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It clearly flies in the face of both his incredible climate accomplishments to date and his goal of cutting climate pollution in half by 2030, such significant swaths of the coalition that supports him are deeply opposed, and we’re seeing that this is incredibly galvanizing for young people. – Tiernan Sittenfeld	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When only 9% of kids are interested in serving, we have got to make sure that we are careful about not alienating wide swaths of the American public to the Army. – Christine Wormuth	Found on CNN 1 year ago
[W]e are witness yet again to the unrelenting anti-LGBTQ crusade being waged by self-described Christian fundamentalist legal groups aiming to chip away at the hard-won gains of LGBTQ people by carving out swaths of territory where discrimination can flourish, the constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination for those doing business with the general public. – Jennifer Pizer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It is disturbing to have private largely unaccountable companies controlling access to such large swaths of public discourse. – Lyrissa Lidsky	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Bernie Sanders needs to grow Bernie Sanders support significantly to win the nomination and that begins with the African American community. If Bernie Sanders doesn't do much better with those voters, Bernie Sanders chances of being the nominee are awfully close to zero, that alone will not be enough. To date, Bernie Sanders campaign has at times given off a' my way or the highway vibe' that has put a ceiling on Bernie Sanders support among large swaths of Democratic Party. – Dan Pfeiffer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper. – Jeremy Goldbogen	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The greatest problem facing the United States today is not racism; it is the disappearance of the can-do attitude that built the country, ... We’ve lost the sense of individual responsibility for our problems, and that’s bad enough. But what’s worse, we’re losing faith in our ability to solve our problems. This acquired sense of helplessness is catastrophic, and it has paralyzed large swaths of the American public – rural, urban and suburban. … Encouraging dependence upon government not only creates generations of helpless people; it inures them to government’s ineffectiveness. – Laura Hollis	added by Normando 4 years ago
What the welfare state has done to the black community, a hundred years of racism could not do, a hundred years of racism could not break it up, it could not destroy black families. Jim Crow could not do it. But what dependency has done, is has caused unwanted pregnancy, illegitimacy. It has told young black males that they are dispensable, they don't need to hang around when mom needs support or whatever and it has destroyed -- and not just black communities, but any urban community, and so what you've got here is now they're addicted. Large swaths of Hispanic communities, black communities are addicted to these, these subsidies. – Republican Rep. Jason Lewis	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There are swaths of the population around the world who are struggling economically in the current economy, and groping for targets of blame, trump and the Brexit vote offer up tangible targets, and it is not surprising that people grab onto them. The vote yesterday is a reminder that Trump could very well win the presidential election. – Katherine Cramer	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Despite his prior glitzy image, Trump started becoming a demagogue when he started trying to lead a 'silent majority' of furious, mostly white, lower- and middle-class voters, and he really crossed the line when he started doubling down on deceits like the lie about 'thousands' of people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City, countenancing violence, demonizing large swaths of people, and now, casting aside the freedom of religion for Muslims. – Michael Signer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Builders are buying big swaths of land and building homes, so supply will come up. – Doug Lebda	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Given the fact that Boko Haram not only controls large swaths ofterritory, holds hundreds and hundreds of hostages, and is the most successful terror operation out of Africa right now, ISIS has gained a real foothold. – Veryan Khan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
By ignoring huge swaths of lynx habitat, the Service is undermining the benefits of protecting individual lynx wherever they are found in the Lower 48, To recover in the American West, lynx need habitat protections throughout their range. – Drew Kerr	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

It clearly flies in the face of both his incredible climate accomplishments to date and his goal of cutting climate pollution in half by 2030, such significant swaths of the coalition that supports him are deeply opposed, and we’re seeing that this is incredibly galvanizing for young people.

– Tiernan Sittenfeld

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When only 9% of kids are interested in serving, we have got to make sure that we are careful about not alienating wide swaths of the American public to the Army.

– Christine Wormuth

Found on CNN
1 year ago

[W]e are witness yet again to the unrelenting anti-LGBTQ crusade being waged by self-described Christian fundamentalist legal groups aiming to chip away at the hard-won gains of LGBTQ people by carving out swaths of territory where discrimination can flourish, the constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination for those doing business with the general public.

– Jennifer Pizer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is disturbing to have private largely unaccountable companies controlling access to such large swaths of public discourse.

– Lyrissa Lidsky

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Bernie Sanders needs to grow Bernie Sanders support significantly to win the nomination and that begins with the African American community. If Bernie Sanders doesn't do much better with those voters, Bernie Sanders chances of being the nominee are awfully close to zero, that alone will not be enough. To date, Bernie Sanders campaign has at times given off a' my way or the highway vibe' that has put a ceiling on Bernie Sanders support among large swaths of Democratic Party.

– Dan Pfeiffer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper.

– Jeremy Goldbogen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The greatest problem facing the United States today is not racism; it is the disappearance of the can-do attitude that built the country, ... We’ve lost the sense of individual responsibility for our problems, and that’s bad enough. But what’s worse, we’re losing faith in our ability to solve our problems. This acquired sense of helplessness is catastrophic, and it has paralyzed large swaths of the American public – rural, urban and suburban. … Encouraging dependence upon government not only creates generations of helpless people; it inures them to government’s ineffectiveness.

– Laura Hollis

added by Normando
4 years ago

What the welfare state has done to the black community, a hundred years of racism could not do, a hundred years of racism could not break it up, it could not destroy black families. Jim Crow could not do it. But what dependency has done, is has caused unwanted pregnancy, illegitimacy. It has told young black males that they are dispensable, they don't need to hang around when mom needs support or whatever and it has destroyed -- and not just black communities, but any urban community, and so what you've got here is now they're addicted. Large swaths of Hispanic communities, black communities are addicted to these, these subsidies.

– Republican Rep. Jason Lewis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are swaths of the population around the world who are struggling economically in the current economy, and groping for targets of blame, trump and the Brexit vote offer up tangible targets, and it is not surprising that people grab onto them. The vote yesterday is a reminder that Trump could very well win the presidential election.

– Katherine Cramer

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Despite his prior glitzy image, Trump started becoming a demagogue when he started trying to lead a 'silent majority' of furious, mostly white, lower- and middle-class voters, and he really crossed the line when he started doubling down on deceits like the lie about 'thousands' of people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City, countenancing violence, demonizing large swaths of people, and now, casting aside the freedom of religion for Muslims.

– Michael Signer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Builders are buying big swaths of land and building homes, so supply will come up.

– Doug Lebda

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Given the fact that Boko Haram not only controls large swaths ofterritory, holds hundreds and hundreds of hostages, and is the most successful terror operation out of Africa right now, ISIS has gained a real foothold.

– Veryan Khan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

By ignoring huge swaths of lynx habitat, the Service is undermining the benefits of protecting individual lynx wherever they are found in the Lower 48, To recover in the American West, lynx need habitat protections throughout their range.

– Drew Kerr

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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