Of the 7.7 million animal species on Earth, a tiny number — think bullfrogs, the praying mantis, the great spotted cuckoo, and chimpanzees — eat their own kind.
Now add to the list the Liberal California Democrat.
In recent months, the state’s dominant faction of Democrats, with brethren across the nation, increasingly has besieged and censured moderate members of their own party for bucking organized labor’s line on just a few issues, while hewing to it on most.