Our hero (and my mother-in-law) Fran Bryson, turned 100 today. Widowed at 29 with 5 kids, age 7, 5, 3, 18 months (my wife Franni), & 3 mos., Fran raised a family in poverty, became a teacher, & all the kids are middle-class!
Me vs. Clarence Thomas: Whose vacations are more humble?
This Minnesota lawmaker has “yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry.”
Hey Ron DeSantis, @alfranken found a loophole in your “Don’t Say Gay” bill #TDSThrowback
Franni and I celebrated granddaughter Avery’s 7th birthday in California today. Remnants of chocolate cake on one of us.
End of the final Dead & Company show last night in S.F. May well be the last iteration of a 60 year gift to us Deadheads.
Franni and I celebrated our oldest grandchild Joe’s 10th birthday tonight. Yikes! We’re old!
Great to finally meet one of my all time heroes
Happy 1st Day of School to my West Coast Grandkids! Joe, 5th grade, and Avery, 1st grade, will be studying haute couture this year.
Happy Mother’s Day, all you mothers!! Great grandma, Fran, who just turned 100! Franni, mom to our 2 kids! Thomasin, 1 of those kids who’s mom to our 2 LA grandkids! And Stephanie, mom to our 2 NYC grandkids! I hear it’s hard work.
Joined the Writer’s Guild picket line this week in NYC! Support the strike! Support writers!
With grandson Jacob at his first Vikings game. Unfortunately, we lost.
Claire, our youngest grandchild, celebrated her 4th birthday today. Trump arraignment completely off her radar!
#Succession star Alan Ruck reflects on the hit show and ending things on a high note #TDSThrowback
Franni and I saw Goodnight Oscar on Broadway last night. Sean Hayes is amazing! Brilliant show. See it!
Hey, Kingston, NY. I’ll be in your beautiful city on September 29 at the lovely Ulster Performing Arts Center! Hope to see you there!
Jokes from MY White House Correspondents’ Dinners. I was so good in ‘94, they asked me back in ‘96… and then never again! #WhiteHouse #BillClinton #hillaryclinton #WHCD #standupcomedy #AlFranken #politics #newtgingrich #clarenceThomas #SCOTUS #Washington #DC #jokes #CNN #CSpan
Spoke at a fundraiser for Minnesota Senate District 15 where Dems got about 30% of the vote in ‘22. We gotta keep showing up in rural America!
Spoke at a fundraiser for Minnesota Senate District 15 where Dems got about 30% of the vote in ‘22. We gotta keep showing up in rural America!
Spoke at a fundraiser for Minnesota Senate District 15 where Dems got about 30% of the vote in ‘22. We gotta keep showing up in rural America!
This week on The Podcast, Neal Katyal on Jack Smith’s Very Smart Case & Donald Trump’s Very Weak One. Here I ask Neal how he would defend Trump if he was his attorney.
This week on The Al Franken Podcast: Former US Attorney Harry Litman offers a panorama of Trump’s staggering legal problems. Here, on why the documents case is likely to go to trial first.
This week on The Podcast, author Will Sommer on QAnon & his book, Trust the Plan. It’s much, MUCH crazier than you think! For example, here’s WHY they know Tom Hanks is the king of the Hollywood pedophiles:
This week on The Podcast: The Atlantic Monthly’s Anne Applebaum joins me for a comprehensive update on Ukraine. Here’s Anne on Putin’s goal: genocide. Listen to the full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anne-applebaum-on-the-war-in-ukraine/id1462195742?i=1000628126359
