Sentences with phrase «with political talking points»

Books made similar claims but backed it up with political talking points and abstract visions of America.

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The French ideas about turning the euro zone into a virtual federal state, with its own finance minister, budget, and executive and legislative authorities will probably be among the key talking points in a reform program that is supposed to lead to a tightly integrated economic and political union.

He said he would be inviting «leading conservatives» and people from all across the political spectrum to talk with him and share their points of view about the issues raised by the Gizmodo story.

But with so many interests — and political careers — at stake, the risk that talks could fall through at any point remains a serious risk,» he warned, adding that such a scenario would have an impact of a 1.5 percent contraction on the U.K.'s long - term growth trend.

They show that political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the Sept. 11 assault, with State Department and other senior administration officials asking that references to terror groups and prior warnings be deleted.

Titled «Talking Point Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo says the ambassadorship is «no ordinary post, but one with a major U.S. national security interest.»

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was back on the hill, using his usual talking points; the contrast with a Chinese news app, facing its own political pressure, was striking.

Perhaps we were all expecting a few carefully crafted talking points, the typical boring old political speech with stats and taglines designed to humble brag a bit and provide a snippet for the evening news.

In recent years, we've seen our news feeds become so inundated with a seemingly constant stream of global catastrophes and political talking points, that it's no surprise many of us...

Fairly distinct types of solution to the religio - political problem (Or fairly distinct types of civil religion) seem to correlate with the phases of religious evolution as I have described them.3 In primitive society neither politics nor religion is very well differentiated, so there is not much point in talking about the relationship between them.

Between political pandering and television talking points, lawmakers of color have been expecting this war with Trump.

In our current economic and political climate, moms need talking points they can take to their PTA meetings and win with.

In the world of traditional media, a citizen with a message this far outside of the typical scripted political talking points would be shouting unheard in the wilderness.

If Cuomo is hoping to neuter Nixon's talking points, Nixon sees an opportunity in his sudden shifts to make the argument that an actress with no political experience is already an agent of change.

But with Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) introducing the Securing Our Children Act of 2018, Republicans are looking to turn political talking points into tangible solutions.

And just like any good political campaign, Cuomo has developed a basic stump speech with talking points.

For Mr. Cuomo, the experience fueled a belief that he has voiced with escalating emphasis in recent months: Mr. de Blasio is more concerned with political rhetoric and talking points than practical results.

Yesterday, the specter of children with cancer being turned away from NIH's door became a political talking point for both sides in the shutdown battle, with Democrats and Republicans accusing the other of ignoring the plight of the sick.

Cutting through political talking points to focus on facts and firsthand accounts, «Under the Gun» is an essential primer on the rise of gun violence in the U.S. With this follow - up to the food - industry takedown «Fed Up,» director Stephanie Soechtig again proves her knack for crafting advocacy docs that resonate.

With his adorably furry frame and plucky spirit, the talking bear from Darkest Peru conveyed a pointed political message while remaining soft and accessible to the littlest audience members.

Syriana is populated not with characters but with figureheads for some political position or another and they speak not in dialogue but in talking points.

He wanted to talk about political influence and big - money funders through the lens of two reform - oriented school systems — New Orleans (suggesting that teacher layoffs could be blamed on TFA and not Hurricane Katrina) and Chicago (pointing to school closings and mayoral control, as if either of those two policies had anything to do with TFA).

Then you'll want to back up your toast with talking points and fact - based research helpfully tailored to compliment whatever political demographic you'll be breaking bird with this Thanksgiving.

In other words, the current board is sharply divided along ideological lines, with members too often focused on scoring political points and talking as though they're channeling either UTLA leadership or the most rigid of reformers, rather than thinking independently to come up with rational ideas that advance the cause of sound education.

The IPCC has backed off talk of tipping points and irreversible climate change, though I get the impression that may be a political calculation — in line with Lacis's peeve that «likely» and «most likely» are weasel constructions for appearance's sake.

When I first read about Howard's speech, the admission of political expediency driving policy struck me as much as the familiarity with contrarian talking points and hollow understanding of the science.