If you’ve been watching US confirmation hearings for the Donald Trump cabinet nominations, you may be depressed and exasperated by the way in which what passes for due process in the US government seems to be ineffective window dressing, incapable of preventing the country from rapidly becoming a Will Ferrell movie made real.

Fear not, though, because in Connecticut, “the nutmeg state” or “the land of steady habits”, a hero is emerging: a man who will revive liberal faith in US governance and isn’t afraid to stand up for what’s right, even in the face of insurmountable idiocy. That man is state senator Martin Looney. While Rome is burning, Looney, a 73-year-old legislative stalwart who has held his seat since 1993, is trying to put out the fires...

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