Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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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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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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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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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.
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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 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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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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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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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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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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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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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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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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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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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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