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Senator Jeff Merkley is ripping Krasnov a new a**hole...
Sen Merkley says he will speak as long as he can...
https://katu.com/news/politics/us-senator-jeff-merkley-democrat-oregon-holds-senate-floor-protest-president-donald-trump-threats-democracy
Sen Merkley is holding the floor of the US Senate to protest Trump’s attempts to push us into an authoritarian strongman state + is outlining the grave threat the Trump Administration poses to our democratic republic.
An additional Youtube link:
Besides reading "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," Merkley has also been reading excerpts from "How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt -- available via the Internet Archive...
https://ia600803.us.archive.org/21/items/HowDemocraciesDieStevenLevitsky/How%20Democracies%20Die%20-...
