Sentences with phrase «wars campaigns with»

Elections have provided culture - wars campaigns with a platform, but have denied them power.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foresWar II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foreswar on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

But the Israeli government remains defiant about maintaining its freedom of action to make war on Iran, and it is counting on the influence of right - wing extremist views in U.S. politics to bring pressure to bear on Obama to fall into line with a possible Israeli attack during the election campaign this fall....

This is more than the Cold War's simple fixation on Russian villains, however, with StudioCanal producing, for example, «The Tracking of a Russian Spy,» which sees Logan Lerman play a journalist who travels to Russia and becomes a tool of the Kremlin, in a film which sets out to tackle ideas of fake news and disinformation campaigns.

The Remain campaign would have us believe the EU would impose tariff barriers in retribution, but the truth is we import nearly # 70bn more from the continent than we sell there, so it would be an absurd act of economic self - harm for the EU to start a trade war with Britain.

«Elimination of caucuses and conventions would mean nuclear war with the grassroots, social conservatives, the Ron Paul movement and Tea Party Republicans,» said John Tate, a senior Paul advisor who now runs the Campaign For Liberty, a libertarian grassroots lobbying group.

Thiel stated during the campaign that Trump offered a better hope of peace than Hillary Clinton, but Trump's closest adviser has said he expects to go to war with nuclear - armed China within a decade and envisions a civilizational clash with the entire Muslim world as well.

He was not only breaking with Republican orthodoxy, but was also inviting a trade war that would threaten the livelihood of the working class that he had based his campaign on; it was altogether likely that price increases as a result of his tariffs would wipe out the small income gains that his tax cut bill had brought and slow the healthy economy.

For many decades, Alberta's old Progressive Conservative government benefited greatly from large corporate donors which would help keep the governing party's campaign war - chest flush with cash.

The PC campaign was fraught with controversy, claims of thuggishness on Kenney's part, similar countercharges from him, and powerful emotions from what one delegate described as «a civil war.»

In 1926 Dr. Morrison joined with Salmon O. Levinson, a Chicago lawyer, in campaigning for the renunciation of war and the branding as a crime its use as an instrument of national policy.

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American evangelicals» annual campaign against the supposed «War on Christmas» began early this year, with the president promising the perpetually oppressed faithful that we would once again be a nation...

Though the HHS mandate represents an expansion of government power into the heart of many religious institutions, efforts to resist this expansion were portrayed by HHS Secretary Sebelius as a «war against women,» a label that has stuck and a narrative that the Democratic party during its Convention sought to make a dominant theme of the campaign» it would seem, with considerable success.

Both procedures sculpted Operation Desert Storm, which was presented as (1) a desert campaign of World War II, Hollywood - style, complete with tanks in the sunset, and tearful homecoming, parades; and (2) the Nintendo War, a game without victims or purpose.

With the specter of civil war looming, the new President, who had denounced the Dred Scott decision repeatedly in his senatorial campaign against Douglas in 1858 as well as in the presidential campaign, turned attention to it in his remarks to the nation.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is nominated for a best Visual Effects Oscar, and perhaps as part of their campaign for the award, Industrial Light and Magic (they produce all the special effects for Star Wars) has released some YouTube clips of how they were able to computerize some of the movie's most impressive set pieces, including that opening space battle with the bombing run.

It must be concerned with wars, campaigns and battles in which real men actually made decisions and acted upon them.

Last year, after a peer - reviewed study showed that butter was not the health hazard the media would have had us believe, Organic Valley celebrated with an ad campaign produced in the style of a mockumentary, charting the «war on butter» that began in the 1950s and the subversive Organic Valley dairy farmers who never stopped working toward a «butter» future.

Given he is under contract until 2020, Valencia will be in a strong position to demand a hefty fee for him, and so that could be another determining factor with few likely to back Arsenal in a transfer war with big - spending City who will be expected to give Guardiola plenty of financial backing this summer to bolster his squad after a disappointing opening campaign in England.

However, it's expected that a bidding war could be sparked now, with all the clubs mentioned above interested in bolstering their attacking options ahead of the upcoming campaign, and have been singled out by Italian media as interested parties.

I'm proud to be working with Similac on a sponsored campaign to help end «mommy wars».

George Miller's office has written in to promote an interesting integrated online campaign called «Ask George» that the congressmember is running — he's asking people to submit video questions about the Iraq war to any of the major video - sharing sites tagged with the term «askgeorge,» and he'll answer them on his MillerTV video podcast (no word on how many questions he'll take per week).

The civil war has taken a terrible toll, with the situation having been exacerbated and fuelled by a year long Saudi - led bombing campaign.

Still, despite a built - in statewide enrollment advantage, Republicans do have an edge in fundraising, with their campaign committee sitting on a $ 2.2 million war chest.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

Rather than sucking all of the fundraising air out of the room, Clinton's apparatus would do well to work directly with the DNC and state parties and lend the time and resources of the campaign toward helping those entities build their war chests.

With the military campaign in Afghanistan in the middle of its eleventh year, NATO has firmly moved from what is idealistically desirable to what is realistically achievable in the war - torn country.

The campaign implies that by making Joseph Kony a pop icon, he will be rendered visible and therefore apprehenable and that, ultimately, the war will stop and / or the world will be «a better place» with him gone.

My book, Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns, deals with how American political campaigns mobilize, organize, and target their field operations, using large numbers of volunteers and paid part - timer workers to contact voters at home at the door or over the phone.

Particularly if Nixon is going to compete with Andrew Cuomo's formidable $ 30 million campaign war chest.

The executive summary of the article concludes: «In preparing for a second election the Tory leadership needs to negotiate for the debates to take place earlier in the campaign; put more money into its ground war; build better relations with the whole of the party and Conservative movement; trust professional polling to test messages; and develop clearer decision - making structures.»

His book, Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns, deals with how American political campaigns mobilize, organize, and target their field operations, using large numbers of volunteers and paid part - timer workers to contact voters at home at the door or over the phone.

This shouldn't surprise us, as it is in line with the incentives that electoral campaigns face — as I wrote in my book Ground Wars based on research on previous election cycles:

With more than a million dollars in his campaign war chest, and a 7 to 1 Democratic enrollment advantage, Brown and his supporters have to be feeling confident.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's failure to choose a new state Democratic chairman has undermined party unity, allowed his war with Mayor Bill de Blasio to worsen and left New York without a top cheerleader for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, party activists have told The Post.

The two major national party committees and the four Congressional campaign committees had healthy fundraising efforts during May, leaving them with substantial war chests for the upcoming elections.

There's a chance more GOP challengers join Ward, including Reps. David SchweikertDavid SchweikertRepublican candidate favored in Arizona special House election Ryan leaves legacy of tax cuts and deficits Paul Ryan's successor must embrace the House Freedom Caucus MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead House GOP MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating officer.

Democrat Pat Ryan, an Iraq War veteran, was slightly ahead of Faso, while attorney Antonio Delgado is close behind, according to a poll conducted for Ryan's campaign and shared with Roll Call.

City Comptroller John Liu has not stopped attending events or City Council hearings in the week after his campaign treasurer Jia «Jenny» Hou was charged with funneling illegal donations to his mayoral war chest even as Democratic insiders are questioning how a bid for Gracie Mansion could possibly take place.

Ed Santos has done a respectable job raising campaign money, and with matching funds he should have the resources to conduct a vigorous operation, despite CM Mark - Viverito's union - stuffed war chest.

Sen. Stephen Saland still has most of his robust campaign war chest still intact, according to his 32 - day pre-general campaign filing with the state Board of Elections.

Finally, let's look at Texas Governor Rick Perry's answer to both to the much - used fundraising thermometer and to the oh - so - trendy moneybomb — a «money cannon» (Revolutionary War - style, natch) that will fill in with color as his campaign approaches its financial goal.

Caputo has advocated on Bellavia's behalf, but insists he has no formal role with the Iraq War veteran's campaign and never contacted Assemblywoman Jane Corwin's camp on his behalf.

This campaign fell short of solidarity with those who have suffered most in this five - decades - long war.

Even with this latest investment, he's still a far sight short of the $ 10 million he pledged to spend and a heck of a long way from matching Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo's bulging $ 25.6 million campaign war chest, which, as the Buffalo News reported today, is stuffed full of special interest cash.

The New York Democratic Senate Campaign Committee has had a historic year, filing its war chest with $ 3.5 million in cash on hand at the conclusion of the first six months of 2010, it announced July 16.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

By the time of Uber's meeting with Cuomo, the company's war machine had already cranked into gear, currying the support of the Rev. Al Sharpton and mounting an ad campaign opposing City Council support for the de Blasio - backed legislation.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, armed with a $ 4.9 million campaign war chest and a double - digit polling lead over his nearest Democratic primary rival, is expected to cruise to victory on Tuesday, but not without a fight from four long - shot candidates.