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Democratic Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado outfitted with catheter, urine bag for redistricting bill filibuster (nypost.com)
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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I don't hate the idea that if a human is willing to suffer to hold the floor for as long as it takes to block the vote on something. The real stupididy was formalizing it so it was a painless procedural thing.