He briefly paused for the chamber’s prayer at noon
Wait what. I know separation of church and state is barely real in the USA, but the chamber actually does a prayer??
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Jesus. The US continues to find ways to surprise me
News to me, too. Insane.
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The record was broken and he's still going!
He is more coherent after 24 hours standing and speaking than Trump is on his best days.
Has he been peeing into a bottle or did he get a catheter?
Depends.
There’s a loophole where his coworkers can ask him a really long question and as long as he’s back by the time they’re done, it’s all good.
Cory makes a secret hand signal...
Senator: I have ONE question for you Cory - makes long question so he can take a piss
or
Senator: I have TWO questions for you Cory - now he can go take a shit
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He better get a god damned round of applause from …well everyone.
He'll get sanctioned for arbitrary bullshit by republicans and given a stern talking to about unity and bipartisanship from schumer.
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On a side note (nothing to do with Cory Booker):
the chamber’s prayer at noon
I am once again flabbergasted by the separation of church & state in the US of A.
I mean, that’s fine. They’re allowed to pray. Everyone is. That’s the point of freedom of religion. Now if it was mandatory Christian prayer time for everyone that would be an issue, as separation of church and state means no laws enforcing one specific religion.
Allowing people to pray at noon allows Muslims to have their noon prayer, and anyone else can pray then as well so it makes sense why noon.
Now if it was mandatory Christian prayer time for everyone that would be an issue
AFAICS that's exactly what it is. May not be mandatory but the phrasing "the chamber's prayer" suggests it's for everyone, and it's happening in the chamber (i.e. the senate).
I couldn't find any mention of the noon prayer, but the morning prayer is mentioned in Wikipedia: every Senate session is opened by the Senate Chaplain who has been, surprise surprise, some sort of Protestant since 1789.
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Sure it's not technically a fillibuster, but if he can go over 24 hrs and 18 minutes, he'll beat Strom Thurmond's... current record holding fillibuster length for... opposing the Civil Rights Act, back in 1957.
Erp.
Well then.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate
He's done it.
Excellent work Sen. Booker.
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Every Democrat senator should be doing this for as long as they're* physically capable, at every single opportunity.
I've never been a fan of Booker but hot damn am I excited watching him close in on Klansman Thurmond's record.
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This is HORRIBLE! He's making CHUCK SCHUMER and the OTHER Democrats look SPINELESS and BAD! How DARE he!
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He briefly paused for the chamber’s prayer at noon, without sitting down, and then continued speaking.
Can an American explain this to me? This is wild. Government should be 100% secular.
Government should be 100% secular.
Wouldn't that be nice.
The explanation is that it isn't.
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While I find this aspect of US politics weird and I don't know much about this specific politician, it's nice to see someone doing something other than holding up those weird and useless signs during the address last month.
If this last election and the last administration has shown anything it is that the Democrats must start over the rebuild the party. They need to use these next four years working on rebuilding their image and winning over Americans.
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And this is why Cory is one of my fav senators, and I'm not in Jersey.
I hope he breaks the record that Thormud made when protesting the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It would look kinda cool that it was broken to help stop what Thormud wanted in the future.
EDIT: He has https://apnews.com/article/cory-booker-new-jersey-senator-speech-ab573bb7c3c76fa107cacac7136d3823
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A neat fact: the longest filibuster in history was the against the Civil Rights Act in 1957. 24 hours and 18 minutes. Civil Rights Legislation passed two hours later.
Booker has done a 10-day hunger strike, so I imagine he sees that as child's play.
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https://apnews.com/article/cory-booker-new-jersey-senator-speech-ab573bb7c3c76fa107cacac7136d3823
He has broken the record set by Thormud in 1957 when he protested the Civil RIghts Act.
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22 hours and he’s still going as of 5pm EST
OK, no matter how you feel about the effectiveness of this, gotta admit it's impressive.
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So he's gotta be wearing a diaper, right? I'm not asking that in a shit talking kinda way either, pure logistics. Either that or going full trucker mode and using a Gatorade bottle.
The fact that something this extreme is actually required to enact political change is absolutely ridiculous, but much respect to him for what he's doing.
On a practical note, I was thinking the same thing as you. I don't think I could stand for 17 hours straight. I absolutely could not go 17 hours without a bathroom break.
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Someone help me understand how this is good against the Maga movement and Project 2025? To me it just seems a hollowed stance that won't amount to anything.
It was inspiring. Many people watched and listened to him speaking the truth. This is also a blueprint for protesting in the nation: Shut stuff down. Shut down subways, buses, logistics like the postal service or trash collection. Let the country come to a grinding halt and force a change. Cause good trouble. It works.
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Ayy, that’s my senator! I’ve been calling him and Andy Kim telling them we need them to fight back. Well, here we go. Proud of my great state and while maybe I don’t always see eye to eye with my politicians, I think NJ has been getting better.
The fact that filibusters are a thing tells me a lot about US democracy.
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