When I was Susannah Luthi’s editor years ago, she kept pitching stories about a California lawmaker named Scott Wiener. One day I asked her: I realize these policies are crazy, but why do we care so much about some random state senator? She responded that one day, Wiener was going to run for Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress, and all these stories would be incredibly relevant. I trusted her and saved that email. Susannah was right. Two weeks ago, Wiener announced he was running for Pelosi’s seat.