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Sen. Franken questions FBI and Facebook over online privacy protections
WASHINGTON — A US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook. Senator Al Franken, who chaired the judiciary subcommittee hearing, said the expansion of such biometric technologies poses concern over privacy and…
Franken cries during VAWA speech recalling Paul and Sheila Wellstone
In a Tuesday speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was moved to tears as he spoke about the need to pass the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). At the conclusion of his speech, Franken recalled his friends, former Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN) and Sheila Wellstone, who died…
Al Franken promotes marriage equality in new video
While Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) may have once been a comedian, his support for marriage equality is no joke. Franken and his wife Franni appear together in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign in support of same sex marriage rights. “My wife, Franni, and I have been married…
Sen. Franken pushes for Student Non-Discrimination Act
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has released an online video that urges people to tell their representatives to support legislation to protect public school students from a “wave” of bullying targeting lesbian, gay, bixsexual or transgender teens. “Nine out of ten LGBT kids are harassed or bullied in school,” he said.…
Franken: NDAA is ‘inconsistent with the liberties & freedoms’ of America
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) joined the chorus of those slamming the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this weekend. Franken, who voted against the final version of NDAA, declared the provisions on detention in the bill “unacceptable” in a column at the website Reader Supported News. “These provisions…
Telecoms want ‘to put Netflix out of business entirely,’ Sen. Franken tells SXSW
AT&T ‘moving in a direction consumers don’t want to go,’ Netflix tells Raw Story Appearing in a recent panel discussion at the South by Southwest music, film and technology festival in Austin, Texas, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) warned that net neutrality, or the treatment of all data on a network…
How Dare You Compete, Al Franken!
For shame, liberal comedian pornographer. For shame. You’d think Democrats would be content with last week’s electoral rout. But judging from the odd doings in Minnesota, some in their party wouldn’t mind adding to their jackpot by stealing a Senate seat for left-wing joker Al Franken. We’d actually be content…
Humor: Not funny
Picture an example of the deadly serious nature of dead white guys. Michael Gerson decides to explain this humor thing to conservatives, which is similar to watching a dachsund try to explain quantum mechanics. Or a Southern Baptist minister explain why he knows more about biology than one of those…
Al Franken And Jerry Springer Say Hi
You know, if nobody’s going to discuss what’s going on in the Democratic primary, I suppose I’m gonna have to. UPDATE: If you want to know what I’ve actually been up to, here’s my bio.…
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