California Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies At 90 - TPM – Talking Points Memo

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has passed away. She was 90.

Feinstein was the Senate’s longest ever serving woman and the body’s oldest member. First elected in 1992, Feinstein broke new ground throughout her career: She was San Francisco’s first female mayor in 1978 and, after being elected to the Senate, became the first-ever female member of the Judiciary Committee.

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Best wishes to her family. Fingers crossed that Newsom appoints someone solid.

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Rest in peace.

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I want Senator Katie Porter.

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I’m so old I remember when she wasn’t. Thanks for all the years of solid service, Senator.

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Sad to hear the news, and condolences to the family.

Dianne Feinstein was a part of my life starting when I moved to SF- first as a County Supervisor, then Mayor, and then Senator. She has done us proud in many, many ways.

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May Senator Feinstein’s memory be a blessing.

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Imagine having tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars and spending your dying days being wheeled into your office like a mannequin. What an utter waste.

Her obit’s now going to be dedicated to her refusal to step down, and her health issues, rather than her career. Total self-inflicted wound.

At least we’ll have her legacy of supporting America’s massive post-9/11 surveillance state to remember her by.

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So what are the odds the Republicans actually allow Feinstein’s replacement onto the Senate Judiciary Committee? I’m thinking the odds are unlikely given the narrow control we have if the Senate.

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So how is #MoscowMitch going to try to use this for his advantage?

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I guess we can stop bitching about her refusal to retire.

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I’m sure it will end with one of his long drawn-out silences in honor of his nonagenarian colleague, then perhaps a trip to the hospital himself for his closing days. Just hoping.

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Remind me to never invite you to a funeral.

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You need to remove that garbage.

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Why? Are you so weak you cannot abide a little snark? You can’t scream about right wing fascism, then tell someone what they cannot say or think…

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Ah yes, Dixie Diane, who insisted that the flag of the Confederacy fly over San Francisco’s City Hall.

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Haven’t you heard? This site is for left wing purists only. Let the purge begin!

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The average Hive poster makes Joe Manchin seem left-wing.

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Username sure checks out.

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Well, I guess it’s because speaking badly of those that just passed is too easy. They can’t respond.

Have a great life. Remember to go to your friends funerals so they go to yours.

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