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.
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.
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.
This is what we should have been seeing from day one.
Fucking Schumer
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.
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I just emailed my Senator and told them now is the time to kneel, or govern.
Based. I like it. Remind them every week.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To be fair, filibuster has two meanings: this, and the other definition being an individual or small group of individuals, acting indepedently, taking over territory of another state in the name of their country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_(military)?wprov=sfla1
Yes yes. English is hard. Words have 10 meanings and we also use idioms to really make it confusing.
Thats not the meeting we’re discussing since its a senator obstructing a legislative body via a long speech which is procedurally allowed.
Idk the workings of it but i heard that this type of filibuster hasn’t been done in many years. Idk if thats true but that’s what i heard
The distinction everyone is making is usually filibusters are held during a bill debate, before a bill can go to vote. In theory you would have to filibuster indefinitely until one side can get 60 votes to end the filibuster and pass the vote. It forces the other party to gather a larger majority or compromise.
This was delaying a vote on a nomination, it was also proving that they can and will filibuster, not just threaten to filibuster, but talk for 25 hours straight. someone should have continued after him because the nomination passed and i am sad again. 52 votes so more dem defectors yay.
someone should have continued after him because the nomination passed and i am sad again.
Another senator can’t take over for Booker, only way it ends is when he cedes the floor. They were only able to ask questions to give him a break.
Fair. I’m no expert in congressional progression or procedures. I probably know more than Donald Trump, but that really doesn’t say much.
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.
When the story of this era is written, Bernie will be lauded as one of the greatest heroes in American history.
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.
It would have been nice if he didn’t bend the knee to the DNC in 2016
Easily his biggest mistake, a cowardly and fatal one.
Other than that he has been a great rep.
What people dont understand, is that the DNC is NEVER going to give the nomination to Bernie, even if he got EVERY vote in the primary, because he is NOT a Democrat.
The presidential nomination is the biggest award a political party can give to a member, and they want to give it to the member that has done the most to support the party, amd earn their allegiance and support in return. Bernie is an independent, and even though he caucases with the Dems, he doesnt raise money for them, he doesnt promote their positions and policies, and over the years, he has been nearly as critical of Democrats as Republicans. They would no more give the nomination to an independent than they would to a Republican, or a Libertarian.
Bottom line: Hes not a Democrat, so the DNC will NEVER give him the nomination. Bernie understands this, its too bad most other people don’t.
The DNC should have bent the knee to Bernie. The DNC should be abolished for not addressing the populist wave that became MAGA. The tea party movement was about dead and they fed it millions of disenfranchised voters to rebrand into MAGA.
The DNC is locked down by the rich and the decrpid puppets they control.
Notice how they learned nothing from 2016.
In 2020 they didn’t even let progressives into the primary, and in 2024 they didn’t even have a primary.
They are coasting for as long as possible hoping they won’t be replaced before they get to win again in 2028 for “not being Republicans”
It’s on us to replace all of them before that.
agree 100% just no idea how to get rid of them. Pressure them to step down? vacate the organization to be reorganized? Idk what they are thinking from their ivory tower but most of us are ready for them to step down.
Primary them. That’s it.
Primary them, but also make it as clear as possible, before, during, and after the primary, that republican-lite is not electable because the DCCC has shown time and time again they will put as much weight as they can on primaries to make sure the left doesn’t win, from blackballing any companies and staffers that support a primary against an incumbent (this is never applied to primarying progressives or companies that help elect republicans) to defunding state party’s funds and quitting if the progressives take control of the state party.
If the left candidate doesn’t win, I am not voting for a republican-lite and giving them further power to the guys we see rolling over for fascism right now.
That is what the tea-party did, and it scared the republican party in line, and the ones who didn’t toe the line, but still managed to win primaries, lost general elections.
Exactly. Thats what the Tea Party did. Many established Republicans lost their jobs to far right wingers during the primaries. Many of them went on to lose to their Democratic opponents, often flipping seats, but it sent the message to the party that a serious movement was developing within their party, and eventually they prevailed.
Now Dems need to do the same thing. Ignore the incument status, and only vote for Dem candidates that are willing to show strength, and demand that our government work for the citizens, and not just their wealthy campaign donors. My Dem congressman is extremely weak, and we NEVER hear about him. The next district has 26 year old Max Frost, who is tearing it up and getting on National T1V on a regular basis. He recently got in trouble during a comittee meeting because he insisted on referring to HitlerPig as the Grifter-In-Chief, and refused to stop. They had to cancel the meeting.
We need all our representatives to be like Max, who came to DC to defend America, and attack the Nazis relentlessly. Primaries are the path to do that.
As a non-american, I dont understand what thatyou mean. Could you elaborate shortly? And is your comment controversial because people are saying its not true or because they think your critique is misplaced?
Lemmy is full of “vote blue no matter who” libs who think the party cannot fail, it can only be failed.
It was failed by its voters in 2010, when it failed to make a meaningful impact in peoples lives despite having the executive, 60 senators, and the house.
And then voters failed it again in 2016 when they didn’t turn out for “America is already great” while paychecks remained stagnant and rent continued to increase.
And again in 2022 after Joe “nothing will fundamentally change” Biden failed to use his power to change anything.
And again in 2024 after Kamala “How would my administration be different from Biden’s? I would have a republican in my cabinet” Harris ate shit.
These people understand at a deep level that the democratic party would rather lose than embrace left policy and cannot be pressured by its voters, so the only lever they feel they have to influence outcome is to silence any criticism.
Im not that deep into US polotics but my impression is the dems cant implement left policies, because the population is so indoctrinated with “communism is pure evil” that they would rather vote for a criminal fascist. They cant just implement policies that 95% of their voters disagree with. Theyre about as left as the farthest right democratic party in Germany, excluding the AfD of course, which was proven anti-democratic and might get banned soon. But this represents the population. Suppressed education plays a big part in my opinion. To me it seems that most of the dems are content with either party being in charge, the things they argue about like DEI and migration are huge distractions from the massive lobby deals both parties agree upon. Its a two-party dictatorship pretending to fight each other while suppressing anyone but the richest.
Even republican voters like the idea of “free healthcare”. But you say “free healthcare, for people who meet X Y Z requirements” and 90% of people will assume that this program won’t apply to them.
You say “tax credits for people with children, after you fill out 5 forms and prove you make more than X but less than Y, applied to this scale”, and even people who meet that criteria children will assume it won’t help them. You just tell them “every working family with a kid under 18 gets a $3,600 check”, they’ll support it.
The democrats are miles to the right of their voters. This situation is further enforced by the media, who push the narrative of the “median voter” or “moderate republican”, who is half way between democrat and republican; who will vote for “up to 40K college loan forgiveness for people with STEM degrees who were born on a prime numbered day and operated a business in an underserved neighborhood for 3 years” (Kamala’s 2020 policy) but thinks that “free college” would be a step too far.
That really comes down to if you are a progressive or a neoliberal.
I think people just don’t like critiquing Bernie
In 2015 Bernie Sanders had the biggest grassroots campaign in US history, with more individual doners than any canidate ever. From the perspective of anyone under 30 he was going to easily sweep Trump before he dropped out.
Bernie was asked by the DNC to drop out of the race and asked his supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton, most of his supporters absolutely hate Hillary Clinton so they didn’t vote for her and then Trump won his first election.
The Neoliberals blame the Progressives, and the Progressives blame the Neoliberals.
But IMO at the end of the day it was the Neoliberal canidate that lost to Donald Trump, so it’s their fault. The Neoliberals knew their policies were unpopular and decided to try to bait and then guilt progressives into voting for them. You can see some are still committed to guilting leftists into supporting right wing Neoliberals.
most of his supporters absolutely hate Hillary Clinton so they didn’t vote for her and then Trump won his first election.
6-12% of Sanders supporters voted Trump. ~82-83% of that 6-12% were conservatives. Bernie had broader appeal with everyone except the “vote blue no matter who” crowd because policies that immediately improve people’s material conditions are popular. Telling someone who is struggling to make ends meet “America is already great” is not popular.
For comparison, 15% of Clinton primary voters voted republican in 2008
Thanks for explaining. Sounds like the US had a chance to break out of the two-party dictatorship but gave it away for a short term chance at a single term. This is really sad, but Im also convinced the people in power wouldnt simply let it happen. The system has made them so insanely rich and influential that probably nothing short of a violent revolution could break it.
Go Bernie! Go Go! Go Bernie!! I hope all the dem senators can keep the floor forever. it’s been so inspiring watching brooker and the senators helping him make this historic event. longest filibuster in american history.
Holy shit, he’s still going.
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.
I’m not holding my breath on him swaying MAGA leaders, but maybe he will wake the dems up.
A big portion of MAGA voters are beyond saving. Most MAGA legislators need to be tried for their crimes against the country. We just need a few republicans to say enough is enough, my constituents cannot take these policies anymore.
A big portion of MAGA voters are saying “this isn’t what I voted for”. People need to not respond to that with “yes it is” and rejecting them.
“We agree this is wrong. Help us stop it.”
That’s how im trying to reach out to my MAGA voting buddies. It’s hard to get through the layers of shame and “fuck joe biden dems eat babys” but theres a person underneath those cheap defenses.
We just need 1 or 2 of the 50 republican senators to develop some catholic guilt.
But i was refering to this is an inspiring call to action. He’s calling for legislators to do better for constituents, and he’s calling for constituents to keep freaking out. Keep protesting, boycotting more. He’ll hold the senate floor, everyone needs to do something. I like convincing people to get active. I’ll be protesting on the 5th. We all need to be more like Booker, stand up and yell whats on your mind. Enough crying republicans drown them out with the screams of rage and truth.
I don’t expect it to sway any of them. But it should get some media attention. And the longer it goes on, the more likely it will. And that will generate more pushback.
They say millions of people are watching right now. We are almost at 24 hours straight, he aint slowing down. This is going to be a record. He’s got a binder full of letters from americans to read. He gonna read them all. It’s so based.
The numbers on the streams have been crazy.
He’s saying everything that people are saying in this room, in the internet, to our familys. this is a true call to americans. It’s speaking to everyones shared values. Tune in and remember what americans believe in. It’s just reading american letters and telling stories and exposing republicans. It’s the most based protest to hit the senate floor that i can remember. I feel less hopeless. I’ve been begging for someone in congress to do ANYTHING. This is a thing. my prayers have been answered.
Keep sharing, keep streaming, we need to flood this and show the media and politicians that this is what we want. Turn off your TV and your tick tock and tune into the the endless filibuster. Endless sit in!! Lets go dems!!!
Can we finally stop the both sides nonsense.
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
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.
I don’t think your post directly addresses my point but your point is extremely important. One of the reasons we’re so fractured is the lack of proportion representation of people in government and that is because of the broken FPTP system that’s so prevalent.
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
Yes, that’s correct. What I’m trying to get away from the “both sides” thing is because it does the exact opposite which is foster complacency.
Correct. Brooker standing up and talking all night long, for 18 hours to give voice to Americans who have reached out to him is democracy. This is the good side. These guys are crying tears as they try to hold it together and get the longest filibuster in history.
This should draw support and applause from everyone. This is holding them to the fire. No one sleeps. No one negotiates. Endless filibuster until Congress gets reigned in.
And I applaud Booker
This is the good side
Where are the other 40ish senators and why aren’t they helping him?
Why are all of you coming here and commenting without looking at the video im trying to share? I want to talk to you about the content of the filibuster that’s been happening for 20 hours. How do you think he’s been standing for 20 hours straight? There’s 10-20 other Dem senators there helping him by taking questions, giving speeches and allowing him to get bathroom breaks.
There’s 10-20 other Dem senators there helping him by taking questions, giving speeches and allowing him to get bathroom breaks.
And they’re doing the bare minimum. They should’ve been on rotational shifts from one week in, and this especially should’ve been going on when they signed away all their power with the budget approvals a few weeks ago.
I promise I am not attacking you personally, let’s just not mistake this as the Democratic party fighting, this is one man fighting an uphill battle with the bare level of help.
He’s litterally calling to hit the streets and fight? What exactly do you want the senate minority to do? Especially after the minority leader sold them down the river.
Because both sides aren’t the same but serve the same masters.
Your comment serves the wrong master. Please go watch the live stream and give it a chance. I think he will show you he’s sincere and the people are who he represents. Join us in hope fren.
Listen to the video and you’d think differently. He’s been screaming about the rich robbing the poor for 24 hours straight man. At least watch before you say something. This conversation is about the filibuster which is live and on going, save the grievences for another thread plz.
I’m sure there are at least 4 democrats who represent their voters.
I’m talking about the other 99% of the irredeemable party that is complicit in the current coup, because they are choosing to earn the good graces of their rich masters instead of stopping the coup.
Precisely
Precisely what? Who is Brookers Master? Who is elizebeth warrens Master? who is bernie sanders Master?
Who do these people serve? Do you have proof?
There’s two kind of “both sides”… There’s “we need a middle ground” which is horse shit, it leads to a choice between fascism and fascism-light
Then there’s “our politicians are decrepit zombies, so let’s do a leftist version of the tea party”
People want change, not stability. Not anymore. Everything sucks, so who are they going to vote for… An openly fascist snake oil salesman saying he’s going to fix everything, or someone composed insisting things aren’t as bad as they seem?
It’s a toss up, apparently.
Change. Remember that campaign slogan? Because it won, and Obama delivered so little of it
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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.
DNC bad, DNC suppress good democrats, and elevates bad ones. Lets figure out who the good ones are and empower them outside of the DNC.
I mean I remember back in 2008 when dailykos would frequently say “elect more democrats and better democrats”
The idea being that we could fix the dnc from within. Progressives just needed to vote for better Dems.
The dnc realized that they had a real hard time beating republicans in the general but boy oh boy could they whoop the progressives in the primary.
Blue dog dem, here’s the dnc gold card and the PIN code.
Progressive dem, we will spend any amount of money to keep you off the ballot.
And we see where it’s led us, the dnc is now good at one thing and one thing only, raising money for the dnc. Oodles and oodles and oodles of money and losing the nation to autocracy
Fully agree. They had their chance in 2016 to listen to the popular calls for bernie. Policies would have prevented this incredible rise of billionaires into the very seats of power we hold dearly. DNC needs to be completely replaced by new leaders. They need to be a democratic organization if they want to be called democrats. They make me sick. I hope we can get rid of them or force them to spend money on good candidates.
The DNC essentially handing Clinton the nomination was the height of hubris on both party’s sides. Clinton for thinking she was owed the presidency and the DNC for purporting to be the more left leaning party while actively ignoring the majority of their voters to move farther right. In the nomination process the only vote that a member of the DNC leadership gets should be their vote in their precinct, but instead they get supervotes that are weightier than the aggregate votes of entire regions.
Fuck these blue posers and their rigged game. We gotta make our own party farther left - pro union, pro taxing the rich at at least 75% on income over $500k, pro actual healthcare paid for by taxes, pro social welfare programs paid for by taxes, pro environmental reclamation and ACTUAL green tech… you know, all those things that make sense and lead to a stable, productive country.
I’m really hoping a viable third party emerges and can get a large majority to end the rule of DNC RNC. If you build it they will come. Someones gotta step out and make it. Plenty of people willing to support it.
Asleep at the wheel is a nice way to put it while they are wearing eyeshades and earplugs.
When the Democrats grow a spine and start actually blocking all progress like the Republicans can magically do every time they are the minority.
Fair point. They’ve always defaulted to Shumering because shutting down the government causes a lot of pain for people dependent on public services, but with the idiots in charge already dismantling everything, there’s zero reason not to, most of the people dependent on the government are already getting fucked DOGEy style anyway.
Correct, right now they are proving that they will hold the senate floor all day and prevent legislation. I’m hoping they have discovered a way to block everything. Scream and bitch and never give up the floor. No new laws. No new budgets, no tax cuts. endless sit in.
🤞🏽
I think this is that thing. They have found a way to shut down the congress. They just need to hold the floor for 2 years. They need to be encouraged to hold the senate floor for 2 years. The ultimate sit in. You want your representatives doing something? Obstructing congressional progression is that thing. Endless sit in.
He’s been going all day and nothing passed, i hope they can keep it up.
I’ve been trained all my life to never count on Democrats for anything, it would be better late than never
Maybe when the Democrats stop taking the corporate campaign dollars that align them financially with their Republican colleagues and kick out the blue MAGA assholes like Fetterman.
Maybe if more than 20% of voters showed up and voted in the primaries instead of incessantly bitching about term limits, we wouldn’t have so many capitalist centrists in Congress.
What country do you think we’re talking about?
Obama proved that turnout improves when politicians make specific promises about the things they’re going to fix and the only message folks got from the Harris campaign was that everything is fine and nothing needs fixing.
Nobody’s bitching about the term limits on presidents, we bitch about term limits in congress because it’s the only way to get the dinosaurs holding back progress to step down.
We’re talking about the US Congress. Congressional primaries average ~20% voter turnout.
There’s no voting our way out of this
Maybe because there’s nobody to turn out for?
Yeah, because America isn’t a democracy. It only pretends to be one.
There’s no fixing this without rewriting the constitution and there’s no way to do that when our politics are this dysfunctional.
We directly elect Congress. My point was poor primary turnout results in more of the same. Your argument is pointless criticism. Throw your hands up in disgust somewhere else.
The poor primary turnout isn’t the cause of the problem, it’s the inevitable result of an electoral system that is designed to prioritize money over people.
Merely improving turnout is not our goal, at best it is a means to an end. The actual end goal is the establishment of a government that represents the interests of all, but there’s no way to get there from here even with 100% turnout.
I’m not “throwing my hands up in disgust”, I’m offering a clear-eyed perspective on the challenges we face and the hardships that must be endured to achieve democracy.
If your organization isn’t treating the U.S. government as a threat actor then it can be safely ignored. If it is, then your opsec shouldn’t allow you to talk about it online.
I think there are some good arguments for not having term limits in congress. One of the most convincing is a new congressman is more likely to be manipulated through ignorance versus the entrenched interest of an older one.
We need AGE limits. 80 year olds can’t do anything more than consult in the government. If the DNC loves 80 year old dinosaurs so much, they can pay them to consult younger congress people. I value the wisdom of pelosi but i need youthful vigor of AOC. AOC has like the right amout of experience to be effective in government, we wouldnt want to Term limit AOC before her time to shine ya know?
I agree with both age and term limits. My comment was meant to illustrate the hypocrisy in people complaining about the lack of efficacy of a system that they don’t even use.
Yea there’s a lot of that going on in here. Mind boggling how so many people can criticize a government they are willfully ignorant of. The people most desperate to exercise their political will can’t seem to manage to figure out how. I’m trying to help them. we need that kind of passion.
I’m with you there. I’ve been doing that since the 90s. Most of my friends are Gen-Xers. Wanna talk about a frustrating group to engage?🙄
It’s just like you can make these gerrymandered racist districts disappear and reform by wagging a finger at them.
Our government persists in its current form only because the American public is too cowardly to resist it. Those districts could disappear and reform overnight if enough of us stopped treating them as valid.
Well thats a fair point i guess. i dont know how im supposed to resist the voters will in some georgia shithole county but i like your idea about boycotting.
It’s not the voters you need to resist, it’s the idea that a government can be valid when it purposefully acts against the best interests of those it is supposed to represent. Our implied consent of the governed is false and should not be respected.
You’re speaking my language now. I really rejoice in your idea.
Yea and maybe we can wave a magic wand and make Marg Taylor Green’s district all respect people and democracy! wouldn’t that be nice!
No. Republicans filibustered overnight on medical care as well.
…Oh, wait, that was Ted Cruz speaking against the ACA.
No apparently we must undermine any moral opposition that aligns with our own, and all suffer the consequences of trump together while doing nothing.
My life goal right now is to figure out why people on the left are still critical of Biden, Harris and dems doing their JOBS while having nothing to say about how to oppose mango and Minsk
They like complaining and “being right” is more important to them than being helpful. Whether they are right or not is immaterial to the facts. Whatever the issue is they just need to be seen being right about it.
Incidentally that’s a common trait among narcissists.
That’s my new angle with them. It became apparent last night that if they can’t have their views be popular, then 330 million people should suffer.
No need to reflect on how fringe and minority those views may be. No need to reflect on the suffering inaction will cause.
Claim the moral high ground and never let anyone up with you!
When we have a side that rejects the corporate bribe take and has an overt agenda to fight the capitalist profiteers in defense of the people, sure.
Until we dig ourselves out by rejecting private profit/growth/metastasis at the expense of the people at the bottom of society, nothing can improve.
Since Reagan got his former opposition party on the take, all we’ve been voting on is the speed of decline as good cop(D) and bad cop® encourage us to hate one another and be divided over the social issue symptoms of the captured economy we don’t get a vote on.
I vote blue out of harm reduction. But democrats still don’t give a shit about mass murder for private profit, mass homelessness, income inequality, on and on. They affirm your identity instead of scapegoating you, which is nice, but is also free for their mutual donor’s quarterly profit expectations.
What good is being free to be who you are when you’re dying of exposure and police brutality under a freeway for failing to produce enough value for the owners?
If there’s another real presidential election, and if a democrat gets elected, we’ll get four years of relative quiet but the situation will continue to grow darker as the DNC will not allow the capital markets to be reigned in, which means even if we avert this fascist march, the table will still be set for them to continue their march in four years. Wall Street must end. And it will, by our hands, or capitalist made climate change in a couple decades when it no longer matters for our species.
I think democrats do care about a lot of that issues. They just can’t get any good ideas that will create bipartisan support. It’s a failure of imagination and leadership. It is a failure to stand up to corporate interests. But at least the dems care. Im listening to 10 of them right now who really care. Watch the video please its important to boost media numbers and give a voice to this opposition.
Nah.
We’re too busy believing immigrants are eating people’s fucking pets in Springfield, Ohio because a felon rapist habitual liar told us so.
Americans are weak as fuck man. Weak and stupid. So we’ll continue ignoring all available data and believe the falsehood that both sides are equally bad.
Shit man, there are still (a lot) of people on this very site pushing this shit. Like their entire personality is based around hating the Democratic party (yet have nothing but neutral to good things to say about Trump). It’s so goddamn annoying.
I share your sentiment but I still chose to believe we are losing an information war. People are not that stupid the right wing media system is truly powerful. We’re not going to get people back by belittling them. It’s a cult we need to treat it like a cult. Plenty of research on how to get people out of cults.
Class warfare of course. The rich want to make an example of him.
Crank up the class warfare time. we outnumber them by like 10 million to one. This gonna be an easy win.
Yeah ummm hate to break it to you, if you had got those 10million to one people organized enough to vote, then your problem would have been solved already and we shouldn’t be where we are
They are very comfortable now, they are filled with hate and self righteousness. They are not smart enough to fear whats coming, they don’t think it’s coming for them. Stove theory. Cut the lights and the checks off see who really needs and loves government.
Too many boot lickers and delusional people
Pretty much. It’s a cult, varying degrees of “IM NOT IN A CULT” to “how can I move up in the cult?”
Democrat Cory Booker’s marathon Senate floor speech, in which he is largely criticizing the Trump administration’s policies and spending cuts, has just passed the 12-hour mark.
The U.S. Senator from New Jersey has held the floor since about 7 p.m. ET on Monday, pausing only to take questions—and a breath—from Democrat allies.
He has so far largely targeted spending cuts, including efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, and the need for greater bipartizanship in Congress.
The 55-year-old has vowed to keep going “as long as I am physically able.”
Booker’s speech is not a filibuster because it is not blocking legislation or a nomination.
The New Jesey Senator is part of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s campaign strategy to focus on kitchen-table issues, including federal spending cuts, ahead of next year’s midterms.
Watch speech clips in the video above, and follow live footage and text updates below.
fil·i·bus·ter /ˈfiləˌbəstər/ noun 1. an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
What progress was obstructed here? He started at 7 in the evening and went through the middle of the night, I doubt Republicans had plans to move some critical legislation at 3am.
It’s unbelievable. Nothing is ever the correct way to do things. People like you always complain without solutions or even a hint of what the fuck you want.
What should he have done instead? What was the correct move for Booker here? Let’s hear it.
It sounds like he would have done better to start at 7 AM, but I’ve not really looked into it.
I think it’s safe to assume he chose the time he did for a reason.
I’m sure he did, but I don’t know the reason, and the democrats have not impressed me with their brilliance recently.
Are all democrats the same?
So it could be purely performative and accomplish little?
I mean sure that could be the case. I didn’t say this was some slam dunk amazing move that’s going to move the needle in some obvious and substantial way.
Every single minute of time taken away from the republican congress from passing laws for trump is good. It means no one can legislate, hopefully it continues for 2 years.
So you don’t understand either, and are just assuming it’s the most effective way to go about it.
If I see a construction worker using a jackhammer on the side of the interstate, yes I assume they know what they’re doing until I see evidence to the contrary.
Dude, we all certainly understand this less than a sitting senator. Get off it.
Maybe 7pm is significant, maybe it isn’t, but we are sitting here from our toilets still wiping the sleep from our eyes while this guy is giving a speech for 12 hours. Can we stop pretending we have any clue?
Hes going to break the longest filibuster record at 24+ hours so does it matter when he started?
It’s such a simple concept, everyones got an opinion without taking the time to think that a filibuster is just preventing anyone else from using the Senate floor. It generates headlines, 24 hours of bitching. if cable news isn’t playing this you need to share with your family and friends.
The whole point of this is prevent the government from passing laws, and airing the grievances of america.
Its truly inspirational, try watching instead of criticizing, then come back and say something related to the filibuster?
Not a filibuster
noun: filibuster; plural noun: filibusters
- an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
HOW IS THIS NOT A FILIBUSTER HOW IS THIS NOT A FILIBUSTER HOW IS THIS NOT A FILIBUSTER???
I think the argument I’m entertaining is that there is already not much business going on at 3AM.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad one of our leaders is showing a little spine, but he could afford to be a little more tactical about it.
My guy he has been speaking from 7 PM last night to 2PM today. He’s going to set the record for longest filibuster. I’m filled with hope and emotion listening to his words. He can barely stand after 19 hours on his feet and he’s still PLEADING FOR US.
What are you talking about? Thats a full day of the legislature. There are only like 500 days left in the term. LETS GOOOOOOOO
I think they’re just saying it isn’t a filibuster.
What does saying it’s not a filibuster do anyway? What makes that a worthwhile statement? Besides being false it’s gaslighting basic civic knowledge and opposition to authority.
The statement is just here to be disingenuous and keep interest away from the fact that someones doing something useful finally. A political strategy of opposition is born. Check it out! maybe someone filibusters after he steps down, and it continues for weeks.
It is a filibuster, a filibuster is just a long speech that prevents the senate from proceeding to its next activity. They are filibustering all bills that republicans are working on. all nominations.
legally, though, it’s not a filibuster, because filibusters can be ended by the senate and long-ass speeches can’t be :9
I love loopholes. So what you’re saying is it’s better than a filibuster because it can’t be shut down. So this is a positive trend where we can just hold the senate floor and read out letters from American citizens instead of voting to legalize trumps insanity?
Well if it can’t accomplish anything then it’s just grandstanding. Damn near everyone in that room is a millionaire. If what they do is all just for show, then maybe it means we should stop thinking they’re “trying” for all of us and start thinking they just want to keep the farce going so we don’t turn it into a battle of the wealthy against everyone else.
He hasn’t stopped anything from happening.
The article says he has talked all night which didn’t interrupt anything whatsoever.
The correct move would be to hold his breath until they are going to vote on something, and then start speaking and don’t stop. Like a filibuster yaknow?
When you wrote this he was still going.
He is still going now at 7:45pm eastern.
He has stopped a full day of congress working and is still going.
He has literally stopped a nation’s legislative branch. But let me guess: Not enough?
So what is he stopping specifically?
Well friend, what are you and the people you support doing? Are you opposing legislation by holding the floor and not allowing it to get introduced? Are you bringing a voice to all the suffering thats coming for us all?
Are you still doing the 2024 dems are bad so just let trump win and fuck the world spin?
I’m with you. Either pay attention or hold your criticism of the only people actively trying to stop the Trump administration.
Democrats voted and spoke out against Trump’s cabinet nominations, forced a 15-day vote against Trump’s executive order, confirmed Biden’s pending judicial appointments when Republican attendance is low, and are the ones bringing these cases to the courts. They are doing everything they can to stop this from the minority.
The DNC needs to be risking jail like their opposition in order to be effective. Their GOP counter parts showed how effective that could be and have doubled down on it.
Trying to be strong in the face of adversity requires real risk of consequences. Everything the DNC does is so meticulously calculated to minimize risk all they have is posturing. Speed of execution beats the best planned but half implemented strategies.
Fail faster, take more risk, fucking act like lives are on the line and don’t worry about which lobbyist isn’t going to call you back after you inadvertently nuke their shit.
This guy studying his enemy. Good for you friend. Glad to see so many allies on the sub.
Well, not everything. Like rolling over to allow a spending bill through with absolutely no concessions it’s things like this that make the democrats complicit and not acting as a true opposition party.
The CR/shutdown was a lose/lose. According to EO 14210, Trump could terminate non-essential government employees in a large-scale reduction of workforce if there is insufficient funding. It would expedite Project 2025.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/don-t-use-shutdown-plans-to-slash-the-federal-workforce
And the funding bill gave expansive new military powers to the executive office, it wasn’t just a stop gap bill. It’s the same lame Duck crap democrats continue to do that put our country in the position it is in. They are complicit and are more aligned with the republicans than they are a true left or progressive party.
If it’s lose/lose, why didn’t they choose to lose with dignity instead of lose like cowards?
Right if you can’t stop Hegseth form getting nominated at least do something to slow it down. Any opposition is good.
This is real political opposition. Not holding a sign for TV cameras. 17 hours of reading Americans pleas of mercy. This is american he’s voicing my concerns and obstructing republicans. This is what i want. Sorry it offends so many. Im going to watch all day and tell my friends to watch.
Support this if you hate authoritarianism.
Something I want to highlight, because I know it’ll come up (even if just in people’s minds) is democratic betrayals and silence, eg on the budget CR.
Chuck Schumer likely betrayed the Dems either for financial institutions and “stability”, or for state safety and cowardice. The former is scummy, and pretty much grants him all the hate he deserves. The latter is also plausible, and perhaps more excusable (still betraying our wishes) in that millions of people who hadn’t been following politics would hear smear tactics against Democrats. Plus, it would shut down the courts which is the one area of frequent victory.
I’m not making that case because I agree with it, especially now that courts are faltering, just that someone good but scared could believe it. And even if you assume the worst of Chuck, think about the motivations that put most Democrats in place across the country. A good number of them aren’t going to capitulate to the silence/financial appeasement.
If you want a better solution: Research democratic candidates before you vote for them. I’ve been phone banking for Susan Crawford, and while everything I see about her is good, I do get worried by the voter response of “Oh, I always vote Democrat!” Someday, for some people, that will not be a good idea. For some 80% of them, it is. And if the House is ever 80% democrat, it won’t matter that 20% of them are spineless.
On that point, Schumer flipped (and whipped up enough traitors to pass the bill) in like the 12 hours before the vote. They had been talking about this since the inauguration, as the time when they’d finally be able to force the Republicans back to the table and do something
There’s no way he didn’t get a call from someone.
Then he meets with Trump, goes on a talk show tour to try to justify his actions, and the Democratic establishment held their breath to see if people would buy it. They still aren’t coming out hard against him… The condemnations are lukewarm and hesitant at best from party leadership.
No, they gave MAGA everything they wanted. They didn’t even get to give input on the spending bill. This isn’t 5D chess, this isn’t a strategic play… It was just total capitulation
And the party still wants to wait and see if Schumer can salvage his reputation, if they can sweep this utter betrayal under the rug
This was my read on the situation as well, thank you for voicing it better than i could.
The condemnations are lukewarm because at best they wouldn’t accomplish much. For all the effort voting out Chuck and finding a replacement, Republicans would have full focus on special elections.
We all know for all intents AOC and JCrockett are the leaders of the Democratic Party currently. A title would not change that to a significant degree. Neither of them has encouraged focus on Schumer, and I imagine there’s good reason for that.
I’m all for finding inspiring new candidates - but we don’t actually gain all that much by dragging down the pretty bad ones - and I fully agree they’re bad, especially when their seats are not up for election. The house has a lot of seats to claim.
I once had a bad sandwich at a shitty sandwich shop. I said it was bad. I just don’t devote time and energy to warning everyone away from the shop. I’m finding better sandwiches. This is the challenge of building yourself off what inspires you rather than what you hate.
If a sandwich shop gives you food poisoning, you absolutely should be telling people not to eat there. You should leave reviews and tell people every time the name comes up
The logic you’re using is “well, what if the shop closes down and people can’t get sandwiches at all? What if they’re forced to eat at the numerous food stands that also give you food poisoning?”
If you say nothing, people are going to look at the sandwich shop sign and think it’s safer than the street food… That’s not better
To get away from the metaphor, harshly condemning Schumer at every turn would definitely do something. It sends a message that “this isn’t what you can expect from Democrats”
You say everyone knows who the real leaders of the party are…I literally don’t even know the second name there, I know AOC because she does good messaging about who she is and what she stands for. And I pay attention
Most people don’t even know who their representative is, but they’re much more likely to know who Schumer and Pelosi are. And they hate them.
This shady shit is why people hate the Democrats. When someone hands Trump everything he wants without a fight, they try to downplay it, like people haven’t noticed. They don’t punish it, they barely mention it - they’re so desperate to not shake the boat that they do nothing
Democrats need to shake the boat and make enemies… That’s what wins elections today. They need to call people out, and tell them what they stand for, and then they need to follow through
I agree with this sentiment 100%. I feel totally betrayed by Schumer. I feel really good good watching Corey broker spend 16 hours reading constituents letters before the congressional record.
I agree we can’t blindly vote for a party. That is what got us here. But presidential elections come down to 2 candidates and it’s going to be a lesser of two evils vote. Trust me I hate the dems as much as any dem. I’m a true centrist I like policy that makes sense on both sides of the isle. I don’t remember a time in history where the lesser of two evils contrast was so high.
We really need to clean sweep congress and get fresh blood who’s represents the american people and not corporations and billionaires.
Are you opposing legislation by holding the floor and not allowing it to get introduced?
Booker isn’t either. Again, in case you missed it:
“Booker’s speech is not a filibuster because it is not blocking legislation or a nomination.”
Booker is grandstanding. Talking. Talking gets us nowhere. Is he DOING anything? No. The entire party is rudderless, weak, and borderline complicit. ACTUALLY complicit in the cases of Schumer and Fetterman and Durbin, to name a few.
In case you missed it look up the definition of a filibuster. Please try and think REALLY hard, about how obstucting a legislature works. Do your best to really consider the definition of filibuster and get back to me.
Any time taken up on the senate floor, cannot be used by republicans and their dem traitor friends to pass law.
This is good. Its not going to save the world, but this is a good start to opposition. I wish i could find a better way to express myself on this one but your opinion leaves me at a loss for words.
and therefore it can’t be stopped by cloture or withdrawal or override because it is just a senator talking
which he can do for as long as he likes
Nope, a motion for cloture would end this speech and any other debate and move the Senate along to its next vote
But that ISN’T HOW HE FEELS!
They held up little signs while voting for bad things to happen.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!?
I fucking hate neolibs man, a bunch of college educated idiots who can’t admit when they’ve been conned.
if you think that something else should be done then go do it and stop being a coward whining and begging someone else to do it for you
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Fire up that revolution. Im waiting to see the coward communist live up to their words. Worse than the ‘libertarians’ who are drooling over a tyranical government. buncha steppy sneks. Sorry for focusing on data and reality instead of day dreaming about revolution your to scared to enact. Whole lotta revolution talk but sure is quiet in the streets? Lotta typing tho keep it up! The revolution will not be televised it will be typed and purity checked.
If i don’t go to work tomorrow I get fired and then in 2 months i become homeless
You fucking do it bitch
Sorry I don’t get a 200k/yr salary to do nothing like our representatives.
I’m not the one bitching. I’m just the guy trying to draw peoples attention to the filibuster in the senate.
If the entire country shut down tomorrow I would live blissfully for years, until I died a natural death.
It would appear this is a more pressing issue with you since you can’t survive 2 weeks without a job? Probably not even a week in a food shortage. Seems like you’re very at risk of these tariffs coming in. Why should i risk my saftey and comfort? This is a you problem not a me problem, i’ve been planning for this moment my whole life. If humanity can’t save it’s self i’ll be safely watching from the side lines or catching one of the first nukes out. I’m certainly not going to fight for people who won’t fight for themselves lol. get rekt n00b.
So as a wise man once said…
‘no u’
I liked Bidens America I just want constiutional law and order back not a fucking revolution. Maybe a little eat the rich as a treat? I like 90% tax brackets for rich people.
Your link just had a ton of articles i could not find your quote.
He’s holding the senate floor in a filibuster. If what you say is true they maybe trying to introduce legislation or a nomination. I seriously doubt they are standing up there all night to stretch their voices. They are submitting public testimony to the record.
Did you have any thoughts? I’m not even sure how to respond to your link.
Edit: I found the quote, they described a filibuster, and then claimed his was not one. Great reporting. Holding the floor for 12 hours is obsructing the legislature.
fil·i·bus·ter /ˈfiləˌbəstər/ noun 1. an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
The Senate does not have a time limit on any speech like other bodies do. One a Senator has the floor, they can keep talking until they yield the floor.
A traditional Filibuster is when a Senator does this to postpone a particular vote. Since there was no vote pending, technically this doesn’t count as a Filibuster. Which means Booker can get the press coverage for doing this, without really holding up anything important.
I don’t know if you remeber 2008-2016 but republicans basically threatened to filibuster everything and no laws got passed.
Democrats are warming up for 2-8 years of filobustering everything I hope. Its better than you know 12 senators voting with republicans to screw their constituents. Schumers to old to hold the floor for 12hours over night. Someones gonna have to be brave enough and strong enough to oppose like this for years.
Glad to see so much popular support. The virgin rage and impotence is palpable.
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… Thanks for linking to a source which confirms my interpretation, you did my work for me!
the term filibuster was first used in the 1850s when it was applied to efforts to hold the Senate floor in order to prevent a vote on a bill.
Seriously it will not kill you to support some kind of political opposition to authoritarianism flirting with nazis.
I’m always amazed this site is a bunch of left of center folks and yet your words and actions are always in favor of republicans destroying progressivism.
How is being a doomer working out? You guys gaining any ground on not getting deported or detained for 1st amendment rights?
You think this is doing nothing? So you’re telling me the republicans have no pending legislation or nominations they are trying to pass this week? You don’t think they have an endless list of bullshit to pass. Any time taken away from them being able to screw us over is good.
You’re making me a doomer tho chill.
Ah yes, a real heritage foundation constitutionalist here folks.
Yes The glorious US government of 1850. What was it that happened 11 years later? Are we even the same government at this point?
Has the filibuster been used in different ways since that time. 2008-2016, they just said filibuster and no one even had to hold the floor, the bills would crumble.
let these fuckers cook and pray they can hold the floor for 2 years.
Oh, I thought they were actually doing something.
I mean, giving an extra long speech where you point out all the terrible things Trump is doing and read letters from constituents is doing something, it’s just not a filibuster or anywhere near the level of intensity we need. Telling Republicans they’re hurting people isn’t going to change their minds.
I don’t understand why some in this thread are so offended when it’s noted that it’s not a Filibuster, because it’s not blocking a vote. It doesn’t matter what we call it. He’s doing this to get some attention to certain issues, and it’s working. In many ways, it’s better that he does it when no critical vote is pending, because he can’t be accused of obstructionism.
People need to understand that, as the minority party in the Senate, all Democrats can really do is obstruct. And Republicans are counting on that obstruction, because it makes it easier to tear shit down. If Democrats simply refuse to let anything come to the floor, Republicans will just wait until the entire government defaults, and then blame it all on Democrats.
Democrats need to pick their battles carefully, and I think Booker did a good job here. Whether or not is actually blocks votes is besides the point.
I’d he fine if he did this and caused the shut down. At least the USAID folk would still technically have a job. Stop with this delicate fine line bullshit. We all know what a shit heel Trump is and what he’s done. 25 hours and he’ll get a 15 second blurp on a Sinclair outlet. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.
It is litterally a filibuster. You are gaslighting, thats why people are upset. If democrats make it clear no bipartisan legislation will pass, thats the only opposition we have.
Holding the senate floor for 2 years is the only good idea the democrats have come up with thus far.
As I said in another comment:
It’s unbelievable. Nothing is ever the correct way to do things. People like you always complain without solutions or even a hint of what the fuck you want.
What should he have done instead? What was the correct move for Booker here? Let’s hear it.
Did you find anything in that link to suggest that they are doing a filibuster for fun. would love it if they would filibuster until 2026.
fil·i·bus·ter /ˈfiləˌbəstər/ noun 1. an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
Im so glad so many people understand how our government works and make every effort to undermine oppostion and support authoritarianism.
Democrats voted and spoke out against Trump’s cabinet nominations, forced a 15-day vote against Trump’s executive order, confirmed Biden’s pending judicial appointments when Republican attendance is low, and are the ones bringing these cases to the courts. They are doing everything they can to stop this from the minority. Pay attention or hold your criticism.
Yet somehow Democrats are even worse than Republicans, which is why Americans took power from them and gave it to Republicans.
Stupid fucking clown country.
DARVO shit right here. And upvoted that high nonetheless.
it is an absolute clownshow out there for sure! We need to stop it before it gets way out of hand and has cataclysmic effects.
Well yeah you should. Im honestly shocked that most people are okay with this and arent protesting. If Germany would be in the midst of a fascist takeover again, Id spend half my day on the streets shouting. Im not evem sure if its not already too late, Trump has eliminated almost all resistance except for something the order of a revolution.
You gotta remember in America we are all far apart. I have to drive 30 minutes to the closest protest. 40 Million people in california live 48 hours away from washington DC.
We can’t easily get our population in the same place at the same time. People are doing their best, there are lots of small protests everywhere. They will get bigger when the weather gets nicer. This filibuster has got me excited. Hopefully we can get rid of some of the apathy and get to some action. We are doing something we’re just spread apart and are lacking direction and leadership. It’s hard to keep hope, hell its hard to keep up with the stream of evil shit this admin does every day.
It’s breaking me and stealing my humanity. More people will fight as it breaks them too. They may have to lose their granma to poverty and disease but even thats not far away now.
Of course, not everyone can get to DC, but there are already millions there. Thanks for doing your part.
Yea I hope to hear more news from the big cities. For those of you who can just walk out of your houses in mass, grab a sign and do it!
I got 20 people in 2 miles of me. Our town square is just a corner of a highway with a gas station and a church.
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Not a filibuster
noun: filibuster; plural noun: filibusters
- an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
HOW IS THIS NOT A FILIBUSTER HOW IS THIS NOT A FILIBUSTER HOW IS THIS NOT A FILIBUSTER???
When are we going to finally get rid of the filibuster?
When the republicans can get a majority in the senate and stop the dems from using it? Hopefully it lives on for 200 more years with this country i know and love.
I’m OK with a live filibuster. Being able to “filibuster” a bill by passing a note to the teacher threatening to talk all night does not promote compromise or good lawmaking.
I’m watching a live filibuster. A 18 hour long speech. Holding the senate floor and preventing any legislation or nomination.
YES ITS NOT A FILIBUSTER OF A CERTAIN BILL. IT IS A FILIBUSTER OF ALL NEW BILLS AND NOMINATIONS. IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN ADGENDA.
I HOPE THIS HELPS.
JUST CLICK THE LINK AND WATCH THE THING STOP TELLING ME WHATS GOING ON I’VE BEEN UP WATCHING THIS SINCE 6 AM
It wasn’t a filibuster.
How so? Even the link OP shared says it is
He wasn’t blocking a specific bill.
Why do people keep posting this nothingness?
Because if you watch the negative news on trump all day, the news stations will play negative news of trump.
If you watch the oppostion, the news will follow the oppostion. This is a war for attention and you are losing.
Performative garbage, they had a chance to actually prevent it and they folded.
It’s the ONLY productive thing they can be doing. Prevent republicans from using the congress. They only want to use it to give the power of the people to ELon musk.
This SHOULD have been done to stop the last CR. Democrats had a chance to present a united opposition with both the Senate and the House but threw it away. This is not the ONLY productive thing they could be doing, it’s the only legal thing they can do. Democrats are still playing by the rules and following decorum. Americans are angry many seem to be starting to realize they were sold a culture war when what they are actually fighting is a class war. Until the messaging becomes that of a class war Democrats will not be able to capitalize on the anger.
Class waaaaaaar!!! CHARRRGE!!!
Well said. If you listen to the filibuster its full of populist lust for justice and compassion. I’m hoping this is where the anger and hope mix and we can start working on saving this country. least what we can.
This is the type of stuff we need. The battle is being fought in the media. It’s time to for a performance that outshines the political garbage the right dishes out.
This is the whole problem, the government isn’t working for people. The media isn’t even working for people, look how few people even rely on traditional media these days. The answer can’t be more government as usual more traditional media coverage. What we need is grand action. Fight the battle in the streets (not violence) force a prolonged general strike, organized mass boycotts, create a run on the banks, and become generally ungovernable.
