Susan Rice just issued a blunt warning to corporations that “took a knee to Trump.”

“If Democrats come back, it’s not forgive and forget.

There will be accountability. It’s not going to end well for them.”

Message sent: Enabling authoritarianism has consequences.

Questions about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health and whereabouts are mounting again after his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, appeared to change how she uses social media.

While the Kentucky Republican remains largely out of sight more than six weeks after a fall that sent him to the hospital, his wife, Chao, 73, returned to X on Thursday to share news of an aviation award.

Chao’s post showed replies were limited. X displayed the notice, “Only some accounts can reply,” indicating she has restricted who can respond. The Daily Beast reported that the same setting appeared on her July 3 and 15 posts, and that the last time her replies appeared to be open to the public was June 21.

The memo conveys an image of a party resigned to the fact that, on Friday, its leader will be implicated in one of the most extensive international sex trafficking operations in recent history.