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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
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.
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.
Why are they asking us to risk getting thrown in an ice internment camp when they are the ones who standing by in DC abiding by legalities that no longer exist?
Man you got a lot of opinions for a guy afraid of protesting and boycotting? Are you afwaid of a wittle ice at your wokal pwotest? What are you suggesting here?
Sorry I don't want to join your parade I'll keep doing real mutual aid work
Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha THE TRUE COMMUNIST EVERYBODY. He's soooo much better than us he just can't articulate why. Please do tell what is this mutal aid you're doing and who's financing it.
I've got some extra firearms if you need one to defend yourself. Im pretty sure ice isn't gonna come arrest me and the retired old ladies protesting in front of the capital, but it would make good news for the cause. Idk i refuse to live in fear. I refuse to live like a impotent fool. Go do something besides discourage people from being productive.
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.
Lets eat them. Move the protest from the capital to their actual personal residences and don't let them leave until they step down. No car to the grocery store, human wall. No more making it to the capital to vote, human wall. Plenty of non-violent ways to make their positions unbearable. I agree after seeing the vote pass that Bookers speech was preventing. bunch of turn coat dems. only 45 managed to vote against the new head of nato.
Class war. eat the rich.
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?
Billionaires, US politics is largely fanfare with niche outliers like Bernie. There's a reason the US has largely been the exact same imperialist state feeding the billionaires for almost 50 years now. Democrats had 100% control of Senate, House, and Executive branch in 2022 and what did they do to prevent what is unfolding today?
Largely fanfare with a focus on imperialist foreign affairs in Gaza.
Anyone who's been paying attention to the news for more than 3 administrations can tell you this is the reality of our system and nothing will change until it crashes and is rebuilt.
Great history lesson. The dems did not have a super majority in the senate so here we are. There was no progress because the filibuster. Thank god for that filibuster cause we need it now. You need to get 70% of americans to agree with you if you want to make change. It's a high bar to set and billionaires sure are influencial in the conversations, and the elections. We should change that but 70% of people can't agree on that either. You think a new government will fix that or do we need to fix the broken people? Like why is it that 70% of ameicans can't agree on taxing people richer than them or keeping billionaires out of politics in a meaningful manner?
I've been playing attention for the past 6 administrations. I cared about Gaza while you were playing in the sandbox. You guys just found out about Gaza on Tic Tok, and handed trump a presidency over it because you can't even seperate iranian propaganda from genuine compassion.
When it's Democrats in control this is the excuse.
When it's Republicans in control they do as they please illegal or not.
Why do you think this is? Republicans have already burned through 80% of Project 2025 without a filibuster being started, why are they able to accomplish so many of their goals, the Democrats however almost none.
Their AIPAC and Insurance provider paychecks come with stipulations.
You say you're empathetic towards Gaza yet you're rooting for a politician who's accepted 3/4 million dollars directly from Israel.
Hey dude you're talking on a post about a filibuster thats taking up the senate floor for 25 straight hours and its still going. Project 2025 was completed by executive order not at a legislative level yet.
I also do not like how the DNC has handled the last 4 elections. I am not a fan of Kamala at all but would have loved to have her over this. I don't inject Gaza into every conversation, but that does not mean i do not care and want to end military funding for isreal. I want USAID to get back to gaza.
It's not relevant to the topic of this post. Which contradicts half of your post right here. So like watch the filibuster and discuss it or please, find somewhere else to virtue signal. Let Booker virtue signal, he's cookin and im vibing and you realling killing that right now man? whats wrong with you?
Like its so ironic because theres a man on the senate floor crying, saying exactly what you're saying. There's a problem in the congress they are derelicting their duty. He's saying that right now. They know they fucked up. Listen in or find a new post to comment on. I don't want to read you virtue signaling while someones saying it on the senate floor and you refuse to even listen or support it in spirit. Like this is truly funny dude. Walking contradiction here. Theres something beautiful happening in congress and it's speaking to your very thoughts and you just wanna ignore it because it might make your opinion incorrect. Good luck.