Mr Booker Goes to Washington in an Attempt to Save America & News from the American Resistance

1. Senator from New Jersey, Corey Booker is holding a historic filibuster on the Senate Floor now

Senator Booker set out to hold the Senate Floor as long as he is able. And to break Strum Thurmond's record. [ETA: And he did! He's gone for 25 hours and counting. And he's spoken strong and with passion throughout.]

It is an Anti-Trump Speech that is detailed, ferocious, and holds both Congress and the Executive Branch accountable. He discusses in detail each of Trump's cuts, and each item that the Trump Administration has done. Right now, he's doubling down on Trump's lies on the National Debt. His colleagues have come out to help him hold the floor.

He's been speaking without breaks doubling down on each item, with details, backup, articles, and research, since 7pm yesterday. He has been speaking for 23 hours and 38 minutes, and still going. The record was by Strom Thurmond against the Civil Rights Act, and the last long filibuster was by Ted Cruz against the Affordable Care Act. But this isn't against an act or a law, this is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington moment. This is a Senator standing up against the Trump Administration and its illegal and fraudulent policies. Pushing for the human rights and our democracy.

Ah, current Senator from Hawaii asks a question, but first states "M and Ms" got her through studying for the Bar Exam. She says, "Mounds and Mounds of M and Ms got her through studying for the Bar Exam." Me too! Me Too!
She also states this is a W.T.F...and asks what are the long term consequences of this?

This is a historic and important. He's not just speaking, he's dissecting all the problems with the Trump Administration's policies, and his colleagues are helping him.

I've been listening to it off and on today. Listening to it now.

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- There have been 150 million clicks on one social media platform alone. (We have 340 million in the US).

2. Some more (mostly positive) news from the Non-Violent Resistance against Authoritarianism.
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[This is tagged as politics, because I can't add tags.]

Mr. Booker Goes to Washington Take 2

ME: You ever feel like every time you get a glimmer of hope that yes, today you will finally kick that foot ball, and then someone comes along and pulls it away at the last minute?

Mother: I don't know, you have a lot going for you.

Me: So did Charlie Brown.

Mother: Charlie Brown was likable.

Me: And Lucy wasn't.

Mother: Lucy was a bully.

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After Cory Booker made history - breaking segregationist Strum Thurmond's previous filibuster record - the Senators from Idaho and Iowa got up to get Witaker (an incompetent nitwit) confirmed as NATO Secretary. Sigh, there's always a Lucy in the crowd.

Booker did state that we should not give into hate.

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That was my moment of hope on this sunny, if somewhat crisp April Fools Day. Never been much of a fan of April Fools. Too many Lucy's jumping about, and I've always been a bit of a Charlie Brown or Marcy.

Don't take my moment of hope away, Universe. I want it for a few seconds longer.
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Leaving you all with a picture from my walk at lunch time around the financial district of Manhattan, NY.