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April 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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He voted for this. And losing a fortune daily.
April 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
He voted for this. And losing a fortune daily.
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Great to be back in Jersey!
April 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Great to be back in Jersey!
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If only the Constitution granted the legislature power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
Cruz: Tariffs are a tax on consumers, and I'm not a fan of jacking up taxes on American consumers.
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If only the Constitution granted the legislature power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.
EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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This is a moral moment. It is not left or right, it is right or wrong.
April 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a moral moment. It is not left or right, it is right or wrong.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Cory Booker ending his record-breaking speech on the Senate floor:
“Let's get in good trouble."
What a fantastic way to cap off his epic 25 hour and 5 minute speech.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“Let's get in good trouble."
What a fantastic way to cap off his epic 25 hour and 5 minute speech.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
April 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Cory Booker ending his record-breaking speech on the Senate floor:
“Let's get in good trouble."
What a fantastic way to cap off his epic 25 hour and 5 minute speech.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“Let's get in good trouble."
What a fantastic way to cap off his epic 25 hour and 5 minute speech.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Immediately after Booker yielded the floor, the Republican Senator from Idaho called for a confirmation vote of Matthew Whitaker to NATO - one of the things Booker’s filibuster had blocked all day. No one’s listening. Lol.
April 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Immediately after Booker yielded the floor, the Republican Senator from Idaho called for a confirmation vote of Matthew Whitaker to NATO - one of the things Booker’s filibuster had blocked all day. No one’s listening. Lol.
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The Trump Administration admits to an “oversight” in the deportation to the mega-prison in El Salvador an immigrant who has PROTECTED LEGAL STATUS since 2019…
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Trump Administration admits to an “oversight” in the deportation to the mega-prison in El Salvador an immigrant who has PROTECTED LEGAL STATUS since 2019…
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
But now claims: “Oops, we can’t bring him back.”
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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Gay Valimont is in the lead with 37% of the vote in.
April 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Gay Valimont is in the lead with 37% of the vote in.
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Early results show Democrats are in for a huge overperformance in FL01, where polls just closed. This is even redder than FL06: Trump won it by 37%.
April 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Early results show Democrats are in for a huge overperformance in FL01, where polls just closed. This is even redder than FL06: Trump won it by 37%.
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
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America needs a lot more Democratic leaders like Cory Booker! 💙
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
America needs a lot more Democratic leaders like Cory Booker! 💙
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The #1 topic for calls to my office today? Cory Booker’s floor speech.
So yeah… I’d say people are listening to him.
So yeah… I’d say people are listening to him.
April 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The #1 topic for calls to my office today? Cory Booker’s floor speech.
So yeah… I’d say people are listening to him.
So yeah… I’d say people are listening to him.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!
April 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!
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Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
Blazing your own path for the W
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April 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
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ICYMI: Yesterday (3/17) the Acting Chair of the EEOC sent threatening letters to 20 of the largest and most powerful law firms demanding “information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related employment practices” to “root out discrimination.”
www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeo...
www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeo...
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday (3/17) the Acting Chair of the EEOC sent threatening letters to 20 of the largest and most powerful law firms demanding “information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related employment practices” to “root out discrimination.”
www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeo...
www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeo...
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Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...
Pentagon removes web references to Colin Powell and others as part of DEI purge. Have you no shame?
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...
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The fact that the corporate legacy media is even having this event shows how little they understand the moment we are in and how little they intend to fight back.
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March 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The fact that the corporate legacy media is even having this event shows how little they understand the moment we are in and how little they intend to fight back.
Support fearlessly independent media.
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I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
AOC should announce a primary against Schumer tonight.
March 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
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Go ahead and stay silent. Let fear rule you. Watch injustice happen. Just don’t act like you did not know and accept that you are the latest in a long line of cowards who learned nothing from the past. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...
We Can’t Give In to Fear
From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.
www.democracydocket.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Go ahead and stay silent. Let fear rule you. Watch injustice happen. Just don’t act like you did not know and accept that you are the latest in a long line of cowards who learned nothing from the past. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...