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Al Franken

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I’m sure many of you are, like me, watching and reading the news each day in horror. I’ve been paying close attention to Kilmar Abrego Garcia — who still sits in a notoriously awful prison in El Salvador.
Trump now claims he said he would make peace in Ukraine “one day,” not “in one day.”  
Earlier this year, we got to celebrate SNL’s 50th anniversary. It was great to get together with compatriots whom I worked with thirty-five, forty, even fifty years ago.
Feeling hopeless? Don’t! I know, I know — things can feel like a dumpster fire inside a train wreck. But guess what? Good things are happening. Case in point: Wisconsin, yesterday!
Trump has been floating the idea that he could run for a third term in 2028. And he clarified that he’s “not joking.” So much for an April Fools joke.
Today is the last day of the first quarter of the year!

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