The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.

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    2 months ago

    Spectacular feature, but people are talking about the length of the speech and not so much what he spoke about. This is impressive feature too!

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Good now do something effective and substantive. I still remember that Booker tried to block cheaper drug imports from Canada on some bullshit about how they don’t have good safety standards, and I still think of him as the Senator from the pharmaceutical industry.

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    2 months ago

    Finally an American politician that did someth you can be proud of. It’s been a while since we’ve seen that.

    It probably won’t do or change much, but at least it’s something