Sentences with phrase «against critics calling»

The founder of Where White People Meet defended the dating website against critics calling it racist, saying he dated a black woman once.

The founder of Where White People Meet defended the dating website against critics calling it racist.

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Critics of Trump's father, President Donald Trump, have called for boycotts against dozens of retailers for carrying Trump - branded products.

Citron, Kickstart readers will remember, is the firm that waged a long battle against Herbalife (which it called a «ponzi scheme») and made a fortune betting against Valeant Pharmaceuticals, of whose management and accounting practices it was an early (and very loud) critic.

While there are loud critics who wage public campaigns against companies they short, many other short - sellers had long kept positions secret for fear of losing access to corporate management or retribution from rival Wall Street investors through a so - called short squeeze.

Fittingly, even before Ramsey came out against the rule, one of his critics called for using the rule against Ramsey, supposedly for providing advice said critic deemed harmful to savers.

The reason concerns the nature of how Facebook handled its users» data before rising privacy concerns prompted it to tighten its policies against what critics have called an egregious kind of abuse — allowing app developers to gain access to information not only on their customers but also on their customers» many Facebook friends.

Bush's rhetoric was not unique, and many critics were quick to point out similarities between his calls against evil and those of Islamic fundamentalists who were as bent on Bush's doom as he was on theirs.

Even so, Francis reiterated the church's stand against abortion, defending it against critics who call such arguments «ideological, obscurantist and conservative.»

The recommendations were immediately attacked by critics ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union, which accused the panel of waging «war against innocent American citizens,» to, perhaps more surprisingly, The Wall Street Journal, which called the commission's proposal «an example of enforcement mentality run amok.»

Pushing back against her critics, Melania Trump said Tuesday she's committed to fighting cyberbullying despite the knocks she's gotten for taking on the issue when her husband regularly uses Twitter to berate his foes and call them names.

Trump, who has called for an increased use of stop - and - frisk across the country, was a frequent defender of Kelly against critics of his policing practices.

Critics are calling for stronger action against Mrs Miller after claims she was uncooperative with an inquiry into her expenses claims, but Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps says it is time to move on.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Collins Thursday took a strong stand against President Trump's call for biometric tests at U.S. border crossings, agreeing with critics who say such a move would lead to massive delays at bridges between the United States and Canada.

(CNN)- Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has joined calls from key Republicans urging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto legislation that critics say would codify discrimination against gays and lesbians in that state.

Rep. Chris Collins, a Buffalo Republican and Trump ally, took a strong stand against the president's call for biometric tests at U.S. border crossings, agreeing with critics who say such a move would lead to massive delays at bridges between the United States and Canada.

Three of seven regions — the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes and Center New York — received $ 500 million over the next five years in the Upstate Revitalization Initiative competition, which critics called the «Hunger Games» because it pitted areas of the state against one another, creating clear winners and losers.

The local race for Congress pits a relative newcomer to the Hudson Valley with deep pockets and a progressive agenda who's battling the «carpetbagger» label against an incumbent who's positioned himself as a bipartisan bridge - builder, but who critics call just another vote in an increasingly radicalized Republican House caucus.

Critics had called the cuts vindictive and politically motivated, an effort to punish city employees Gallo deemed insufficiently loyal in his Democratic Party primary campaign against Steve Noble.

Cuomo wasn't charged or accused of any criminal involvement by prosecutors, but he took the time to respond to questions from reporters, pushing back against critics and calling their attempts to connect him to the corruption case «political garbage.»

McGowan spoke to TV critics Tuesday about her upcoming documentary series «Citizen Rose» and what she called her global struggle against sexual assault and economic injustice.

Call Me by Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, who has already nabbed best actor wins from the L.A. Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle, leads the Best Actor — Drama race, going up against Daniel Day - Lewis (Phantom Thread), Tom Hanks (The Post), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), and Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.).

Many of our critics this week have claimed the bishops» decision goes directly against Pope Francis» call for greater tolerance between the faiths.

Critics of policies pushed by the Obama administration and many state policymakers — such as adopting the Common Core, revamping teacher evaluation and expanding charter schools — may seize on the latest NAEP results, but researchers warn against using national test scores to judge specific policies, a practice sometimes called «misNAEPery.»

It's interesting because Mad Max commits a lot of sins that the public would normally demand reviewers be harsh on, such as the typical open - world covered in icons, most of which aren't really worth the effort, a generic combat system, a reliance on busy - work, fetch quests, a poor story and much more, and yet Mad Max seems to be getting a free pass while critics are being called out for noting things the public would normally be against.

The bill is the latest rumbling in an international movement against what critics call the cross pollination of the gaming and gambling industries.

Twentieth - century critics, reacting against 19th - century historicism, inverted that judgement, praising «Gothick» (as they liked to call it) for being whimsical and amusing.

Against this revisionist tradition, an essay by Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic of The New York Times, called Revisiting the Revisionists: The Modern, Its Critics and the Cold War, argues that much of this information (as well as the revisionists» interpretation of it) concerning what was happening on the American art scene during the 1940s and 50s is flatly false, or at best (contrary to the revisionists» avowed historiographic principles) decontextualized.

Critics warn against the temptation of what they call «lazy man's fundraising.»

Critics call it «phantom money», while regulators fret over the anonymity of its» transactions, and central banks advise against the instability of its currency.»

The reason concerns the nature of how Facebook handled its users» data before rising privacy concerns prompted it to tighten its policies against what critics have called an egregious kind of abuse — allowing app developers to gain access to information not only on their customers but also on their customers» many Facebook friends.