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Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at 90
(www.nytimes.com)
May she rest in peace and vacate her seat.
I hope they didn't leave her in her seat.
Wouldn't be surprised if they did.
She will still be running for reelection, though.
If on the ballot she would win, too.
One of the biggest barriers to a functioning democracy is inertia (name recognition), which is why we need term limits so badly. Ask any democrat, for example, and they'll tell you they want younger, more diverse candidates. But when asked to check a box in the spring of 2020 for president, the majority (plurality?) bypassed the female candidates, candidates of color, and the non-CIS candidate(s) to choose an old white man as their champion - and not even the liberal old white man at that. We need these old-ass MFers out of the way, for our own damned good.
Rather than term limits on elected office, I'd like to see term/time limits on how long a senator or representative can sit on the same committees. If legislators were being termed out of the powerful committees, I think the parties would not try so hard to keep people in office past their functioning years.
Or, ya know, we could just implement term limits directly instead of trying to use some scheme which likely would backfire.
It is sad that she is dead, but she should have retired a while ago.
yeah I sorta feel bad as Im almost happy just because that seat needs to be vacated. I wish she had just retired so that I could be sadder and have more of a feeling of how great this representative had been. But she made a situation where its like a relief that she died.
Yeah like shes had physical and mental issues for a long time now, you'd think retiring to focus on her health would be a thing.
Are they sure? Has anyone tried discussing government contracts that will have a huge impact on the stock market in front of her to see if she perks up?
May her memory be a blessing.
Can we get term limits now?
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, the trailblazing Democratic power broker who served in the Senate for 30 years, died on Thursday night, according to a family member.
In recent years, Ms. Feinstein, 90, had suffered from frail health and memory issues that made it difficult for her to function alone and prompted calls for her to step down, which she consistently rejected.
Her staff was being informed at 9 a.m.
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No one saw this coming. Just like a repeat of RBG.
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