Mee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-21 day agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-square54fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-21 day agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@eldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 day agothey elected oz in the very next session; using a filibuster to prevent his confirmation is how you use a filibuster effectively.
minus-square@eldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 day agothe same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.
minus-square@eldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 day agoThey shook hands and unanimously approved (booker too) more weapons for the genocide immediately after the performance.
they elected oz in the very next session; using a filibuster to prevent his confirmation is how you use a filibuster effectively.
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the same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.
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They shook hands and unanimously approved (booker too) more weapons for the genocide immediately after the performance.