Sentences with phrase «own political machinations»

It wasn't just her arch-sounding speeches to Wall Street executives or the exposure of political machinations but also the brutal stripping of so many staffers» privacy.

Edwards, a professor at Catholic University and a Senior Fellow of the Heritage Foundation, has written a spirited history of the nuts «and «bolts political machinations that dragged American politics to the right.

Some Ukrainian Catholic and Kyivan Patriarchate leaders see nothing in the Russian Orthodox Church but corruption and political machinations.

Both candidates taking part in the second round of the election should steadfastly refuse to participate in any such political machination and stand in defense of the popular will of Liberians.

«What I found was, he engaged in his own sense of strategies, his own political machinations, and what we've often seen is, if someone disagrees with him openly, some kind of revenge or vendetta follows,» de Blasio said of Cuomo.

«I would be less concerned and I am less concerned with the internal political machinations of who has political power and I'm more interested in social change, Brian, and I'm more interested in passing the Women's Equality Act,» Cuomo said.

Regardless of the political machinations, some legislators were openly eager for raises.

A Facebook post says the campaign hopes to «shine a light on the political machinations of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and the Obama era Justice Dept.»

In particular, she blamed Cuomo's political machinations for the failure of campaign finance and ethics reform efforts, and for New York not outlawing natural gas extraction through the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing.

«What I found was, he engaged in his own sense of strategies, his own political machinations, and what we've often seen is, if someone disagrees with him openly, some kind of revenge or vendetta follows,» de Blasio told NY1.

The insular political machinations of Albany rarely interest anyone beyond journalists, political operatives, lobbyists, good government groups, and the occasional close watchers of the political scene, usually former members of one of the aforementioned cabals.

Mr. Cuomo said the suggestion that he was trying to damage the Working Families Party was «really tortured analysis,» adding, «I am less concerned with the internal political machinations of who has political power, and I'm more interested in social change.»

Here, one might suspect political machinations.

But I would be less concerned, and I am less concerned with the internal political machinations of who has political power, and I'm more interested in social change.»

«The more people talk about Tish, they're not so much talking about her qualifications but what it would mean for all the other political machinations for downstate,» Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, told POLITICO.

De Blasio's very public airing of his grievances with Cuomo last year, in which he said the governor had «engaged in his own sense of strategies, his own political machinations, and what we've often seen is, if someone disagrees with him openly, some kind of revenge or vendetta follows,» marked a turning point in the two men's relationship, and not for the better.

ALBANY — It was perhaps the biggest understatement of what has been a chaotic eight days in New York government, a swirl of political machinations precipitated by the resignation of Eric T. Schneiderman, the disgraced former attorney general accused of assaulting four romantic partners.

Now town residents are being asked to foot the bill for these sorts of political machinations.»

Professor Gilmore added: «The u-turn came just when the evidence for minimum pricing was getting stronger so there had to be some political machinations involved.

A slew of political machinations will now play key roles in determining Albany's future course, including the allegiance of a single rogue Democrat from Brooklyn (Sen. Simcha Felder), special elections to fill Senate vacancies on April 24, and the November general election.

«What I found was he engaged in his own sense of strategies, his own political machinations, and what we've often seen is if someone disagrees with him openly, some kind of revenge or vendetta follows,» the mayor said.

A bill to recycle waste should have environmentalists jumping for joy, whatever the political machinations behind it.

While the final scene is a plea for peace after all the political machinations, the one - two punch speaks less to an unextinguished crisis in human rights led by the so - called «only democracy in the Middle East» than a failed bid by the filmmakers to have it both ways, representing the warped rationales of the terrorists while celebrating the IDF's strategic ingenuity.

Boasting a majority - black cast donning some gorgeous Afrofuturistic get - ups, as well as a complex plot rife with political machinations and betrayal, Black Panther promises to have an epic scope that remains unrivaled in comic book films.

But whenever the movie, which is all too often, veers into backroom political machination mode, especially in the scenes involving LBJ or with George Wallace (Tim Roth), the movie's molten core cools and it loses its intimacy.

His plan is equally clichéd: turn the Cold War between United States and the Soviet Union into a real one through political machinations, causing all - out nuclear devastation (His theory that mutants will survive as they are «children of the atom» sounds like something that should be tested before putting it into action).

Their political machinations are on full display, making Mockingjay - Part I a more politically - driven film than its predecessors.

The screenplay by Ellen Brown Furman hints at the political machinations behind the operation and the personal toll of such clandestine work, but the thrust of the narrative is the investigation itself.

For most of the film's running time, Lincoln depicts the political machinations that went on during Lincoln's push to bring slavery to an end.

The story takes place, as mentioned, in Elizabethan England and follows the intrigue and political machinations surrounding the succession of Elizabeth I. However, parallel to this, is the story of the birth of modern theatre.

Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz are also on board for this historical drama about the political machinations behind the scenes during the reign of this English Queen.

One early quest chain in Balmora has you find a Redoran councilors daughter, to then expand further into a tale of intrigue and political machinations.

An alternative to mayoral takeovers is to change the way school boards are elected in the hopes of defusing the political machinations that often hinder reform.

As reported by Josh Greenman of the Daily News, Winters thinks that the standards have been «centralized», and thus, implicitly, are subject to political machinations by traditionalists.

I was diligent in my study and research of the world, but I didn't want a historical bogged down in political machinations and minutiae.

Turner reveals the thrilling life of twelfth - century samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, the bloody feud between his family and the Taira clan, and his undoing by the political machinations of his brother.

Full of historical figures, Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and the corruptible Borgia, the reader is treated to a novel that fully immerses them in this time period; the sights, sounds and full political machinations.

An enthralling, definitive new history of the Bolshoi Ballet, where visionary performances onstage compete with political machinations backstage.

Being a slave to historical accuracy, Deliverance will try to catch you up to speed with the political machinations of Lord This and King That and their fighting over Hard - to - Pronounce - Province There.

As in Horizon, there's a sprawling open world, except this one is filled with monsters, magic, swordplay, bloody barons, political machinations and side quests spread across several continents.

One early quest chain in Balmora has you find a Redoran councilors daughter, to then expand further into a tale of intrigue and political machinations.

will sink players into the dangerous political machinations of Rome's senate, while asking them to struggle with family dilemmas and question the loyalty of «friends» and allies.

Though the scheme quickly unraveled, it highlighted once again the lengths to which climate alarmists will go to keep the true nature of their political machinations secret.

Maggie Thatcher and other political machinations may have altered its decline, but its been on an inexorable decline since peaking.

I can only guess that that would be the result of general disgust at the overt political machinations of Copenhagen, the failure of doomsday to arrive on schedule, and possibly some reaction to climategate.

If you look into the science, you begin to see patterns of behavior that are strikingly similar to the what is being discussed in climate science: manipulation of research, improperly conducted studies, political machinations and influence, and so on, to the point that I read in a recent article in the Altlantic that a very highly regarded researcher in this field claims that up to 90 % of these studies are either flawed or totally inaccurate.

McKitrick spoke thusly of the editor because of his political machinations, not his scientific opinions.

The authors attempt to explain how to test strategies, but political machination and refusal to accept the obvious are problems we all face in the global warming area.

«Our focus isn't on the political machinations of what this president may or may not do or who may be in office a year from now,» a spokesperson told the AP.

Beyond the political machinations of Maurice Strong and the formation of the IPCC, how did so many scientists at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) become embroiled in the shameful and willful perversion of climate science that was exposed in Climategate?