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This. The Dems should have shown through actions, not just words, that they mean to fight for us. Instead, the Dems caved once again.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

And immediately after Booker stopped talking, the Dems allowed unanimous consent for a Trump nominee, which speeded up the process. One Dem (Shaheen) even voted for the nominee. It is time for the Senate Dems to put actions to the words.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Exactly. The Dems caved on the budget CR. There are tactics they could have used. The Repubs know how to obstruct, but the Dems refuse to act like an opposition party. Instead, they help speed things along for the Repubs. Refusing unanimous consent is a good tactic for starters.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Booker's speech was only to inspire the public. It had little impact on Senate business. The Dems can use the Repub playbook for Senate obstruction, but they don't. The keep letting the Repubs speed along, much faster than the Repubs when the Dems controlled the Senate.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Spectacle has its purpose. Booker's speech did well for that. But why did the Dems cave with Whitakers nomination vote? They could have objected to unanimous consent, which would have delayed the vote. Instead, it speeded it along, not to mention the 1 Dem, Shaheen, who supported Trumps nomination.

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submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Even "Illegals" get due process!

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I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader. We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.

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This is the question: Why is everyone so fucking cowardly when it comes to holding people with money accountable?

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We can’t just show up on Election Day and expect everything to be fixed with one vote. This work doesn’t take one election. It’s going to take years of hard work for us to rebuild a Democratic Party that looks different, sounds different, and one that we can all be proud of.

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The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it. Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate. Because we don't have a minute to wait.

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"So I confess that I have been imperfect, I confess that I have been inadequate to the moment, I confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that have given lane to this demagogue." - @corybooker.com More of this, honestly, please. Acknowledge it. Please.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We will not be distracted We will not be discouraged We've got our eyes on the prize The time to organize is now.”

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⚡️EU transfers $3.7 billion to Ukraine under Ukraine Facility program, PM Shmyhal says. The Prime Minister added that total financial assistance under the Ukraine Facility has now reached 19.6 billion euros ($21.1 billion).

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Nope. Senate rules require only a majority vote to invoke cloture for nominations. Non-budget bills generally require a supermajority of 60 votes, but not nominations.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

moving forward I would like to see dems gum up the works every way possible. No unanimous consent, full votes on every tiny piece of business. I don't expect everyone to have the stamina to do a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but many lengthy floor speeches. Just slow everything down to a crawl.

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

watch every second of this and pass it on

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Objecting to unanimous consent and making quorum calls are still available to slow things down. The Repubs used those tactics to great effect when they were the minority party. The Dems just seem to cave.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The Booker thing is fine; good even. It's better than anything Senate Dems have done to date. If theyd be doing stuff like this and using unanimous consent and other objections to slow nominations from day 1 we'd be in a better place as a country.

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submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

This. So much this. There are things the Dems could have done from the beginning to obstruct. But, no. The Dems always cave, like Sen Schumer with the budget CR.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I disagree that this is meaningful obstruction. The Republicans wrote the Senate obstruction playbook. It is no secret. But the Dems refuse to follow it. There are a lot of things the Dems could have done on day ONE to obstruct. But nada.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I would put Booker's performance between effective and ineffective. It is effective because he is stirring up the electorate and filling his campaign coffers. But this stunt is not as effective as objecting to unanimous consent or making a quorum call, which have true power to obstruct.

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Booker is only barely obstructing. He started talking last night after Senate business was over and no votes were pending. It was only this morning when the Senate reconvened that Booker began obstructing by delaying the morning Senate business.