THE CALLS SAID McCONNELL WAS DEAD: Beshear's Bombshell

Two agencies called Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear suggesting Senator Mitch McConnell had "passed" — while McConnell's office went nearly a month without a single statement. That is not a rumor. It is Beshear's own on-the-record account, given in an interview with Katie Couric and reported by Fox News. An 84-year-old sitting United States senator was hospitalized after a June 14 fall, his constituents heard nothing, speculation exploded, Senator Ron Johnson floated doubts about the hospital photo and walked them back within hours — and now the governor of Kentucky says he was told the senator might already be gone. Chuck walks through exactly what Beshear said, who wouldn't be named, and why a month of institutional silence is the real scandal.Also in today's episode: Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance welcome their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance — the first child born to a sitting vice president's family in more than 150 years (per the Associated Press). Spain beats Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup at MetLife Stadium, and President Trump personally hands over the trophy. Taylor Farms recalls iceberg lettuce shipped to 27 states as the FDA ties a cyclospora outbreak to lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states. With socialism about to be sold to you from now until the midterms, Chuck loads your ammo: the OECD, Eurostat, and Freedom House numbers the Danish-model crowd never shows you. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey posts the biggest live-action opening of the year. And the University at Buffalo funds "queer theory" and "racial capitalism" research grants (per Campus Reform). Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.00:00 Welcome to 64700:40 Taco Bell Lettuce Recall01:57 Vance Baby Makes History04:51 Spain Wins World Cup06:06 McConnell Death Rumors10:00 Danish Model Debate22:43 Nolan Odyssey Box Office27:13 UB Queer Theory Grants30:08 Website Plug and Sign Off#647 #ChuckFrank #McConnell #Beshear #Accountability #Vance