(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Lots of Democrats want to succeed Adam Schiff in the House, but just one wants to resurrect the dead [1] ['Daily Kos Staff', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-02 Feuer, who struggled to raise money, ended up dropping out ahead of the nonpartisan primary and endorsing Bass. Feuer got some welcome news in August, though, when federal authorities announced that the city attorney was not a target in their probe. Feuer joins a field of Democratic congressional candidates that already included: Tech businessman Joshua Bocanegra Assemblywoman Laura Friedman 2022 candidate Maebe A. Girl Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education member Nick Melvoin State Sen. Anthony Portantino Actor Ben Savage, the former “Boy Meets World” star who unsuccessfully ran for West Hollywood City Council in 2022, has also filed with the FEC, though he has not yet announced he’s in. Joe Biden carried this seat by a 72-20 margin, so there’s a very good chance that two Democrats could advance out of the top-two primary. There’s no obvious frontrunner in this field, which still has plenty of time to expand, though Primary School notes that Bocanegra stands out as the contender who has tried to bring back the dead. Popular Science interviewed Bocanegra in 2015 about his company’s efforts, and he explained: “We’ll first collect extensive data on our members for years prior to their death via various apps we’re developing. After death we’ll freeze the brain using cryonics technology. When the technology is fully developed we’ll implant the brain into an artificial body. The artificial body functions will be controlled with your thoughts by measuring brain waves. As the brain ages we’ll use nanotechnology to repair and improve cells. Cloning technology is going to help with this too.” Bocanegra further predicted, “We believe we can resurrect the first human within 30 years,” so we have another 22 years to see if he was right. His campaign website, though, does not mention anything about resurrection: Instead, he writes that he started “a med-tech startup where I assembled a team of scientists and researchers to extend human life through advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and medical nanotechnology.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/2/2150772/-Lots-of-Democrats-want-to-succeed-Adam-Schiff-in-the-House-but-just-one-wants-to-resurrect-the-dead Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/