zeal0telite [he/him,they/them] to news • 4 年前Mike Gravel, former Alaska senator and anti-war campaigner, dies aged 91external-linkmessage-square76 fedilinkarrow-up1250
arrow-up1250external-linkMike Gravel, former Alaska senator and anti-war campaigner, dies aged 91zeal0telite [he/him,they/them] to news • 4 年前message-square76 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareMarxMadness [comrade/them]hexbear44·4 年前 Using various parliamentary maneuvers, Gravel was able to block the bill for five months A normal country, where one senator from Alaska can grind a key part of the federal government to a halt. :sankara-salute: to the guy for using that power for something good in this case, but what an example of how hard it can be to get anything done. link
minus-squareDivineChaos100 [none/use name]hexbear25·4 年前He was writing a series of articles about this that's being published these days. link
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]hexbear14·4 年前Holy shit I had no idea. Fucking legend :maduro-salute: link
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A normal country, where one senator from Alaska can grind a key part of the federal government to a halt.
:sankara-salute: to the guy for using that power for something good in this case, but what an example of how hard it can be to get anything done.
Fucking hero honestly o7
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He was writing a series of articles about this that's being published these days.
Holy shit I had no idea. Fucking legend :maduro-salute:
:deng-salute: