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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/09/settled-into-senate-franken-finds-his-spark-again?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Settled into Senate, Franken finds his spark again</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Slowly but surely, the Air America version of Sen. Al Franken is making a comeback.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/09/al-franken-comes-out-of-his-shell?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Al Franken comes out of his shell</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Al Franken comes out of his shell By Aaron Blake Slowly but surely, the \"Air America\" version of Minnesota Sen.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/so-long-ed?fromrss=1"  target="feed">So long, Ed</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Ed Shelleby, communications director for Seattle\'s Congressman Jim McDermott, is headed for a new Capitol Hill posting: He is becoming press secretary to Sen.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/sen-al-franken-blasts-move-to-weaken-net-neutrality?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Sen. Al Franken Blasts Move To Weaken Net Neutrality</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>As a performer, Al Franken used the First Amendment, and the now-Senator Franken told a public hearing that \"Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time.\" He said the Google-Verizon proposal for Net neutrality would allow the FCC to \"publish a report.\" As Franken spoke, the industry was reportedly meeting to determine its Net strategy.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/sen-al-franken-on-net-neutrality-what-it-is-what-it-means-to-you?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Sen. Al Franken on Net Neutrality: What it is, what it means to you</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Last night in Minneapolis, Sen. Al Franken spoke at a hearing on Net Neutrality attended by Federal Communications Commission Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps.</p>');
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document.write('<br /><p>Al Franken warns Republicans about Muslim point guards on the basketball court. Sen. Al Franken, fresh off a BB gun attack on his condo , took some time out yesterday from the rubber chicken circuit in Illinois to mock the Islamophobes making political hay over a Muslim community center planned for a few blocks from Ground Zero: \"I don\'t know how ...</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/frankens-visit-makes-illinois-democrats-the-punch-line?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Franken\'s Visit Makes Illinois Democrats the Punch Line</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>\" Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady laughed off the upcoming visit by Minnesota Senator Al Franken at a Democratic fundraiser in Springfield Tuesday.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/rob-schneider-lashes-out-at-al-franken?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Rob Schneider lashes out at Al Franken</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>What does Rob Schneider have against fellow \"Saturday Night Live\" alum Al Franken? Forgive me ... Sen.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/the-mirthless-senate?fromrss=1"  target="feed">The Mirthless Senate</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Senator Al Franken at the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. The United States Senate, which still flatters itself with the misnomer \"the world\'s greatest deliberative body,\" counts a former Major League Baseball player, an organic wheat farmer, far too many lawyers and a member who describes herself as a mom in tennis shoes among its ...</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/can-linda-mcmahon-learn-from-al-franken?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Can Linda McMahon learn from Al Franken?</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>By Aaron Blake Anybody who doubts that a candidate with former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon \'s unorthodox resume has a real chance at becoming a U.S. senator has a pretty short memory.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/coffeys-hefty-franken-donations?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Coffey\'s hefty Franken donations</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Several weeks ago, Sean Coffey\'s campaign touted the endorsement of Minnesota Sen.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/franken-most-foul?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Franken most foul</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>When there is a local angle to a national story, the local press usually has a field day with it.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/franken-steins-monster?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Franken-stein\'s monster</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Guess what, folks? Former Saturday Night Live writer and current \" Senator \" from Minnesota Al Franken is using the possibility that Republicans might investigate Democrat wrongdoing to motivate left-wing activists to continue to work hard for victory in November.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/life-is-so-unfair-public-gets-mcconnell-vanilla-while-eye-rolling-goes-unseen?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Life is so Unfair: Public Gets McConnell Vanilla While Eye Rolling Goes Unseen</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>The eye rolling, gasping SNL skit on the Senate floor Thursday between Sens. Al Franken and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , was not captured by C-SPAN cameras.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/al-franken-in-context?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Al Franken in context</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>The press reports such as this AP story usually refer to Franken as a comedian, though he hasn\'t been funny since the expiration of the Al Franken Decade in 1990.</p>');
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document.write('<b><p class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/who/al-franken/2010/08/al-franken-was-making-faces-while-mitch-mcconnell-was-talking-about-kagan-today?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Al Franken Was Making Faces While Mitch McConnell Was Talking About Kagan Today?</a></b>');
document.write('<br /><p>Evidently. Via the Hill : McConnell grew increasingly angry as Franken made fun of him before a crowded public gallery and Senate aides lining the chamber walls.</p>');
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