The job of defending democracy requires a measure of bravery, and Cory Booker showed that bravery in spades on the Senate floor. youtu.be/YgM6PgT0v1w - ThreadSky

And then voted to support the genocide in Gaza, give me a break!

He did great but Bernie Sanders has been in the trenches, without acclaim, for forty years. Let's honor great, proven leaders as well as heroic gestures.

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pottfisch.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cory #Booker 💪🏽🔝

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vanessadowler.bsky.social•4 days ago

We need more people doing brave things.

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alfredlund.bsky.social•4 days ago

But will any of them FOLLOW this excellent example?

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stef47.bsky.social•2 days ago

Really? Democrats have been defending democracy for the last century—all the while Republicans have been crushing it and cashing it in.

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stef47.bsky.social•4 days ago

If only there were Republicans willing to show that bravery.

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coreyoneill.bsky.social•4 days ago

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theuberdork.bsky.social•4 days ago

And then almost immediately voted FOR sending money to fund war crimes. 😒

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vickiecarey.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes he did.

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algiskuliukas.bsky.social•4 days ago

How about having the courage to admit that the Kremlin now have their asset sitting in the White House?

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berniegrrrl.bsky.social•4 days ago

25+ hours and no mention of Israel (except with the pandering Hebrew verses), Gaza, or the genocide of the Palestinian people. Not a word. Also no mention of the civil rights of college students who legally and peacefully protested these atrocities. All bluster, no substance or solutions.

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1r2unyc.bsky.social•4 days ago

And it had to be a choice; filling 25 hours would imply a chance for EVERYTHING to be covered

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zen1924.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, Stephen Miller is on Fox saying Trump inverted a Depression. Fox did not push back. They are softening the ground of the base. Project 2025 is in full swing now!

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zen1924.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is how they do it. Trump takes over Fed. Billionaires run US currency and policy, crypto.

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zen1924.bsky.social•4 days ago

Inherited a depression

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p2water2.bsky.social•4 days ago

Should he be allowed to be the new voice of the Dem leadership?

Asking for a “friend”?

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mainehornsfan.bsky.social•4 days ago

The job of defending democracy requires a measure of bravery, a measure of violence and Cory Booker.

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mlmartello.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was so moved by his speech, his persistence and passion. It gave me hope. But voting to send weapons to support Netanyahu’s genocide? No. It broke my heart. Everybody knows the fucking billionaires are waiting in the wings to turn Gaza into a resort. And the INHUMANITY toward children & women? NO!

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karpuzbaby.bsky.social•4 days ago

but then he voted to mass slaughter Palestinians, so it was just a distraction for us. The "good trouble" award goes to @sanders.senate.gov and 14 others who voted against wasting American Tax Dollars via mass murder of Palestinians. @booker.senate.gov YOU SUCK!!! Most American DO NOT WANT THIS!

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berniegrrrl.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yup. Booker’s campaign kickoff for 2028 is off to a non-starter.

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pirate40.bsky.social•4 days ago

We need more Corey Bookers.

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sshsr.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here's something else I wish you would publicise...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-obama-doj-official-leads-hundreds-of-law-firms-to-oppose-trump-order-against-firm-that-repped-clinton-campaign/ar-AA1CjK9j?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=757e680043a84f688768607c845f4372&ei=28

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rprobbins.bsky.social•3 days ago

Facts,

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kerrygud.bsky.social•4 days ago

How is what he did considered brave? As much a I truly respect what Senator Booker did, it says more about his understanding of his role, his good judgment, and his stamina.

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octobermystic.bsky.social•4 days ago

Can you do one about Trump playing golf whilst the stick market tumbles lower than Hades?

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octobermystic.bsky.social•4 days ago

Stock-- the stick market might still be ok.

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wordsoffreedom.bsky.social•4 days ago

We need to continue to lobby the GOP elected representatives.
They have to see this plan is failing, and they have to take action together with the rest of the house

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maca2680.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yet he still supports Israel’s slaughter of civilians. He could be a lot braver

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maca2680.bsky.social•4 days ago

Did he then turn around and for more arms to Israel to help them to continue slaughtering civilians?

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whathavewecometo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Now it's up to all of us to make "good trouble" every day:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JBq-2FdXpeNjva2h0T72q2NLKkRi2fTo/view?usp=drivesdk

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whathavewecometo.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's up to all of us to follow up:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JBq-2FdXpeNjva2h0T72q2NLKkRi2fTo/view?usp=drivesdk

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buzzbancroft.bsky.social•4 days ago

Serious question: why wasn’t this done two weeks ago on the cloture vote??

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pakobskysocial.bsky.social•4 days ago

We NEED ACTIONS 🎬

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ernieattorney.bsky.social•4 days ago

Go Cory Booker!
https://youtu.be/cZi_q9fwQfg?si=zkDt_EiGP7xYdzfF

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radiogirl1071.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cory Booker is a true American Patriot!👍🏻💯

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fierceindie63.bsky.social•4 days ago

Courage is contagious Kamala Harris said just yesterday.

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pmultd.bsky.social•4 days ago

And no Dr Seuss, like that asshole Cruz

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professionalauntie.bsky.social•3 days ago

What, exactly, did he filibuster? What of substance did he say? What actionable things did he say, and what is he doing? The performance is very impressive, but is it anything other than performative?

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drbuckner11.bsky.social•4 days ago

Anymore Democrats stepping up?

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winewifi.bsky.social•4 days ago

What did he even try to stop or change? And he's fine with genocide. I finally understand what this virtue signaling, the radical right is accusing the libs for, 10 is.

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mamaaintplayin.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mamaaintplayin.bsky.social/post/3llz32cqwns2c

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steveabraham.bsky.social•4 days ago

Our next President.

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berniegrrrl.bsky.social•4 days ago

No thanks. I don’t want to be FORCED to vote for another democrat that supports genocide!

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laurie-b.bsky.social•4 days ago

Forced? How does that work? Someone puts a gun to your head and walks you to the polls?

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berniegrrrl.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Given the choice between a dictator who will do what he’s doing and someone who refuses to even acknowledge a genocide that we are contributing to but who wouldn’t have done the insane things TFG is doing, I chose the lesser of 2 evils. I’m sick of doing that. I don’t want to vote for killers again.

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jamesfromqueens.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh he did not. He talked a lot. Still voted for Marco Rubio, who violates human rights.

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danancolorado.bsky.social•2 days ago

My fave poster yesterday read simply:

WHAT CORY SAID

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ginger9700.bsky.social•4 days ago

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mebeforr.bsky.social•4 days ago

In fact, this tariffs game, there's no winner. China or Russia, Trump, Saudi, no one winner. Most wise, Israel and Ukraine.

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vbperseo.bsky.social•4 days ago

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orchidrain.bsky.social•4 days ago

I couldn’t agree with you more!!!

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kinoptika.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/hedwigowlett.bsky.social/post/3lluteyo2wk2a

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kinoptika.bsky.social•4 days ago

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mamanunn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Booker is heroic. Today on MSNBC he talked about his faith, not like right wing Christians who go against what Christ stood for but as a true Christian who understands compassion for one's fellowman.

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1r2unyc.bsky.social•4 days ago

Except that he keeps talking about bipartisanship. How to wipe out the effect of his speech

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chamikavi.bsky.social•4 days ago

no

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striker19hb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Proof that Booker isn't a leftist - and that this political stunt isn't that worthy of praise.

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theoutpost.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/theoutpost.bsky.social/post/3lm3fqmtgis26

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janehawk.bsky.social•4 days ago

yeah. I felt that too until Booker voted to send MORE FUCKING BOMBS to kill innocent Palestine people. He lost all he gained that day.......POOF, like the damn economy.

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usamailbox.bsky.social•4 days ago

We need leaders who speak on #public #arenas across #US nation
who are able support & interact with ordinary people & understand their problems

like independent #BernieSanders, #AOC & few others

#Booker speech can be much more effective in public tours environment then in #unresponsive #Congress ✌️

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mkwilliams423.bsky.social•4 days ago

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gunweary.bsky.social•4 days ago

'In spades'. You may wish to rephrase that

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yoennvi.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org/post/3llwmmkvzhk25

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erinnnpjarker.bsky.social•3 days ago

Never said a thing about protecting trans people in that speech on its face nor did it mention anything about the innocent kids dying in Gaza. Had 25 hours to weasel that in there.

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jenniferi.bsky.social•4 days ago

👍

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steeleleets.bsky.social•3 days ago

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sixofspades.bsky.social•4 days ago

It was awesome but it was not a filibuster, don't be like them.

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evahyldgaard.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/evahyldgaard.bsky.social/post/3lm2jbsgcoc2b

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stephen-phillips.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not a filibuster, a speech. A great, historical speech with which I wholeheartedly concur, but it isn't a filibuster.
We're supposed to be the smart ones, remember?

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laurie-b.bsky.social•4 days ago

Please reconsider your use of the word "spades" in a post regarding a Black man. Jesus 🤦🏻‍♀️

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audrick513.bsky.social•4 days ago

I thought the very same thing. Extremely poor choice of words.

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eliascou.bsky.social•3 days ago

Surely you cannot defend a “democracy” practicing ethnic cleansing and genocide via proxy. And you can’t call brave a man that speaks nonstop for 1,504 minutes and doesn’t use a single one to say a word in support of Palestine. He is as morally bankrupt as most of the rest of his party.

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