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Sen. Cory Booker Delivered a Filibuster Marathon — But Stopped at Hour 25

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cory Booker dethroning Strom Thurmond as Senate filibuster king

Booker showed MAGA Trump is more Thurmond than Eisenhower Senator Cory Booker made history this week, speaking on the Senate floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes. He was protesting the Trump administration’s cruel, corrupt, and unconstitutional policies. In doing so, Booker shattered Strom Thurmond’s infamous 1957 record of 24 hours and 18 minutes. Back… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Authoritarianism, Civil Rights, Cory Booker, Filibuster, Project 2025, Senate speech, Strom Thurmond, Trump administration, U.S. politics

A Dream Deferred?  No, America Was Never America to Blacks…

Monday, January 17, 2022 at 6:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

No doubt we are all familiar with the dream Martin Luther King Jr had for his four little children. But, in so many ways, that dream has become a nightmare. Nothing betrays this fact quite like his namesake, MLK III, being all over TV last week damning two white Democratic senators to hell for blocking… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: American hypocrisy, Black History, Civil Rights, Civil War II, Filibuster, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King III, MLK Day, Tim Scott

Every Dem Senator Can Play Kingmaker. So Why Is Manchin the Only One Playing It?

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is easily the top trending topic in Washington these days. And he would clearly have it no other way. In fact, he has framed his vote as so critical to Biden’s progressive agenda that Democrats of all stripes are courting him. Here, for example, is how CBS News reported… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Filibuster, H.R.1, Joe Manchin, Voting Rights

To Joe Biden: On Cutting Joe Manchin Down to Size

Monday, May 3, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

All of Washington is marveling at how Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has the Democratic Party twisting itself into pretzels trying to appease his “moderate” sense and sensibilities. To put it charitably, this is playing out like the idiomatic tail wagging the dog. After all, despite this appeasement, Manchin is pooh-poohing the likelihood he’ll… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Democratic Party, Filibuster, For the People Act, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin

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