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People are what they eat, and if born in an abusive environment, they can internalize that abuse and perpetuate it, shaping their behavior and outlook on life. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 1 month ago
I give him some credit for trying a different business model, I think the business model based on user data is quite abusive. – Luigi Zingales	Found on CNN 1 year ago
While each of those stories is unique, together, they reveal themes and behaviors typical of adults who abuse children, and those who enable that abuse by concealing it, what was consistent throughout the stories was the absolute authority and power these abusive priests and the church leadership held over survivors, their families and their communities. – Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Thank you Gov. Wolf for your leadership and for taking bold action to protect and affirm LGBTQ young people across the Commonwealth, we urge the state legislature to pass comprehensive state-wide protections and for governors across the nation to follow the Keystone State's lead in ending this abusive practice. – Troy Stevenson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is not about Britney Spears, this is beyond Britney Spears, there is a lot of people in the country and in the state who are not free and are subjected to forced abusive conservatorships. And that's something I look forward to working with legislators on, both in California and Washington DC. – Mathew Rosengart	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country. this Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about abusive behavior. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible. – Many Twitter users	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
They were both abusive to each other, but to rise to the level of what she was claiming, there wasn’t enough or any evidence that really supported what she was saying. – Johnny Depp	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The other thing that's notable here [in many of the school shooting cases] is the abusive relationships. Damned if I can figure it out — in this age of sensitivity, of sensitivity toward women and the treatment of women — but almost all of these guys were abusers of their girlfriends. Physical abusers. in a lot of these cases, it was the teachers who put out the alerts, raised the alarms, that there was a problem [with a student] — it was the teacher at [Nikolas] Cruz's school in Parkland who put out the word about the problems. – Bill Bennett	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We are not going back to the policing that I fought to change, we won't go back to abusive policing. – Eric Adams	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Most of Russian people are benevolent and kind people, but the regime in Russia now is very abusive. – Iana Trotsiuk	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He got in my face in an aggressive manner and used abusive language. As for the hit, we did not think that it rose to the level of roughing the passer. – Ed Hochuli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Even if she doesn't want custody, she should be caring enough about her grandbaby to be saying, ‘No, he’s an abusive boyfriend, and I don't want him to have custody. – Joe Imbriale	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Although my clients are disappointed, they are not surprised, unfortunately, our penal laws and system frequently do not properly punish the acts of so many abusive men in power.Cuomo’s conduct was nonetheless unlawful and deeply harmful to the women who were subjected to it, as the Attorney General and Assembly found in their reports. – Marianna Wang	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Although designated an' alien unprivileged enemy belligerent,' not technically afforded the rights of The US citizens, the complete disregard for the foundational concepts upon which the Constitution was founded is an affront to American values and concepts of justice, mr. Khan was subject to physical and psychological abuse well beyond approved enhanced interrogation techniques, instead being closer to torture performed by the most abusive regimes in modern history. – The US	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Parents place enormous trust in the people who care for their children, and when that is broken, it has lasting effects on families the community, the defendant’s callous treatment of three toddlers was abusive and criminal, and my office will seek justice for the victims. – District Attorney Deb Ryan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The right of individuals to self-manufactured arms for self-defense and other lawful purposes is part and parcel of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and an important front in the battle to secure fundamental rights against abusive government regulations like San Diego's unconstitutional ban. – Adam Kraut	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The entire history of population planning in China... has been incredibly abusive and coercive, so I think there is a lot of reason to be very concerned about this complete 180-degree turn in emphasis coming from the central government, saying that now, China needs to reduce the number of non-medical abortions. – Hong Fincher	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Taliban represent an abusive authority, a brutal regime that has killed people and repressed and plans to subjugate the human rights of millions of people in coming years, but none of that will matter to those people if they're dead because of famine. – John Sifton	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Human Rights Watch deployment of border agents on horseback against Haitian migrants on September 19, 2021, stems from abusive and racially discriminatory immigration policies by the administration of President Joe Biden. – Human Rights Watch	Found on CNN 2 years ago
From the beginning, I simply asked that the Governor stop his abusive behavior, it became abundantly clear he was unable to do that, instead attacking and blaming victims until the end. It is a tragedy that so many stood by and watched these abuses happen. – Lindsey Boylan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Nobody has any right to be pushing this ideology, or any other ideology, on young children, there is a solid argument to be made that burdening 5- and 6-year-olds in this way is emotionally and psychologically abusive. – Erika Sanzi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The investigation has found that the Governor engaged in abusive behavior toward women, including subordinates, created a hostile work environment and violated state and federal law, the time has come for Governor Andrew Cuomo to do the right thing for the people of New York State and resign. – Hakeem Jeffries	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Abusive conservatorships can be an unending nightmare, and tragically we don’t know how many people are being held captive against their will under the broken guardianship system, under the FREE Act, we would Free Britney along with the countless number of seniors and persons with disabilities being abused and exploited by the broken system. – Charlie Crist	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When you look at the Democratic Party and you're doing an analysis, you find very few people have ever been part of law enforcement, and we have demonized public protection in this city and country because we have too many abusive officers who are allowed to stay in our agency. But at the same time, we have ignored the problems that fed violence in our country, and I say we need to stop doing that. – Eric Adams	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

People are what they eat, and if born in an abusive environment, they can internalize that abuse and perpetuate it, shaping their behavior and outlook on life.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

I give him some credit for trying a different business model, I think the business model based on user data is quite abusive.

– Luigi Zingales

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While each of those stories is unique, together, they reveal themes and behaviors typical of adults who abuse children, and those who enable that abuse by concealing it, what was consistent throughout the stories was the absolute authority and power these abusive priests and the church leadership held over survivors, their families and their communities.

– Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thank you Gov. Wolf for your leadership and for taking bold action to protect and affirm LGBTQ young people across the Commonwealth, we urge the state legislature to pass comprehensive state-wide protections and for governors across the nation to follow the Keystone State's lead in ending this abusive practice.

– Troy Stevenson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is not about Britney Spears, this is beyond Britney Spears, there is a lot of people in the country and in the state who are not free and are subjected to forced abusive conservatorships. And that's something I look forward to working with legislators on, both in California and Washington DC.

– Mathew Rosengart

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country. this Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about abusive behavior. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.

– Many Twitter users

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They were both abusive to each other, but to rise to the level of what she was claiming, there wasn’t enough or any evidence that really supported what she was saying.

– Johnny Depp

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The other thing that's notable here [in many of the school shooting cases] is the abusive relationships. Damned if I can figure it out — in this age of sensitivity, of sensitivity toward women and the treatment of women — but almost all of these guys were abusers of their girlfriends. Physical abusers. in a lot of these cases, it was the teachers who put out the alerts, raised the alarms, that there was a problem [with a student] — it was the teacher at [Nikolas] Cruz's school in Parkland who put out the word about the problems.

– Bill Bennett

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We are not going back to the policing that I fought to change, we won't go back to abusive policing.

– Eric Adams

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Most of Russian people are benevolent and kind people, but the regime in Russia now is very abusive.

– Iana Trotsiuk

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He got in my face in an aggressive manner and used abusive language. As for the hit, we did not think that it rose to the level of roughing the passer.

– Ed Hochuli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Even if she doesn't want custody, she should be caring enough about her grandbaby to be saying, ‘No, he’s an abusive boyfriend, and I don't want him to have custody.

– Joe Imbriale

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Although my clients are disappointed, they are not surprised, unfortunately, our penal laws and system frequently do not properly punish the acts of so many abusive men in power.Cuomo’s conduct was nonetheless unlawful and deeply harmful to the women who were subjected to it, as the Attorney General and Assembly found in their reports.

– Marianna Wang

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Although designated an' alien unprivileged enemy belligerent,' not technically afforded the rights of The US citizens, the complete disregard for the foundational concepts upon which the Constitution was founded is an affront to American values and concepts of justice, mr. Khan was subject to physical and psychological abuse well beyond approved enhanced interrogation techniques, instead being closer to torture performed by the most abusive regimes in modern history.

– The US

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Parents place enormous trust in the people who care for their children, and when that is broken, it has lasting effects on families the community, the defendant’s callous treatment of three toddlers was abusive and criminal, and my office will seek justice for the victims.

– District Attorney Deb Ryan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The right of individuals to self-manufactured arms for self-defense and other lawful purposes is part and parcel of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and an important front in the battle to secure fundamental rights against abusive government regulations like San Diego's unconstitutional ban.

– Adam Kraut

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The entire history of population planning in China... has been incredibly abusive and coercive, so I think there is a lot of reason to be very concerned about this complete 180-degree turn in emphasis coming from the central government, saying that now, China needs to reduce the number of non-medical abortions.

– Hong Fincher

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Taliban represent an abusive authority, a brutal regime that has killed people and repressed and plans to subjugate the human rights of millions of people in coming years, but none of that will matter to those people if they're dead because of famine.

– John Sifton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Human Rights Watch deployment of border agents on horseback against Haitian migrants on September 19, 2021, stems from abusive and racially discriminatory immigration policies by the administration of President Joe Biden.

– Human Rights Watch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

From the beginning, I simply asked that the Governor stop his abusive behavior, it became abundantly clear he was unable to do that, instead attacking and blaming victims until the end. It is a tragedy that so many stood by and watched these abuses happen.

– Lindsey Boylan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nobody has any right to be pushing this ideology, or any other ideology, on young children, there is a solid argument to be made that burdening 5- and 6-year-olds in this way is emotionally and psychologically abusive.

– Erika Sanzi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The investigation has found that the Governor engaged in abusive behavior toward women, including subordinates, created a hostile work environment and violated state and federal law, the time has come for Governor Andrew Cuomo to do the right thing for the people of New York State and resign.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Abusive conservatorships can be an unending nightmare, and tragically we don’t know how many people are being held captive against their will under the broken guardianship system, under the FREE Act, we would Free Britney along with the countless number of seniors and persons with disabilities being abused and exploited by the broken system.

– Charlie Crist

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When you look at the Democratic Party and you're doing an analysis, you find very few people have ever been part of law enforcement, and we have demonized public protection in this city and country because we have too many abusive officers who are allowed to stay in our agency. But at the same time, we have ignored the problems that fed violence in our country, and I say we need to stop doing that.

– Eric Adams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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