BREAKING: Rand Paul Filibustering Brennan Nomination LIVE

UPDATE…SEN. PAUL ENDS FILIBUSTER AT 12:39 AM–NEARLY 13 HRS.
APPLAUSE ERUPTS IN SENATE CHAMBER DESPITE RULES…
WHITEHOUSE DEAFENING SILENCE ON FILIBUSTER…

TRANSCRIPTS OF FILIBUSTER…

Republican senators who participated in the filibuster with Paul include, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wy.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).

On the Democrat side, only Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

SEN. HARRY REID ATTEMPTS TO END FILIBUSTER:

DEMOCRAT SEN. DURBIN OBJECTS TO FILIBUSTER, RAND STRIKES BACK:

Starting at 11:45 AM, Senator Rand Paul began ilibustering the nomination of John Brennan as director of the CIA. Yesterday, he received some answers from both Brennan and Eric Holder. In short, the administration does not rule out the possibility of using drones on Americans on U.S. soil. They have already killed two Americans overseas–one was a child.  http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

BREAKING…Ted Cruz and Mike Lee join Paul’s filibuster.

ACTIVISM ALERT: Right now, you can call and speak to your senator’s staff (or leave a message) and request that they support Sen. Paul’s stand for civil liberties and the rule of law. Already, several senators have joined in. Find contact info here. On twitter, let’s get #StandWithRandtrending. (Don’t mistake twitter for activism. Make the call first!) Your conversation with your senator’s office can be this simple:

Hi, is Senator X watching Rand Paul’s filibuster? – I do not know. – Please tell him to support Rand Paul’s filibuster, thank you. – I’ll inform him.

Here, you can watch a clip of the beginning of Sen. Paul’s historic filibuster.

This is a good time to look back at a rare moment, last month, when President Obama was actually asked about drone strikes on Americans in a live Google talk. Did you see any of the MSM report on this? Here’s his non-answer:

Speaking on the Senate floor at length & actively filibustering Brennan’s nomination until further notice Tune into @cspan now #filiblizzard — Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) March 6, 2013

Developing….updates to follow… Sen. Paul is currently the top story on Drudge and Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/rand-paul-filibuster_n_2819740.html

Sen Paul just stated that he is doing this to draw attention to the issue of drones and killing people without due process. If you share his concerns please share the news on Facebook and Twitter… Developing news/tweets:

Perplexing that Rand Paul has to go through this to ask a Nobel Peace Prize winner whether or not he agrees with killing U.S. citizens. — David Angell (@djangell) March 6, 2013

Thx to @senmikelee for joining @senrandpaul‘s filibuster of Brennan. We stand w/you against CIA’s illegal use of killer #drones on US soil. — Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) March 6, 2013

 

Is Rand packing a catheter? Word is Sen. Moran (R-KS) gave him time for a break at 3hr mark. #StandWithRand #filiblizzard — iroots.org activism (@irootsorg) March 6, 2013

The great Drone drone continues – and I salute #RandPaul for his political courage: twitter.com/ILamy7/status/… …

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 6, 2013