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“Where’s Mitch McConnell?” mystery exposes media failures

The lack of hard news about the Kentucky senator's condition shows the sad state of contemporary journalism

Published July 10, 2026 9:20AM (EDT)

I interviewed Mitch McConnell for the first time when I was 17, and I was warned by my uncle who knew him well that he was about one thing and one thing only. 

“What is that?” I asked.

“Mitch McConnell,” he said. 

Kentucky’s 84-year-old senior senator is one of the chief architects of the MAGA Republican Party, and he is almost solely responsible for the makeup of the current Supreme Court. He has been absent without leave since June 14, apparently in a “D.C. area hospital” receiving “excellent care.” But for what, we have no idea, and few seem to care. McConnell is an inveterate political fly catcher who has survived in the back alleys and fetid filth of Washington’s political swamp. 

Don’t expect members of my profession to track down the story. We’re too busy listening to Donald Trump berate NATO, lie about his investments, revive the Red Scare and call Iranian leaders “scum.”

Don’t expect members of my profession to track down the story. We’re too busy listening to Donald Trump berate NATO, lie about his investments, revive the Red Scare and call Iranian leaders “scum,” while at the same time declaring we’ve defeated Iran in a war everyone believes we shouldn’t have........

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