<a href="https://archive.ph/NK9pm" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/NK9pm</a><p>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]<p>> “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.”<p>The <i>SF Chronicle</i> ran a story in April about her progressing cognitive problems. She's 88.[6]<p>The race to replace her was already competitive before she'd even announced her retirement.[7]<p>1: <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/feinstein-im-no-technophobe-077291" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/feinstein-im-no-techn...</a><p>2: <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/sen-feinstein-shouldnt-make-tech-companies-do" rel="nofollow">https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/sen-feinstein-sh...</a><p>3: <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2016/04/08/burr-feinstein-release-their-anti-encryption-bill-more-ridiculous-than-expected/" rel="nofollow">https://www.techdirt.com/2016/04/08/burr-feinstein-release-t...</a><p>4: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-i...</a><p>5: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431238-kids-confront-feinstein-over-green-new-deal/" rel="nofollow">https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431238-kids-confront-fei...</a><p>6: <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstei...</a><p>7: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-20/california-democratic-senate-primary-free-for-all" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-20/california...</a>