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From the CNN article:

The speech is not a filibuster because Booker is not blocking legislation or a nomination. The Democratic senator’s speech will keep the Senate floor open – and floor staff working as well US Capitol police members detailed to the chamber – for as long as he continues speaking, but lawmakers had concluded voting on Monday before he began his remarks.

So purely performative. Not a filibuster.

I mean if it's a first step and others follow, then good. But why not filibuster a nomination you disapprove? (I have no clue if filibuster applies to a cloture vote. These fucking stooges and their silly made up rules of decorum...)

Watch it live here.

He was just reading letter after letter after letter from American seniors who are scared about what the administration might do to Social Security. Really helps bring home that these are real people who are affected.

Edit: 15 hours now and he's still going strong. He just gave a fiery speech about how his colleagues need to do more.

Edit: 25 hours. He beat the record. At least it won't be held by a racist anymore.

Wait, Cory Booker has some pepper?

That’s Great!

Still going on after 13 hours

good job, just keep it up for 3.7 years

Hell yuh. I have had misgivings about Booker at times in the past but I have to say, good on him, this is the time for such things.

A man stood and spoke for over 24 hours straight and so many are dismissing it as nothing more than "performative"

This is what it looks like to fight. It's not perfect, it's not easy, it's not even clear if it will do anything. But it's something. It's someone standing up and forcing people to listen to the voices of the unheard.

That's what it looks like to fight. It's an ideological war for the soul and future of the nation - did you really think it would be simple, or easy? That we would have natural heroes and great victories?

Fight in whatever way you can. Yell from whatever rooftop you can find, including the senate floor. Kick and scream, even if it feels pointless. But don't stand around doing nothing but questioning the contributions of others. We need solidarity.

You can watch live on the official stream. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm

I'm not trying to be a nay-sayer, but what does this actually achieve?

He's not disrupting a vote. He's only talking. While I'm all for the Democrats doing something this doesn't actually achieve much. Chick Schumer had a chance to actually disrupt this administration but he didn't.

So I am genuinely asking, if the Democrats are not preventing the Trump administration from pushing bills through e.g if this were a fillibuster,, how does this help?

Just a couple more minutes to beat Storm Thurmond's record!

Thank you, Senator Booker!

Does the Trump administration need the senate? Seems they’re doing whatever they want regardless of any checks or balances, so who is this actually disrupting?

Who took over for him?

Booker, not Brooks? Autocorrect?

Nice.

Oh hey look, someone actually doing something lol