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Cory Booker breaks record for longest speech by US senator in Trump condemnation (www.theguardian.com)

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Strom Thurmond must be rolling in his grave that his record was beaten by a guy he didn't consider human.

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 17 points 1 day ago

I only watched the final 90 minutes or so, but about the time I joined the stream, he told the story of a group that investigated illegal discrimination in home sales. A black couple was looking to buy a house in New Jersey in a white neighbourhood and was told by the agent that the house was already sold.

So they sent a white couple to look at the same house. This time, the house was still on the market. That group reached out to the homeowners with evidence, who were appalled by what had happened, ditched the real-estate agent and directly worked with Booker's parents to buy his childhood home.

It was like a Paul Harvey story.