I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
AL FRANKENWe basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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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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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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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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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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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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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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They’ve had local rightwing guys who’ve become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that’s how it goes. We haven’t had that. It isn’t like we have a farm team.
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