I am kind of too scared to ask here, but what did it actually achieve?

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    4 days ago

    the same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.

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        They shook hands and unanimously approved (booker too) more weapons for the genocide immediately after the performance.