Is time up for no left-lean Dianne Feinstein?

Senator Dianne Feinstein, who has represented California for 25 years, announced this week she will run for a sixth term on Capitol Hill.

The moderate Democrat, who is 84, will likely face a strong primary from those who argue she is not progressive enough. California congressman Ro Khanna is among those calling for challengers.

“She hasn’t been a strong advocate on privacy, she hasn’t been strong on civil liberties, she hasn’t been strong in terms of standing up to our foreign policy interventions around the world,’’ Khanna told Politico.

“She was totally out of touch when the whole debate happened on encryption” after the San Bernardino attack, Khanna said. “And most recently, she has not embraced a move toward ‘Medicare for All’ and bold economic policies.”

The LA Times reported that California state senate leader Kevin de Léon and entrepreneur Joseph Sandberg are among those preparing to run.

#WomenBoycottTwitter …

… was trending on, er, Twitter on Friday, as a number of women pledged to avoid the site.

The pledges were in response to Twitter suspending the actor Rose McGowan’s account after she tweeted about sexual harassment in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

A number of celebrities joined in the boycott – although some participants were called out by others as not having been as supportive when women of colour were attacked in the past.

Calling white women allies to recognize conflict of #WomenBoycottTwitter for women of color who haven't received support on similar issues. — Ava DuVernay (@ava) October 13, 2017

Reverend Billy off to Britain

Famed New York activist Reverend Billy and his “Stop Shopping Choir” are taking their show to the UK next week, to spread their anti-consumerism message.

The faux preacher, whose full name is Billy Talen, rose to prominence during the Occupy Wall Street protests and has been holding events in Trump Tower over the past year, urging people to stop buying products in a bid to combat climate change.

From 21 October and for eight days, Talen and his 15-person choir will take their “Trump depression hotline” show to eight UK cities including London, Birmingham and Liverpool.

Reverend Billy does his thing at Trump Tower. Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

“You see people sitting in traffic jams, listening to the same pop songs, buying the same things, watching the same football games,” Talen said. “We’re suffering from thousands of marketing events every day now.”

The group will take part in protests and other actions with local activist groups as they travel.

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