Edit: expect this article to be updated as it is referring to an event that’s still ongoing ( meaning it is the new record holder for longest speech in the Senate)

  • Caffeinated_Sloth
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    2618 days ago

    Is there a urinal at the podium or is he just peeing himself like a formula 1 racing driver?

  • Clay_pidgin
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    518 days ago

    The United States Senate does not limit debate unless limits have been imposed

    Well thanks, that clears it up.

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    17 days ago

    I wish we could get this kind of drive and fortitude when it comes to actually passing legislation that benefits anyone other than the 1%, but nope. Too much to ask. Mr. Booker only has this in him when it means getting a lot of free publicity and accomplishing nothing else.

    Hell, where was this two weeks ago when we needed someone to stop both Trump AND Democratic capitulation?

  • Noxy
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    8118 days ago

    while I’m really not a fan of Senator Booker for a LOT of reasons, in this case he’s actually put his body on the line fighting one of the many fronts that Democratic lawmakers need to be fighting on.

    We need more of this. Hopefully this inspires more.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      4818 days ago

      Yeah, I’ve got some very mixed feelings about Booker two. Moreover, if this is the beginning and end of his plans, I don’t think it’s going to accomplish damn thing, because we are never going to guilt Republicans into being better people.

      That all being said, I can’t deny that it’s an impressive physical sacrifice if nothing else, and if watching him stand up there so long with his voice breaking and getting emotional and worn down guilts moderate Democratic lawmakers into being less useless the next time something they could actually filibuster comes up it might be the beginning of what needs to happen.

      Either way, it’s better than literally nothing, and at this point I’ll take anything.

    • @[email protected]
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      1018 days ago

      Thank you for the clarification. The wiki article reads as if it was a 1 hour 5 minute speech. I was very confused.