Former Obama staffer calls for Senator Dianne Feinstein to resign

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    36% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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  •   Conservative
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"They need liberal judges to rule in favor of abortion."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"It's always all about abortion with Democrats."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Questions about Feinstein's fitness to serve have followed her for years now, particularly since an unsettling moment in 2020 when she embraced Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and seemed supportive of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court, prompting questions of whether she even knew what was going on."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Questions about Feinstein's fitness to serve have followed her for years now, particularly since an unsettling moment in 2020 when she embraced Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and seemed supportive of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court, prompting questions of whether she even knew what was going on."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"So, it looks to be a coordinated effort of Democrats in the media to oust Diae Feinstein."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Feinstein represents 40 million Americans and serves on four Senate committees."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The Biden nominees aren't moving out of the Senate Judicial Committee to the Senate floor for votes."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"And as the Senate, which has been on recess since March 31, prepares to return on April 17, Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday that Feinstein's absence from the Senate -- and the Judiciary Committee specifically -- will impede Democrats' ability to confirm judicial nominees."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"And as the Senate, which has been on recess since March 31, prepares to return on April 17, Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday that Feinstein's absence from the Senate -- and the Judiciary Committee specifically -- will impede Democrats' ability to confirm judicial nominees."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Which means that Diae Feinstein who should not be in the Senate is now preventing us from being able to confirm judges.And as sad as it is to sort of see someone who's had an incredibly storied and long career and has done a lot of good for this state, I think what the people around Diae Feinstein are doing, being part of this farce of having a lack of a senator at such an important job is really wrong, Lovett added."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Which means that Diae Feinstein who should not be in the Senate is now preventing us from being able to confirm judges.And as sad as it is to sort of see someone who's had an incredibly storied and long career and has done a lot of good for this state, I think what the people around Diae Feinstein are doing, being part of this farce of having a lack of a senator at such an important job is really wrong, Lovett added."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"It looks like Lovett is joining a growing number of Democrats calling for Feinstein to resign since she has been home recovering from shingles."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Feinstein, who was hospitalized in early March for shingles and has remained in her San Francisco home since March 7, has missed 60 votes of the 82 taken in the Senate in 2023, per the San Francisco Chronicle."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"I can't consider nominees in these circumstances, because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee, Durbin told CNN."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Last year, a separate San Francisco Chronicle report citing uamed senators and Senate staffers claimed Feinstein's memory was rapidly deteriorating, and that she's mentally unfit to continue serving."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"There's been a lot of reporting about Diae Feinstein no longer being fit to serve in the Senate representing the biggest state in this country."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"And back in February, Feinstein and her team struggled to even coordinate on something as simple as the timing of her aouncement that she isn't seeking reelection."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Jon Lovett said that Feinstein (D-CA) should no longer be in the Senate."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"On Tuesday I read an article in Jezebel about the fact that it's time for Feinstein to resign because she is holding up judicial confirmations."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Them's the breaks, Dick."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Diae Feinstein should no longer be in the Senate."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Feinstein's downfall really accelerated in the eyes of Democrats when she began to work well with Lindsey Graham on the Judicial Committee."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Feinstein's downfall really accelerated in the eyes of Democrats when she began to work well with Lindsey Graham on the Judicial Committee."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"A former Obama staffer called for Senator Diae Feinstein to resign during a broadcast of his podcast, Pod Save America."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"A former Obama staffer called for Senator Diae Feinstein to resign during a broadcast of his podcast, Pod Save America."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"Shortly after, Feinstein was removed from her position as Chair of the Judiciary Committee -- but a report from the time claimed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had to twice inform Feinstein of her removal because she forgot the first time."
Negative
-74% Liberal
"Shortly after, Feinstein was removed from her position as Chair of the Judiciary Committee -- but a report from the time claimed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had to twice inform Feinstein of her removal because she forgot the first time."
Negative
-74% Liberal
"Shortly after, Feinstein was removed from her position as Chair of the Judiciary Committee -- but a report from the time claimed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had to twice inform Feinstein of her removal because she forgot the first time."
Negative
-74% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : They need liberal judges to rule in favor of abortion.
40% : It's always all about abortion with Democrats.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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