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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 04:03:56 JST Paul Cantrell

   Cory Booker is not a savior and is not going to singlehandedly fix anything, but…

   …but…DAMMIT

   …this is exactly what I want to see from every elected official, at least every one of them who thinks fascism and authoritarianism are bad. I’m not even just saying “Democrats.” Surely there’s a Republican or two left out there somewhere who still believes in their shriveled-coal heart that Nazis are bad.

   I don’t expect politicians to work miracles. I just want them to fight. In times of crisis, is that really so much to ask?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 04:06:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     In South Korea, when the president attempted a coup, legislators stormed over physical barricades to vote him into oblivion.

     I think about that a lot sitting here in the US.

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     Alex (depereo@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 04:10:09 JST Alex

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     @inthehands yep - leaders lead. Showing spine, doing unexpected things and physically working, visibly, to push back, are damned good things.

     Impressed he's still holding. He doesn't have the cushy rules like bathroom breaks that slavers and segregationists used to get in the senate.

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     Paul_IPv6 (paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 04:10:11 JST Paul_IPv6

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     @inthehands

     someone standing up (for hours) and saying "it's not politics/business as usual" and "these are extraordinary times", calling out all the damage the WH is causing that will take years for fix, finally!

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 04:11:05 JST Paul Cantrell

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     My message for my next call to my elected reps:

     “Cory Booker is doing what you are failing to do.”

     Just that.

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     0xC0DEC0DE07E8 (c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:15:38 JST 0xC0DEC0DE07E8

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     @inthehands but he’s not actually filibustering anything?!
     Don’t get me wrong, these things need to be said and as prominently as possible, but normally this kind of display was used to hold up legislation or nominations.
     (Normal died a long time ago, and this particular bit of normal was strangled by McConnell because he wanted to hold up genuinely popular bills and nominations indefinitely.)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:34:58 JST Paul Cantrell

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     AIUI, he’s just delaying all Senate business on the floor. Not filibustering anything; filibustering •everything•.

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     Joy_intl (joy_intl@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:35:49 JST Joy_intl

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     @ducker Thank you for this.
     They are my senators too, and I call, too, but damn it's hard.

     Let's encourage each other to keep calling and holding them accountable?

     🤝

     @inthehands

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:35:49 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @Joy_intl @ducker
     Always! And I highly recommend showing up for something like a https://www.teslatakedown.com event if you can. The psychological difference between worrying alone and being active together is ••enormous••.

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     Real Quack (ducker@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:35:50 JST Real Quack

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     @inthehands

     Yes. Unfortunately, /my/ #Senators are #TedCruz and #JohnCornyn, and my #Congresscritter died hours after #Тrump gave his State of the Union bloviation.

     I do call my Senators anyway. My uncle died at Pearl Harbor (in a fire). Another uncle became an engineer on the GI Bill. My daughter is a #vetaran. Her late husband, was a veteran. My grandson's middle name honors a veteran who lost the battle and completed suicide.

     Real Americans support veterans.

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     0xC0DEC0DE07E8 (c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:55:16 JST 0xC0DEC0DE07E8

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     @inthehands
     Time seems to agree substantially.
     “That said, the impact is similar. By taking the floor for such an extended period, Booker is disrupting the normal functioning of the Senate, drawing attention to what he and many of his Democratic colleagues view as a dangerous political climate under Trump’s leadership.”
     https://time.com/7273417/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-senate/

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     visikde (visikde@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 06:12:53 JST visikde

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     @inthehands
     Should have been doing this from day one
     To do a 24/7 fillibuster would require 202 minutes per senator per week

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 06:40:08 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @ducker @Joy_intl
     Amazing and thank you!

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     Real Quack (ducker@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 06:40:09 JST Real Quack

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     @inthehands @Joy_intl

     I set up the #TeslaTakedown near me.

     Someone had to.

     We're weekly now.

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     Andromeda Yelton (thatandromeda@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 07:21:40 JST Andromeda Yelton

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     @inthehands I think one of the most important things he's doing is testing whether the electorate will respond positively to Democrats having spines, so...yes. Yes, make that call.

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     TC Won't Give In To Lies (tcatinreality@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 07:21:59 JST TC Won't Give In To Lies

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     @inthehands

     The #BookerFilibuster is a great time for the "concerned" Senator Collins to share her concerns about the Trump/Musk cuts by asking him a question.

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     ellzumem (lm1@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:47:32 JST ellzumem

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     @inthehands He just beat the record!!

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond_filibuster_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957

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     Michael Critz (pixelscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:47:36 JST Michael Critz

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     @inthehands Smart Democrats should look to the future.

     Obama voted against W’s Iraq War and rocketed himself right into the Oval Office.

     If Democrats want to differentiate themselves from Boomercrats, get grassroots funding from an angry electorate, and seek higher office all they have to do is grow a fucking spine.

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     Adam Moe (adammoe2022@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:48:47 JST Adam Moe

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     @inthehands Just said the same thing to my wife. There isn't a ton they can do right now, but they can do all kinds of things to be in the way. I WANT THEM ALL IN THE WAY ALL THE TIME!

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     Madeleine Morris (remittancegirl@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 01:28:38 JST Madeleine Morris

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     @inthehands Can you imagine if every Dem senator followed his example?