When it comes to democracy and being Jewish, former Senator Al Franken knows whereof he speaks. But, given his other vocation as a comedy writer, some critics will surely think his latest remarks – likening America today to early Nazi Germany – are a joke. In the most recent episode of “The Al Franken Podcast,”…
Seven senators regret calling for former Senator Al Franken to resign for sexually inappropriate behavior, saying that their decision was made in haste. A New Yorker story questioned the account of the first woman who accused the Minnesota senator of indecent contact. In November 2017, a photo was released of Franken pretending to grab talk-radio…
(JTA) — Al Franken addressed a Jewish group, reportedly the first public speech he has delivered since resigning from the Senate 19 months ago. He spoke on Sunday to the Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, Minnesota Post columnist Eric Black reported. Franken did not discuss the facts and circumstances that led to his resignation…
Former Senator Al Franken has a new podcast, but the recordings don’t mention the sexual misconduct allegations that led him to resign from the Senate last year, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. In a brief interview with the Post outside the Washington, D.C. studio where he records “The Al Franken Podcast,” Franken said that there…
It’s been a year and change since Al Franken resigned his position as U.S. Senator from Minnesota, after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct and sexually inappropriate behavior. Now he appears to be attempting a comeback, starting with a political podcast. But if a disgraced politician makes a low-budget podcast out of a studio…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, triumphant on the cover of Time Magazine after wrapping the final season of her hit HBO show “Veep,” not to mention her cancer treatment, says she likes being unlikeable. “I’ve made a career of playing unlikable people,” the 58-year-old told the magazine. “I don’t cotton to likability.” It’s funny, because Julia Louis-Dreyfus is…
(JTA) — President Trump mocked former Senator Al Franken for resigning quickly from office when faced with a sexual misconduct allegation. “That guy was wacky. Boy, did he fold up like a wet rag,” Trump told a rally Thursday night in Rochester, Minn. to cheers. “Man, he was gone so fast,” The New York Post quoted…
The campaign of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson said that they will return all contributions it received from the political action committee of former Sen. Al Franken, CNN reported Saturday. Federal Election Commission records show that Nelson, a Democrat running for reelection this November, received $10,000 from Franken’s Midwest Values PAC during this election cycle and…
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