Sentences with phrase «than the political statements»

She's tweeted less than 20 times in 2018 and almost never uses her platform for anything other than political statements and the occasional loving message to husband Barack Obama.

Jose Angel Vincench «The Weight of Words: Golden Irony» March 9 — April 1, 2017 My abstraction starts with testimony of the violent actions on the dissidents, but more than a political statement I prefer to talk about the silence in the civil society and art.

The result is paintings focused more on poetic and emotional response than the political statements so common in his peers.

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«If the terms of a settlement that were just fine under a Democratic chair are now unacceptable under a Republican chair, FCC enforcement becomes little more than political caprice,» Pai said in a statement.

«Few crimes are more detestable than terrorism, which intentionally murders innocent civilians to make a political statement.»

«For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection, Ecuador said in a statement, Press Association reported.

His statement though makes it perhaps clearer than ever that her popularity is set to give Le Pen the biggest victory of her political career.

«Rather than rejoicing that a bad actor has met its just reward, we should recognize that many more Cambridge Analytica - like companies are operating in the conjoined commercial and political marketplace,» Chester said in a statement.

(Imagine how hurtful and frustrating such statements must be to Jewish Americans, many of whom had relatives who were actually killed in an actual genocide... a situation unspeakably more serious than a political difference!)

And those eschatological statements are, in fact, more realistic about the nature of the present darkness than is any political solution.

Already by 1969 this discussion gave rise to a book which also gave Metz the opportunity to reply to his critics.25 In this reply he provides a clearer statement of what he takes as the cardinal features of a political theology than he had included in the initial essay.

However, church critic and political analyst Stelian Tanase said the church, which counts more than 85 % of Romanians among its flock, should have issued a stronger statement.

But because the University has chosen to make a political statement, they are more than willing to deny these students medical insurance.

It's all so exhausting, and it has effectively made how a woman chooses to feed her baby more than just a choice, but a political statement.

I'm frustrated with politicians who are more concerned with their political future than with the future of the families here — the families they were elected to represent,» Ryan said in a statement.

Not long after the governor's solo Red Room appearance, select Senate Republicans — Sens. Rich Funke, George Amedore, Sue Serino, Terrence Murphy, basically all those in closely - divided and / or contested districts — started releasing statements, blasting the governor for the broken down budget talks, and accusing him of being more concerned about his political ambitions (read: A 2020 White House run) than his current job.

71 % Against Player Protests During National Anthem Nearly Half Watching Less Football Mainly Because of Political Protests 55 % Say Buffalo Bills Should Punish LeSean McCoy for Sunday «Stretches» More Voters Agree with Trump's Statements than Disagree 82 % Want Less Politics During Sporting Events (Buffalo, NY)- Western New York voters overwhelmingly oppose the player protests during the national anthem that have swept the league recently, according to a recent survey released this morning of likely 2018 Western New York voters.

«When investigations of lesser political crimes than trying to buy someone off the ballot are noted daily, it shows arrogance of power when friends of Jerrold Nadler would try to break the law themselves,» Rosenberg, 30, who describes himself as a «start - up and social entrepreneur,» said in a statement.

Green supporters share with those of Ukip a certain populist disillusionment with the political mainstream (for example, three - quarters agree with the statement that «politicians don't care what people like me think»), but there is a crucial difference: they are much more likely to have a sense of political efficacy than Ukip's followers.

In a statement signed by the Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin, it said, «the forum will bring together CEOs of the largest African and international companies, political decision makers from more than 40 African countries and investors on the continent».

WASHINGTON — In a feisty statement to be delivered to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime political adviser, denies any collusion with Russia during last year's presidential election and accuses panel members of «cowardice» for insisting that he testify behind closed doors rather than in a public session.

The statement, however, did not note that the Curran campaign's primary connection to BerlinRosen is through one of its vice presidents, Isaac Goldberg, a veteran of Nassau political races before he went to work for the Democratic firm, which has more than 100 employees.

He uses political advocacy math instead of numbers, receiving $ 334 million more — not less — education aid than last year,» Azzopardi said in a statement.

In a statement, Republican leader Dean Skelos said the agreement is «nothing more than a short - term political deal designed to make threatened primaries go away,» and said he is «confident that cooler heads will prevail.»

In a statement after the announcement, Skelos called the reunification, «nothing more than a short - term political deal designed to make threatened primaries go away.»

«In our opinion as a socio - political group loyal to the political cause of Atiku Abubakar, it will be a welcome development if indeed Atiku decides to contest for the president in 2019, but it will not be asking for too much if the Adewales of this world at least, let that decision come from Atiku Abubakar rather than foist it down as cheap campaign of calumny,» the statement read.

Laws against promoting false statements are already fairly common around the world, including in Europe, although more often exercised a commercial or advertising context than in a political or purely journalistic one.

We therefore release this press statement as a follow up and a clarion call to political parties to launch their manifestos sooner than later in order to allow the electorate digest and understand what they have to offer in order to make wise decisions.

«To say that those who disagree with your position are «anti-American» is more than just political rhetoric, it is a statement that drives us further apart, when the challenges our state faces should be drawing us closer together,» McGuire, the group's executive director and a familiar face at the Capitol, wrote in the letter.

«Nothing is more important to me than my personal faith, and it is my faith that motivated me to be involved in the political process to begin with,» Carson said in the same statement.

Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.

«If Gov. Cuomo is resorting to fear tactics for political purposes, he is also admitting that other forms of state spending are more important than providing healthcare to vulnerable populations,» said upstate lawmakers in a joint statement.

Indeed, the Chancellor's statement yesterday was more striking for its political drumbeat, for its emotive references to «earning our way in the world» and «supporting working families», than for anything else.

Opening statements could get underway later Monday at the trial, which comes less than two weeks after prosecutors in Manhattan unleashed one of their broadest attacks ever on political corruption by bringing conspiracy charges against a state senator, a state assemblyman and a city councilman, among others.

«This «agreement» is nothing more than a short - term political deal designed to make threatened primaries go away,» Skelos said in a statement.

The inclusion of the two New Yorkers — who chair the policy and communications centers — underlines the reality that all presidential budget proposals are designed more as political statements than an actual realistic budget that the Congress will consider and pass.

«Brindisi's attempt to disavow his biggest donor, Nancy Pelosi, is nothing more than a desperate political ploy,» Tenney said in a statement.

The one house budgets are viewed more as political statements from the two parties, more than actual policy.

Nick Braden, spokesman for the nonprofit American Public Power Association, which represents more than 2,000 community - owned electric utilities, said in a statement that as government bodies, public utilities have an inherent political character and that knowing how to «operate within a political structure» is useful.

In a statement, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D - Rochester) said the amendment is «a gimmick, and nothing more than pure political cover for wavering New York Republicans that know the Republican healthcare plan would devastate our state, especially upstate rural areas.»

You now take a statement by the US Consul General in Lagos and that of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, more believable than President Jonathan.

And although Adam Harvey admits that his three - item Stealth Wear line of scarves and capes is more of a political statement than a money - making venture, the science behind the fashion is quite sound.

I also recommend watching the unrated cut, because without the red box the sex scene makes a stronger political statement than one against the MPAA.

The anti-corporate subtext does give the piece a topical heft, though Verbinski and company aren't really going for any grand political statements in this purely popcorn piece other than to state that people on the side of people are good and people on the side of greed at the expense of people are evil.

The episode of Star Trek with the half - black, half - white, people had a more even - handed approach to current political issues than the trailer for Divergent looks to have (and that is a bold statement).

It seems this would have been better served as an intimate portrayal of these three aging men who were willing to die for their country than as a giant political anti-war statement and an accusation of how evil the government is.

And it undeniably plays differently in the wake of worker strikes today for «A Day Without Immigrants» and greater divides between the working class and the President of the United States than when the film premiered at Toronto last year (which is not meant as a political statement, just a fact, and not an alternative one).

«You may think you are prepared for a post-truth world, in which political appeals to emotion count for more than statements of verifiable fact,» writes Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for The Washington Post.

The similarities between Alaska and South Carolina standards and the Common Core suggests that the «non-Common Core» label in those states might be more of a political statement than an accurate reflection of the content of their standards.

Rather than push past the political spin coming from the Malloy administration, the reporter simply accepted the misleading statement issued by the Connecticut State Department of Education.