enquirer. Ms. Toad Jul 31 #10

These people are too old. erodriguez Jul 31 #11

I would love to see 30 younger Dem Senators with the same Bluetus Jul 31 #15

Those are much more reasoned statements and I can agree with them. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 1 #20

Yeah, because younger people never fall. n/t TheBadWolf Aug 1 #19

Did we watch the same video? blogslug Aug 1 #21

It was such a minor fall, it wasn't even newsworthy. n/t valleyrogue Jul 31 #12

The Daily Heil is a RW shit rag. nt Celerity Aug 1 #17