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 FRANKENMy parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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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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And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.
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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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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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