Cory Booker at the moment filibustering at the senate as a protest against the whole trump administration . He is speaking for as long as he is physically able too, as stated by him in the CSPAN clip, https://www.c-span.org/clip/us-senate/sen-cory-booker-d-nj-starts-speaking-in-senate-for-as-long-as-i-am-physically-able/5158775

Here is an article that states why he is on the senate floor if you need clarification https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/booker-senate-floor-speech-trump-protest/index.html

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      public speaking is literally the single most important thing in politics, look at the recent wyoming vote over trans issues.

      Two really talented public speakers made actual headway and progress on the issue.

      Unfortunately lefties on the internet suffer from brain damage and will never accept anything other than lenin coming back from the dead to rule america, or whatever.

    • spectre@lemmy.world
      44·
      3 months ago

      I wonder how many people complaining about it being performative refused to vote against the guy who promised to level Gaza so they could feel good about “not being complicit”.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          21·
          3 months ago

          It’s wildly counterproductive. We need to move forward and really push for solidarity and meaningful solutions. We can’t stop fascism by fighting each other.

          literally this.

          Doesn’t help that every thread engaging in politics is flooded with “great but this doesn’t solve problem XYZ posting” We need to take what we can get, and move forward. Sitting on our asses clearly isn’t doing anything.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        I voted for Kamala and I think this is performative.

        But performance is incredibly compelling to the psychotic apes who rule this planet so maybe it will help.

        I’m not hopeful.