Senator Bernie Sanders filibuster of last week is already becoming the stuff of legend. Here is a word cloud of his speech (full transcript here). I do wish that instead of just "tax' and "people" writ so large, there was also the word "rich," so that a simplified version of his speech could be read simply as "tax rich people." See a larger version here.
Via FireDogLake
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