Quotes by Issues Part of what the [British] dossier says is this, quote, "The operation", meaning the effort to influence our election, "that has been conducted with the full knowledge and support of [Donald] Trump and senior members of his campaign team. In return, in return, the Trump team has agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue." Rachel Maddow issuesseniorteam We do have evidence the [Donald] Trump campaign was working to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue. Rachel Maddow ukraineissuescampaigns A lot of people have so many issues like depression, obesity or chronic illness that has to do with gut health. Rachele Brooke Smith obesityissuespeople If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite mainstream media to weigh in on that subject, you're going to end up with a much more regressive public-policy environment than if you approach it in a quieter way. It's not because the public is stupid, it's just that people with only a cursory interest in something are going to have a knee-jerk reaction to it. That's impossible to explain in a cable-news media... it doesn't make sense. Rachel Maddow issuesmediastupid It is hard to stay patient about policy matters where everybody agrees about what needs to be done and then it just doesn't happen, like reforming the immigration system and getting rid of family immigration jails and closing Guantanamo and criminal-justice reform. All these issues, there is basically consensus. There's no rational objections whatsoever, but it can't happen because of other stupid steps we have to take in politics. Rachel Maddow issuesjailstupid Unfortunately, my army consists of one unreliable criminal, one girl with a disability, and one incredibly foolish young vampire with a tanning issue. I am not confident. Rachel Caine issuesarmygirl Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on budgetary issues, but legislatures rarely if ever pass new laws to hold police more accountable, to restrict their powers, or to make them more transparent. In short, police today embody all of the threats the Founders feared were posed by standing armies, plus a few additional ones they couldn't have anticipated. Radley Balko issuesarmyclass I don't feel passionately about politics, i'm not a political person. Is it easy for me to get fired up about someone's position on climate change? No, it's not. On most of these issues, I can see both sides. Rachel Maddow issuespoliticalchange People who disagree on important issues don't agree on the facts. Rachel Maddow issuesimportantpeople In this rigged, two-party system, third parties almost never win a national election. It's obvious what our function is in this constricted oligarchy of two corporate-indentured parties - to push hitherto taboo issues onto the public stage, to build for a future, to get a young generation in, keep the progressive agenda alive, push the two parties a little bit on this issue and that. Ralph Nader issuespartywinning Hillary Clinton's ready to pivot to Asia and provoke China. So are the Republicans. It's on domestic issues that there will be a gridlock. Ralph Nader asiaissuesrepublican Whatever your issue is, whether it's racism or homophobia or policy issues or taxes or urban decay or health care, you're not going to go anywhere with it if we don't focus on the concentration of power. Ralph Nader issuesfocusracism On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more. Ramez Naam issuesoilthinking Ozone and climate are global issues, and it's hard to find a way in which the benefits of shutting down carbon emissions are going to pay for themselves for any given power-plant, say. Ramez Naam ozonecarbon-emissionsissues In 2004 Professor Stephen Farnsworth, when I report saying that I got about five minutes on all the networks after Labor Day to election day: only five minutes even though I, like you, were representing majoritarian issues. Ralph Nader issueslabor-dayi-like-you What we need to recognize, less than 1 percent of the people organized around issues that are already supported by conservatives and liberals, and there are a lot of them that aren't publicized, back home, can overcome corporate forces in Washington. Ralph Nader issueshomepeople All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level. Rand Paul issuescrimelevels If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights. Rand Paul issuesrightsbelieve It wasn't until after I'd been around Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts, that I started to reflect about issues like the evolution of consciousness. Ram Dass issuesconsciousnessevolution I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow. Randy Hultgren issuespeoplethinking«160161162163164165166167168169170»
