Scientists assess that, on average, humans can survive without water for about three days. Long before that, your kidneys will be stressed, your cognitive function will be impaired, and you may develop a headache as your brain—which is mostly water— shrinks. Just as well that Booker didn’t have to debate anyone.

Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst.

As a leader, you’ll want to consider whether your actions are driving meaningful change or just grabbing attention.

Throughout his speech Booker read letters from Americans about the impact that Trump’s agenda is having on their lives, drawing historical parallels and warning that the country faces a “looming constitutional crisis.

Booker, the senior Democrat from New Jersey, on Tuesday broke the previously-held record for an individual speech given in 1957 by then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond.

Senator Cory Booker made headlines on Tuesday (04-01-25) for his marathon filibuster/speech in the Senate, which lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes. This speech not only set a record for the longest speech in Senate history but also sparked a debate about its popularity on TikTok.

The Democratic senator from New Jersey broke the record set by segregationist Strom Thurmond in 1957, saying later that Thurmond’s record “always kind of just really irked me.”