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Al Franken Disinvites Kathy Griffin from Book Event

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has disinvited Kathy Griffin from an upcoming book event one day after saying he would still appear with her in the wake of the controversy generated by a photograph in which the comedian posed with what looked like President Donald Trump’s decapitated head.

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Sen. Al Franken to Gorsuch: Are You Part of Steve Bannon’s Plan for Deconstruction of the Administrative State?

During Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked Gorsuch about remarks made by President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Preibus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon at the recent Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference in D.C. about plans for the “deconstruction of the administrative state.”

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7 Reasons the Jeff Sessions Witch Hunt Is Ridiculous

The Democrats and their media are making a big push to portray Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a Russian agent, or at least catch him in a perjury trap, because they had to talk about something other than President Trump’s address to Congress until the weekend news cycle kicks in.

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Franken: GOP Colleagues Questioning Trump’s Mental Health

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) claimed “a few” of his Republican colleagues have expressed concerns about President Donald Trump’s mental health. Franken said, “We all have this suspicion that, you know, he lies a

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Franken: The Supreme Court Pick Was Stolen

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Senator Al Franken (D-MN) argued that the Supreme Court pick that President Trump used to nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch was stolen. Franken said, “[W]e’re going to have hearings. I think this guy — I

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Dem Sen Franken Blames Comey for Clinton Loss

Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was asked if he believes FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of an unauthorized email server was one of the reasons for her loss in

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Franken: Voters Should Be Mad At Republicans for Obamacare

Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” while discussing the increasing costs of the Affordable Care Act referred to as Obamacare, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) said voters should be mad at “Republican officeholders” who refused to do anything other than vote to

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Franken: We Will Have Hearings on the ‘Rogue FBI’

Sunday on CNN’s “State Of The Union,”  while discussing the FBI reopening the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)  said “I think we’ll have hearing and I think we’ll get into the rogue element of

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Progressive Group: ‘Stand with Warren Against Obama’

A progressive group founded by Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig is calling on Democrats to “stand with Warren against Obama” in opposing Obama’s nomination of Wall Street executive Antonio Weiss — a man who helped raise big bucks for Obama’s political campaigns.

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