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What I am looking for is the predicate for the search, was the information provided to the judge sufficient and necessary to authorize a raid on the former president's home within ninety days of the midterm election ? I am urging, actually insisting, the DOJ and the FBI lay their cards on the table as to why this course of action was necessary. – Lindsey Graham	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Loudoun County Public Schools has finally made a wise decision, listening to parents about the dangerous phenomenon of woke porn landing in the hands of children, other school systems, including Fairfax County, Virginia, should pay heed, instead of insisting on virtue signaling. – Asra Nomani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Pretty much everyone who said they were going to show up, is showing up, we are following a very tight protocol of insisting that everyone who enters the space get vaccinated and recently tested, including staff, vendors and caterers. – Business Roundtable	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Wesley Charles Martines tried to rationalize everything, insisting there was no ill-intent, once again, law enforcement saved lives before the blood and tears flowed. – Campbell Police Capt. Ian White	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Man is deeply vulnerable when faced with overwhelming evil. Instead of consolidating his energy to fight it, he wastes valuable time and effort puzzling over it, insisting it is not, cannot possibly be, what it seems. – Konnilyn G. Feig	added by Normando 2 years ago
The cognitive dissonance between the minister of education insisting schools are safe and then shutting playgrounds down boggles the mind, there's no rhyme or reason to the outdoor closures. – Jim Vlahos	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Religion is not the existence of knowing, but the practice of persistence by insisting. – Clifford Villalon	added by anonymous 3 years ago
As we decided what safe means, is it appropriate for the teacher's union to break the law as they insisting on their version of safe, where already harming our kids when this game that the union is playing where everything is up in the air. – Daniel Suhr	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are insisting that policy makers pay attention, it is not acceptable to leave any workers or any communities behind. We have an obligation to fulfill to workers and communities that have powered this country for generations and have often paid a very stiff price in terms of the health of their environments and their people and their workers. – Jason Walsh	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Now, it's even run free in the White House, think of how it is in a poor neighborhood where the President is insisting that children actually go back to school in order to get the funding that he is recommending. – House Democrats	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Many religious clerics have sought to defy government orders, with some insisting that praying at the mosque is the only way to combat the coronavirus. The government has been reluctant to oppose them, some clerics have preached the only cure for the coronavirus is reciting the Quran. – Jeff Smith	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
These might boil down to the ability of preexisting legal mechanisms to deal with these sorts of modern questions, there is also a pretty clear case for countries insisting on China to honor its obligations under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) to stop people from trading in and eating endangered species, which is likely how Covid-19 infected humans in the first place. – Juliya Arbisman	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
From Hyundai Motor's perspective, Elliott kept talking about excess capital and asking for dividends, a lot of money. But the company rejected it by insisting it has a lot of investment needs, i'm sure they will breathe a little easier as Elliott leaves.. they will have more room to utilize capital. – Lee Han-joon	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Under the Hydrocarbon Law, every agreement for PDVSA to cede exploration and production rights is illegal and unconstitutional. Maduro's regime is insisting in the oil industry's de-facto privatization, which is aggravating its collapse. – Jose Ignacio Hernandez	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Trump administration keeps insisting that Iran is under pressure - which is certainly true. But Trump is under pressure as well, as Iran continues to attack U.S. and global interests and expands its nuclear program in potentially dangerous ways. – Phil Gordon	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The cable is so practical, so important and so emblematic of the relationship between Australia and our key partners in the Pacific, the Coral Sea Cable will deliver for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands a connected future, Payne said, adding that the aim was for the cable to be operational by December. China denies using economic aid as political leverage, insisting it considers the ability of a country to repay loans when offering finance. In a bid to counter China, Australia has offered A$ 3 billion( $ 2.03 billion) in cheap loans and grants to the Pacific. The competition for influence in the Pacific has soured bilateral relations between Australia and China. The relationship came under further strain on Tuesday when China confirmed it has formally arrested a Chinese-born Australian writer on suspicion of espionage. Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese diplomat turned online journalist and blogger, was detained in January. Payne on Tuesday said Australia held grave concerns about Yang Hengjun and the. – Marise Payne	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In all the states of Venezuela and in every city in the world, we are going to send a very clear message. We are going to give a show of strength, in a peaceful and organized way, today Feb 2nd, we are going to meet again in the street to show our gratitude to the support that the European Parliament has given us, to continue insisting on the entry of humanitarian aid and to continue our path towards freedom. – Venezuelas Guaido	Found on CNN 5 years ago
First, we want to make sure that no one is above the law and so seek to protect Robert Mueller by insisting we have' protect Mueller' legislation. – Robert Mueller	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Senate Judiciary Committee should not move forward with Neil Gorsuch confirmation, should not go forward with advising and consenting on this individual until this prosecution, this criminal investigation, is done, and if we do go forward, then every Republican, every Democrat should join together with insisting that Brett Kavanaugh recuse Brett Kavanaugh from any matter regarding this President that should come before the Supreme Court. – Cory Booker	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Z-Pak is the common name for Zithromax, an antibiotic that treats infections. The doctor at the medical unit rejected the request, insisting that the staffer first receive an examination. The doctor was particularly concerned about serious cardiac issues that can result from taking Z-Pak. The staffer grew frustrated, this person recalled, and responded: moments later, another colleague walked past the doctor, grabbed the Z-Paks and handed them to the White House staffer. – Ronny Jackson	Found on CNN 6 years ago
But this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful. We must not lose sight that this watershed moment is bigger than any one industry, any one party, or any one person, to achieve lasting change, we will need to fight this everywhere on behalf of everyone by insisting on accountability and working to bring more women into leadership in each industry to fundamentally shift the culture. – Kirsten Gillibrand	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There is now no sense in insisting on these parameters. – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
China can be more flexible, instead of insisting on the withdrawal of this system, China can accept some technical modifications to the system and make it less threatening to the country's nuclear deterrent. – Tong Zhao	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The US is disturbing the global peace and stability and insisting on the gangster-like logic that its invasion of a sovereign state is 'decisive, and just, and proportionate' and contributes to 'defending' the international order in its bid to apply it to the Korean Peninsula as well. – Kim In	Found on CNN 7 years ago

What I am looking for is the predicate for the search, was the information provided to the judge sufficient and necessary to authorize a raid on the former president's home within ninety days of the midterm election ? I am urging, actually insisting, the DOJ and the FBI lay their cards on the table as to why this course of action was necessary.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Loudoun County Public Schools has finally made a wise decision, listening to parents about the dangerous phenomenon of woke porn landing in the hands of children, other school systems, including Fairfax County, Virginia, should pay heed, instead of insisting on virtue signaling.

– Asra Nomani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Pretty much everyone who said they were going to show up, is showing up, we are following a very tight protocol of insisting that everyone who enters the space get vaccinated and recently tested, including staff, vendors and caterers.

– Business Roundtable

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Wesley Charles Martines tried to rationalize everything, insisting there was no ill-intent, once again, law enforcement saved lives before the blood and tears flowed.

– Campbell Police Capt. Ian White

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Man is deeply vulnerable when faced with overwhelming evil. Instead of consolidating his energy to fight it, he wastes valuable time and effort puzzling over it, insisting it is not, cannot possibly be, what it seems.

– Konnilyn G. Feig

added by Normando
2 years ago

The cognitive dissonance between the minister of education insisting schools are safe and then shutting playgrounds down boggles the mind, there's no rhyme or reason to the outdoor closures.

– Jim Vlahos

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Religion is not the existence of knowing, but the practice of persistence by insisting.

– Clifford Villalon

added by anonymous
3 years ago

As we decided what safe means, is it appropriate for the teacher's union to break the law as they insisting on their version of safe, where already harming our kids when this game that the union is playing where everything is up in the air.

– Daniel Suhr

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are insisting that policy makers pay attention, it is not acceptable to leave any workers or any communities behind. We have an obligation to fulfill to workers and communities that have powered this country for generations and have often paid a very stiff price in terms of the health of their environments and their people and their workers.

– Jason Walsh

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Now, it's even run free in the White House, think of how it is in a poor neighborhood where the President is insisting that children actually go back to school in order to get the funding that he is recommending.

– House Democrats

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Many religious clerics have sought to defy government orders, with some insisting that praying at the mosque is the only way to combat the coronavirus. The government has been reluctant to oppose them, some clerics have preached the only cure for the coronavirus is reciting the Quran.

– Jeff Smith

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

These might boil down to the ability of preexisting legal mechanisms to deal with these sorts of modern questions, there is also a pretty clear case for countries insisting on China to honor its obligations under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) to stop people from trading in and eating endangered species, which is likely how Covid-19 infected humans in the first place.

– Juliya Arbisman

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

From Hyundai Motor's perspective, Elliott kept talking about excess capital and asking for dividends, a lot of money. But the company rejected it by insisting it has a lot of investment needs, i'm sure they will breathe a little easier as Elliott leaves.. they will have more room to utilize capital.

– Lee Han-joon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Under the Hydrocarbon Law, every agreement for PDVSA to cede exploration and production rights is illegal and unconstitutional. Maduro's regime is insisting in the oil industry's de-facto privatization, which is aggravating its collapse.

– Jose Ignacio Hernandez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Trump administration keeps insisting that Iran is under pressure - which is certainly true. But Trump is under pressure as well, as Iran continues to attack U.S. and global interests and expands its nuclear program in potentially dangerous ways.

– Phil Gordon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The cable is so practical, so important and so emblematic of the relationship between Australia and our key partners in the Pacific, the Coral Sea Cable will deliver for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands a connected future, Payne said, adding that the aim was for the cable to be operational by December. China denies using economic aid as political leverage, insisting it considers the ability of a country to repay loans when offering finance. In a bid to counter China, Australia has offered A$ 3 billion( $ 2.03 billion) in cheap loans and grants to the Pacific. The competition for influence in the Pacific has soured bilateral relations between Australia and China. The relationship came under further strain on Tuesday when China confirmed it has formally arrested a Chinese-born Australian writer on suspicion of espionage. Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese diplomat turned online journalist and blogger, was detained in January. Payne on Tuesday said Australia held grave concerns about Yang Hengjun and the.

– Marise Payne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In all the states of Venezuela and in every city in the world, we are going to send a very clear message. We are going to give a show of strength, in a peaceful and organized way, today Feb 2nd, we are going to meet again in the street to show our gratitude to the support that the European Parliament has given us, to continue insisting on the entry of humanitarian aid and to continue our path towards freedom.

– Venezuelas Guaido

Found on CNN
5 years ago

First, we want to make sure that no one is above the law and so seek to protect Robert Mueller by insisting we have' protect Mueller' legislation.

– Robert Mueller

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Senate Judiciary Committee should not move forward with Neil Gorsuch confirmation, should not go forward with advising and consenting on this individual until this prosecution, this criminal investigation, is done, and if we do go forward, then every Republican, every Democrat should join together with insisting that Brett Kavanaugh recuse Brett Kavanaugh from any matter regarding this President that should come before the Supreme Court.

– Cory Booker

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Z-Pak is the common name for Zithromax, an antibiotic that treats infections. The doctor at the medical unit rejected the request, insisting that the staffer first receive an examination. The doctor was particularly concerned about serious cardiac issues that can result from taking Z-Pak. The staffer grew frustrated, this person recalled, and responded: moments later, another colleague walked past the doctor, grabbed the Z-Paks and handed them to the White House staffer.

– Ronny Jackson

Found on CNN
6 years ago

But this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful. We must not lose sight that this watershed moment is bigger than any one industry, any one party, or any one person, to achieve lasting change, we will need to fight this everywhere on behalf of everyone by insisting on accountability and working to bring more women into leadership in each industry to fundamentally shift the culture.

– Kirsten Gillibrand

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There is now no sense in insisting on these parameters.

– Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

China can be more flexible, instead of insisting on the withdrawal of this system, China can accept some technical modifications to the system and make it less threatening to the country's nuclear deterrent.

– Tong Zhao

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The US is disturbing the global peace and stability and insisting on the gangster-like logic that its invasion of a sovereign state is 'decisive, and just, and proportionate' and contributes to 'defending' the international order in its bid to apply it to the Korean Peninsula as well.

– Kim In

Found on CNN
7 years ago

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