And this is what we need to see, right here.
It's not only that he's talking, but that he's speaking eloquently. He has not had a bathroom break.
I'm not sure why the link I shared yesterday changed to private. He has held the floor for 23 hours and 50 minutes. If he holds it for another half hour, he will hold the record for the longest speech, beating out Strom Thurmond at 24 hours and 18 minutes. (Late Edit: He has done it!)
But it is not about that. It's not about records. It is about galvanizing our government to stand up and resist the unconstitutional activity we are seeing unfold before our very eyes.
I sent another e-mail to John Fetterman and Glenn Thompson, suggesting that they see Cory Booker as the role model. This was what they were elected and sent to Washington to do.
I am watching this now, and I know that I am witnessing history. I know also that when these awful days are done, Cory Booker's name will be writ in the history of our country.
Today, we met at the lawyer's office. Bless the man, we expected to go there and tell him what we wanted, and go back next week to sign a contract. He had it all laid out on his desk. He wrote in a few pertinent details, asked his questions, and wrote the contract out today. Mia was not prepared for it. Neither were we, but we walked out of there with the signed papers.
She said, "I was so sure that I was going to get here and find out that this was an April Fool's joke." It wasn't, of course. Her family is meeting up at her house to celebrate with pizza today.
I am not familiar with Brooker but I expect I will become familiar with him.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised late last year when I had will updated, in fact a new will. Instead of visiting later to go through it and sign, it was all done there on the spot with just that one visit.
Efficiency always comes as a bit of a shock, doesn't it?
DeleteCorey Booker has done an amazing thing and I hope other Dems will now stand up and join him in the fight. Too many of them have been too quiet.
ReplyDeleteYou have a very good attorney. Congrats to Mia and good for you and Tim to have that rehab behind you.
It is a big load off. We can focus on one thing. It was too much. We never expected things to drag on as long as they had.
DeleteYes! He’ll be writ in history! - And so will all the politicians who are doing their best to make money and not give a damn about the citizens of this country.: how they can live with themselves I don’t know or will ever understand!? On a brighter side- I’m loving the updates on your new home! Ox, Rigmor
ReplyDeleteIt's exciting to see things taking shape. They are moving along much more quickly now.
DeleteFabulous news on the house! I am so happy! It was all meant to be and fell into place. Yay for good news.
ReplyDeleteI saw an interesting post today that said:
"Cory Booker gives us proof through the night that the flag is still there"
Moving - to me anyway.
I am busy making waterproof signs because, although Mother Nature is giving us a high of 70 vs today's high of 41, she is also opening the skies tomorrow while we protest outside a convention center in a nearby town where the former co-chair of doge, Vivek Ramaswarmy, is having a campaign event. One of his campaign platforms as perspective governor of Ohio is to get rid of public schools and promote home schooling. . . I am also making my waterproof signs for Saturday's Hands Off protests in all 50 states. We are merging at a shopping mall parking lot in a nearby county with a few other Indivisibles. I think the Saturday one will be huge.
We are having one here, as well.
DeleteI respect and admire Cory Booker. He stands for democracy and isn’t afraid to speak up. Hopefully he will motivate his colleagues to stand up and be strong. Cali
ReplyDeleteHis colleagues. His constituents. The citizens. A lot of people found his stand very inspiring.
DeleteCory Booker is an inspiration. If only the rest of his party would get off their collective tails and be the damn opposition party. Because what they've done so far is not getting it done. Such good news on the house deal. Everyone wins.
ReplyDeleteI heard that the democrats are trying to get a bill on the floor that will nullify the tariffs against Canada. There are enough republicans concerned about the stock market that they are thinking that they can get a majority vote.
DeleteHe truly is an inspiration. I especially like that it was Strom Thurmond's record that was broken. As Senator Booker said, he was in the Senate, despite Thurmond. Congratulations on the sink install, and on selling the house. You have much to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteI loved listening to him. He made no less sense, he spoke with no less power at 22 hours than he did at 2. Good lord. The president can't speak for 2 minutes and not sound like a simpleton.
DeleteGood news all around today! Cory Booker, your buyer and the attorney...we must hold tight to the good things in this difficult period for our country.
ReplyDeleteThere are good things...and the best part, Jackie? We can make good things happen. We cannot forget this. We can be the catalyst. Not to be confused with Catalyst over at Oddball Observations.
DeleteI'm so ridiculously proud of Cory Booker tonight. Everything he said will be a permanent part of the Senate record. He gives me hope!
ReplyDeleteHe gives us all hope. I sent an email to John Fetterman and Glenn Thompson:
DeleteYou were elected to do the work of your people. You were elected to take our concerns to Washington. You were elected to represent us. I remain disappointed that you cannot even bring yourself to meet face to face with the people that you are supposed to be representing.
Cowards are not remembered in our history. I think that America will survive this attempt on our democracy, and there will be names and voices recorded in the history books of tomorrow, people like Cory Booker. You know whose name will not be there? Yours.
It is not too late to change that.
Very weak said!! SandyKN in AZ
DeleteTalk about miskeying — not “weak”, WELL. As is very “well said”…. SandyKN in AZ
DeleteAutocorrect keeps trying to save me. At Andrew's I posted something that changed piss to pass.
DeleteExcellent letter, Debby.
DeleteChris from Boise
We are seeing some small awakening of opposition. I hope they keep it up.
ReplyDeleteWe are seeing it. Like you, I can only hope that it gathers momentum.
DeleteLocally that's brilliant news, another family have a home, and you have one less worry, as for national, we wait for the announcement today to see how he treats all his friendly nations around the world, as he said we have been 'ripping the USA off for years'.
ReplyDeleteHe keeps running his mouth about that. Meanwhile, he's been ripping us off for years.
DeleteI am amazed by the speedy selling of your house. It takes months here in the UK. I also think that Cory Booker deserves a very long lie-in today!
ReplyDeleteBasically, what happened here was a deferred contract. She needs two more months at her job to qualify for a loan. We did not want to hold the house for her for that amount of time. What we have done is created a situation where she pays us rent for the next few months until she can qualify for a loan. She's got a steady work history, but her previous employer laid off 1/2 of their engineering department. She found another job right away, but has only been there four months. That's the problem. So...we accept rent from her, and she is able to begin work on the house right away. The bank has told her that she can apply for a loan on June 6th. The actual closing on the house will take a couple months.
DeleteI really hope that his marathon speech can make a difference but at the moment from over here it seems that nothing will.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the house sale. A weight off your shoulders now.
I'm sure it looks like complete chaos from where you're sitting. It's a heartbreaking time, that is for sure.
DeleteWell done, Cory Booker. What an amazing achievement. I hope it's receiving nationwide attention - if not, it should be.
ReplyDeleteI think it is. It is going to be very interesting to see what happens on April 5th. He's not only galvanized the politicians. I think he has galvanized the people.
DeleteLet's hope that more will follow his lead. A good man
ReplyDeleteWell done that lawyer....all round a good date to remember!
Ken's always done right by us. It was helpful that he's been in property law for so long that he can whip through regulations in his head quicker than I can explain how to scramble an egg.
DeleteAll good news here today. I'm glad.
ReplyDeleteThe last hour of his talk just really, really raised my spirits. I felt (dare I say it outloud?) patriotic. 'We the people,' indeed!
DeleteI commented yesterday then my battery gave out, so I'm back. Booker is my Senator, yay. He has really galvanized the dems and scared the gop, more yay. And the dem candidate won the Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, third yay!
ReplyDeleteGood day.
We have a democratic majority in our state house. Lancaster County elected a democrat for the first time since the late 1880s. Our governor, Josh Shapiro joined in a lawsuit against the federal government for slashing public health programs. It's not happening as fast as we would like, but I do see tiny steps.
DeleteAn amazing feat by Brooker. Just maybe the sands are shifting.
ReplyDeleteWe can all hope for that, AC. The GOP staged a shutdown after 9 Republicans voted with the democrats against a bill. Another thing is that democrats want to bring a bill that would block the tariffs against Canada. The stock market is unstable enough (because of the tariff uncertainties) that there have been republican mutterings of discontent. The bill needs a simple majority to pass, and it is thought that if they can get the bill to the floor, they will have enough republican support to get it passed. However, there is real pressure on the republicans to 'stay in line'. We'll see what the republicans are made of, that's for sure and certain.
DeleteCory has shown us who he is! Wow! I did watch parts of it and was quite impressed.
ReplyDeleteSo glad everything went so smoothly with the house sale. Just meant to be!!
Have a great day!! :)
What got me, Rita, is that for all the talk, he was clear and polished. He did not ramble. He spoke eloquently.
DeleteI know! It wasn't like he was just filling time by reading Dr. Suess or something. He was actually quite eloquently talking about issues and the country. I think he has made a positive bright spot for himself in history right in the middle of all this darkness. :)
DeleteYes he did!
DeleteIt's good to see people standing up for what's right.
ReplyDeleteI just love that line: It is not about 'right' and 'left'. It is about 'right' and 'wrong'.
DeleteYes, Cory Booker did an amazing job of speaking for so long. There are lots of hopeful signs with Susan Crawford winning in WI and in my city all of the Democrats won for city council and school board. So important to start locally. Lots of people are reacting and resisting - it just isn't always covered in the media.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the house sale.
Thank you for that encouraging news! I can only hope that eyes are beginning to open. Florida's still asleep, but I do see signs of change around me.
DeleteAll good things. Glad the house contract went super smoothly and you have that off your plate. Cory Booker is awesome and I hope more people step up like he did.
ReplyDeleteGood things seem to be happening. Make sure you're part of them!
DeleteSigned papers! Woo hoo! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteYes, Cory Booker is a role model for the resistance. I agree -- he really showed his mettle.
Sure did. We all needed to see someone showing their mettle.
DeleteWell he sort of backed down with the tariffs again. His speech was full of lies as usual. But 25% on cars coming into usa hurts Americans. Our politicians are still trying to figure it all out. Since we don’t understand it all we will continue the boycott. Muskrat failed spectacularly last night and gave me a giggle. We are covered in snow again today, yuk. Tell mother nature it is supposed to be spring. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI like that at least some are making Good Trouble!!! I'm proud of Wisconsin Voters and Boo to those Voters in Florida.
ReplyDeleteI have admired Cory Booker for years. He is presidential material in my book.
ReplyDeleteAnd how about Wisconsin! Celebrated here! One small step...
So happy about the contract with Mia! May it all work out as planned. I hope Democratic congresspeople develop a spine from watching Cory Booker. I DREAM that my Republican congressmen (all men) will find their balls and stand up against the travesty that is the executive branch.
ReplyDeleteChris from Boise
This post captures such a powerful moment in history—both the determination of Cory Booker and the resilience of those standing up for constitutional values. It’s inspiring to see someone use their platform so effectively. On a personal note, the lawyer’s efficiency must have been a pleasant surprise, and Mia’s reaction adds a touch of humor to the day’s events.
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