Watch Filibuster TV

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 12:48 PM on January 26, 2006.

The Young Turks, the first nationwide liberal talk (and now TV) show, has "decided to go all the way. We will be live on-air until the Democrats make a decision to filibuster (or not). We don't know how long this will last, but The Young Turks will not go off the air until there is a conclusion."

YT host Cenk Uygur writes: "This could be short and painless if there is a decision quickly. But it could also be long and painful if the decision is not made for awhile."

The filibuster to force a filibuster starts at 6PM EST tonight [VIDEO/AUDIO].

For the latest on Kerry's move to filibuster and for the digits of the filibuster holdouts, go [HERE].

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Assorted Links:

*The facts about Alito: A pretty and pretty damning presentation on Alito's extremist views from Civil Rights to Reproductive Rights to Privacy Rights to Executive Power...

*Winner of the Disingenuous New Release of the Week award (especially relevant as it's from filibuster swing vote senator Mary Landrieu's district (D-LA)):

Louisiana Lawyers For Alito

Below is a letter from the Louisiana Chapter of the Republican National Lawyers Association:

(Washington, DC) – A non-partisan letter was released today from over 50 leading lawyers and law professors from across Louisiana to Senator Landrieu calling for her to support Judge Alito’s confirmation to the Supreme Court...

PS: Somewhere between 2 and 5 of these 50+ "non-partisan Republicans" are women...

*Debunking of Alito = Ginsburg revisionist history [HERE].

Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.