Morning Jolt: Is the Era of Senator Al Franken Coming to an End?

By the time you read this, Minnesota senator Al Franken may have resigned. Or maybe not.

A Democratic official who spoke to Franken and key aides told MPR News Franken will resign Thursday. He's expected to make a speech from the Senate floor Thursday morning.

After MPR News reported the planned resignation, a tweet from Franken's official account said it was "not accurate." "No final decision has been made," the tweet also said.

In The Atlantic, Tina Dupuy offers another shocking anecdote about her run-in with Franken, at a Media Matters party during Obama's inauguration in 2009:

D.C. was decked out and packed in for the inauguration of a young and popular new president. The town was buzzing with optimism, and one of the many events on our list was a swanky Media Matters party with Democratic notables ...

December 07 2017

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Is the Era of Senator Al Franken Coming to an End? Jim Geraghty By the time you read this, Minnesota senator Al Franken may have resigned. Or maybe not. A Democratic official who spoke to Franken and key aides told MPR News Franken will resign Thursday. He's expected to make a speech from the Senate floor Thursday morning. After MPR News reported the planned resignation, a tweet from Franken's official account said it was "not accurate." "No final decision has been made," the tweet also said. In The Atlantic, Tina Dupuy offers another shocking anecdote about her run-in with Franken, at a Media Matters party during Obama's inauguration in 2009: D.C. was decked out and packed in for the inauguration of a young and popular new president. The town was buzzing with optimism, and one of the many events on our list was a swanky Media Matters party with Democratic notables ... READ MORE The Christian Baker Need Not Have Ended Up at the Supreme Court Ryan T. Anderson On December 5, the Supreme Court heard the case of Jack Phillips, the Christian baker who can't in good conscience design and create wedding cakes that celebrate same-sex marriages. The Justices... The Naïve Tech Masters Jim Geraghty The Naïve Tech Masters ADVERTISEMENT A Senator's Journey Jay Nordlinger Editor's Note: In the November 27 issue of National Review, we had a review by Jay Nordlinger of Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century, by Hendrik Meijer. This week,... Trump's Non-Radical Decision on Jerusalem The Editors President Trump made the laudable decision today to recognize reality: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and our embassy should be in that city. That is not a radical position. It has been... Trump Exposes the Cause of Palestinian Rage Jonathan S. Tobin The reaction from the foreign-policy establishment and America's European and Arab allies is unanimous. All are opposed to President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's... Cut Corporate Taxes Now, Not in a Year Deroy Murdock Eureka! Betsy McCaughey, the Republican former lieutenant governor of New York, has discovered the formula for delivering a 20 percent corporate-tax rate in January 2018, as the U.S. House of... ADVERTISEMENT The Dead March: A History of the Mexican-American War Peter Guardino "Brought the War to life for me as no other book has, most of all by considering issues of morale, organization, and how hard did the Mexicans really fight back...This one is good enough to make my best of the year list." - Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution LEARN MORE Top Shots Attack on Pearl Harbor ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.