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Cory Booker's Senate speech draws praise from Maryland Dems

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Booker took to the Senate floor to speak in protest of the Trump administration’s policies, vowing to hold it for as long as he was physically able.
MSNBC |
Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.
Kansas City Star |
Thurmond came equipped with “pumpernickel bread, sirloin steak, lozenges, fruit juices and water” to fuel himself during the marathon filibuster, historians told the BBC.

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Scientists assess that, on average, humans can survive without water for about three days. Long before that, your kidneys will be stressed, your cognitive function will be impaired, and you may develop a headache as your brain—which is mostly water— shrinks. Just as well that Booker didn’t have to debate anyone.
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