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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.

Al Franken

We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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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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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
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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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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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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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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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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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