To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
AL FRANKENBill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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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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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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