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It's nice to see the senate opposition functioning.

Edit: 18 hours of holding the senate floor, giving voice to the american people. Lots of tears as american suffering is read out loud for the congressional record. Testiment from Americans across the country. This is the voice of the people. Please click the link, share and watch. The media needs to know we care about the opposition more than we care about trump rambling on a plane about fort knox.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not really, this wasn't a functional filibuster. A filibuster is supposed to hold up a vote, and either wear down the opposition, or force concessions in the bill. This wasnt attached to a bill, it was just an opportunity to grab the mic, and score political points with the voters.

The objective was for Cory Booker to audition for Chuck Schumer's job by laying out what the Democratic agenda would look like under Booker's leadership, including exhibiting strength. Does anyone believe that the simpering, spineless, weakling Schumer could have spoken like that for even an hour, no less 24?

It is long past time for Schumer to go. Nobody on either side, anywhere in the government, respects him. He's used his position to gain enormous wealth, and now that his weakness has helped MAGA to gain power and destroy our nation, he STILL wants to hang around and pad his bank account. What other reason could there be? He certainly isn't offering ANY opposition to the Nazis, just appeasement and compliance.

I've hated him with a white-hot passion ever since he cooperated with the Republican smear campaign against Al Franken, destroying his career and his life, just so he could clear the decks for his friend Gillibrand to run for president. Then her camaign flamed out in weeks. They ruined Al Franken's life for NOTHING. Fuck this Vichy piece of shit.

If he was in front of me, I would happily say all of this to his stupid Nazi collaborator face. I wish I had that chance.

Schumer needs to go, and make way for AOC, and let Booker run the show. I'm not a huge fan of Booker, but he's light-years ahead of Schumer.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

Great situational awareness. Ignore the vote on NATO head in the senate a minute after the filibuster. Ignore the election in Wisconsin we have won against Elons money, and ignore the votes in Florida.

Sure it was worthless what ever you say. I’m over here this topic.

Booker beat the record for longest filibuster on the Senate floor, which was held by a racist, southern fucker beforehand. That itself should be celebrated.

But go off. I didn’t read the last one. Feel free to drop another long one.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 53 seconds ago

You're the type of shallow thinker I was referring to. Excited that he gave a big speech and stuck it to a dead racist, instead of understanding what was really going on here.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This is what we should have been seeing from day one.

Fucking Schumer

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yea we need to keep that energy, i was really hoping someone else would step in and extend it to prevent the vote another day or two.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 33 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I just emailed my Senator and told them now is the time to kneel, or govern.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Based. I like it. Remind them every week.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 34 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

I thought the republicans only had to threaten a filibuster but didn't actually have to do it. But democrats have to do it live?

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 37 points 20 hours ago

Yes because democrats are pushovers. Everyone knows that. Nice of Booker to show up with his spine and his shit talking voice. He's a legend for this.

We might have to hold the flooor and filibuster for 2 years straight to save old America. Im glad somones got the balls to show up and do it. I'm here for it. In this house all we do is listen to filibuster and support the peoples power.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Technically it isn't a filibuster,

Depending on how long he is able to go, he could disrupt Senate business on Tuesday, though his speech technically isn’t a filibuster — the chamber is currently in a limited period of debate time for Matthew Whitaker’s nomination as ambassador to NATO.

Per https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/31/congress/cory-booker-talk-a-thon-00262482

It just behaves as you would expect a filibuster to behave. The standard no-show threatening is still a thing you can do.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

idk where politico and news week are getting their definition of a filibuster, but talking for 24 hours to hold off a nomination vote is a filibuster to me. My community college education may have failed me but i interpret a 25 hour speech on the senate floor a filibuster.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'll be honest I assume it's some parliamentary specifics. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a filibuster to me. Allegedly it isn't, but AFAIK, it is. It's what I expect one to look like. It behaves like one. So it is.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

By definition its a filibuster. I think everyone is saying its not a filibuster, because it can not be stopped through cloture. So under the senates procedures and protocols it cannot be voted down like a filibuster. Not that they have the votes anyway. And the rest are just undermining and don't understand what a filibuster is. It's their first time hearing about it and they are trusting news week to do their thinking.

A filibuster is just a long speech or something to delay the legislative session. it can be used for a specific bill, or as they are using it now, it can be used to delay a nomination vote for 24 hours. RIP NATO.

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[–] timmy_dean_sausage@lemmy.world 120 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Bernie Sanders (AFAIK) has done two 12 hour sessions of this in the past week or so. It feels surreal to watch an American politician at his age show such an impressive feat of stamina and determination to fight for the American people. I'm eternally grateful for that man and his lifelong efforts in working for the interests of the working class.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

When the story of this era is written, Bernie will be lauded as one of the greatest heroes in American history.

[–] sgtgig@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (16 children)

He'll be making posts from his deathbed. As bleak as things are right now, I really hope he never thinks he didn't do enough.

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit, he's still going.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (10 children)

LETS GOOOOOO. I am full of american pride and i haven't felt like this since last november. It's making me feel sane to hear heard. Its nice to know someones willing to suffer to express my concerns. Thank you sentator brooker. This is a welcome moral booster. I hope it encourages his peers.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 131 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (54 children)

Can we finally stop the both sides nonsense.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

No one should know any peace until first past the post voting is replaced and 3rd parties are free to participate in elections with no spoiler effect.

No more holding noses.

No more hostage situation.

Democracy. Sure republicans dont want it. How about the democratic party? Is this a purity test that the democrats can pass? They say they support democracy, time to prove it. Shouldn't be hard to convince them.

Electoral Reform Videos

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

No one should know any peace until

Yeah fuck off, accelerationist fuck.

To still be saying this stupid shit after witnessing the suffering that's already being caused... Gross.

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 85 points 1 day ago (25 children)

Fuck no. This is exactly the time to hold their feet to the fire and demand they be better and do more... They're handing everything over to the fascists to try to get the oligarchs back on their side

The last thing we should do is believe they're an effective resistance

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[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Individual people who are Democrats can be good people. The Democratic party has been asleep at the wheel when they're not ignoring the will of their constituents since mid-Obama and allowed us to slide into this disaster.

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[–] amadeus84@lemm.ee 13 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Class warfare of course. The rich want to make an example of him.

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