Sentences with phrase «outspoken critics who»

MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito is joining the ranks of outspoken critics who believe the market for blockchain - based tokens is overheated.

He is a Renaissance thinker whose ideas crisscross scientific disciplines and an outspoken critic who is fond of reminding scientists that they really understand very little.

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The «Shark Tank» judge, investor, and outspoken critic of net neutrality will be joined by conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who has been cast for the role of Vice President, Variety reports.

The CFPB is the brainchild of Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, an outspoken critic of the banking industry who enjoys a 61 percent approval rating in her home state, according to Morning Consult.

Heseltine, who was Deputy Prime Minister between 1995 and 1997, has been an outspoken critic of his party's approach to Brexit since the EU referendum in June 2016.

Buffett, a billionaire investor and outspoken critic of fund managers who profit from high fees at the expense of their clients, bet in 2007 that a Vanguard S&P 500 index fund would beat five funds of hedge funds selected by Protégé Partners over the next 10 years.

Wilson, who has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, goes right for the incendiary conspiracy theory with that claim, but it's an idea that's been echoed by more moderate commentators as well.

Outspoken Wildrose Party MLA Derek Fildebrandt, who finds himself frequently at odds with leader Brian Jean, remains in his high - profile role as Official Opposition Finance & Treasury critic after a shuffle of critic portfolios in the Wildrose caucus this week.

Actress Leah Remini — who has become an outspoken critic of Scientology after spending years in the controversial religion — recently told People magazine that Scientology leaders tried to get her to convert Kevin...

Welby, who has been a bishop for only a year, is considered an outspoken critic of the excesses of capitalism, a supporter of women bishops and an opponent of gay marriage.

Actress Leah Remini — who has become an outspoken critic of Scientology after spending years in the controversial religion — recently told People magazine that Scientology leaders tried to get her to convert Kevin James while the two starred in King of Queens.

Not surprisingly, Sol zhenitsyn is today an outspoken critic of Rus sian ultra «nationalists who «fulminate about the nefarious deeds of Masons and Jews [and] applaud aggressive chauvinism.»

Sammartino remained with the company until 1988, when he left and became an outspoken critic of the company who helped make him a star.

I am an extremely outspoken critic of those who whine about women «shoving their boobs in our faces» while breastfeeding, such as the ones complaining about women who breastfeed sitting at a table in a restaurant.

For an explanation as to why Cuomo would risk muddying the waters of his own campaign, you should look no further state former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who has emerged as an outspoken champion of Rangel — and chief critic of Democrats like Rep. Mike Arcuri who have turned their backs on him.

«The MTA seems so dependable when it comes to perennial service cuts and subway shutdowns,» said Liu, a former NYC Councilman who was an outspoken critic of the authority prior to taking his current citywide office last January.

And then there was Ms. Lewis, the former ACORN leader, who was once an outspoken supporter of the mayor's — but more recently has become an outspoken critic.

Adams is a longtime rival to Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, an outspoken de Blasio critic who recently said he has not ruled out a run for mayor.

The New York Times» Danny Hakim reported the administration pressured the Senate to disinvite Jeffrey Monsour, who has been an outspoken critic of his employer, the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, because OPWDD Commissioner Courtney Burke was scheduled to participate and did not want to do so if Monsour was involved.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has been an outspoken critic of the the 328 - bed facility for the homeless and substance abuse patients, said in a letter to constituents that she and other City Council members were presenting a resolution to the City Council's Committee on General Welfare at a public hearing at 10:30 a.m Wednesday.

As further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battle.

The MP for Bassetlaw, who has been an outspoken critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, said he would formally put forward a proposal to introduce «a Labour mansion tax» at the party's annual conference.

They include arch critics such as Jess Phillips, who has been outspoken in her criticism of his leadership and consequently received abuse from some Corbyn supporters on social media.

DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader who challenged Sen. John Flanagan to replace the scandal - scarred Dean Skelos, has been an especially outspoken and biting critic of Cuomo's in recent years.

The main defendant is former shop owner Kordell Jackson, who has been an outspoken critic of the SAFE Act.

Zimpher met last week in the Red Room with members of the state Black, Puerto Rican and Asian legislative caucus, who have been among the most outspoken critics of the plan that would, among other things, allow SUNY and CUNY schools to raise their own tuitions without legislative approval.

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R - Rensselaer), an increasingly outspoken critic of Kolb, has secretly pushed the plan to oust Silver for two years and accelerated it in recent weeks in the wake of new revelations involving Bharara's investigation of Silver, who was just re-elected as speaker last week.

The whistle - blower, Jeffrey Monsour, is a state worker who has been an outspoken critic of his employer, the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, and the agency's handling of reports of abuse, neglect and a variety of other issues.

Mr. Lynch has been outspoken critic of Mr. de Blasio, particularly in the wake of the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died on Staten Island as a police officer tried to arrest him.

Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, who has been the most outspoken critic of the Medicaid redesign task force and abstained from voting on its 79 recommendations yesterday, just released a joint statement with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that walked back his previous statements (including what he told me on CapTon) considerably.

Jeffries — who has been an outspoken critic of NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and aggressively pushed for a national ban on chokeholds following the death of Eric Garner — said he supports Kaepernick's right to protest the anthem.

THE BRONX — Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who has been an outspoken critic of Mayor Bill de Blasio's citywide rezoning changes, said Tuesday that he supported the plans, but is concerned they did not do enough to help low - income New Yorkers.

Her close relationship with the mayor was a break with the political tradition she grew up in ---- as head of both the Housing Justice Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, as a protégé of Duane, who was an outspoken critic of Giuliani while on the Council, and as a top deputy to former Speaker Gifford Miller, who often adopted a confrontational approach toward Bloomberg.

The governor does not get along with outgoing Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, an outspoken critic of Cuomo who has said she may run against him next year.

Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner, a former co-chair of the State Democratic Party who has been an outspoken critic of Cuomo's policies, said mayoral control in her city might improve students» outcomes, but she's concerned about introducing more changes when schools are already overwhelmed.

Leading the target list is Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, an outspoken critic of the president who recently published a book lamenting the rise of Trump.

Just yesterday Bratton, who has been an outspoken critic of Trump for months, said the candidate «scares the hell» out of him.

The five - term congresswoman was best known, according to a CNN report, as an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and was the only representative from the Ohio delegation who voted against the war.

McCarter, who also serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago, has emerged as one of the leading critics of the intelligent design movement and an outspoken proponent of teaching modern evolutionary theory to all students.

Timothy Gowers, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, who is an outspoken critic of traditional publishing, is equally measured.

said Anthony Ingraffea, a Cornell University engineering professor who has been an outspoken critic of claims that wells don't leak.

was less than universally loved, and while the critics who favored it were outspoken, the ones who did not were just as adamant in their opinions, but even louder, making the film less of a coming out party than an odd blip in the filmography of an already conflicted performer looking to break free from the constraints of Hollywood's well - defined image of her.

But now many of Scientology's most famous Hollywood members are among its most outspoken critics, including director Paul Haggis and «Chicago PD» actor Jason Beghe, both of whom feature prominently in Gibney's documentary and who confess their deep regret for decades of membership.

They've found allies in outspoken critics like Diane Ravitch, who argues NCLB places too great an emphasis on test scores.

During an interview at a Chalkbeat breakfast event on Thursday, the CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools explained her evolution from what she described as an «FDR Democrat» who believed the traditional school system was flawed but could be improved to an outspoken critic trying to lead an educational revolution from the outside.

Speakers include European Tour Operators Association Tom Jenkins, who has been an outspoken critic of the impact the Olympic Games has had on tourism for host cities arguing that tourists stay away in the build - up, during and aftermath of the event.

Speakers include European Tour Operators Association Tom Jenkins, who has been an outspoken critic of the impact the Olympic Games has had on tourism for host cities, arguing that tourists stay away in the build up, during, and aftermath of the event.

Recently Raph Koster, a well known academic and games thinker, who literally wrote the book on fun, posted an openletter response to a Tweet from Leigh Alexander, another well respected and outspoken critic and games journalist.

Rauschenberg, who died in 2008 and whose work is the subject of a major retrospective that opened this month at Tate Modern, was an outspoken critic of auction houses and the outsize profits from which artists were excluded, making Ms. MacLear, who will become a vice chair of Sotheby's fine arts division, an unusual choice.

Still, a petulant artist who was described by the late critic Katherine Kuh as «an outspoken man periodically tormented by repressed fury,» also now has a museum dedicated entirely to his work.