A worrying phone call adds to concerns
about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's cognitive health
Posted By: NorthernDog, 6/14/2022 11:21:08 AM
Journalist Rebecca Traister set out to write a profile of the oldest sitting U.S. senator, Dianne Feinstein of California, who turns 89 on June 22. And while Traister's feature piece does center on Feinstein's long and storied career, it also evokes questions about the senator's cognitive health. NPR's All Things Considered spoke with Traister, a writer for The Cut, about a worrying call she had with Feinstein two days after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. "It felt to me to be deeply disconnected from the very urgent and chilling realities that we are very much in the midst of,"
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Sounds just like Old Joe - the lights may be on but no one is home.