A 68-year-old Democratic senator captivated Washington with an extraordinary 22-hour Senate floor speech that ended Wednesday, as he made an impassioned case against what he describes as presidential authoritarianism threatening American democracy. Jeff Merkley of Oregon began filibustering at 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday evening and continued speaking through Wednesday afternoon, standing continuously beside placards declaring […]
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