The filibuster is expected to go through the night, against fast-tracked nominees by the Trump Administration. Booker’s protest appears to be in response to a recent wave of Republican nominees being fast-tracked through the confirmation process, many of whom are aligned with Trump’s second-term agenda and Elon Musk’s increasingly influential role in federal advisory circles.

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      tell your friends. get them on the stream - especially right now. great back and forth conversation happening.

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        i went ahead and called my own senator to be like “why aren’t YOU doing this”

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            update, the one of my two senators that i contacted did in fact speak

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              from a state with two republican senators, thank you!

              had to go to my local post office today and had a great convo with the person behind the desk - they were watching booker on their lunchbreak and we had an awesome moment of connection over this. I reminded them that there was still so much love out here just waiting to be organized.