Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now

I haven’t really given the issue surrounding Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his interactions with the Russian Ambassador and the subsequent revelations and recusal the attention that it is due. Benghazi Benghazi, I mean Wiretaps, Wiretaps, Trump Tower… This has spent so much time in the news prior to Saturday’s…

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A great Tuesday quote

Post by Al Franken.

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Remainders: Kelda Roys, Tammy Baldwin & more

Kelda Roys comes under fire again, this time on LGBT issues. Democrat Tammy Baldwin raises $2.2 million for U.S. Senate campaign, outraising all her Republican opponents combined. Democratic Senator Al Franken keep comedy in check – most of the time. The rising price of a seat in the House of…

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Can we expect to see the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial or Constitutional protections?

To say that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 contains some troubling provisions would be an understatement. Among them is a set of provisions that expressly empowers the President — with regard to anyone who “substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities…

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Al Franken’s Supply Side Jesus

Thanks to Steve Carlson for drawing this to my attention:

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He isn’t conservative he is just wrong.

CONSERVATIVE- the term is misused often, especially in the media. con·serv·a·tive    /kənˈsɜrvətɪv/ Show Spelled[kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] Show IPA –adjective 1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. 2. cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate. 3. traditional in style or manner;…

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Sen. Al Franken talks about judicial activism

Watch as Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) talks about the judicial activism of the Roberts Supreme Court: Judicial activism isn’t just confined to “liberal” judges, but I’m betting you won’t hear many conservatives lamenting about the judicial activism of the Roberts Supreme Court; after all, that’s the right kind of judicial…

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Feingold supports effort to enroll all members of Congress in public option

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced his support for an amendment by Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to require all members of Congress be enrolled in the public health insurance option included in the health care bill currently being considered in the Senate. Sen. Feingold, a staunch supporter of…

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Al Franken has some nerve!

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Guess the number of medical bankruptcies in Germany

Listen and watch as Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) educates Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Hudson Institute on the issue of health care-related bankruptcies during a Senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on bankruptcies driven by catastrophic medical expenses:

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