#and had the whiteboard out and handwrote a budget explaining how a bank teller's pay

[super-lad]

listening to rep. katie porter's memoir I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan and it's real good. she's the only single mother in congress with young kids, she basically goes into detail of how the institution itself makes it difficult for someone like her to do the work of helping people. and she's done a lot of work helping people with foreclosed homes and bankruptcy. her audiobook is voiced by her so hearing all the juicy bits of her swearing is a treat. like she says, being a congresswoman is often "more Veep than House of Cards."