@Thumper1964 @benroyce @gocu54 @deepmud

>> At this point, I have no argument against this. And, yes, I concede that we are clearly heading down the road where many more Luigis could potentially be produced.

I've been following this thread, occasionally boosting Ben's posts.

>> nobody is throwing themselves on the gears of the machinery to even slow it down.

But this gave me pause. Why or not can the same thinking be applied to rationalize events in #Gaza & #Palestine?

#MoralMoment

>> Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist. I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon

This is a #MoralMoment — #CoryBooker

We need a broad coalition with civic solidarity, not just solidarity within racial or other groups targeted by haters.

If #Trump and #Musk have riled up SO MANY AMERICANS in just the first 100 days, they've #AwakenedASleepingGiant

@Babcia54 @tianacutright @ienvision @RealJournalism

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

#AlarmBells are going off in a sign that says "No! No! No! No!" and nothing else.

One sign says "#Impeach the #FelonInChief"

"This is a #MoralMoment. It's. not #Left or #Right, but Right or Wrong" — #CoryBooker

Someone with a #NationalParkService decal says "I Wish #Trump Would Pet a Bison" — very creative!

Then there's the #DumpTrump sign.

In the back there's "Free Books, Free Minds, Support #IMLS & Your Local #Library. …#DOGE #SHANKKK"

"Hands Off #NATO"

Amazingly Sen #CoryBooker is still awake & will be interviewed on The #RachelMaddow Show which starts at 9PM ET.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our #history! I don't a #whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched #truth about #America, because that speaks to our greatness" - Sen Cory Booker

#TRMS
#resist #Trump #money #power #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup 
#democracy #law #USpol #Senate #Constitution #CivilRights #MoralMoment #GoodTrouble

After 25 hours & 5 minutes, Senator #CoryBooker has yielded the floor. Here are the last ~3½ mins.

And Booker talking about taking his father, with #Parkinson's, to the bathroom. I love this man.

"Alzheimer's, and Donald Trump is cutting funding?" -- Booker

#CoryBooker
#Caregiving
#MoralMoment

And Booker talking about taking his father, with #Parkinson's, to the bathroom. I love this man.

"Alzheimer's, and Donald Trump is cutting funding?" -- Booker

#CoryBooker
#Caregiving
#MoralMoment