When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
AL FRANKENBut 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.
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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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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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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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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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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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