They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
AL FRANKENMy dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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