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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.

Al Franken

In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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Democracy Few Mean Money More Political Power Rest System
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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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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Bad Else Everone Itself News Our Democracy
My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
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But 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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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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Country Investigate Need Owe President
I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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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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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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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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