Why the media lets Republicans keep medical woes a mystery ^64.3%

Salon.com - By Sophia Tesfaye - 7/2/2026, 5:30 PM

Negativity Bias 36.6% - Biased Writer Voice 35.2% - False Dilemma 17.8%

Here we go again with the extraordinary, taxpayer-funded disappearing acts of Republican politicians. A headline in the Louisville Courier-Journal crystalized the state of affairs on Capitol Hill: “As Tom Kean returns, Mitch McConnell‘s absence now DC’s biggest mystery.” Reporter Lucas Aulbach noted that the 84-year-old former Senate... more