Alyssa
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Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York passed the four-hour mark on Thursday morning in a marathon speech in the House opposing the GOP bill carrying out President Trump’s domestic agenda.
Jeffries Passes 4-Hour Mark in House Speech Opposing Trump’s Policy Bill
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech, saying he would take his “sweet time” assailing the measure.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York passed the four-hour mark on Thursday morning in a marathon speech in the House opposing the GOP bill carrying out President Trump’s domestic agenda.
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185 years of operating Guantánamo Bay
568 times the cost to pay all US students' public school lunch debt
12 times the 2023 Federal Bureau of Prisons budget
8 times what the US spent to develop and purchase Covid vaccines in just 2020
568 times the cost to pay all US students' public school lunch debt
12 times the 2023 Federal Bureau of Prisons budget
8 times what the US spent to develop and purchase Covid vaccines in just 2020
What $100 billion in new ICE funding looks like
The staggering increase is difficult to process. These numbers will help.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
185 years of operating Guantánamo Bay
568 times the cost to pay all US students' public school lunch debt
12 times the 2023 Federal Bureau of Prisons budget
8 times what the US spent to develop and purchase Covid vaccines in just 2020
568 times the cost to pay all US students' public school lunch debt
12 times the 2023 Federal Bureau of Prisons budget
8 times what the US spent to develop and purchase Covid vaccines in just 2020
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343 times what Musk spent to swing the 2024 elections
140 times the cost to make NYC buses free
2,000 Bezos-Sánchez weddings
62.5 times what the US paid in reparations to over 82,000 interned Japanese-Americans
2 times the cost to hire enough teachers + nurses to end both national shortages
140 times the cost to make NYC buses free
2,000 Bezos-Sánchez weddings
62.5 times what the US paid in reparations to over 82,000 interned Japanese-Americans
2 times the cost to hire enough teachers + nurses to end both national shortages
What $100 billion in new ICE funding looks like
The staggering increase is difficult to process. These numbers will help.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
343 times what Musk spent to swing the 2024 elections
140 times the cost to make NYC buses free
2,000 Bezos-Sánchez weddings
62.5 times what the US paid in reparations to over 82,000 interned Japanese-Americans
2 times the cost to hire enough teachers + nurses to end both national shortages
140 times the cost to make NYC buses free
2,000 Bezos-Sánchez weddings
62.5 times what the US paid in reparations to over 82,000 interned Japanese-Americans
2 times the cost to hire enough teachers + nurses to end both national shortages
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Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
April 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
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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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I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
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If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making.
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making.
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BREAKING: Sen. Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech in history.
WATCH LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
WATCH LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
April 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech in history.
WATCH LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
WATCH LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
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WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest U.S. Senate speech.
Booker's marathon speech breaks the previous record — Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that stretched for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
Booker's marathon speech breaks the previous record — Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that stretched for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
April 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest U.S. Senate speech.
Booker's marathon speech breaks the previous record — Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that stretched for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
Booker's marathon speech breaks the previous record — Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that stretched for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
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Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
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A legend.
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A legend.
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Senator Cory Booker joins me live at 9PM Eastern on MSNBC.
April 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Senator Cory Booker joins me live at 9PM Eastern on MSNBC.