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		<title>A Conversation with Michael Mann: The Existential Threat</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/07/10/a-conversation-with-michael-mann-the-existential-threat/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Giant of the Senate interviews Mike the Madhouse Mann. In this week’s episode, I talk with Michael Mann, Nobel Prize-winning climatologist for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). We cover a lot of ground. How to talk about climate change to your crazy right-wing climate-denying uncle. “Uncle Hal, sea level &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/07/10/a-conversation-with-michael-mann-the-existential-threat/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Conversation with Michael Mann: The Existential Threat</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Al Franken has a Podcast</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/28/al-franken-has-a-podcast/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 21:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All of the sudden Al has a podcast. Just got an email from him letting me know. The first episode is with Sarah Silverman. Here is the link to the podcast. He also wrote Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, in case you didn&#8217;t know. Also, did you know that I personally put Al Franken &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/28/al-franken-has-a-podcast/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Al Franken has a Podcast</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Leeann Tweeden, Al Franken, The Patriarchy, Change</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/17/leeann-tweeden-al-franken-patriarchy-change/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leeann Tweeden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Patriarchy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Al Franken problem is developing in ways too important and interesting to not explore further. So here is a handful of semi-connected but mainly distinct thoughts on the matter. Let me say at the outset, I&#8217;m biased. I like Franken, I think he is one of the best US Senators we&#8217;ve ever had in &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/17/leeann-tweeden-al-franken-patriarchy-change/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Leeann Tweeden, Al Franken, The Patriarchy, Change</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Leeann Tweeden&#8217;s Accusation of Al Franken, Franken&#8217;s Response</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/16/leeann-tweedens-accusation-al-franken-frankens-response/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leeann Tweeden]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leeann Tweeden is, according to Wikipedia, a former Hooter hostess and model who has worked for Fox Sports Network, and was hostess of Poker After Dark, a commenter on the Hannity show, and other similar shows, mainly on Fox News. (This is probably why I&#8217;ve never heard of her, I don&#8217;t watch FOX as a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/16/leeann-tweedens-accusation-al-franken-frankens-response/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Leeann Tweeden&#8217;s Accusation of Al Franken, Franken&#8217;s Response</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Al Franken Eviscerates Facebook Lawyer</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/04/al-franken-eviscerates-facebook-lawyer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 16:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From now on, I&#8217;m bringing Al Franken with me wherever I go so I don&#8217;t have to talk to anybody any more.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vote Down The Guns</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/03/vote-down-the-guns-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Violence and Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Lewis]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[First a word about our lovely press. If I hear one more reporter grovel and squirm about how we don&#8217;t really want to hurt the NRA or take away any gun rights or do anything unreasonable, no, no, we just want to assume there is a solution to the carnage that does not inconvenience any &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/03/vote-down-the-guns-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Vote Down The Guns</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Not many US Senators write this kind of book!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/30/not-many-us-senators-write-this-kind-of-book/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 21:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Al Franken, Giant of the Senate By Al Franken. This book claims to be this: From Senator Al Franken &#8211; #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum &#8211; comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. This is a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/30/not-many-us-senators-write-this-kind-of-book/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Not many US Senators write this kind of book!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Congratulations Thomasin Franken and Family!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/06/01/congratulations-thomasin-franken-and-family/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Al Franken&#8217;s daughter just had a baby, so congratulations to them! Joseph Bryson Greenwald, 6 lbs 11 oz. We are awaiting word on the baby&#8217;s length.]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Will Michele Bachmann Do Next?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/30/what-will-michele-bachmann-do-next/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 14:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you know, Michele Bachmann, Congressperson for Minnesota&#8217;s Sixth District, has announced that she will not seek re-election to her seat in Washington DC. Bachmann almost lost her re-election to challenger Jim Graves last year. I&#8217;m convinced that had the election been held a few weeks later, Graves would have won. Recently, internal polling data &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/30/what-will-michele-bachmann-do-next/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What Will Michele Bachmann Do Next?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I personally put Al Franken in the Senate</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/05/21/i-personally-put-al-franken-in-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 08:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is Minnesota Senator Al Franken&#8217;s Birthday. In honor of that, I&#8217;m reposting this historically accurate and important essay, which first appeared on this blog on April 23, 2009 at 3:56PM: I personally put Al Franken in the Senate Al Franken is about to be seated as the Junior Senator from Minnesota after a long &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/05/21/i-personally-put-al-franken-in-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">I personally put Al Franken in the Senate</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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