The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein places Gov. Gavin Newsom under intense pressure to quickly name a replacement as a bitterly divided Congress votes on a spending plan in the coming hours to avert a government shutdown.

Newsom had hoped to avoid the politically charged decision of selecting a second senator. But he will need to move swiftly as a budget standoff has the government on the verge of shutting down, and Senate Democrats could need every vote. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) affirmed on Friday that the fast-moving political situation creates an imperative for Newsom to make a difficult decision quickly.

“He, you know, wants to be respectful and not name somebody while folks are still grappling with their grief,” Kaine said, but “we cannot afford to be one down. We really can’t.”

The timing of Feinstein’s death — four months before a primary but more than a year before the end of her term — complicates this election cycle. Staff at the California secretary of state’s office was huddling early Friday morning to determine the timelines that would govern an appointment or a possible special election.

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      Here’s news: the leftist “anti-agism” crusade is a super weak position to be taking

      So pushing back against prejudice and/or discrimination is a “leftist ‘anti-ageism’ crusade”? Really?

      Prejudice and/or discrimination of ANY kind should not be allowed in a healthy society, and is definitely NOT a “super weak position to be taking”.

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          You are wildly outnumbered in this thread.

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          I really don’t care if it’s 1v3 or 3v1, etc. I’m speaking towards the truth of things, and what is right, and not being emotional and extremist just for the sake of it.

          trying to invent fake “offenses” like ageism.

          So if a black person tells you you’re being discriminatory or racist towards them, you’d be able to tell them it’s a fake offense they’re having/feeling as well?

          You don’t get to choose which offenses are fake or not, it’s up to the person that the comment is targeted to to decide if they’re offended or not, if they feel discriminated against or not.

          ageism ā′jĭz″əm noun Discrimination based on age, especially prejudice against the elderly. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people. The treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age.

          The literal English definition defines it as discriminatory, a negative.