Current Events > Hakeem Jeffries speaks for 7 hours to delay bill

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LightSnake
07/03/25 1:17:07 PM
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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lt3736ox5r22

Just to ensure we get a proper topic on people "Doing Something.'

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Antifar
07/03/25 1:17:37 PM
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Good on him. He should've brought the baseball bat.

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Dakimakura
07/03/25 1:19:07 PM
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Is he still talking?

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InfinityMonster
07/03/25 1:20:36 PM
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Dakimakura posted...
Is he still talking?
Yes

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legendary_zell
07/03/25 1:20:39 PM
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I still hate the guy, but this is a good thing.

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Rai_Jin
07/03/25 1:20:41 PM
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I thought it was just about reading the bill so people know all the contents.

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GeminiDeus
07/03/25 1:20:46 PM
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Ugh, that headline is annoying. "1 hour away from setting record!" instead of something like "Jeffries explains in length why this bill is awful and will destroy America".

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Hospy
07/03/25 1:25:02 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
Ugh, that headline is annoying. "1 hour away from setting record!" instead of something like "Jeffries explains in length why this bill is awful and will destroy America".
Lots of people have already explained why the bill is awful, only one of them has been speaking for this length of time.
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AceMos
07/03/25 1:27:30 PM
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i thought the record was over 30 hours set last time some one did this

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ai123
07/03/25 1:27:47 PM
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Good to see some disruption and fight from him.

Keep it up.

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InfinityMonster
07/03/25 1:28:38 PM
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He just beat the record btw. Currently at 8 hours and 34 minutes.

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Hospy
07/03/25 1:32:13 PM
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AceMos posted...
i thought the record was over 30 hours set last time some one did this
That's for senators, the house has set limits for speech except for party leaders.
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Cory898
07/03/25 1:32:14 PM
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AceMos posted...
i thought the record was over 30 hours set last time some one did this
Probably a Senate Fillibuster rather than a house floor speech.

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Toonstrack
07/03/25 1:32:41 PM
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legendary_zell posted...
I still hate the guy

Why do we hate this guy again?

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name_unknown
07/03/25 1:32:57 PM
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AceMos posted...
i thought the record was over 30 hours set last time some one did this
Corey Booker did 25 hrs senate has different rules. Fellow Dems can ask 'questions' to give Booker a break period. Jefferies alone is able to talk.
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refmon
07/03/25 1:33:47 PM
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Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill

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Heineken14
07/03/25 1:34:43 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill

What could he do in your eyes that wouldn't be performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing?

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LightSnake
07/03/25 1:35:08 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill

Please tell us what else Dems should be doing here.

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bluezero
07/03/25 1:35:41 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill
That's the spirit!

fuck all the way off

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Toonstrack
07/03/25 1:37:55 PM
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LightSnake posted...
Please tell us what else Dems should be doing here.

The REAL heroes are posting scathing words on CE, don't you know? Actually accomplishing things.

/s

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A_Good_Boy
07/03/25 1:40:37 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill
Dems are the minority party and don't control any of the branches of government. Literally all they can do is performative feel good crap.

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name_unknown
07/03/25 1:40:40 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill
of course it is a destroying nation bill it was made solely by the GOP. Dems had no input.
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jefffan
07/03/25 1:41:14 PM
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Heineken14 posted...
What could he do in your eyes that wouldn't be performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing?
And Not just could do. What can he do?

This isn't Hong Kong where you can just run off with a bill and throw it in the Potomac.

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ai123
07/03/25 1:41:36 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill
Putting on a 'performance' to show how and why you oppose the bill is exactly what he should be doing.

Put up a fight, protest, show anger. It's about being part of a movement that opposes Trump.

I really don't get the whole 'if X doesn't immediately result in Y, what's the point?' attitude.

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Unknown5uspect
07/03/25 1:46:06 PM
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refmon posted...
Performative crap that literally accomplishes nothing except "good vibes" in the face of a nation destroying bill
We wouldn't be dealing with this if you didn't vote Dems out of power.

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Humble_Novice
07/03/25 1:49:13 PM
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Unknown5uspect posted...
We wouldn't be dealing with this if you didn't vote Dems out of power.
Both MAGA supporters and protest voters should be treated like social outcasts until they atone by voting blue.

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Strider102
07/03/25 1:52:34 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Dems are the minority party and don't control any of the branches of government. Literally all they can do is performative feel good crap.

I wish more people understood this. Too many stupid people not capable of understanding they don't have a majority.

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A_Good_Boy
07/03/25 2:04:13 PM
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Strider102 posted...
I wish more people understood this. Too many stupid people not capable of understanding they don't have a majority.
A lot of people don't understand it because they choose not to, either by not showing up to the voting booth or by telling others to stay away from it all in the name of teaching Dems a lesson.

Well lesson learned, now we got the BBB. Guess we learned that a lot of people are dumb af.

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noisetank
07/03/25 2:05:55 PM
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the absolute bravery here!

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creativerealms
07/03/25 2:06:21 PM
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Yawn.

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Toonstrack
07/03/25 2:07:29 PM
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jefffan posted...
And Not just could do. What can he do?

This isn't Hong Kong where you can just run off with a bill and throw it in the Potomac.

I mean... you CAN. It would be hard to pull off tho

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creativerealms
07/03/25 2:08:17 PM
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Toonstrack posted...
Why do we hate this guy again?
He's an establishment pawn who pretty much just continues what Pelosi did before him.

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Toonstrack
07/03/25 2:09:26 PM
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creativerealms posted...
He's an establishment pawn who pretty much just continues what Pelosi did before him.

Well Pelosi never did this

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NintendoFan81
07/03/25 2:14:20 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Yawn.

Why even post if you are just going to post that garbage?
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LightSnake
07/03/25 2:14:56 PM
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creativerealms posted...
He's an establishment pawn who pretty much just continues what Pelosi did before him.

Pelosi was responsible for some of the most progressive legislation in American history and prevented social security being privatized.

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TheOnionKnight
07/03/25 2:15:03 PM
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This is more than performative. Even if the bill ends up passing (I hope it doesn't, although I know the odds are bad), a long enough delay could ruin Trump's plans for the Fourth of July. He imposed that deadline to make the bill into a holiday spectacle. To miss the deadline is to deprive Trump of the holiday spectacle. To miss the deadline is to take something away from Trump, to show that things can still be taken away, to show that his orders can be disobeyed. I hope that they miss the deadline.

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Strider102
07/03/25 2:16:07 PM
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TheOnionKnight posted...
This is more than performative. Even if the bill ends up passing (I hope it doesn't, although I know the odds are bad), a long enough delay could ruin Trump's plans for the Fourth of July. He imposed that deadline to make the bill into a holiday spectacle. To miss the deadline is to deprive Trump of the holiday spectacle. To miss the deadline is to take something away from Trump, to show that things can still be taken away, to show that his orders can be disobeyed. I hope that they miss the deadline.

They're voting on it now, over 6 minutes remaining until it's official

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Cory898
07/03/25 2:17:09 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Yawn.
Please. Youre better than this.

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TheOnionKnight
07/03/25 2:18:50 PM
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Strider102 posted...
They're voting on it now, over 6 minutes remaining until it's official

If this doesn't work, they should still try to gum up the works at the next opportunity. At every opportunity, really.

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BlueTigerLion
07/03/25 2:40:44 PM
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So did the speech result in anything changing? I remember Booker having a long speech in Senate and dont recall anything changing after he did his long speech.

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LightSnake
07/03/25 2:41:23 PM
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BlueTigerLion posted...
So did the speech result in anything changing? I remember Booker having a long speech in Senate and dont recall anything changing after he did his long speech.

You guys need to understand what a minority party is

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jefffan
07/03/25 2:43:52 PM
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BlueTigerLion posted...
So did the speech result in anything changing? I remember Booker having a long speech in Senate and dont recall anything changing after he did his long speech.
Jefferies did the only thing he can do which is delay it. His speech was great especially the end.


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Strider102
07/03/25 2:44:20 PM
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BlueTigerLion posted...
So did the speech result in anything changing? I remember Booker having a long speech in Senate and dont recall anything changing after he did his long speech.

Every democrat voted no.

Try taking out your anger on the Republicans for once.

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NintendoFan81
07/03/25 2:46:50 PM
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LightSnake posted...
You guys need to understand what a minority party is

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El_Dustino
07/03/25 2:49:38 PM
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BlueTigerLion posted...
So did the speech result in anything changing? I remember Booker having a long speech in Senate and dont recall anything changing after he did his long speech.
It did get him a book.

Even still I'm glad Jeffries is doing this, showing some kind of resistance.

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Deyestus
07/03/25 2:50:28 PM
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When I was taking about him taking action in the other topic, things like this is what I was talking about. Unfortunately, it didn't work, but I do appreciate that he tried.

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LightSnake
07/03/25 2:56:25 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/772b3815.jpg

Menwhile national reporters have nothing but blistering contempt for Dems saying to do their job

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Cory898
07/03/25 3:52:36 PM
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BlueTigerLion posted...
So did the speech result in anything changing? I remember Booker having a long speech in Senate and dont recall anything changing after he did his long speech.
Nobody said it would. He did what was in his power to do. And weve condemned many cases of inaction despite knowing action would accomplish nothing.

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sfcalimari
07/03/25 8:04:45 PM
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Losers of CE before the election: nobody should vote for Dems because they suck

Losers of CE just after election day: see this is all Dems fault

Losers of CE today: why aren't Dems stopping this, this just proves that they suck

Losers of CE next year: nobody should vote for Dems in the midterms, they suck

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