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Senator Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was HISTORIC

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His speech—equal parts policy critique and moral call to action—was punctuated by impassioned readings from the Constitution, testimonies from constituents, and references to civil rights icons.
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Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.
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Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration
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Lawrence: After Cory Booker's 25-hour Senate speech, the odds don't seem so impossible anymore
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.
What Cory Booker Learned After Speaking for 25 Hours
An adrift Democratic Party received a much-needed jolt of energy this week when Democratic senator Cory Booker took to the Senate floor to speak in protest of the Trump administration’s policies, vowing to hold it for as long as he was physically able.
Booker’s message was powerful and simple: Just do something. Now it’s your turn
A senator's record-breaking speech showed Democrats, and America, that silence is not an option in the Trump era.
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Social Security 'war room' announced by Dems as Booker slams DOGE cuts in marathon speech
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has broken the record for the longest Senate speech ever, slamming Donald Trump’s DOGE cuts for over 25 hours. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joins MSNBC to discuss this, and a Social Security “war room” being announced by Democrats to oppose cuts and disruptions to this program.
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