Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
AL FRANKENThe 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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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I’ve done.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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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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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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