Latest / Systemic Error Podcast
Jaws drop as Mitch McConnell’s neighbors spill new details on hospitalized GOP leader
McConnell’s Silence Is the StoryA Senator Is Not a Private PatientThe reported facts are narrow and revealing: Mitch McConnell was hospitalized on June 14, his office disclosed little, and later reports said he had been found unconscious at home and given CPR. Neighbors described a visibly alarming condition. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear then had to publicly ask for a health update.That sequence is the real scandal. Not the gossip. Not the appetite for spectacle. The scandal is that a man holding one of the most powerful seats in American government can disappear into a haze of euphemism while…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.