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Al Franken
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 21
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Alan Stuart Franken
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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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We need an investigation, because we don't know what Donald Trump owes Russia. We don't know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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There's going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration's relationship to Russia.
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Technology is an incredible tool - it connects people to each other, creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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Liberals don't hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. 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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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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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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I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the '90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton. And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'
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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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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans' liberty at all times - both in war, and in peace.
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Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.
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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.
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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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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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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn't been any radio that did that. And so they weren't trained - they had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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