Feinstein is a longtime tech industry villain on the "catastrophically ignorant" track,[1][2] especially around encryption.[3][4] I'll especially remember her brushing off kids who lobbied her on the Green New Deal:[5]
> “I’ve gotten elected, I just ran,” she added. “I was elected by almost a million-vote plurality. And I know what I’m doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit.”
The SF Chronicle ran a story in April about her progressing cognitive problems. She's 88.[6]
The race to replace her was already competitive before she'd even announced her retirement.[7]
Re:Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to retire at end of term
by rt4mn on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @06:07PM
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Its even more bonkers that she remained anti-encryption and pro-mass surveillance after the CIA was caught spying on her committee, while her committee attempted to investigate the CIA!
Re:Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to retire at end of term
by ggm on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:57PM
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From a different polity (aus), if a senate seat falls vacant its filled by a nominee of the party who held that quotient at the will of the state premier, a power which has occasionally (very occasionally, but notoriously to cause a flip in the government by triggering a double dissolution of the chambers) been abused.
Would it not be kinder to the D party for her to stop now. Or, presumably have stopped years ago?
Re:Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to retire at end of term
by anigbrowl on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @05:09PM
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I look forward to having two Senators again in 2025. Feinstein votes reliably but hasn't said anything of note for years and seems generally disengaged from anything. Joe Biden is a whirlwind of energy by comparison.
Feinstein is a longtime tech industry villain on the "catastrophically ignorant" track,[1][2] especially around encryption.[3][4] I'll especially remember her brushing off kids who lobbied her on the Green New Deal:[5]
> “I’ve gotten elected, I just ran,” she added. “I was elected by almost a million-vote plurality. And I know what I’m doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit.”
The SF Chronicle ran a story in April about her progressing cognitive problems. She's 88.[6]
The race to replace her was already competitive before she'd even announced her retirement.[7]
1: https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/feinstein-im-no-techn...
2: https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/sen-feinstein-sh...
3: https://www.techdirt.com/2016/04/08/burr-feinstein-release-t...
4: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-i...
5: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431238-kids-confront-fei...
6: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstei...
7: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-20/california...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/a-brief...
Would it not be kinder to the D party for her to stop now. Or, presumably have stopped years ago?