‘Did you stand up?’: read part of Cory Booker’s blockbuster 25-hour speech
"I rise tonight because silence at this moment of national crisis would be a betrayal of some of the greatest heroes of our nation…"
#CoryBooker #Democracy #billionaires #trump #authoritarianism #oligarchy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/cory-booker-speech-transcript-excerpt
‘Did you stand up?’: read part of Cory Booker’s blockbuster 25-hour speech | Cory Booker https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/cory-booker-speech-transcript-excerpt #Trumpadministration #Trumptariffs #DonaldTrump #CoryBooker #USCongress #USpolitics #USSenate #USnews
5/5 Finally, a press release about the speech from #CoryBooker’s Senate website. The numbers are truly astounding — people who tuned in, liked on social media, and thank-you calls to Booker’s office.
As I said the other day: rank and file Dems and indie voters are hungry for this kind of leadership and action. Let’s hope Booker’s courage and fortitude prods other Dem electeds to follow suit.
“Cory Booker’s Long Speech: By the Number”
#GoodTrouble #USpol #Democracy
https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/cory-bookers-long-speech-by-the-numbers
4/5 #NewJersey media outlet #NewJerseyMonitor, part of the nationwide States Newsroom:
‘These are not normal times,’ Sen. #CoryBooker says in record-breaking Senate speech
3/5 From #NJSpotlightNews, which is public media and part of WNET but covers all of #NewJersey. (FYI its funding is being cut by 25% in Gov Murphy’s new budget — if you’re a NJ resident, text Murphy at 732-605-5455 to complain.)
Booker’s record-breaking Senate plea: Meet this ‘moral moment’
NJ senator denounces Trump agenda, mindful that he broke record set by segregationist Strom Thurmon
#Democracy #GoodTrouble #localnews #USpol #CoryBooker
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/booker-makes-speech-marathon-to-fight-trump-crisis/
2/5 Second is an article by #Philadelphia #Inquirer staff writer Julia Terruso:
#CoryBooker delivers record-breaking Senate floor speech protesting Trump’s actions for 25
#NewJersey #Democracy #GoodTrouble #localnews #USpol
Inky link: https://www.inquirer.com/politics/senator-cory-booker-filibuster-trump-administration-20250401.html
Paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/lj5XL
1/5 Forget the tariffs for a moment (Ugh.) Instead, marvel #NewJersey Senator #CoryBooker’s fabulous 25+ hr act of #GoodTrouble in service of #democracy. #USpol
Here are #localnews indie/nonprofit media coverage of Booker’s filibuster that I sub to!
First up, 1 of 2 articles in my hometown #Philadelphia #Inquirer. (Gift link!) An op-ed by the Inky Editorial Board:
“Over the course of 25 hours and 5 minutes, Cory Booker points the way to oppose Trump’s abuses of power”
https://share.inquirer.com/daKoh3
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#CoryBooker ’s call to arms: Here’s how the record-breaking 25-hour anti-Trump #Senatespeech went down
Tuesday 01 April 2025 19:30 BST
#USPolitics #CoryBooker #DonaldTrump #USSenate #DemocraticParty
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:8f15a57b-d048-4a3a-b191-33a338714040
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record
The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.
By Tim Balk, Mike Ives and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
April 1, 2025
https://www.europesays.com/de/4924/ Cory Booker: US-Senator bricht Rekord mit 25-stündiger Protestrede gegen Trump #CoryBooker #DonaldTrump #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Politik #Protest #Schlagzeilen #TopNews #TopMeldungen #TopMeldungen #TopNews #USSenat #USA #Welt #World
@dirk_wagner_ Neben dem Stunt von #CoryBooker ist ja angeblich Samstag der große Protesttag . Meine Kollegin meinte sie gehe hin und nähme ihre Mama mit, die zum ersten Mal im Leben auf eine Demo gehe. Man darf gespannt sein.