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  1. The Senator Who Used to Be Cory Booker

    We taught at Rutgers-Newark in the same years, before he was mayor, before the Senate, before the rebranding. We shared a building lobby on University Avenue. I never shook his hand. I did not need to. Everyone on that campus knew Cory. He pulled the air toward him when he walked through a door, a Rhodes Scholar, a Yale-trained lawyer who had chosen Newark when he could have chosen Manhattan or Washington, a young man who spoke about education the way ministers speak about scripture. Students mattered to him. He believed a city scarred by Sharpe James and three decades of municipal corruption could be reformed from inside its worst housing project, into which he had moved on purpose. I watched that man hold a room without effort. He had a builder's mind. He had, in the older sense of the word, character. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/05/21/the-

  2. @emptywheel.bsky.social

    "Schumer told reporters Thursday afternoon that Trump should fire Vought over his comments, adding, “He wants to destroy the way the Congress works.”"

    "the way the Congress works”

    #CongressionalDemocrats *really* need to take a deep, cleansing breath and get over this ludicrous 1990s-era "Comity with our Colleagues Across the Aisle" schtick

    They've been played for fools for well over a decade, to the point where the #Republicans just spit in #Democrats' faces as the #GOP ignores them completely

    “Sir, this lacks decency,” ...his voice raised & visibly agitated... “It lacks decorum. It shows that you do not want to simply hear from your colleagues. This is absolutely wrong!”

    I'm sure #ChuckGrassley was quaking in his boots at #CoryBooker's harsh rebuke

  3. #Cortez-Masto asked #CoryBooker re: these HHS cuts. Acc. to the #Alzheimer's Association, "Bipartisan Alzheimer’s programs like the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure are now at risk due to a reduction in staff & resources. BOLD strengthens Alzheimer’s public health efforts, such as increasing early detection & diagnosis, reducing risk & supporting #caregivers. Congress reauthorized BOLD last year w/unanimous support."

    Defend BOLD here.

    bit.ly/3QWdQ6D

    #USPol

  4. #Cortez-Masto asked #CoryBooker re: these HHS cuts. Acc. to the #Alzheimer's Association, "Bipartisan Alzheimer’s programs like the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure are now at risk due to a reduction in staff & resources. BOLD strengthens Alzheimer’s public health efforts, such as increasing early detection & diagnosis, reducing risk & supporting #caregivers. Congress reauthorized BOLD last year w/unanimous support."

    Defend BOLD here.

    bit.ly/3QWdQ6D

    #USPol

  5. Today's cuts to #Alzheimers research coming up in Booker's filibuster. -- Thank you Senator #Cortez-Masto of Nevada for sharing the story of your grandmother who died of Alzheimer's. As you say, this is personal.

    #EndAlz
    #CoryBooker

  6. Today's cuts to #Alzheimers research coming up in Booker's filibuster. -- Thank you Senator #Cortez-Masto of Nevada for sharing the story of your grandmother who died of Alzheimer's. As you say, this is personal.

    #EndAlz
    #CoryBooker

  7. "Be like Cory Booker and take a stand.

    Senator Cory Booker is taking a stand on the Senate floor. Where are you? Why aren't you doing this too?”

    I sent the above to CA Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla. If you’re a Democrat in California I suggest that you do something similar.

    Adam Schiff - schiff.senate.gov/contact/get-
    Alex Padilla - padilla.senate.gov/contact

    #Democrats #Politics #Senate #AdamSchiff #AlexPadilla #CoryBooker #Takeastand #Trump #GOP #MAGA