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Al Franken has a way with words as he seems to channel his past SNL humor through his senatorial pedigree. Unfortunately, he is spot on as usual. Al Franken speaks x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Recently the Republican National Committee claimed that the January 6th...

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  • February 16, 2022

It is patently clear that Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) has lost the fealty, loyalty, or any semblance of respect from his underlings and enemies. As Mr. Cuomo becomes more defiant in his denials of sexual harassment, the Democratic party both locally and nationwide is getting bored with the drama and wants...

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  • March 15, 2021

The Democratic Party is once again proving that integrity matters. In recent days, the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has had too very credible charges of sexual harassment levied against him. Couple that with the looming Covid-19 nursing home scandal involving the hiding of data on the numbers of deaths,...

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  • March 1, 2021

I have republican family members and I know right-wing fellow workers.I researched for the unions in the South for a decade.   I’ve done collective bargaining to protect the health plan of an industrial worker group of several hundred union members who voted almost 100% for Trump in 2016.  The...

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  • November 8, 2020

The newest shield for racism, sexism, and just poor behavior is a new set of buzz words. Instead of facing the truth about systemic racism, the words ‘Race Card’ become a shield. Instead of answering for blatant sexism, we say ‘PC culture’ is overtaking us. And for pure bad behavior,...

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  • October 28, 2020

Why did the Party snub State Senate Democratic Candidate Kathy Lewis? Al Franken still has a punch. They scolded Lindsey Graham. Petri dish prez? A Democratic Candidate should never go through this. x x YouTube Video Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live...

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  • October 13, 2020

Some good news today out of Minnesota courtesy of SurveyUSA’s latest poll: x MINNESOTABiden 49% (+9)Trump 40%.#MNsen:Smith (D-inc) 47% (+11)Lewis (R) 36%@surveyusa, LV, 9/4-7— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 9, 2020 DFL incumbent United States Senator Tina Smith was appointed to her position when Al Franken resigned. Though Smith is not...

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  • September 10, 2020

Fortunately, Trump has telegraphed one of his tactical options to remain in power. x For nearly 90 years, the Constitution has contained a built-in safeguard against presidents who try to retain power beyond the end of their term: presidential power automatically passes to the House Speaker at noon on January...

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  • July 31, 2020

This is what Republican social distancing looks like: Iowa's junior senator, Joni Ernst, said Wednesday that while she would “love to rub a little Iowa nice off” on President Donald Trump, his leadership style is different from hers and if he changed it, he may not get as much attention from the...

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  • May 28, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Iowa courtesy of PPP: Theresa Greenfield holds a significant lead in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, a new poll out today finds. With three weeks to go until the June 2 election, Greenfield garners 43% of Democratic primary voters, compared to 12% for...

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  • May 13, 2020

Kudos to Elizabeth Meyer at Iowa Starting Line for capturing this: Iowa has the fourth-highest growth rate of coronavirus in the country and some of the nation’s largest numbers of cases per capita, yet in a recent interview with Breitbart, Sen. Joni Ernst said the state “has fared pretty well” during the pandemic....

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  • April 28, 2020

Arsonist as firefighter. x Now T's winding up to do the main thing he's here for, his focus for 3 days: to re-define 100K deaths as an amazing accomplishment he shd be praised for. And in the process, to paper over him calling it a hoax, the flu etc—& brand...

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  • April 3, 2020

Here’s the latest news today out of Iowa: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s approval rating has fallen among all Iowans as she begins mounting her re-election campaign, but a plurality of Iowa voters say they would definitely vote to re-elect her. According to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, Ernst’s...

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  • March 8, 2020

I’m actually happy that he’s back: x Susan Collins says she’ll acquit because “he learned his lesson.” The only lesson Trump learned is that Susan Collins & the GOP will let him get away with anything. #ImpeachmentTrial— Al Franken (@alfranken) February 5, 2020 While I do miss Franken in the...

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  • February 6, 2020

On Thursday, Old-Age Mutant Cringey Turtle Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to whine about Democrats’ supposed deep dive into partisanship: “Let's be clear: the House's vote yesterday was not some neutral judgment. … It was the predetermined end of a partisan crusade,” McConnell mewled. That brought a strong —...

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  • December 21, 2019

Anyone with even just sufficient powers of observation can see that Trumpists have a inherent aversion to acquiring knowledge, and at least one in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho is determined that no one else will be able to obtain any on their watch. NY Times “COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — From her office next to...

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  • November 10, 2019

Former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA.) resigned from Congress so abruptly, that her controversy is simmering and not raging. Two things undergird her anger and the public questions surrounding the MeToo movement, equity, and dare I say, “process.”  Lots of talks have been deployed about the process from Republicans over the...

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  • October 30, 2019

Nicole Bell of Crooks and Liars has another story up about how even Democratic political consultants are helping to restart the career of a prominent sexual harasser:  Mark Halperin.  According to Politico, there are 75 Democratic consultants who decided to be part of Mark Halperin’s latest book. NEWS … MARK...

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  • August 19, 2019

just remember one thing, the higher the road, the steeper the drop off at the edge of the shoulder. Everybody agrees, believing in God is a perfectly acceptable personal choice, but when do evangelicals become an insufferable pain in the ass? When they pull that “holier than thou” crap. Mike...

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  • February 12, 2019

Every cycle, this is the “Uncle Krusty Show” time for the congress. It’s a unique blending of hubris and rampant indifference. Look what happens every time during a :lame duck” session. You have a combination of incredibly important stuff that has to get done before year’s end, combined with the...

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  • December 2, 2018

x BREAKING: Florida Secretary of State orders manual recount in US Senate race.— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 15, 2018 x This is a good thing and it is according to law. No one can know how this changes the results if it does at all. But it is in...

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  • November 15, 2018

Here’s some good news today out of Minnesota: Asked of 574 likely voters – Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.9 percentage points Minnesota will also elect one United States Senator to fill the two years remaining in the seat previously held by Al Franken. If the election for...

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  • September 13, 2018

CNN reporter Marshall Cohen Tweeted about former Nixon adviser, long time Trump ally and secret Julian Assange messenger Roger Stone’s Legal defense fund and the replies are …truthy:   x Roger Stone's latest pitch to his email list of supporters boils down to this: Donate right now because, literally, I am...

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  • August 27, 2018

Here is the trouble with giving in to even obvious ratf*ck*ry, even when you know it is dubious, because you want to sent the right message.  It opens you up to more ratf*ck*ry, and each time it gets a little more difficult to fight back.  I disagree with Joy Reid...

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  • April 25, 2018

As we all know, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was only confirmed to the Supreme Court after, and as a result of, an unprecedented Republican embargo against President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to replace the deceased Justice Scalia.  Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended this outcome as follows: “The next justice...

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  • February 18, 2018

This was so obvious in 2016.  It is more obvious in 2017. It is a major problem in especially “liberal” worlds.  The New York Times presents itself as the arbiter of ethics in public life.  As holding those who might wield power in our society to standards. And many of...

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  • December 21, 2017

I am sorry. Forget about what you think about Al Franken.  If he stays that seat is ours until 2020. Case closed. If he resigns we have to contest it in 2018 when the map is very, very bad.  I keep hearing that oh, Minnesota will definitely go Democratic so...

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  • December 7, 2017

Actually a number of impasses, but I want to focus on one.  I did not like Kos’  front page diary.  I found it extremely self-righteous and in places dishonest.  Self-righteous because Kos seems very sure of himself. Is he so sure there has not been harassment at DailyKos, or in his...

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  • November 28, 2017

Okay, let’s tweak the Franken story a bit, turn it around so say Tweeden was a accusing a staunch Republican with no history of sexual misconduct like Jeff Flake.  Let’s call this person Tweeden II. I will Okay,let’s tweak the Franken story a bit, turn it around so say Tweeden...

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  • November 21, 2017

Glenn Thrush has been accused of far worse that Al Franken — at least in my opinion.  Far worse than Bill Clinton actually.  Not only did he use his position to make unwanted advances on young female reporters but he spread stories after to hurt their reputations.  Look up the word putz in the dictionary...

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  • November 20, 2017

The story Leeann Tweeden told about Al Franken kissing her against her will has a very big hole, I would say actually a tell that the story is, at the very least, incomplete, “No one saw what happened backstage.” Well if you have ever been part of any production, from junior...

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  • November 16, 2017