Black Democratic Senator Cory Booker Just Beat Segregationist Strom Thurmond's "Longest Speech" Record

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Black Democratic Senator Cory Booker Just Beat Segregationist Strom Thurmond's "Longest Speech" Record

Ben Keenan Just Can't Stop Talking

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7 months ago

Black Democratic Senator Cory Booker Just Beat Segregationist Strom Thurmond's "Longest Speech" Record

Here's what happened on April 1, 2025:

New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker’s standing filibuster officially broke the record of 24 hours and 18 minutes, held by segregationist Strom Thurmand to protest the passage of the Civil Rights Act ,standing himself for 25 hours and 4 minutes
The Trump Administration admitted in a court filing that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notoriously dangerous prison in El Salvador due to “administrative error”, but due to him already being in El Salvador, they’re unable to bring him home.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in the alleged killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
Steve Kornacki and his election-time khakis are leaving us. Sort of. NBC News confirmed today that Steve will be leaving his election analysis at MSNBC and will be moving to NBC News and NBC Sports as parent company Comcast prepares to spin off the bulk of its cable networks into a new stand-alone entity.
Tinder launched something new called The Game Game, where users can test their flirting skills with an AI.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that Israel eliminated tariffs on American goods.
According to the Washington Post, Mike Waltz - the same guy who added the Editor from The Atlantic to the Yemen bombing group chat - has ALSO been using Gmail for government communications
The Republican won in Florida’s 6th Congressional District to replace Mike Waltz, but this is a 19 point shift towards the Democrats since Trump won this in November by 33 points.
The Republican won in Florida’s 1st Congressional District to replace Matt Gaetz, but much like the other race, Jimmy Patronis only won by 13 points, while Trump won by 37 points in November. Once again, this is a 24 point shift towards the Democrats.
Brad Pitt is set to reprise his role in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” in a new movie at Netflix directed by David Fincher and written by Quentin Tarantino.
The Democrat won in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race where Elon Musk personally spent $19.44M to try and influence the result. This preserves the liberal 4-3 makeup of the Wisconsin Supreme Court