I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
AL FRANKENWhen you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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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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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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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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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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