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What led to his firing earlier that month was a matter of some dispute. In a termination letter, Feinsteins chief of staff wrote that Purley had lost his job simply because he had stopped showing up to work and had repeatedly corresponded with constituents on behalf of the senator without first getting approval from his manager. Purley, meanwhile, thought he was being punished for telling hard truths about Feinstein. It was obvious to him that her mental faculties were dimming and she might be going senile. Purley also thought the Senate office should be focusing more on constituent services casework like tracking misdirected benefit payments or providing help filling out federal forms. During a pandemic, this was the kind of work that Purley felt could save lives especially lives in hardup communities of color. (Feinsteins office declined to provide comment for this story.)

Things had come to a head two weeks earlier. On a phone call with other members of the office, Purley had let loose, airing concerns for what felt like 10 minutes. He talked about the coworkers who had touched his hair while he sat at his desk, how the senator hadnt ever learned his name or spoken to him despite five years of service to her, how the chief of staff seemed to be operating as a shadow senator since the actual one was, in his opinion, no longer mentally there.

Perhaps most memorable to those on the call was his belief that the senator cared more about her dog, Kirby, than she does about Black people.

The article also details how, post-firing, he took a video of himself smoking a blunt at her desk.

The article also details how, post-firing, he took a video of himself smoking a blunt at her desk.

He should primary her and take her seat.

"Look at me. I am the Senator now."

Feinstein would probably go "I don't even know where I am"

He should primary her and take her seat.

"Look at me. I am the Senator now."

Feinstein would probably go "I don't even know where I am"

She's not running again and her staffers are really the issue here to start with, they are abusive

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Feinsteins chief of staff wrote that Purley had lost his job simply because he had stopped showing up to work

She's not running again and her staffers are really the issue here to start with, they are abusive

The article also details how, post-firing, he took a video of himself smoking a blunt at her desk.

how the senator hadnt ever learned his name