Sentences with phrase «ones political agenda»

This statement does not predict that B will happen, but when it fits ones political agenda, they will claim that it is a prediction.

Given that the armed insurgents in the north and south have only one political agenda, the removal of Berisha, the international community wisely took the most politically neutral goal available — securing humanitarian aid... Italy's center - left coalition government has traditionally been very supportive of Berisha.

Not exact matches

The president has responded harshly toward Republican congresspeople whom he considers insufficiently supportive of his agenda, even going so far as to meet with their primary challengers, while a pro-Trump political action committee at one point purchased, then withdrew, campaign ads against a senator who was wavering on the Senate GOP's health - care bill.

This power shift is often a result of voter frustration with one party's propensity to do «too much» or «too little» to benefit its political agenda.

The birth of a baby, especially one born with a disablity, is the perfect time to push a political agenda.

As one who came to upend and reorient the power structures around a system of love and selfless sacrifice, it's hard to imagine Jesus entrusting the hope of His Kingdom agenda to the agenda of Rome's political systems and power players.

The Ethics Committee dropped its final charges against Gingrich not long before he resigned as speaker, despite finding that Gingrich had in fact violated one rule by repeatedly using a political consultant paid by GOPAC to develop the Republican political agenda, because there was no evidence he was continuing to do so.

In many cases, there's not just one agenda but there is often a political one.

@End, True, I wouldn't claim to know that religion won't be classified as a mental illness on those grounds, but it would be so inconsistent were that to happen that, barring political agendas, I would imagine that the field would reel from such an obvious bias against one particular type of delusion while ignoring so many others.

This dilemma has become particularly acute because, for all its animus toward modernity, the Christian right has made one of the most characteristic of modern political beliefs the foundation of its entire agenda.

Currently it is also very fashionable to engage in interreligious dialogue for the purpose of facilitating cooperation on this or that socio - political agenda; if one approves of the agenda» a very large if» then this motive for dialogue is quite acceptable, too.

Volf knows that modern congregations, like older ones, have uncritically incorporated cultural, racial and political strategies to define and direct their own institutional identities and agendas.

They are motivated instead by nothing more than the desire to see a particular political agenda prevail, but they pretend to be the bearers of some mighty revelation, vouchsafed to them alone, leading one and all to a bright new world of greater inclusiveness and sensitivity.

There are based upon political agendas — one from Constantine and one from the male dominated «hierarchy» of the early Christian Church.

Stiefel is just running a political foundation with one thing on his agenda: Stop Christians from openly expressing their religious beliefs simply because his own selfish self doesn't believe.

I'll mention one fundamental one: if in these contexts I take the liberty to outrightly deny that indeed it was God who said, and not some power group with a dirty political agenda, then WHEN and WHY will I accept «God said...», this and that (and particularly more positive, palatable stuff») at face value?

The two represent the type of «pragmatic spirituality» that Trump evoked throughout his campaign, with Graham advancing a political agenda and White a financial one, according to John D. Wilsey, author of American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion and an assistant professor of history and Christian apologetics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

It should be emphasized that to say this is not thereby to invalidate any particular claims made on behalf of the liberal agenda for the society — just as one does not invalidate a political program simply by pointing Out that it may benefit the business community.

Even if one regrets the neglect or absence of a comprehensive agenda and the pursuit, instead, of single - issue and single - candidate concerns, and regrets even more the lack of a governing political philosophy, the times and issues are such that open debate must be welcomed on as broad a platform as possible.

For a liberal American, one of the few political joys of Trump's First One Hundred Days has been the chance to watch the resistance to him and his agenda take shaone of the few political joys of Trump's First One Hundred Days has been the chance to watch the resistance to him and his agenda take shaOne Hundred Days has been the chance to watch the resistance to him and his agenda take shape.

The adoption of mass protest over armed conflict is to be welcomed after decades of vicious civil wars, often perpetrated by small groups of armed men with no broad - based political agenda and little desire to shape one.

Electoral reform is favoured, but their political agenda seems a somewhat piecemeal one.

The mayor is also facing federal investigations around two businessmen, Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz, who provided cash and trips to high - ranking NYPD officers, and donations the men made to the mayor's campaign and to a non-profit, the Campaign for One New York, that de Blasio used to push his political agenda.

If voting reform especially through the advocates of PR is now going to be taken forward it has to form part of the agenda of political parties, or even one party's manifesto which would not necessarily require recourse to another referendum to take it forward.

► Campaign for One New York - The nonprofit group that Mayor Bill de Blasio used to raise millions of dollars to promote his political agenda.

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

There is a federal investigation into whether donors to the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit the mayor started to advance his political agenda, received favors in exchange for their contributions.

Criticisms of Corbyn's leadership style focused on his inept approach to internal party management and estrangement from his own parliamentary party; where Corbyn exceeded expectations was his ability to fashion a distinctive, eye - catching political agenda that captured the imagination of the electorate, and distanced the Labour party from its potentially «toxic» legacy (one of the historian Stuart Ball's key criteria for effective opposition party leadership).

There is certainly a plausible argument that Ed Miliband has been one of the most effective leaders of the opposition in modern British history, demonstrating an ability to set the political agenda that exceeds what either Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair achieved from the opposition benches.

We've seen Green Party leader Natalie Bennett interviewed on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show — one of the most coveted media platforms for election hopefuls, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage continues to provide good copy and good telly to most news organisations, setting the political agenda along the way.

But Alison Hirsh, the union's political director, calls the WFP «one of our most important political allies when it comes to moving our political agenda forward.»

MIDTOWN — A nonprofit founded by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his political agenda said Friday it will not comply with a subpoena from the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, one of multiple federal and state agencies investigating whether the group broke the law.

Assemblyman Lopez continues to maintain his innocence and understands the political agenda involved in the one - sided nature of the findings.»

One of the chief architects of David Cameron's political agenda is leaving Downing Street, in a move with major political ramification for the Conservative party.

But — we can all agree — there are plenty of political agendas that various ones of us won't respect...

Federal authorities are looking into whether donors to the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit the mayor launched to advance his political agenda, received favors in exchange for their donations.

The relationship between central and local government and their relationship with schools, the dynamic has always been a fluid one, altered by respective governments to align with their own political agendas.

There's no disputing that the Campaign for One New York, the political non-profit created by Mayor de Blasio to promote his agenda, accepted large donations from those with business before the city.

«In an era when our nation is increasingly concerned about the spread of fake news, it is unacceptable that a media conglomerate like Sinclair would force our trusted local news anchors to push a one - sided political agenda, valuing partisan politics over informing the American public,» Rhodes said.

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

The Campaign For One New York, the 501 (c)(4) group de Blasio started to advance his political agenda at the start of his mayoralty, is refusing to comply with a subpoena sent in recent weeks by JCOPE seeking information about the group's donors.

Thus, a party that has never won more than 13 % of the vote in a general election and currently holds just one parliamentary seat was able to shape the national and European political agenda.

The UFT is one of the groups that gave to the mayor's controversial now - defunct political non-profits, which worked to promote his agenda, and have snagged the attention of corruption - busting U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Lawyers for the Campaign for One New York, the defunct nonprofit that backed NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's political agenda, will comply with a broad new subpoena from JCOPE seeking information about the nonprofit's donors and activities, the mayor said.

However, Mr Prescott dismissed the claims as «press prattle on a political agenda», telling BBC One's Politics Show: «Yes of course I am satisfied with it [the inquiry], as much as I know about it.

Therefore, in order to gauge Jammeh's intentions and verbal threats, it is not necessary for one to be a political scientist, but only to perform a critical overview of his hidden agendas and propaganda mechanisms that speak volumes of his desire to remain in power at the detriment of The Gambia.

Hein was about a month behind the curve on this one, rare for a political leader who usually sets the agenda.

In a state mired with political corruption and known for its shady backdoor deals, the sudden leftward shift of one of the New York's most powerful and shameless politician hides the continuation of the business agenda that lies underneath all of Cuomo's progressive rhetoric.

Akande said irrespective of present party affiliations and political positions, all Yoruba politicians must speak with one voice and present a common political agenda ahead of the general elections.

Until now, Hizzoner and his allies have directed much of their fundraising attention to the Campaign for One New York — a group that could collect unlimited donations, not bound by the $ 4,950 limit, and was created to promote the mayor's political agenda.