aThe Weekly Briefing | What’s going on at seattleweekly.com: Paul Berendt, the former state Democratic Party chair, thinks socialist Kshama Sawant is a “dark cloud” for his party. • Outgoing state Democratic Party chair Dwight Pelz shared his (disappointingly mundane) plans for his Southeast Asia vacation and weighed in on his potential replacements. • Some drunk smashed a car into the Ballard Taco Time . . . again. • A Seahawks fan accused an off-duty King County Sheriff’s deputy working security of unnecessary roughness during the team’s playoff victory. • Mars Hill meathead Mark Driscoll and beloved quarterback Russell Wilson shot the shit about Jesus.