Mitch McConnell is frail, but he is still the Senate's tactician
I’ve spent my life around men who knew the difference between being exhausted and being finished.
By Grant Colby ·
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Mitch McConnell is too frail for the U.S. Senate to be a trophy
On Monday, September 14, 2026, Mitch McConnell walked back into the U.S. Senate.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Mitch McConnell returns to a Senate that is a ruins-site
The image is a perfect, grim metaphor for the American political project: an 84-year-old man, the longest-serving leader in the history of the U.S. Senate, returning to the Capitol in a wheelchair.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Mitch McConnell's absence is a dereliction of duty
The Senate returned from its five-week recess on September 14, but the most consequential seat in the Republican caucus remains a vacuum.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Hegseth's spending ignores American grids and water systems failure
The number itself should trigger an alarm bell loud enough to rattle the windowpanes of every corporate lobbyist and think tank: $1.5 trillion.
By Imani Sutton ·
The ‘YOLO Caucus’ holdouts who relented on Blanche
The whole circus surrounding Todd Blanche’s confirmation is a masterclass in institutional triage—a desperate, political scramble to keep the lights on at the expense of actual integrity.
By Josie Calloway ·
Beshear's jab proves Kentucky politics prefers insults to policy
The sheer, exhausting theater of Kentucky politics—a spectacle designed not for policy debate but for maximum social media velocity.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
‘Where’s Mitch?’ Kentucky Political Picnic Takes Place Without McConnell
The political calendar is often less about policy and more about who shows up—or fails to show up.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s message to Sen. Mitch McConnell: Disclose more about health or resign
The truth, like good soil, needs to be turned over regularly if you want anything to grow in it.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Trump demands Senate stay in Washington to pass voting bill
The constant drumbeat from the White House suggests that Congress is merely a theatrical stage set for one man’s legislative demands.
By Grant Colby ·
McConnell releases health update, saying he’s not ready to return to work yet
The persistent myth of American political life is that it hinges upon the personal stamina and visibility of its most prominent figures.
By Tom Beckwith ·