Sentences with phrase «political pawn»

I'm at a loss why dog pounds have become a political pawn and decisions for animals are made based on politics not by veterinary professionals or educated animal husbandry individuals with the best interest of the animals at heart.

The Mars rover has turned into a political pawn in heated discussions over proposed funding cuts to NASA that critics say will set deep - space exploration programs back significantly.

But he worries that public support may not stay strong if science becomes too much of a political pawn.

WFP leaders said James» apparent ambivalence toward its endorsement suggests Cuomo has made her a «political pawn.»

Presumably Bill is at home somewhere shaking his head at being reduced to a political pawn like this.

Pastor Darling should be ashamed of himself for allowing CNN to use him as a political pawn.

My guess is that they've become, either intentionally or inadvertently, political pawns in the U.S. / Iranian intelligence game.

«These are political pawns to the ultraconservative puppet masters in Washington.»

Schneiderman said he wouldn't let Trump use New York families as «political pawns in his dangerous, partisan campaign to eviscerate the Affordable Care Act at any cost.»

He conceded the city and state are in a terrible financial bind but added, «these particular cuts make no sense to me whatsoever... the elderly are being used as political pawns.»

These are political pawns to the ultra-conservative puppet masters in Washington.»

In countless election cycles they were demonized, degraded and used as political pawns in electoral games.

First, I thought to myself that the charter operators were cynically using children as political pawns in their own campaign to promote their cause.

Asbestos Litigation and «Political Pawns»: Is the plaintiffs» bar using veterans as «political pawns» in the effort to defeat the FACT Act?

Not exact matches

Operation Pawn Storm is an active economic and political cyber-espionage operation that targets a wide range of high - profile entities, from government institutions to media personalities.

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

It turns God into a pawn in our political chess games, brazenly enlisting God's support for our particular policies on tax rates or abortion or the war in Afghanistan.

But how exactly does the Christian community live in this election season as a signpost of the kingdom rather than a pawn in a political power play?

And among those troubles is the cynical manipulation of religion for political gain - the use of God as a pawn in our political projects.

If Iran doesn't want to go down in history as the weakest political and spiritual PAWN of EVIL, it will get itself in order.

The news networks and political parties use Pastors like pawns in a chess match.

Just a pawn in a political debate.

«And among those troubles is the cynical manipulation of religion for political gain — the use of God as a pawn in our political projects.»

It's a shame that some pastors have been preaching their own political rhetoric in some churches and pawning it off as the bible / Christianity.

Does this annoy You — playing the pawn in our political chess games?

I would never let myself be used as a race and religious pawn for any political party.

In the kindest light they shone on him, he was a daft industry pawn; in the harshest, a slick political animal willing to throw the baby out with the formula water.

By singling out only certain groups of employees the Governor has made ordinary, middle class New Yorkers a pawn in his political operation, meanwhile we've learned that at the same time he is giving raises to members of his staff,» said Hoyt.

Court justices have become little more than pawns which are exploited by political partisans and special interests.

But to see him being used as a pawn in Avella's devious political manipulation of the electoral system speaks volumes about his character.

Johnson, who has no interest in becoming a pawn in the political battle that Cuomo and de Blasio have been waging for four years, responded with his own letter, claiming he had assented to nothing more than consideration of Cuomo's proposals.

It is sad the very communities that need to be represented the most are used as pawns by the likes of political clubs like the Lower East Dems (John Quinn, Alice's husband), the Truman Club (Shelly still at the wheel), and UDO (insider Chinatown club not representative of the population).

«You should know that one more time, our senior citizens are been used as pawns in the political games being played by New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio,» Diaz wrote, adding, «It is very shameful that the senior citizen are been used in this war of power between the Governor and the Mayor.»

How sad that the employees at James a. FitzPatrick have become the losing pawns in a political battle between a greedy corporate company and the state of New York.

During interviews Wednesday with NY1 and WCBS 880, the Democratic governor said the Republican president is using the «Gateway Project» as a pawn in a political chess game with New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer.

The best is that all this was «MASTERMINDED» by Roger «Socks» Stone and the «SOURCES» that called and used the political reporters as pawn's.

Brindisi and state Sen. Joe Griffo (R - Utica) sent a public letter to Cuomo criticizing the move, in which they said the governor was using students as «pawns in a political game.»

Sinagra also said he felt he was being used as a pawn in this political season and said if Barbaria has statistics he's unaware of, he'd like to see them.

Political players put you in the position of being a pawn in someone else's game.

In this case, that means helping a vulnerable young African immigrant (Claire - Hope Ashitey) who is the only known person to have become pregnant in eighteen years and who has therefore become a pawn in a political game being played by some extremely callous players.

It's a prickly, bleak war story with no actual Hunger Games to speak of, its once gutsy heroine Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) transformed into a passive pawn by political forces beyond her control.

While the ethics of using human beings as pawns in political games is the central theme of the story, the execution is less than astute.

Of course, it's possible that the character can be both concerned with the welfare of the soldiers and using their welfare as a pawn in his political strategy.

«I feel like we are pawns in a political game.»

But, of course, in truth, we've seen a growing trend in which politicians have used teachers as pawns or even scapegoats in a terrible game of political pandering and maneuvering.

«The political battles over education, along with the shifting vogues about what's best, have left many teachers feeling like pawns and punching bags,» Bruni wrote.

Certainly other social trends have contributed to the educational morass we find ourselves in, but the National Education Association is the main reason for it — all the time using young children as pawns while vigorously pursuing its political agenda.

Too many of them were innocents, pawns in the fight between political, social or religious enemies.

The lender also does not lend to businesses specific industries, including financial services, agriculture, auto dealerships, political campaigns and pawn shops.

Apparently, she didn't like being used as a pawn during Delita's political maneuverings.