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Summary

Sen. Cory Booker broke the all-time Senate filibuster record Tuesday with a 25-hour, 4-minute speech opposing proposed Social Security cuts by Elon Musk.

Booker criticized the broader Trump agenda and warned of threats to democracy.

Sen. Ted Cruz said he was thinking about triggering the alarm on the Senate floor to block the New Jersey Democrat from surpassing his marathon speech mark, then joked on X and posted a Homer Simpson meme.

Booker began speaking Monday at 7 p.m. and remained standing throughout, aided by Democratic colleagues who questioned him to allow brief breaks.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 20 hours ago

From the douche that read green eggs and ham in a filibuster.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I hope ted Cruz gets stuck on a toilet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

I hope ted Cruz gets stuck ~~on~~ in a toilet . ftfy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago

Christ what a douche.

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago

Hearing ted Cruz talk for more than 5 minutes would be the worst punishment someone could get, 21 hours? Fuck that

[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would say we should send him back to Canada, but they don't deserve that.

I wish you the best Canada, with love. - US citizen

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wasn’t Ted of Cuban origin? Here’s to hoping he gets what he voted for.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Rafael Edward Cruz

December 22, 1970 (age 54) Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dad is from cuba not Mr "Run from my problems" Cruz.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s Cuban enough for a warm-hearted deportation by ICE right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Like I said, I do not wish that upon Canada.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

They'll clearly just send them to El Salvador regardless, so Canada will likely be spared.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dump him right on the border.

The border runs right through the middle of 4 of the 5 Great Lakes...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Ok, I'm listening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

He belongs in that floating island of plastic trash in the Pacific Ocean

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

I thought his dad killed JFK

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Are we sure his dad didn’t have any questionable tattoos?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't leaving Cuba basically also running from your problems?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Apples and oranges.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently you haven't heard, but now we just send people back to whichever country is convenient at the time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

"I ain't never heard of no Canada. Looks Salvadoran to me."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

He's whatever he needs to be, depending on who he's speaking to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Everything, especially the assholes, is bigger in Texas.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The beard won't save you, Teddy. You're still the:

Too bad Al Green ain't in the Senate to cane your chucklefuck swarmy shitweasel ass.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

nose to broad, face to round, brows to big mouth too wide

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

You're probably fun at parties

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i like ted cruz better than most of my senate colleagues do.

and i hate ted cruz.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

what's the matter? did he make you look stoopid for not reading your favorite (and probably only,) book- Green Eggs and Ham??

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know ted is a piece of shit, but that post, and literally everyone else's response to it, including booker who referenced the post in the last 30 minutes before the record was broken, knew that it was a joke.

Ted tried it already and failed to hit the record. He knows how hard it is.

That was an assholes way of appreciating something, without admitting that he has respect for it.

For fucks sake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

Definitely the level of maturity that we need in our leaders 🙄

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How will he pull the alarm from his resort down in Mexico?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

He will probably have his caddie's chauffeur do it for him

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Should have done it, Rafael.

Better we find out DOGE cut funding for the emergency alarm maintenance now as opposed to there being an actual emergency.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

That would be a crime. I know, (R) beats any consequences of doing illegal things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Little snowflake bitch

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Lyin' Ted, showing his love for Strom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Ted is such a soft toothed stinky mouth little bitch