Sentences with phrase «to push a political agenda»
As a result of this business first mentality, rather than properly fund neighborhood schools, officials in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, New York and even right here in Connecticut push a political agenda in which underfunded community schools are closed and replaced with privately - run «schools of choice.»
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I have an Idea lets TAX the Hell out of the Catholic Church who push their political agenda ALL THE TIME.
He's like the rest of the religious fanatics pushing a political agenda, alternating between fear - mongering and pandering to build his support among the ignorant, weak, malleable, and scared.
And how Policy Exchange uses the front of academic responsibility to push a political agenda on dubious research grounds:
We already have too much state funding for the established parties — MPs / MEPs allowances are far too generous and there are numerous «charities» and quangos pushing political agendas, funded by both the British state and the EU.
It's because of the acute embarrassment they surely feel over one of the city's great celebrations being hijacked by a group of hard - left extremists pushing a political agenda to worship a terrorist.
«For the first time, we have put dollar figures on what has always been known anecdotally: The unions exert a great deal of influence on domestic policy, due to the sheer amount of money they spend on political advocacy, and at times pushing political agendas that are at odds with those of their members.»
The DeVos interventions are not about improving public education; they are about pushing a political agenda that is rooted in ideological obsessions rather than an understanding of how to improve schools.
Of course, Russia is far from the only country to come up with catchy nicknames for cultural repression while pushing a political agenda, but I would argue that it was the most pronounced of the bunch.
To push a political agenda politicians eagerly capitalize on every tragic event and the Golden Toad demonstrates why public debate about climate change and «demands for proof» are more important now than ever.
Anyone who quotes the IPCC as a credible source is just pushing a political agenda — it is certainly not science.
FORT WORTH, Texas (Legal Newsline)- Some government officials in California are hypocrites pushing a political agenda that involves using private lawyers to sue and demonize ExxonMobil, the company is now arguing in a Texas state court.
The birth of a baby, especially one born with a disablity, is the perfect time to push a political agenda.
And extremists include those who use propaganda to fuel hatred, those who continue to incite others to mob frenzy, in order to push their political agendas.
WYOMINGUYS Are you breaking God's Law to push your political agenda.
In conclusion, although I havent seen it yet, the movie comes off as depserately trying to push a political agenda, so if you want to avoid mixing your entertainment with politics I still recommend going to see Benghazi instead.
Make no mistake about it, it is merely the mechanism used by schisters and con - artists to push their political agenda.
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.
Democrats say it's telling that Republicans are repeatedly resorting to deceptive tactics to push their political agenda.
On both sides of the minimum wage battle, the ties between researchers and those pushing a political agenda can create a thick data fog, and a perception that truly independent research is elusive in the nationally uncharted waters of the $ 15 - an - hour boost.
The legendary highlife musician is believed to have said that the NDC had neglected him to his fate after he had given up his musical career to push the political agenda of the party.
Four of the advisers, Jonathan Rosen, Nicholas Baldick, Bill Hyers, John Del Cecato, ran the mayor's campaign and subsequently helped run a nonprofit to push his political agenda that is now being investigated by federal and state authorities.
Elia cast her participation in the rally as merely an example of her commitment to engaging a variety of education groups, and said she isn't «interested in politics or pushing political agendas.»
The advisers are the same people who ran de Blasio's campaign for mayor and subsequently ran the nonprofit to push his political agenda that is now being investigated by federal and state authorities.
Though Chandor could have easily used the ripped - from - the - headlines events to push a political agenda, the writer / director does a good job of remaining relatively unbiased by letting the story speak for itself.
In an interview with Indiewire, the filmmaker was direct about the political implications: «You can get on your soapbox, you can push your political agenda or your religious agenda, against gay marriage, against racial equality, but you can't argue about these people in their home... Equality as a concept isn't something I think we ever achieve, it's something we make progress toward, and hope that we don't slip back and lose any of it.
I will refrain from commenting overtly on these political views as that is not the intention of this post, nor is it the goal of this financial website to push a political agenda.
AGW has dominated world attention for thirty years because proponents used it to push a political agenda.
Every strategy was designed for the purpose of keeping truth seekers from finding out how flawed the data is on climate change and global warming — and from discovering just how far these radical green activists will go to push their political agenda.
It is amazing how this climate group can sleep at night when they are straight forward misrepresenting scientific data to push a political agenda.
Distressingly, the idea was grabbed by a few people and used to push a political agenda.
It's an arrogant outrage because we all care about the environment, but the outrage is amplified as the environmentalists use the environmental issue to push a political agenda.
«ClimateGate confirmed to the general public what many climate skeptics have suspected or known for years, namely that the scientific basis of global warming alarmism is based on the flimsy, dubious, and discredited claims of a small group of scientists working closely together to push their political agenda,» said Myron Ebell, Director of CEI's Center on Energy and Environment Policy.
«It's unfortunate that some would seize on a tragic accident to push a political agenda,» Gerard said.
Whatever anyone thinks about the «liberal elite», we all know the tabloids regularly spin & / or invent stories, to sell papers & / or to push their political agenda.
The reason behind this is the lack of sufficient consensus behind the fork — both supporters and opposers have argued for months that the opposite side is being paid to push a political agenda.
Media reports indicate that the Ohio House is still attempting to push its political agenda to restrict patient access to Planned Parenthood's health centers as early as next week through HB 298, currently pending in the House Health and Aging Committee.