Sentences with phrase «of turncoat»

The real crimes at Enron mainly consisted of turncoat government witness Andrew Fastow's shady deals, but Skilling and, especially, Lay are going down for improperly misrepresenting Enron's fortunes.»

It was during this time that he had a minor guest role in a first - season episode of The X-Files called Genderbender.The producers were impressed by his performance and when, in the second season, he auditioned for the role of turncoat FBI agent Alex Krycek, he was successful.

IT»S the biological equivalent of a turncoat.

The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- led by Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein — is a group of turncoat NY State Senators who were elected to office as Democrats but have a «majority coalition» with Republicans, giving them control of the Senate.

When the Democrats cut a deal to bring Espada back into their conference they very carefully crafted it so none of their members would have to cast a formal vote in favor of the turncoat senator, who was being investigated at the time for various infractions (one of those probes came to fruition today; others are yet unresolved).

On his way, he bumped into one of the turncoats, Pedro Espada Jr., who told him not to worry — he would try to move his bill.

Not exact matches

In fact, some have already capitulated, conveniently blaming the central banks for rendering their religious beliefs useless, possibly just as these turncoats» own business began to be impacted by their unfortunate asset mix of the past 5 years.

The question at the center of Pipes» book is: «Which was the true Degaev - Pell: the kindly professor... or the revolutionary turncoat?»

It's a mindset problem that gives me pause on my formerly staunch belief that Durant leaving was the most turncoat move of the decade in the NBA.

'' [ESPN] showed a picture of me and two former teammates and had the label TURNCOAT on my picture,» Walters said.

Is the image above a picture of an enslaved highborn woman speaking to the castrated turncoat she grew up with as she uncovers the truth about her still - living brothers?

Fury over being treated like second - class citizens after spending so many years doing just that to the Democrats was in part what spurred the GOP to mount last summer's Senate coup with the help of two turncoats: Now - Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and ex-Sen.

New York, NY — A growing coalition of dozens of groups (list in formation below), including all major resistance groups across New York State, have joined forces to express their strong rejection of Governor Cuomo's and the New York State Democratic Party's plan to «unite» the mainline Democrats of the New York State Senate with the turncoat «Democrats» of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).

Lipton kept up the conciliatory tone on Saturday, casting the union defectors not as turncoats, but victims of a pressure campaign by Cuomo and his allies.

, have joined forces to express their strong rejection of Governor Cuomo's and the New York State Democratic Party's plan to «unite» the mainline Democrats of the New York State Senate with the turncoat «Democrats» of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).

Monserrate is a thug — and a turncoat on top of that.

Join us in voting out the turncoat members of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) in 2018.

Andrea Stewart - Cousins, and other Senate democrats, need to focus on bringing into the party lawmakers who will represent the Democrats who elected them, not making deals with turncoats incapable of keeping promises.»

A Republican turncoat, D'Amato is now among Andrew Cuomo's biggest fundraisers, collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in special interest campaign cash for the standard bearer of career politicians.»

«Marriage was redefined in New York because of six turncoat Senators, and we vowed we would not rest until they were removed from office,» said Brian Brown, NOM's president.

But despite progressives accusing the governor of being a fiscal turncoat — Cuomo has said he's a «broke progressive» — Cuomo defended the role of government.

Turncoat Democratic senator Hiram Monserrate, who enraged Albany onlookers all last week after waffling over which side of the narrowly split State Senate he would choose in the coup he helped foment, has decided to stick with his home team, the Daily News reports.

A group of «progressive» activists stood outside the New City office of Senator David Carlucci (D) and declared him a turncoat, even a Trump - o - crat.

Critics assert that the turncoat coterie functions as a kind of valve for the calculating Cuomo, allowing him to pass liberal initiatives he favors while containing those he opposes.

«They call Pete a turncoat, but I don't see the Democratic Party doing much for Hispanics,» says Felix Rosado, an accountant who has been one of Espada's closest friends for 38 years.

But this error of judgment, under pressure from SDP turncoats, does not diminish his stature as one of the most outstanding British socialists and democrats of the twentieth century.

In the pursuance of justice, fairness and to ensure that the right Candidate and not a turncoat represent the NDC in the Constituency, petitions were written to the National and the Greater Accra Regional Executive Committees of the NDC respectively for redress.

He cast Russo, who has the support of local and Albany Republicans and has out - fundraised his opponent, as «the anointed candidate of the back - room bosses» who run the SRCC and accepted two turncoat Democrats — ex-Sen.

Espaillat, who organized the Town Hall to give locals an opportunity to address «the current state of affairs,» went on the defensive when one attendee questioned Alcantara's alliance with the IDC and blasted Espaillat's support for such a «turncoat Democrat.»

One answer to Quinn's question: Progressives believe (with some cause) that Cuomo has abetted GOP control of the State Senate by coddling the turncoat Democrats of the IDC and approving gerrymandered district maps that aid upstate Republicans — and (with indisputable cause) that Albany is a bastion of corruption where well - heeled interests (most conspicuously, New York City developers) can purchase favors at bargain prices.

But what really gets me about the lack of experience claim is that the experienced governor chose to surround himself with accused felons, closed down his own Moreland Act Commission which really had the potential to root out corruption, and waited for what seemed like forever to get the turncoat Independent Democratic Conference back where they belonged.

Gov. Paterson suggests Dems soften stand, give plum role to turncoat Sen. Pedro Espada [NYDN] Albany pols unwind for the holiday from all the lack of work [NYDN] Related: Pedro Espada's Self - Coronation

Klein's turncoat coterie has insisted that their relationship with Republicans has enabled the passage of liberal measures — including paid family leave, a minimum wage hike, laws barring the prosecution of minors as adults for certain nonviolent offenses and the creation fund for the legal defense of undocumented immigrants.

This deal allowed the turncoat coterie's leader, Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, to assume the title of co-leader and enjoy tremendous influence over legislation and over the chamber's inner workings.

Meanwhile, the Senate continues to undermine itself: With only one day left (Monday) in the legislative session for this summer, Republicans continue to reject any power - sharing deal with Democrats unless sketchy businessman, turncoat politician, and non-district resident Pedro Espada remains president of the body.

The IDC is in an increasingly bitter war with other Democrats who accuse them of being turncoats for supporting the GOP majority in the Senate.

If this comes to pass wouldn't it be interesting to see how many of these Labour turncoats hang on to a seat at the next General Election.

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, in his capacity as deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, also urged the turncoat coterie to restore their old party bonds last month.

«Turncoat protein regulates sensitivity of breast cancer cells to drug.»

In April 2007 Calabrian authorities had temporarily halted fishing in waters off Cetraro (where the Cunski lies, according to a turncoat from the» Ndrangheta mafia) because of dangerous levels of heavy metals in marine sediment.

But the music - saturated scenes involving the media, the law and a turncoat friend played by Curtis («50 Cent») Jackson are trying to appeal to fans of «Empire,» not «Raging Bull.»

The stakes are now even higher for the agent as he coolly maneuvers through the dangerous waters of international espionage - replete with CIA plots, turncoat agents and ever - shifting covert alliances - all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and answers to his own fragmented past.

Now we have just one: Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, a survivor now suspected of being a turncoat.

The stakes are now even higher for the agent as he coolly maneuvers through the dangerous waters of international espionage - replete with CIA plots, turncoat agents

When a mission goes badly wrong, agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is suspected of being the turncoat and becomes a hunted man.

Shadow Dancer (R for profanity and violence) Turncoat drama, set in Belfast in the Nineties, revolving around a member of the Irish Republican Army (Andrea Riseborough) who becomes a snitch for the British in order to remain free to raise her young son after being caught with a bomb in her possession.

It is also a crucial sequence as it leads to the formation of the unbreakable bond shared between Jyn, Andor, turncoat Imperial pilot Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed), blind Jedi devotee Chirrut Îmwe (Hong Kong superstar Donnie Yen), his accomplice, the ace marksman Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang) and android K - 2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk).

James Woods shows up as a retiring chief of presidential security who is clearly destined either to die nobly or to be revealed as a turncoat.

A group of corrupt, turncoat cops and detectives in Atlanta are pushed against the wall by Russian mob boss Irina Vlaslov.

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