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Showing videos filed under: al franken
Rep. Keith Ellison, John Fugelsang & Dean Obeidallah, and Media Reform
April 7, 2011Republicans in Congress, says House Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison, are treating the budget and potential government shutdowns as an "opportunity to inflict generationally-changing policies" in the guise of paying the bills. We're facing a government shutdown not, Ellison notes, because Democrats won't compromise, but because Republicans like Paul Ryan are interested in forcing a fight over ideological issues.The F Word: Remembering Why Media Reform Matters
April 7, 2011Progressives cheered when it was announced Wednesday that Glenn Beck would be “transitioning” off his Fox News show. Beck's not gone for good, of course, but his daily screeds against the likes of Van Jones and Frances Fox Piven will be somewhat more limited -- perhaps to radio.Douglas Rushkoff: Keeping Corporate Hands Off Our Media
March 23, 2011"It seems that when you flip the switch too late you actually promote the revolutions in your country. What would've happened if Egypt hadn't flipped the switch? If people are home blogging their discontent they're a lot more controllable, a lot less dangerous," says Doug Rushkoff of the role of the Internet in the recent revolutions.Douglas Rushkoff, US Uncut, and Fighting for Bradley Manning
March 22, 2011"It seems that when you flip the switch too late you actually promote the revolutions in your country. What would've happened if Egypt hadn't flipped the switch? If people are home blogging their discontent they're a lot more controllable, a lot less dangerous," says Doug Rushkoff, author of Program or Be Programmed, of the role of the Internet in the recent revolutions.The F Word: Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones
March 26, 2010Score one for Senator Al Franken. Thanks to him, Jamie Leigh Jones, a former KBR employee who alleges she was gang raped by her coworkers will get her day in court.Eliminationist Rhetoric, Immigration, and Jamie Leigh Jones
March 25, 2010After the passage of the health care bill, windows shattered in the offices of Congressmembers across the country, and Congressmen like Bart Stupak received death threats. Meanwhile, Sarah Palin and others encouraged opponents of the bill to "reload" and "take aim" at health care supporters.The F Word: Challenging "High Road" Contracting
March 5, 2010This is what must make it hard for people working inside the Obama administration. No sooner does the White House start talking up something good, than it does something bad.The Oscars, Daniel Ellsberg and Sweet Crude
March 4, 2010The Academy Awards are this weekend, so we invited three of our favorite film critics and pop culture queens to talk about the whole shebang: will Kathryn Bigelow break the Best Director glass ceiling? Is Sandra Bullock going to take home a statuette? Was Avatar all that it was cracked up to be? And why was that Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover so darn white?Full Coverage: The Uptake on Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearing
July 14, 2009For those of you worried that The Uptake, after covering the Franken/Coleman saga, would leave the national scene, rest assured. The independent media collective is covering all angles of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. It just so happens that the hearings will be Al Franken's first appearance on the national stage as a senator.Bernie Sanders on Effective Healthcare Reform
July 10, 2009Al Franken officially earned his seat in the U.S. Senate last week, winning by slightly over 300 votes out of 2.9 million cast in Minnesota. Franken’s campaign hinged on a dedication to healthcare reform, and with 60 Senate seats now belonging to Democrats, the time seems ripe to make that happen. Joining us today to discuss how the Dems should go about improving healthcare policy is Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist and one of only two Independent Senators currently in Congress. He has compiled a booklet titled “The Health Care Crisis: Letters from Vermont and America” and speaks passionately on the behalf of real, meaningful, cost-effective healthcare reform in the U.S.
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