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Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American writer, actor and politician. He was the junior United States Senator from Minnesota from 2008 to 2018, when he resigned following sexual harassment allegations from several women.
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In the United States of America, satire is protected speech, even if the object of the satire doesn’t get it.
I've said that net neutrality is the most important free speech issue of our time.
Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time.
I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
Some of the same people who were instrumental in the Federalist Society’s effort to change our legal system are now working to help corporations increase their control over the flow of information.
What I do is taking what they say and using it against them. What I do is jujitsu.
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them (2003)
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry, which led to many consumers becoming trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (2003)
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. But we have a long way to go to get our modern privacy laws in line with modern technology.
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