Please don't minimize what Booker is doing. I think it's clear that he should replace Schumer. 91M views and counting on cspan. He's vibrant with stamina and fighting the way we need him to. Dem approval would definitely begin to climb again, from the 21% it is now. Help out on this maybe?
I feel like people are misreading this post? The post says “props to Cory Booker for taking a stand instead of being like a lot of other politicians who are doing nothing” and everyone is somehow reading “booker’s protest is useless”
Sanders spoke for 12 hours the previous week, which is impressive not only for his age but for the fact that he had just come off of a tour of record breaking rallies.
Johnson didn’t shut down the government. He shut down congressional business for the rest of the week in a tantrum over Bookers record-breaking time on the floor. I’m fine with it getting 2nd or 3rd billing because Keebler elf running scared is all that matters in this instance.
No, I mean this filibuster would’ve been more meaningful if they did this a few weeks ago to force republicans into a government shutdown instead of Schumer and friends voting with republicans instead
Maybe. But unless you have a time machine, it’s not really productive to worry about that. And if we had a Time Machine, we wouldn’t have to worry about any of this. 😊
wait is this because Ken klippenstein has criticisms whatsoever about a cop so zionist she couldn't make the obvious break from Biden until well after the damage had already been done to the voting base
I had a great one-liner ready about means testing and gentrification but honestly this conversation is too stupid to get into what antiblackness really means
https://bsky.app/profile/moonstruckella.bsky.social/post/3llrqa2qkm22a just to put a fine point on how stupid y'alls entire response entirely is. You're attacking leftists for saying *it's a good thing* that Corey Booker did a record filibuster. You're ignoring Schumer for being the one who's condemning booker for this.
Why the fuck do you hate people who give kudos to your mans more than you hate the man who called him out of line and undid all of his work. Why do you all sound exactly like anti-woke Stellar Blade grifters.
I will never get over the fact that Stellar Blade anti-woke grifters hated Stellar Blade fans most of all for talking about the gameplay instead of the titties. That's what you look like right now. You're attacking ppl who praise Booker and excusing the man who hates him.
no explain to me please how it is antiblack to be critical of the prison systems, war economy, and other related stuff like the perpetual innocence of the white woman and guilt of the black man that materially impacts black lives way more than Harris courting GWB white supremacists benefits them
even the stupidest hillbilly knows that there is strength in numbers, which is why a party that should have become extinct after Reagan is in charge of everything
now you seek to distract with disappointment in Democratic electeds when it has thus far been the voters who decided this shitshow
The person is terminal-ly online, and not conception outside of their egirl discord keyboard warrior lifestyle. They are just the discourse. They don't vote away. It's like talking to a 🧱
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/calls-grow-for-mr-schumer-to-step it's also just deeply unserious that y'all continue to act like the most right wing republicans and transphobes and just get more vicious at more scapegoats the more you lose instead of addressing your schism from within
Senator Cory Booker just made history with the longest filibuster ever—bold, principled, and full of patriotic audacity. This is what standing up for democracy looks like. We see you, Senator. And we’re with you. 🌓✨
#StandWithBooker #DemocracyInAction
Cory would be more convincing if he actually filibustered one of the many terrible bills sent over from the House or even, I dunno, Marco Rubio's confirmation. He voted to confirm Rubio. This is a publicity stunt to elevate his brand.
I'm in Illinois and as much as Pritzker is also an AIPAC bitch, he's literally DOING actual THINGS here to keep us safe (to launch his 28 campaign, but at least he'll have meat behind him 🤷🏻♀️)
If he's an AIPAC stooge, he's not going to keep people safe. It's only a matter of time before people get fed up with the US and Israel mass murdering innocents with impunity and bring the fight to us.
For now, his AIPAC ties are mostly irrelevant. Especially to the queer population and tens of thousands of Hispanic immigrants in Illinois. As for '28, you're 1000% right--I voted for Stein, I won't vote for a ziopig. But we have to make it to '28 for that to matter.
Fair enough. I remain pretty cynical about it, though. I don’t want normie Dems to be lulled to sleep by this. The party has failed us, and we need to continue holding them to account. We should be calling them often, and running primaries everywhere.
THIS IS LEADERSHIP!! Mainstream news is not covering this, so let’s be sure to share this everywhere and give people hope!!! Don’t tell me that felon 47 has a mandate when 350 million people watched & supported Corey Booker’s speech https://thehill.com/homenews/sen...
This is not leadership, this is the bare minimum. This is literally HIS JOB. Yes, give him credit for doing it, and recognize the physical effort it took, but also recognize how many of this cabinet he confirmed, how much he takes from AIPAC, how long he's been doing NOTHING and getting paid by us.
Is he still at it? If he can make it to 7:19 PM he'll have taken the record from Strom Thurmond, who filibustered to protest the civil rights act in 1957. Seems fitting that an African-American should wipe out that record.
and then to be fair to you, this is what literally every single motherfucker should be doing, so it's honestly the lowest bar he's clearing. like when people were bragging about joe biden doing infrastructure, I'm like "yes, that's the absolute bare min"
And yet like in typical Dem fashion, that doing something, aside from breaking Strom Thurmond's record, did nothing. I hope people see this and learn to expect action but I'm afraid they'll see this as all the action they need.
I've been saying, we need a narcissistic striver who wants their name in the papers! I mean that sincerely, doing anything at all even for vanity's sake is to be preferred to mute surrender.
Just watched him, man the guy is killing himself on his feet for 22 hours and honestly says EVERYTHING I’m thinking and feeling. Only thing not being said is how to rip these fascist fcks out of office and try them all for f’ing treason!!! We need that!
cmon Ken shut it with the cynical tone for once. If you were in his place would you be able to stay awake and standing and talking for a whole fucking day?
I always see you call for the dems to do more shit but i feel like someone doing something so physically and mentally taxing as this would call for more celebration if you’re this big on dems doing something.
Yeah I mean good for him for doing this but something about this feels kind of cynical? Heard part of what he was saying which was supposed to sound impassioned but it just sounded like he was putting on an act. Or he just sucks at speaking idk.
Girl not everything is racism. I’ve seen plenty clips and while I applaud him for doing this (going 24h is no joke) I still think this is more of a ploy for fundraising. After years of Dems doing nothing I’m not going to give them the benefit of the doubt at first chance. Demand better from them.
Cynicism helps fascists. You must do better to expect better.
He just didn't better. Yes fundraising is important duh.
It was more than that though.
You didn't really watch yet. He wasn't faking that shit
They’re so scared of doing literally anything that will bring them any attention (good or bad). Just a bunch of old idiots thinking they can weather this storm out until the next elections. They will mostly definitely use this to ask for donations tho lol.
If anything this is really the minimum they could be doing and it’s being hailed as some powerful resistance. Yeah I’ll clap but this is probably the best you’ll get from these people for a while.
Standing for 24 hrs without a bathroom break and speaking nonstop while addressing the concerns of the Democrat voting population. That is a hell of a campaign. I don’t think man busts his ass doing his job is the gotcha you think it is.
Oh. So then what exactly are you doing to resist, Ken? You post on social media for a living. Do you have no idea who the nazi republican party is coming for first? They aren't coming for you just yet, keyboard warrior.
Ms. Alecia with an E, would you feel disrespected if someone addressed you with all lowercase letters? I certainly think it's disrespectful to address a Black US Senator without his appropriate title and no capitalization of his names. It is worse than spelling your name without an E.
I absolutely would not care in a quick social media post like this. I most likely would not even notice. I am a Black woman with a PhD and have been the victim of *all* of the microaggressions in my career, and the lowercasing in this post absolutely was not that deep.
I don't presume to know you or anything else about you- except that you prefer people spell your name correctly. You have an opinion. That is not unusual. My observation here is: many other people are correctly using proper nouns, including names and titles, on this site. Take care.
Like, I desperately want to give credit for doing SOMETHING. I do want hope.
But at the same time, it's not really a filibuster. It's not being done to disrupt Trump's agenda. It just looks like another case of Democrats doing the right thing only when it doesn't actually impede Republicans.
Exactly! I don’t see how this will have much effect on anything, and he’s definitely not aggressive at all with the things he says, but it’s SOMETHING.
It might be a flawed protest, but it is the most Senate like protest there is. When senators can put anonymous holds on legislation and filibuster without actually doing what he is doing... good for him. It's a protest.
He took an oath to defend democracy like the military does. Pick up a weapon, take it to the capital, use it on the traitors and insurrectionist planners. That would barely be enough. If he's too cowardly to do that, contact the generals and ask them to take Trump and his unqualified sycophants.
Exactly - Bernie & AOC ARE touring the country. It isn't action but it is unity, & gives people hope & community - what the hell is up with the rest of you. The ONLY actors are Booker, Bernie & AOC @schumer.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov
Yes credit. But not true to say others no-show. BS & AOC have travelling Road Show. Jasmine Crockett very busy & is annoying Trump/Musk doing something right. Harris is engaging in egregious "I told you so's": she may be active but we have heard very little recently. PB is active on social media.
Because I've been bombarded with news articles about people like me getting kidnapped off the street and dragged to El Salvador and it's making it hard for me to get to sleep at night.
He's spent several hours specifically pointing out the lawlessness and cruelty of the current administration. Other Senators have asked questions to put pertinent information before the million or so people watching this on cable and the internet. When I speak for 30 minutes I ramble. This is 22hrs
But defeating fascism will require the socialist left to form temporary coalitions with many who do not share our long term goals (at least not yet). While doing that, we can (and must) continue building our own movement
He's given a full-throated argument for the social safety net, and there are a lot of people who need to hear it. Government is not the problem, and civil servants are not the enemy.
Do you expect him to come with a perfect essay for over 24 hours? He could be saying “pee is stored in the balls” for 20 hours straight and that would still be a good thing cause that’s 20 hours that the senate republicans would be blocked from action
The issue with your “demanding more” is that it’s never simultaneous with leftists fighting for progressive candidates in the primaries, or attending local elections. If genuinely nothing is ever good enough for you, people will eventually stop trying to win you over.
You seriously think that? Did you listen? I mean, I was watching while working, but he’d said that the purpose of this was to raise awareness and I think he achieved that purpose. His stories served to humanize the people affected by the recent Doge cuts. What else should he have said?
Ash this was literally the bare minimum that should be expected throughout the democrat party. If this is satisfying to you in any capacity to where it feels like An accomplishment, you need to have more respect for yourself.
He dedicated this to John Lewis and the soul of a nation. At this moment, human rights are important. Healthcare is a right. VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. If you didn’t get the gist of his 25 hr on the floor w/out eating or peeing or shitting, you will never get it.
Are y’all capable of respecting anything that isn’t a full-throated attack on the Democratic Party? Genuinely, how do we win when people like you refuse to feel hope or enthusiasm if it stops short of your idea of perfection? Perfect is the enemy of good.
Ever since the dumbass Clinton triangulation strategy we’ve been circling the drains. They blew it in 2000 with that shit. Obama blew it by not locking up the bankers, and then they blew it in 2024 by doing an ethnic cleansing and throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus.
That’s fair. I personally found parts of Booker’s speech very moving, but I think the left needs to stop expecting Democrats to lead us into a revolution when they benefit from the system we need to dismantle
Ironic you couldn’t be bothered to take two seconds to capitalize the name of a man who is speaking out in Congress for this many hours. Or use punctuation. Lol. At this point I think we could all be appreciative of someone actually doing something.
It's a start. Dems are professional yappers though. I want to see more action. Be as resistant to the GOP agenda as minority as they are to your own when they're the minority. No more excuses. No more focus-grouping shit to death.
I don’t care. As far as I know he has said nothing about people being disappeared to El Salvador, including the innocent, on purpose.
I want everyone of those elected fuckers to rage against fascististic shit show even if not a single trans person was among the deported.
I agree, Schumer should be ousted from leadership and all of those dems who voted for it should be replaced. Dem politicians should be currently leading that charge if they had any spine, but Schumer remains.
I mean this is why I'm skeptical about this stunt, like it seems like a way to deflect from the more genuinely populist movement AOC and Bernie are building.
Exactly! I think various senators see that there’s a power vacuum right now because of Schumer’s feckless leadership. Centrists like Booker see an opportunity for power and don’t want that power going to the progressives.
For 25 hours he read out letters from constituents, appealed to his colleagues, voters, etc., and pulled talking points that matter to the left and to the right. He's a politician. This is the job. What do you expect him to do?
He's getting himself a lot of undeserved media coverage, but how does this help get rid of the fascist Robber Barons running this country into the ground?
Can we stop the cynicism for a minute? Jesus Christ. Booker has been on his feet for 22 hours, eloquently and powerfully shaming Trump, Musk and DOGE. And reading moving letters from constituents overnight. It’s clear he hears us. He’s rallying Dems in the Senate and those at home to do more.
Cynicism and hate directed towards the Democratic Party from its base is the only thing that motivates them to behave like this. This filibuster is evidence that being mean to democrats is working, and we have to be meaner.
Booker said the same thing, that Congressional Dems need to do more. He said constituents are demanding it. He said it at least a dozen times. But he also said WE need to do more. We need to get large. He said we need to get loud with our ”shaky voices.”
Schumer is probably seeing the writing on the wall nudging Booker into the leadership position IMO. I mean Schumer literally interrupted him to congratulate Booker on setting a record with his filabuster.
dems lose because they're enablers. instead of making changes people actually want they cozy up to republicans because god forbid they go left of center
The reason Dems lose and have little power is that when we do give you power you prioritize appeasing the party that tried to violently overthrow the government. If you believed them fascists, why did you want them in the President's cabinet and leading the FBI?
it could also be that they’re so obsessed with “norms and decency” that they’ll allow the GOP to stop anything and everything they want to do, then will roll over and play “bipartisan” with the ever-increasingly evil shit the GOP does when they’re in charge. but sure probably rando reporters online
I’m in a PhD program for English and I can explain exactly why this was cynical. Him saying “anything at all” is minimizing Booker’s accomplishment. The man stood for 25 hours and broke a record. He starved himself for four days. To call that “anything at all” is a meiosis of Booker’s actions.
Congratulating Booker has to come with a minimization of his achievement. It’s the begrudging “I guess that’s good enough” for what is objectively something very few of us could do. Yeah, there’s bs “I was complimenting him!” But that’s like saying “You managed to look pretty despite your weight.”
Genuinely, I want you to tell me what your cynicism achieves, and how you think we stand a fucking chance against a cult when your response to what is objectively an accomplishment to celebrate is to be negative and divisive. Cynicism didn’t pass the Civil Rights Act or win World War II; Hope did.
It doesn't change the truth value of my statement, but yes I did. And I said other people should too, because she was better than Trump. Chuck Schumer is an accomplice to Trump. You telling him to shape up?
I guess you’re too busy bitching about Dems because they actually are doing a lot. If you didn’t vote for Harris or refused to vote STFU. They only have limited power because blue Magats decided to protest vote.
Yes. This. Fine. Let's just please stop with all the "what a hero" bullshit. He did a thing that SHOULD have been done during confirmation hearings or during votes on legislation, but here we are. And he's still taking 100sK of AIPAC money. Yes, this energy matters. No, he's not a fucking hero.
Credit to Senator Cory Booker for taking the Carpe. Effing. Diem. by the horns and sparking magic democracy-action dust🌟💫✨ all to help America 🇺🇸 find its #MoralMoment.
they could win if they actually wanted to. where was cory booker 2 weeks ago during the spending bill? bro filibustered nothing for optics. not to mention he has received just shy of a million dollars in pro-isre*l lobby funding. tldr: i’ll know it when i see it.
This is more than something. I know people are frustrated, but what do you expect a party without actual power to do. All we can do at the moment is protest, speak out, speak
truth to power. In today’s elections we will see if the people are doing their part.
Booker is an opportunist literally not holding up a vote or anything and could make this little speech on literally any social media platform. If anything he's diluting what it means to filibuster and people are slurping it up. It makes no sense
It was an appointee confirmation vote which will go through tomorrow, not a vote on any kind of legislation. But you're a fasceless Name123 account so you probably don't care and just want to dissent anyways
He can speak on social media if he has something useful to say, but the entire point of a filibuster is to stop the regular bureaucratic process, WHICH HE IS NOT DOING. He's merely co-opted the term filibuster to make rubes think he's accomplishing something here.
I agree with ALL this… But let them have their moment. We always need someone to energize ppl. So although he didn’t do anything material (incoming anecdote meant to illustrate an overall vibe), I have libby friends that don’t pay attention excited and paying attention.
so you're mad when they don't hold up Senate business and you're mad when they do hold up Senate business. if you're never going to be happy then this action isn't for you
“The people in the Civil Rights Movement who participated in sit-ins are opportunists, no immediate political action or anything, and could have just written a strongly-worded letter to any newspaper. If anything, they’re diluting protest.” Booker went to an extreme bc that is the entire POINT.
One minute sitting in at Woolworth’s achieved just as much political change immediately as they did five hours in. So why did they stay? Why did they allow themselves to be humiliated and have food poured on them? To prove that THOSE WERE THE LENGTHS THEY WOULD GO FOR THE CAUSE.
It takes guts to stand up and speak for hours on end, especially when the odds are stacked against you. Booker’s effort shows a level of commitment that’s hard to ignore. It’s a reminder that action, even when imperfect, is better than apathy.
Theatre is core theme. Voters crave policy without drama and when Democratic Party realizes this they can build a platform. Booker has heart of gold but activism and rage aren’t qualities Americans desire from politicians. Voters want lower costs, safety from crime and prosperity. It’s that simple
Having only two average choices come election time left voters awash at sea. Both candidates are flawed which showed via closeness of popular vote. One day soon, integrity will return and a politician will lead like Moses led. Believe in your hearts for that day will arrive and your pain will ease.
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Sucks, but that's how it works, so if you can, make even a $1 or $5 donation, to help others GROW A DAMN SPINE
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It's better than sitting on your hands whining.
We see you. Fucking terrible skeet.
now you seek to distract with disappointment in Democratic electeds when it has thus far been the voters who decided this shitshow
#StandWithBooker #DemocracyInAction
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Thank you Cory, AOC, Jasmine, Bernie, and Jamie Raskin.
Of course, we ALL knew Republicans were, all of them, cowards, otherwise, Trump would be in prison.
The Dems have filibustered half of them.
and then to be fair to you, this is what literally every single motherfucker should be doing, so it's honestly the lowest bar he's clearing. like when people were bragging about joe biden doing infrastructure, I'm like "yes, that's the absolute bare min"
but there are no consequences. which is why we need to push for revolution. consequences for an undeserving ruling class.
He just didn't better. Yes fundraising is important duh.
It was more than that though.
You didn't really watch yet. He wasn't faking that shit
Awesome!
#CoryBooker #USSenate
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But at the same time, it's not really a filibuster. It's not being done to disrupt Trump's agenda. It just looks like another case of Democrats doing the right thing only when it doesn't actually impede Republicans.
*Being good at politics.
Personally I've written and called my officials, participated in several protests, and donated to a few good causes. I'm an active resistor 🗽💙🇺🇸
They've been going up to give a speech followed by a question for him to answer.
Even that dog Schumer.
no?
just a bunch of Booker *performing* the reassuring narrative that "some" Democrats understand it's time to "fight"?
by NOT mentioning the single most meaningful way the fight could be had?
o ok
fuckin rubes.
Why do you?
that's what's being achieved here?
not STOPPING the kidnapping
just a comforting little moment from Ds doing nothing
if all you want is a bedtime story read recent history.
Could you please invest your time in that? Encouraging good things?
All cards on the table, this looks like a smoke screen to me.
But man oh man he said a lot without saying much.
But defeating fascism will require the socialist left to form temporary coalitions with many who do not share our long term goals (at least not yet). While doing that, we can (and must) continue building our own movement
Isn’t it terrible how the childish left keeps demanding more from our Reps?
Probably better to keep not holding Dems to account like we’ve done for the past 35 years.
“If it’s broken it ain’t broke!”
The same money that funds the Repubs.
He could have sown off dark money and then called for Schumer to resign.
That would have been something real.
Man, that sounds awesome.
If it’s same old same old dirty Dems well, that’s what go us here in the first place.
•Purity testing when the outcome won’t really affect ME
You haven't been listening.
Obviously.
Hope you are doing more than it sounds like.
Schumer is untenable and there was a serious threat of a progressive running for his position and winning.
AIPAC cannot take that risk.
God you're pathetic.
Thanks @booker.senate.gov
May you ignite the nation with your energy.
😭 😢
Your whole personality doesn’t have to be snark.
I want everyone of those elected fuckers to rage against fascististic shit show even if not a single trans person was among the deported.
idc how, they shoulda stopped the CR
I'm a 67 year old 1st time protester. I'm out there because I'm afraid for our country. I'm afraid for the people in it.
Call every GOP senator to shame them and every Dem senator to encourage them.
202.224.####
And like a broken clock, I'm not sure he knows how much time has passed since he got up there
Like he knows that he's in hot water, and he wants the power to remain in his centrist clique.
And continuing to do something, like god damn almost a full day
But we've seen talk before end with just talk.
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What do we call people like that?
In my world, action changes things, not feelings
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#ReclaimTheDream🇺🇸🗳️📬
#ReigniteTheDream🇺🇸❤️🔥
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truth to power. In today’s elections we will see if the people are doing their part.
Please at least try to understand that there are a lot of folks out there like me who *are* getting something out of it.
There's a lot of policy I disagree with Booker on, but I'm glad he's doing this.
Yay?