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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.

Al Franken

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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Back Have Need Pro-science Science
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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Back Do Get Home Involve Move Next Politics Run Thing
That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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Bad Else Everone Itself News Our Democracy
Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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Agency Credit Give Job Minnesotan Rating Suppose
Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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Call Disinformation Disinfotain Entertain People Spread
You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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Elect First Funny People Really Should Show Think
Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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Each Other Humor Opposition Seriousness
We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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My 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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Dad End Graduate Mom Print Real Salesman School
Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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Antitrust Business Compete Competition Each Other Law Protect
The news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, ‘Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.’
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Balance Book Conservative Discuss Disinformation Fair Just Lay Lie Like Look Movement News Out Slather
Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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Friend Good Mine People Very
There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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Either Element Given God Necessarily Responsible Talent
Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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Demagoguery Else Mean On Put Radio Sell Something Station
Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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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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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.

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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.

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