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My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor
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Long before there was Democrat Cory Booker, who shattered a record on Tuesday for the longest speech in Senate history, there was Jimmy Stewart
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A man who controls a political machine. In the 1939 classic, Mr. Smith goes to Washington
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In the film, the actor plays Senator Jefferson Smith, arguing for the decency of America until he is out of breath
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Will the Senate yield? Sir, I will not yield. Do you know you have just broken the record
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86 years later, in the real Senate, Booker stood on his feet for 25 hours and five minutes
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to deliver the fiery address. I just feel that Trump mocks us
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What does his Liberation Day mean to the people that are shackled to debt
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It's the latest in a new wave of Democratic opposition to President Trump's second term
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which critics have called performative and disconnected. Those opposing Trump's address to Congress last month held signs
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some even turning their backs on the Republican as he spoke. The Democratic Women's Caucus has been donning loud, symbolic outfits
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to represent what they call a threat to women's rights. Despite this rising tide of anger
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Democrats still have no clear strategy to confront Trump. Senator Bernie Sanders and New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have taken a more brazen stance, posting anti-oligarchy rallies
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They're denouncing the president and the tech billionaire they say has overstepped
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This as protests grow outside Tesla dealerships as sales for Elon Musk's electric cars plunge
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Similar demonstrations have been seen in Germany, France and Canada
