Al Franken was, at one time, one of the most popular Democratic lawmakers in the country. Franken, though, stepped down from his position after being accused of sexual misconduct in January of 2019. The former Minnesota senator now hosts a weekend political show on Sirius XM radio. But before he was a politician, Franken spent…
The “big lie†is not unique to Trump but rather constitutes a long-standing Republican tradition and political practice that, far from distinguishing itself from Trump’s governance, in fact enabled and even created it.
“Here is my promise to you: I may be leaving the Senate, but I’m not giving up my voice,” the popular Democratic senator said.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told CNN that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) shouldn’t resign because he is being railroaded and denied the due process of a Senate ethics investigation.
It’s time for Democrats to remember that the sitting President of the United States still has paid no political or legal price for his own behavior.
After refusing to say that accused pedophile Roy Moore doesn’t belong in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is in no position to call on Al Franken to resign.
Sen. Al Franken’s office has scheduled an announcement for Thursday with all signs pointing toward the Minnesota Senator announcing his resignation.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was clearly contrite and embarrassed as he addressed reporters in a shaky voice during a brief press conference that highlighted the Senator’s decency and responsibility for his actions.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) said that he is ashamed of the allegations that he groped women during photos, but that he doesn’t remember the incidents, and that he is returning to work in the Senate.
Two new accusers have come forward to accuse Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) of inappropriately touching them during his 2008 Senate campaign.
The Republican response to accusations made of both men is telling of a Republican Party that is quick to overlook, forgive and minimize the gravity of the accusations when it benefits them politically.
Three dozen women who worked with now Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) on Saturday Night Live released a statement saying that none of them ever experienced any inappropriate behavior.
Sen. Franken’s office said that the Senator has no plans to resign over the sexual harassment allegations that have been made against him.
After a second woman accused Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) of groping her, liberal groups are starting to call on him to step down.
14 female staffers who worked for Al Franken are speaking out and saying that the Senator from Minnesota treated them with the utmost respect and was a champion for women.
“Look at the contrast between Al Franken, accepting responsibility, apologizing, and Roy Moore and Donald Trump who have done neither,” Clinton said.
Former female staffers who worked for Sen. Al Franken issued a joint statement praising Sen. Franken for treating them with the utmost respect when they worked for him.
The last person in the world who should be talking about sexual harassment is Donald Trump, but that didn’t stop the sexual predator in chief from attacking Sen. Al Franken.
The woman accusing Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) of sexual harassment, Leeann Tweeden, said that she does not think Franken should step down, but she might change her mind if more women come forward.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has apologized and requested a Senate ethics investigation into the allegation that he sexually harassed, Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio anchor.
In a new letter, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) his position as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to call out Attorney General Jeff Sessions lies about Russia, and demand answers from Sessions about his false statements.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) urged Republicans to ditch their latest effort to repeal Obamacare and vowed to fight against the Graham-Cassidy bill that would rip healthcare away from millions of Americans.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) took apart Trump for being lazy, refusing to learn about policy, or put in the work that is expected of a president by the American people.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is leading the effort to stop Trump from abandoning an Obama era rule that allowed residents of nursing homes to sue facilities when they were abused.
In a move that is certain to make the scared president even jumpier, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is demanding that Donald Trump Jr. and Paul Manafort be required to testify under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A reporter asked Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) if she was going to the White House for a health care meeting with Trump. Collins said that she wasn’t invited and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) cracked up laughing. Paul McLeod of Buzzfeed News tweeted the exchange: Swing votes not going to White House tonight. We just asked…
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is calling on Senate Republicans to abandon their effort to pass a healthcare bill that takes away coverage from 22 million Americans.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is calling the Republican health care bill what it really is. Franken described the bill as a thinly disguised tax cut for billionaires.
During an interview on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) responded to Jeff Sessions’ testimony, by calling on the Attorney General to come before the Judiciary Committee so that the Minnesota Senator can question him.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) didn’t buy for a second that Jeff Sessions didn’t understand his question when he lied under oath in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Franken accused Sessions of trying to whitewash and downplay his lie and urged the Attorney General to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“If they feel blessed to be in his cabinet or to be around him, to be his chief of staff for at least another week or so, they should feel very blessed.”
Sen. Al Franken stated for the first time that he sent a letter to the FBI asking them to investigate Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Now, we have two of the letters.
During an interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) revealed that he sent a letter to the FBI after he found out about Jeff Sessions unreported contact with Russian ambassador.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) took apart the lies that make up the Republican health care bill that is being negotiated behind closed doors.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) unloaded on the FCC after they voted 2-1 to roll back net neutrality protections and in essence destroy the internet.
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) warned early Tuesday afternoon that President Trump is endangering U.S. national security.
After FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a speech that he wants to reverse net neutrality rules and end open and free Internet, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) went off and vowed to fight the Chairman’s proposal to destroy the Internet.
Sen. Al Franken told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he thinks Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury, and he wants Sessions back in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain himself.
“The President of the United States did not tap Donald Trump’s phone. I mean, that’s just ridiculous,” Senator Al Franken said, after bursting out in spontaneous laughter at President Trump’s ridiculous accusation against former President Barack Obama.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is pulling no punches as he just dropped an amazing letter demanding answers on Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Ralph Reed cites ‘War on Religion’ but as Al Franken has said, “She is fundamentally incompetent” to lead the Department of Education.
The Minnesota Democrat said the Senate should simply tell Devos, “Thank you for your time. We’ll let you know,” and move on to a candidate that is actually qualified to lead the department.
The responses from Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Al Franken (D-MN) focused on issues that represent big trouble ahead for Trump and his Supreme Court nominee Neal Gorsuch.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is standing up for Democratic Party values by announcing that he will vote against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general.
Through his questioning, Senator Al Franken exposed Jeff Sessions’ lies about his civil rights record in his questionnaire to the committee.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) tore apart Republicans on the Senate floor for having no plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Upon the sad news that music legend Prince had died, Sen Al Franken (D-MN) released a statement calling Prince an unparalleled presence.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) looked Republicans in the eyes and called out the absurd lies that they are using to obstruct President Obama during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) took to the Senate floor to blast Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans while revealing the absurdity of their argument against considering President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
Al Franken and Senate liberals are holding Republican feet to the fire with a bill that would give seniors, veterans, and the disabled a raise by eliminating a tax deduction for CEO pay.
Thirty-four members of the Senate Democratic caucus including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sen. Al Franken (D-MI) sent a letter to the contractor that employs the Senate cafeteria workers calling on them to all the employees to organize into a union.
A group of liberal Senate Democrats turned the tables on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today by introducing a resolution supporting Pope Francis’ views on climate change and calling on the Senate to immediately act.
By a mostly party-line vote, Senate Democrats powered by the liberal caucus rose up and blocked a Republican bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
The liberal senators who stood up in opposition to the Comcast-Time Warner merger scored a major victory as Comcast has pulled out of the planned deal.
Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Al Franken (D-MN), Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have come together on a letter to both the FCC and the Department of Justice urging them to block the Comcast/Time Warner deal.
In two separate statements, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) praised the passage of the FCC’s new net neutrality rules. Franken called the rules an enormous victory for the American people, while Sanders said that the success of net neutrality shows that ordinary Americans can win when they stand up to corporations.
During the Friday night broadcast of The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly responded to a Mother Jones story showing he embellished his war coverage as a reporter by throwing out personal insults and accusing the magazine and others of being “far left zealots.”
GOP Senators killed amendments requiring Keystone oil be kept in the U.S., and mandating that the pipeline be built with U.S. steel.
Uber responds to Sen Franken, but “it still remains unclear how Uber defines legitimate business purposes for accessing, retaining, and sharing customer data.”
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) issued the following statement condemning the gutting of campaign finance reform and putting taxpayers on the hook for another Wall Street bailout.
After an Uber exec revealed his idea to dig up dirt on journalists via the company’s data collection, Al Franken demanded that the car service get real about their privacy policies and data collection practices.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded to Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) claim that the Texas senator doesn’t know what net neutrality is with a video that proved Franken’s point. Cruz is utterly clueless as to what net neutrality does.
It may have been Democrat Howard Dean who said not long ago that if given a choice between voting for a Republican, or a Republican-lite, voters of both parties will always opt for the real Republican; because they cannot trust a Democrat pandering for votes as a Republican. It is a lesson Senator Mary Landrieu, and soon-to-be-former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, would do well to heed.
Sen. Al Franken was having none of Ted Cruz’s intentional idiocy and propaganda. On CNN’s State Of The Union, Franken took down Cruz by explaining that the Texas Senator was completely wrong and didn’t know what he was talking about on net neutrality.
Barack Obama is still the President, and his administration’s record achievements over the past five-and-a-half years were squandered by Democratic candidates intent on appearing to be more like Republicans than Democrats affiliated with a President with a record of successes.
As the Senate continues to debate final passage of a constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) came to the Senate floor and called Citizens United money laundering that was made legal by the Supreme Court.
After Thursday’s vote, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), who has called this issue “the free speech issue of our time,” blasted the FCC’s vote that could lead to fast lanes on the Internet.
Senator Franken dropped the hammer on the Comcast Time Warner merger, saying that the deal needs careful scrutiny. He wants federal regulators to protect consumers.
In separate statements Sens. Bernie Sanders and Al Franken called the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons on the Syrian people inhumane and an atrocity.
Since only a communist would oppose rampant crony capitalism and its corporatist/theocratic ideals, Democrats must be commies
Sen. Al Franken has introduced a bill that would lift the secrecy surrounding FISA and the Patriot Act. Franken explained, “I don’t want transparency only where it’s convenient to the government.”
Things would go very badly for Rep. Michele Bachmann if she dared to challenge Al Franken for his Senate seat. The latest PPP poll found that Franken would defeat Bachmann 55%-38%.
Vice President Joe Biden gave a wide ranging interview to Meet the Press today, where he expressed doubt about the legitimacy of the recent Iranian presidential election. Biden said, It sure looks like the way they’re suppressing speech, the way they’re suppressing crowds, the way in which people are being treated that there’s some real doubt about that.”
Vice President Joe Biden was profiled on CBS’s 60 Minutes tonight, where defended Obama against criticism, especially from former vp Dick Cheney that he is a weak president. Biden said, “I don’t know what he’s apologized for.”
The feud between the Obama administration and former vice president Dick Cheney took another step today as current vice president Joe Biden blasted Cheney. He said that Cheney was dead wrong on national security, and he guaranteed that America is safer under the Obama administration.
On the Today show this morning Vice President Joe Biden and Gov.
In an interview with CNBC that airs tonight Vice President Joe Biden said that more possible changes to the economic stimulus bill going through Congress right now could include more infrastructure sp
In an interview on Face the Nation today, Vice President Joe Biden gave more insight into the Obama ad
On Fox News Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney denied that he had dangerously expanded the powers of the executive branch while also criticizing Vice President Elect Joe Biden for wanting to diminish the office of the vice president.
Vice President Elect Joe Biden was on ABC’s This Week program today, where he talked about the state of the economy, the incoming administration’s goals for the economic stimulus package, and thei
WPXI is reporting that the story of a politically motivated attack against a McCain supporter in Pittsburgh is a hoax. Ashley Todd made up the story of mugging that turned into a political attack after the mugger noticed a McCain bumper sticker on her car.
At a rally today in Charleston, WV, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden took aim at John McCain’s recent criticism of the Bush administration, “John McCain is now attacking the Bush budget and fiscal policies. Folks, this is as crazy as the Sundance Kid attacking Butch Cassidy! They were in this together.”
In Reno, NV today Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made the argument that Obama is too inexperienced to handle a foreign policy crisis. She used Joe Biden’s the presidency doesn’t lend itself to on the job training line against Obama. I guess Palin’s point could also extend to inexperienced running mates of 72 year old presidential candidates.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden taped an interview with Terry Moran that will air on ABC’s Nightline tonight. Biden had some interesting things to say about the tactics being used by the McCain campaign, and the state of the economy.
At a campaign stop in Rochester, New Hampshire, today Joe Biden took the gloves off against Sarah Palin, by openly mocking her debate answer on the cause of global warming, and he repeated the campaign’s promise to end the Iraq war.
Well, two presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate down, one more presidential debate to go. It has been a busy past week in politics for me here in good ol’ St. Louis, MO. Last Thursday, we were the site of the highly-watched and scrutinized Biden-Palin debate. It was held right down the street from my house at Washington University. There is no need to go over the specifics of the debate now as it has been dissected over and over the past few days.
Two polls, one of uncommitted voters done by CBS, and one of debate watchers done by CNN say that Joe Biden won the debate against Sarah Palin. However it seems that the debate neither helped nor hurt either campaign.
The first and only vice presidential debate was filled with talk of policy by Joe Biden, and talking points from Sarah Palin. If there was any doubt left that this woman doesn’t belong on a national ticket in any capacity, that doubt was answered tonight. Palin may have scored style points, but Biden is the person Americans should trust in the White House.
Rarely in the modern era has a vice presidential debate been the subject of so much attention and hype. So while you are watching the debate tonight, here are 5 things to keep you eye on while Sarah Palin and Joe Biden are mixing it up.
During her interview with the CBS Evening News that will air tonight Sarah Palin defended her joke about listening Joe Biden speak since she was in the second grade age by saying that her stump speech joke had nothing to do with age or John McCain. She tried to sell herself as the new fresh face, but she is more like new Coke than new politics.
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Today, VP candidate Joe Biden accused McCain of changing his position on the Bermuda tax loophole for $50,000 in campaign contributions. On the floor of the US Senate, McCain spoke out against the Bermuda tax loophole, but he also went to Bermuda and promised to protect the $4-7 billion a year tax loophole.
The latest Quinnipiac University swing state poll confirms that the Sarah Palin bounce is long gone as Obama is leading McCain beyond the margin of error in Colorado (49%-45%), Michigan (48%-44%), and Wisconsin (49%-42%). His lead in Minnesota (47%-45%) is within the margin of error.
I noticed that the Associated Press story about Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s comments about taxes and the wealthy on Good Morning America today, left out an important part of the quote. The part where Biden stressed that yes, the wealthy will pay more taxes, but their taxes will be less than they were under Ronald Reagan.
While campaigning in Michigan today Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden retaliated against the idea that John McCain equals change and a better economy by comparing McCain and Bush specifically on the issues of the economy, healthcare, taxes, and energy.
Welcome to a new column here at Polticususa.com. For the next couple of months, until the election in November, I will be posting a news report at least once a week detailing how the election is playing out in the state of Missouri, a key swing state.
The results of the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll was just released, and these poll results confirm what three other national polls this week have shown, this race is a dead heat. So far this week, we have seen the ABC, CNN, CBS, and now the NBC poll all show this race as a tie.
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The McCain campaign is outraged because today in Missouri Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden asked if Sarah Palin cares about disabled kids so much, why does she oppose embryonic stem cell research.
A new CNN/Opinion Research poll has the presidential race has the presidential race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack dead tied at 48%. Even with Ralph Nader and Bob Barr factored into the race, Obama and McCain are still tied at 45%.
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden was on Meet the Press this morning talking about a variety of issues, but most interesting were his thoughts on debating Sarah Palin, and her silence on the issues.
During his interview on ABC’s This Week program this morning, Obama laughed off the idea that Sarah Palin has more national security experience than he does. He also took the Republicans to task for mocking his time as a community organizer.
