Al Franken's Blog, page 20

Exporting our (gun) culture to the world

Economists often point to American culture as one of our brightest spots when it comes to calculating America’s balance of trade.

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My Tucker Replacement Theory

A year ago, The New York Times enumerated more than 400 attacks on “The Great Replacement Theory” by Tucker Carlson on his Fox News program. Democrats, Tucker told his audience, are doing everything they can to replace white “legacy” Americans with immigrants of color who will vote for Democrats.

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Interesting Republican race, don’t ya think?

After Trump’s first indictment, he went up with Republicans, and DeSantis went down. But here’s my question: What will they do after Trump’s fourth indictment?

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A Funny One for a Change!

I want to talk about abortion.
Somehow, we have a judicial system that allows anti-choice militants to cherry-pick a radical anti-choice judge to make a decision to outlaw medication-assisted abortions in this country based, not on science, but on his own religious, anti-scientific views about what is and isn’t best for women.

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a big announcement

My friend and former Senate counsel Josh Riley just made a BIG announcement. Josh is running for Congress in New York’s 19th District -- a key district to taking back the House in 2024. 

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Holy Crap!

The 2024 election will be the most important in our nation’s history. (with the possible exception of 1860). The Republican Party has stopped participating in good faith in the democratic process.

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Essential Pick-Up Op in WI.

Tomorrow Wisconsin will be holding arguably the most important election in the nation this year -- one that will determine control of the state’s Supreme Court.

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WE JUST NEED $3 MILLION BY FRIDAY

You may have received one or two or 20 “end-of-quarter” emails this week. That’s because it’s the end of the first full quarter of the 2024 election cycle.

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I’m part of the LGBT Community – I’m half a B!

I hope you got a chance to see some of my week guest hosting The Daily Show. I got to talk about a lot of the important issues, including the rights of the LGBTQ+ and Drag communities.

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Remember me?

I have a bit of a writing challenge here. (Unlike the other political emails you get, I actually write mine.) That’s why I’m really irked by the ones that start: “Personal.”

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