Crisis in the Democratic Party

Republicans are bizarrely rallying around the Democratic Senator from California, Dianne Feinstein, as she is forced to miss just about every judiciary committee meeting while she struggles to recover from shingles. Although rumors had circulated about it for many years, it was revealed through interviews with former members of Feinstein’s staff that she does have dementia and has trouble doing her job. Although she has said she’ll only serve through the remainder of her term, her absence means that Senate Democrats are completely unable to do any of the critical business of confirming judges.

It is possible that a replacement for her could be placed on the committee, but that would require a committee vote that Democrats currently lack the numbers on with her absence. And Republicans are not trying to play ball. They want to maneuver to ensure Democrats confirm zero new federal judges, while in public they cry “cancel culture”. Meanwhile, her senate colleagues, including Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, support her serving the remainder of her term. It sucks, especially with Democrats likely to lose the Senate in 2024 and an already out of control federal judiciary.

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Recorded April 2023.

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