Mystery surrounding Senator Mitch McConnell’s health is deepening as the US Congress prepares to return from recess next week.
McConnell, 84, has not been seen in public since he was admitted to hospital in the Washington area on 14 June. Nearly a month later, the Kentucky Republican’s office has released only sparse updates, saying he is “continuing to improve” and remains engaged with Senate business, while refusing to disclose the nature of his illness or explain why he remains hospitalised.
Yep. A whole lot of the left - at least the online ones - seem to be preoccupied with “boomers” and other ageist nonsense (as if an entire generation can have their politics defined by the 20 year period they happened to be born in).
Meanwhile, the conservatives and their party are working to crank out people that are barely past the zygote phase and have them work in their think tanks, crank out Alternative Facts on Bullshit Mountain Media, have them installed in every institution of the land (including lifetime positions), and have them alter our government, our schools, our universities, our workplaces…