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[โ€“] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's so irritating that he's done this. The longest filibuster/senate address being Strom Thurmond protesting civil rights was such a clear indication of the general evil and waste of politicians. But now I'm going to have to see takes like this:

for the rest of time. He's not even doing a filibuster. He's just talking. Completely ineffectual nonsense, which does exemplify the Democratic Party, but not in a way where you can point to it and say 'this is bad, actually' to a lib.