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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.

Al Franken

Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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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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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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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 also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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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’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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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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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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