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    cory booker is, at the time I’m writing, filibustering the senate and preventing any actions by the fascist-controlled Congress

    if he continues for 30,000 hours, the trump administration will be over and he’ll have singlehandedly saved what’s left of democracy. that would be unlikely, but, maybe it wouldn’t be hard for 30000 people to slow down fascism by one hour each. or 2 million people to slow fascism down by a minute.

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      There are some limitations to the Filibuster:

      • things that don’t require a senate vote don’t get a filibuster
      • confirmation hearings for secretaries and judges don’t get a filibuster
      • certain types of bill such as budgets, so long as they avoid specifically off limit contents, don’t get a filibuster so long as they can pass the house again

      Also of note is Trump’s term could get a lot shorter if after the midterm elections the 53 GOP senate seats became closer to 40 and/or if enough GOP were convinced to vote to remove Trump.

      Any Democrat is better than Any Republican.

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      So how do I step in and filibuster for him?

      Because I’m not a memeber of congress and have no power to do anything.

      I think we are expecting the representatives we gave all our power to to do something with that power.

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        i believe in you, i think you can figure out something to slow the fascists by a minute

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          Yeah people are missing your point and thinking you’re praising Booker’s specific action as the solution rather than what (I think) you’re actually doing, which is praising action in general and encouraging others to recognize and take up whatever actions they can/will in lieu of inaction.

          Good on you.

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            yeah i don’t expect booker to singlehandedly stop trump, i don’t expect anyone to do it alone. but booker has slowed the senate by a day, and the trump administration’s days are numbered (at 1389, probably)

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        actually, there is a way you could: the senate chaplain gives a prayer every day at the senate and can have a guest chaplain do it. the current chaplain, Barry Black, has served since 2003, so you could ask to give the prayer