Tag Archives: Al Franken

NET NEUTRALITY: Sen. Al Franken Warns That Corporations Will Run The Internet

Calling it the First Amendment issue of our time, during his closing keynote at Netroots Nation, Sen. Al Franken warned that unless net neutrality is preserved, media corporations that are also internet providers will soon throttle the speeds of their competitors, an issue we’ve long been discussing here on JMG. (Via – Towleroad)

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LIVE VIDEO: Sen. Al Franken’s Closing Keynote Address At Netroots Nation

UPDATE: The live stream is concluded. Franken opened with the “NeVAHda vs. NeVEHda” controversy. Preceding him was Tarryl Clark (Michele Bachmann’s opponent), and Linda Chavez-Thompson, candidate for Lt. Governor of Texas. Fantastic night!

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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) Introduces Federal Anti-Bullying Bill

Today Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and 21 fellow Senators introduced a federal bill intended to protect LGBT students from harassment and bullying. Via the ACLU: The Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) would help to end entrenched biases towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in our education system. A similar bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in January …

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Sen. Al Franken Vs. Jason Mattera

Wannabe wingnut attack dog Jason Mattera ambushed Sen. Al Franken with a crazy-ass claim that the health care reform bill provides $7B for “playground jungle gyms.” Watch how Franken handles him (even after being called “Sen. Smalley”) and keep in mind that this Mattera’s own edited video. What the bill really says: In the “Creating Healthier Communities” portion of the …

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Al Franken Denies Joe Liebermann Additional Time On Senate Floor

And John McCain does NOT like it.

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Inclusive ENDA Hearings Begin

Yesterday the first ever transgender-inclusive ENDA hearings began before the U.S. Senate. Restrooms and religion arose as the only objections today during the U.S. Senate’s first hearing on the inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). And the testimony from the Obama administration struck an unusually ironic note just two days after Maine voters rejected an equal marriage law there. The 2009 …

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Sen. Al Franken’s Party Trick

Sen. Al Franken amused the audience at the Minnesota State Fair by demonstrating that he can draw the complete map the Unites States, including the Great Lakes and all state lines, from memory.

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Sen. Franken Handles Teabaggers

JMG reader Tony in the UK tips us to the thoughtful, intelligent way that Sen. Al Franken handled a group of constituents opposed to “ObamaCare.”

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Bill O’Reilly: Sen. Al Franken’s Win Is A Sad Day For America

Sound the sad trombone.

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The Pain, The Pain

Media Matters provides this clip showing the anguish of the right over Al Franken’s win.

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Filibuster Proof: Dems Get 60th Senate Seat As Al Franken Wins Case

After a legal battle that has lasted for more than half a year, Al Franken will at last be seated in the U.S. Senate, giving the Democrats a filibuster proof 60 seats. The Minnesota Supreme Court has just issued its long-awaited judgment in the Senate race, declaring that Democrat Al Franken is the winner. The unanimous decision was released after …

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Sen. Franken (For Real Real This Time)

And it only took 164 days! Over five months after the election, a three-judge panel has declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. The judges–Hennepin County’s Denise Reilly, Pennington County’s Kurt Marben and Stearns County’s Elizabeth Hayden–issued their final ruling late Monday, stating “Franken received the highest number of lawfully cast ballots in the Nov. …

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Al Franken Declared Winner

It looks like the long count/recount may be finally over as today Al Franken is scheduled to be formally declared the winner of his bitter Senate fight with Norm Coleman. Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, state …

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Stuart Smalley Still In It

Al Franken continues to refuse to concede in his Senate bid in Minnesota. The vote gap between Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken fluctuated throughout the day Thursday, with Franken closing to within 236 votes by Thursday evening. The fluctuations are normal, said a spokesman at the Secretary of State’s office, as county’s double check their work and report …

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Al Franken Wins Minn. Senate Primary

Former SNL cast member and Air America host Al Franken easily won the Minnesota Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate yesterday. Franken will face incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in November. Al Franken is tremendous friend of the LGBT community and has spoken many times in support of ENDA and marriage equality. Let’s wish him well.

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