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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:10 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

Joe Madison is on day 34 of his hunger strike for voting rights

For those who don't know, he's a liberal radio host who went on the hunger strike on November 8th, and said he's not ending it until some form of a voting rights bill is passed. He is 72 years old. I'm really worried abut him, because I don't see him eating unless something passes and I don't think that's happening anytime son.

How much longer can he realistically go?

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
Joe Madison is on day 34 of his hunger strike for voting rights (Original post)	Polybius	Dec 2021	OP
Longest anyone went was 74 days without food.	jimfields33	Dec 2021	#1
I'm disgusted that this is the first I'm hearing of this!	aeromanKC	Dec 2021	#2
Agree	LoisB	Dec 2021	#3
And	H2Oart	Dec 2021	#4
Ms Maddow has talked about it a couple times	tishaLA	Dec 2021	#10
He should stop	snowybirdie	Dec 2021	#5
Today was the first I've heard of it when he was interviewed on MSNBC. My first inclination is	Vinca	Dec 2021	#6
Day 36 now	Polybius	Dec 2021	#7
I feel so bad for this good guy!	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#8
Day 40	Polybius	Dec 2021	#9
Day 45	Polybius	Dec 2021	#11
The EAGLE walks the walk.	Caliman73	Dec 2021	#12
He's doubling down and not giving up	Polybius	Dec 2021	#13
I've said it before and I'll say it again: hunger strikes are stupid.	Vinca	Dec 2021	#14
I'd say that nobody in Congress (Democrats included) know this is happening.	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#15
Thank you Mr. Madison...	spanone	Dec 2021	#16
Holy shit, day 50	Polybius	Dec 2021	#17
Day 60 now	Polybius	Jan 2022	#18
Apparently the world record without food is 74 days	Polybius	Jan 2022	#19

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:23 PM

jimfields33 (10,544 posts)

1. Longest anyone went was 74 days without food.

He’s at 34 days? Yieks!

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:25 PM

aeromanKC (2,885 posts)

2. I'm disgusted that this is the first I'm hearing of this!

Fuck the media and fuck the GOP in Congress!!

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:40 PM

LoisB (3,751 posts)

3. Agree

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:47 PM

H2Oart (97 posts)

4. And

And most likely, the white trash of the GOP Congress will see he is a black man, and say he is a grandstander and never follow through. If he does continue, sadly unless someone intervenes, he will starve to death, because as long as this Senate is 50/50…. (IMO) we will not get this through. I hope I am totally wrong.

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 05:32 PM

tishaLA (13,629 posts)

10. Ms Maddow has talked about it a couple times

including (IIRC) having him as a guest early in the hunger strike. But, yet, it needs way more attention in the dominant media

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:28 PM

snowybirdie (4,022 posts)

5. He should stop

It makes no sense in sacrificing yourself because of the idiocy of the right wing. They don't care!

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:32 PM

Vinca (48,584 posts)

6. Today was the first I've heard of it when he was interviewed on MSNBC. My first inclination is

to urge people to tell him to eat! I don't get hunger strikes at all. He's an intelligent man with media clout and he knows any legislation won't pass until there are enough people to vote for it. The people currently voting against the voting rights bill don't care if Joe Madison starves himself to death and it won't change their minds. All we can do is work to get people elected who want to preserve a fair voting system. He should be doing that, not his ineffective hunger strike.

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Mon Dec 13, 2021, 02:19 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

7. Day 36 now

Ugh...

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Mon Dec 13, 2021, 02:21 PM

BeckyDem (7,582 posts)

8. I feel so bad for this good guy!

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 05:21 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

9. Day 40

This is crazy.

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Wed Dec 22, 2021, 01:59 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

11. Day 45

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Wed Dec 22, 2021, 02:04 PM

Caliman73 (10,152 posts)

12. The EAGLE walks the walk.

I used to listen to him all the time when I had SIRIUS. I try to catch him on YouTube when I can.

He is a true civil rights leader. He should get WAY more notoriety than he does.

Stay safe EAGLE

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Fri Dec 24, 2021, 04:21 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

13. He's doubling down and not giving up

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Fri Dec 24, 2021, 04:27 PM

Vinca (48,584 posts)

14. I've said it before and I'll say it again: hunger strikes are stupid.

He's a man with a significant platform who can help boost the numbers in Congress that will get voting rights passed. But he can't do it if he's dead. Do you think people currently opposed to the voting rights bill give a damn whether Joe Madison starves himself to death or not? All he'll get for the effort is a skinny corpse in a coffin and no voting rights passed.

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Fri Dec 24, 2021, 06:01 PM

brooklynite (80,220 posts)

15. I'd say that nobody in Congress (Democrats included) know this is happening.

Pressure tactics don’t work if you don’t know you’re being pressured.

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Fri Dec 24, 2021, 06:25 PM

spanone (131,456 posts)

16. Thank you Mr. Madison...

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Mon Dec 27, 2021, 03:31 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

17. Holy shit, day 50

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Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:08 PM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

18. Day 60 now

Please end it now Joe.

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Fri Jan 7, 2022, 12:00 AM

Polybius (10,144 posts)

19. Apparently the world record without food is 74 days

However, Madison stresses 60 days without "solid food" so he's likely having milk shakes and liquids protein shakes, so I don't think that qualifies for Guinness.

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