coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. in washington, a standstill on the president s agenda and voting rights. and across the country, the omicron variant is set to become the dominant covid strain while 72 million americans are still unvaccinated. joining me now, former democratic senator al franken, the host of the al franken podcast. good to see you. good to see you, don. you re very brave to come in considering what s happening. that s what i want to start with you about.
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joining us now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, the former senator on tour tour. long before the tour tour, you ve been warning about facebook for years. yes. what do you see as the danger? you ve pretty well articulated it coming up to me. it just has a prenicious effect, and it knows it does. every time they discover that, they make a choice. they make the wrong choice. their choice is profits versus acting responsibly. they do that over and over and over again. they are just irresponsible. there was talk about the protection from section 230, which needs to be changed. basically says they re a
know, it is where it is coming and where it is going. this is a big deal. amara, thank you, live for us from savannah. so supply chain bottleneck, inflation, look, president biden in the white house facing a whole heap of issues and it has some democrats worried. joining me now, former democratic senator al franken, now the host of the al franken podcast an on tour with the show the only former u.s. senator currently on tour tour. that s right. i said democrats, i said democrats are getting nervous. you see inflation numbers which are higher than they have been in a long time. you see the supply chain backups. you area chear christmas in jeo hanukkah is more in jeopardy. they re both in jeopardy right now. equal opportunity jeopardy. you see the democratic agenda stalled for now. we re waiting to see what happens with infrastructure and the stimulus bill. as a democrat, how nervous are you, scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest?