by Michael Peter Edson “How many lives did Katie Porter save today using a whiteboard, a bullshit detector, and an ability to retain focus?” — Writer Hart Hanson, on Congressional Representative Katie Porter's (Democrat, California) questioning of Robert R. Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a televised Congressional hearing that has gone viral, Rep. Porter persuaded the CDC director to fund Covid-19 tests for all Americans for free. Via The Hill.