The party chair is being excoriated, but the truth is that he’s taking on the D.C. consultant class, building a strong grassroots operation, and raising tons of money while disposing of the Harris campaign’s 2024-incurred debts.
Al Franken
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Be Thankful Barney Frank Wasn’t Pushed Out in 1989
The late great representative’s near political end in a sex scandal is a reminder of why Congress should pause before forcing members to resign.
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Performing in Online Porn Shouldn’t Derail a Political Campaign
Susanna Gibson, a candidate running for the Virginia statehouse, appeared, with her husband, on the website Chaturbate.
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Listening to the Women Means Conducting Investigations
Those who came forward with stories about Franken deserve that—as does the senator.
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Why Democrats Shouldn’t Abandon the Moral High Ground
When have the opponents of equality ever played fair?
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Will Anyone Really Be Surprised if Roy Moore Wins?
In an infamously bloody scene in The Untouchables (1987), Robert De Niro declared, “I get nowhere unless the team wins.” Three decades later, De Niro’s line is, in effect, Donald Trump’s motto–and if that motto is shared by a majority of the Alabama electorate, then Roy Moore is guaranteed to win the state’s special US […]
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Zero Tolerance Is Never the Answer
Drawing a line and implementing harsh consequences for anyone who crosses it is overly simplistic.
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The Sexual Abuse Scandals Make Asymmetric Polarization Harder to Deny
This is the single most powerful force reshaping American politics and policy.
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If Franken Resigns, Is the Problem Solved?
It feels like a plan to whisk him off the stage and exile him to a place where he’s never heard from again.
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No One’s Out to Get Al Franken
So, can we finally knock it off with suggestions that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was the victim of a right-wing hit job? If Franken legitimately believed that the allegations against him were either completely fictional or somewhat exaggerated, he would have immediately said so. It beggars belief that Franken, who went through legal hell in […]
