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 FRANKENI’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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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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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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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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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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