| 单词 | cudgel |
| 例句 | Before them stood two Brazen Beasts, armed with cudgels, spears, and short swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Constance strode up and down, holding a heavy cudgel in her paws as she urged them on. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The children they discourage simply with displays of the cudgel. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The figure relaxed, and the cudgel dropped to grate metallically against a stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When they had called many times, at last the Gate-keeper came out, and they saw that he carried a great cudgel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The knights of the Round Table were sent out as a measure against Fort Mayne, and the choleric barons who lived by Fort Mayne took the cudgels with the ferocity of despair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover had a cudgel in his hand and Juniper held a stick—like an old-fashioned whipping switch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was dressed for batde in an armored shirt made from tree bark and twist ties, with his wooden cudgel and his reed pipes hanging from his belt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Constance scanned the report and picked up her heavy cudgel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The man was ripped, and various axes and cudgels dangled off his many belts and sashes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Get your back against the wall,” he said abruptly, bringing his iron cudgel up with both hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent— all depending on who wields it and how. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The grounds came to life with teeming swarms of Guerrilla Shrews armed to the teeth with rapiers, cudgels and slings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Within were three long hooded cloaks made from myriad small squares of cloth sewn together, three cudgels, three shortswords, three masks of polished brass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the other side of the fire the man in the heavy cloak held his iron cudgel ready with both hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The constable advanced on the wagon, his cudgel held cautiously at his side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Married to a cudgel, married to a pestle, Be faithful to it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Watchmen were much in evidence, moving in pairs through the alleys in their gold cloaks and shirts of black ringmail, iron cudgels never far from their hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One wore a longsword at his hip, the other an iron cudgel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even the dryads were armed with bows, and the satyrs trotted around with wooden cudgels and shields made of rough tree bark. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Now I saw the mayor heading back to the wagon accompanied by a tall fellow carrying a long cudgel, the constable unless I missed my guess. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But as it was a personal choice between learning cudgel and wrestling from Constance or quarter staff from Matthias, to a mouse they had opted for the latter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z No, not a sword, a long, dark cudgel of some sort, too regularly shaped to be a piece of firewood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The landlord made his appearance then, a cudgel in his hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He swings a heavy cudgel Whenever he walks out. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Well, Matthias, you’ve only yourself to blame. You asked Brother Anthony to hit out at you and, my word, he certainly obliged. I’ll have to recruit him for my cudgel class! He shows promise.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To let the world shape your desire and love into a cudgel with which to drive you back into a cave of fear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s a thin line between using contemporary themes to extrapolate from and entertain readers, and stepping up on a soapbox and using a political agenda to cudgel people. During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z This storytelling tool might feel like a cudgel in the hands of a less skillful writer but Emezi employs it like a dainty paintbrush, gently and sparingly. His Family Misses Him. But Did They Ever Really Know Him? 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Hell, there are great action scenes within those action scenes: The train heist leads into the cliff dive, while the final scene double-climaxes with Dom transforming the bank vault into an anti-police-car cudgel. Every 'Fast & Furious' Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z He starts to think about “the debt,” how it is an abstract cudgel everyone is beaten by, how it looms like the threat of the paddle used to loom in schools before paddles were outlawed. I came home to a sleeping country 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z Orban, however, has sought to frame the museum district as a legacy project, and he has used it as a cudgel in his own war against what he sees as the West’s cultural decline. A Music Museum Opens in the Heart of Hungary’s Culture Wars 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The film’s music soundtrack is deployed like a cudgel: A musical-comedy-like refrain adds a comic buoyancy; a hard-rock cue suggests Gonzalo’s defiance; a stirring Prokofiev crescendo lends grandeur to the climax. Review: ‘The Apostate’ Chronicles a Rebellious Catholic 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z And gleefully smashing car windows with a cudgel in the shape of a long-stemmed flower, as a woman does in perhaps Ms. Rist’s best-known piece, “Ever Is Over All,” from 1997. Pipilotti Rist, Provoking With Delight 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But she also says that, especially when it comes to children’s’ media, “there’s no reason to use a cudgel to tell them this information. . . . The data almost does the work for us.” At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The performance is sharply delineated but the character is as blunt as a cudgel. ‘Buoyancy’ Review: Enduring Horrors on the Sea, and Struggling to Survive 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z For Wojnarowicz, wielding a cudgel to fight bigots, bullies and death was his job. Abroad: In Britain, Separation of Art and State 2011-01-25T23:24:38Z Instead state prison administrators used the indeterminate sentence as a cudgel to pathologize prisoners’ grievances and encourage mindless submission to authority. Criminal justice reform in the U.S. has a long history of repressive outcomes 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Not all modern Utopians aim to seize the state in order to cudgel the rest of the world back to paradise. Short-lived, much loved 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z She also uses her empowerment as a cudgel—on the surface, she’s unlikable. Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates May Not Be Progressive—Is It Still OK to Laugh? 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “Always have hope in your heart,” Kesha told the crowd, before shouting her way through the song, using it as a diary and a cudgel. Review: Kesha, Dodging the Past, but Still Relying on It 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “Those who would use the word ‘pop’ as a cudgel or tool of exclusion do so at their peril.” Bob Dylan, More Than a Songwriter 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z That he could be used as a political cudgel isn’t lost on anyone, including 21 Savage himself. 21 Savage’s Still-Bumpy Path to Freedom 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Their most powerful cudgel was Thompson’s catty barroom raconteur Buddy Cole, a trash-talking one-man pride revolution in an ascot. The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old. Their Comedy Hasn’t. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Or maybe they were a shield and a cudgel — a warning he might do anything if Mrs. Clinton brought up the video again. Was That a Debate? Or Were the Candidates Just Trying to Go Viral? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z We fall into patterns of scapegoating, even when the tool is calumny, not a cudgel. René Girard, French Theorist of the Social Sciences, Dies at 91 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Conservatives do not use the cudgel of infallibility to promote contemporary teachings of the church like Human vitae, instead they have used the reasoned and well supported arguments with which they were made. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z And when deployed as a cudgel rather than a scalpel, public shaming is woefully imperfect as a means of justice and transparency. Perspective | Scott Rudin’s bad behavior was just another Hollywood cliche until a new generation said time’s up 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Yet arguably the worst aspect of "Stardust" is Range's insistence on cudgeling viewers with the "Be Someone Else" message. Wretched David Bowie biopic "Stardust" should be launched into the sun 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Francis Ford Coppola picked up the cudgel and struck harder at the superhero-industrial complex, calling its films “despicable.” Martin Scorsese Avenges the Auteur 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z It can be easy to think of representation as an abstraction, as a political cudgel, a tedious rallying cry, a bore. A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z We should cheer those who get recognised and stop taking a cudgel to the absentees. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z Eight years ago in The Magdalene Sisters, his second movie as writer-director, took up the cudgels against the repressive cruelty of a Catholic institution for girls in the Ireland of the 1960s. Neds ? review 2011-01-23T00:05:53Z “The Declaration is the cudgel he uses to beat his political opponents,” Widmer says. Declaration of Independence still inspires activists 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z From one angle, Cardi was just being savvy—discussing a taboo subject on her own terms before others could use it as a cudgel. Pardison Fontaine and the Plight of the Ghostwriter 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z But he also used his websites as a cudgel, sometimes unfairly. Andrew Breitbart, 1969-2012 2012-03-01T16:24:15Z Franks previously tried to attach his bill to the Violence Against Women Act, which has turned into another political cudgel. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z It is loopier and more freewheeling than “Solastalgia” but also has the subtlety of a cudgel, thanks to sloganizing and finger wagging. Plays of Helplessness, and Hope, as the Planet Burns 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Wielding the baton like a cudgel he jabbed out downbeats, clobbering each beat that had a note attached and letting silent ones pass unconducted. Critic's Notebook: Mayor Bloomberg Leads City Center Re-Opening Gala 2011-10-26T13:54:06Z Yes, it is horrendous to see a woman being violated or an animal being abused, but the film depicts most of the horrors in a way that does not cudgel viewers. "The Painted Bird" is a brutal masterpiece depicting the horrors and inhumanity of war 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Even so, three seasons is enough to make a person wonder how long Logan's game of using his company's legacy as a cudgel with which he emotionally abuses his children is sustainable. "Succession" returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn't changed a bit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z It was simply that Dallas was the available cudgel to whack Washington, the team avidly embraced by Richard Nixon. Football and Politics 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Chance is a vernacular progressive, a dexterous rapper who shrugs at his own facility at every turn — for him, complexity isn’t a cudgel, it’s a showcase. Chance the Rapper Releases ‘Coloring Book,’ With Spirit 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z His new show, the fact-based drama “A Friend of the Family,” uses that bland handsomeness as both camouflage and cudgel. In ‘A Friend of the Family,’ Jake Lacy Breaks Character 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z George Clooney swung the cudgels earlier this week by accusing Trump of being part of the Hollywood elite he has regularly criticised and branding his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, “a failed film writer and director”. #OscarsSoOrange? Hollywood on edge as politically charged ceremony looms 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Which represents the bigger cudgel: present hunger or horrific past? Books of The Times: Alexander Maksik’s New Novel, ‘A Marker to Measure Drift’ 2013-08-22T19:58:56Z An element always in short supply around pop music is emotional realism as salve, rather than as shock or cudgel or propaganda. An Appraisal: Love with Staying Power 2011-08-23T22:31:26Z The broken-headed Bobby, on his dangling feet, swings his massive cudgel with both arms. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Clapton sings with emotion that ranges from worn-out to weepy, and his guitar is a cudgel of cloudy gloom. Holiday Music for the Joyful, the Lonely and the Skeptical 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z He handed them a cudgel while campaigning Monday with a remark -- wrenched from its original context -- that, “I like to be able to fire people.” Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire 2012-01-11T01:03:00Z Their stand-up turns jokes into cudgels to break down racism, homophobia and systemic discrimination, but they also tend to be more comfortable than many comics in delaying punch lines in service of an argument. The W. Kamau Bell Legacy: A Talk Show Five Years Ahead of Its Time 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Morality, for him, is like an exciting new market in which he can claim first-mover advantage — or like a handy Oedipal cudgel to brain his father with. ‘Succession’ Returns, With No Real People Involved 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “Those two things are being used as cudgels against Democrats because there are nuances to socialism,” Behar shot back. Meghan McCain decries socialism on "The View": “I’m a small government, America First conservative” 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Here is where ideology really gets cranked up, and technological determinism is used as a cudgel to beat the recalcitrant into compliance. What does OKCupid want? 2013-02-16T17:00:00Z Shows this big often rely on grandeur and inaccessibility as a kind of cudgel, but for Lorde, dismantling those things to reveal the person within is the real weapon. Review: In a Big Room, Lorde Protects the Small Moments 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z I don’t doubt their mother may wield guilt like a cudgel depending on the circumstances of her relationship with your partner. We Flew All the Way Here for This? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Mostly it's about discovering something new in the classics, of course: a mistimed gasp in Passenger 57, say, or a brutally cudgeled line in Bedazzled. Liz Hurley and Gérard Depardieu's Chechnya adventure: the story so far 2013-05-23T15:48:33Z No one’s ever accused Trump of being subtle, and the presence of the cigar is a cudgel to anyone who remembers the late 1990s and the ridiculous impeachment proceedings against the president. Trump has somehow gotten more vile: It’s no wonder women don’t like him, and his new Hillary attack ad won’t help 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “It never occurred to me that I myself might take up the cudgels.” Cecile Pineda, Latina Writer Known for a Novel of Identity, Dies at 89 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z In “Talking to Strangers,” he uses theory like a cudgel on sensitive material. Who’s Lying to Us and Who’s Telling the Truth? Malcolm Gladwell Has Some Ideas 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z This is not to ignore the treadmill or the work’s title, but to suggest that the cudgel of exercise will be met with resistance. Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Tracy’s been wronged, the argument goes, devolving into a cudgel that male commentators can use to trivialize preparedness and perfectionism in distaff candidates. Election at 20: assessing the high school satire's brutal politics 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Literally, in Amleth’s case, as he hacks, stabs and cudgels his way over ramparts and through muddy dooryards and alleyways. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Elena views herself as progressive and yet wields the ill-gotten and inaccurate information about an abortion Pearl allegedly received as a cudgel, evidence that Mia is a bad mother. "Little Fires Everywhere": An honest finale clears the smoke and reveals signs of hope 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z But the spike in Wallen’s album sales immediately after the video of the incident went public prompted and maybe necessitated his emergence as a culture-war cudgel. The Morgan Wallen Conundrum 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z I’m not wielding the cudgel of post-structuralist theory here; the ambiguity I’m talking about is more like common sense or ordinary understanding. How do we watch Woody’s movies now? 2014-02-08T17:00:00Z The action may not be as important as the message — that people deserved to be treated with respect and dignity — but that message is cudgeled into viewers. Tom Hanks' "News of the World" is a toothless throwback Western 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Even more encouraging, few leaders in the rest of Europe have picked up the cudgels against Grass, while several prominent Israelis have publicly rejected any suggestion that he is an anti-Semite. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z But you don’t have to wield a cudgel to exhibit insecurity; I, for one, turn all my anxiety inward. Circa Now : Nasty Comments on Twitter 2013-04-26T22:39:53Z It’s not really fair, is it, to compare the second season or a television program to the first, and to use the debut season’s success as a cudgel to beat the successor? “True Detective’s” biggest problem is its obsession with extreme violence 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z After a point, the crutch becomes a cudgel. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z Over the years, Pat has become a cultural cudgel used to mock those with unfamiliar gender expressions — an all-purpose insult hurled at people who do not fit conventional definitions of masculinity or femininity. Who Is Julia Sweeney Coming to Terms With? It’s Pat 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z When Doc tells Rusty, "The best horses are the hardest to break" — referring to Hardy Brown who doesn't hide his anger — viewers might put up their arms in reflex to brace against being cudgeled. Aw, shucks! "12 Mighty Orphans" is the Depression-era underdog sports hokum you've been missing 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z One of the few people to take up the cudgels was David Hare, when his play The Secret Rapture got a similarly dusty reception from the then Times critic, Frank Rich, in 1989. Enron's failure shows Broadway's flaws 2010-05-05T12:30:00Z “It just gives the powerful a tool to use the legal system as a cudgel to silence people.” Left-wing activists worry WA anti-doxxing laws will target them 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as “a cudgel” in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets “an ugly precedent.” New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Heels, of all things, are the new political cudgel in Republican politics. Ramaswamy Compares Republican Rivals to Dick Cheney ‘in Heels’ 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Some Republican lawmakers have stalled funding efforts for Ukraine, as it becomes a growing political cudgel on the right. Biden expected to seek $100bn for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and US border 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z But only as a cudgel to use against the rest. Experts warn of "America's rising tide of antisemitsm" 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Retail theft has become a cudgel used to attack policies such as California’s Proposition 47, which reclassified some lower-value felony theft offenses as misdemeanors. Opinion: Are Southern California mob robberies part of a retail crime wave? It's complicated 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z There is a whole right-wing local media ecosystem now that grabs onto these cases, amplifies them and uses them as a cudgel to say, “See? This is why we need more police and more incarceration.” Yes, you can champion social justice and still speak up for crime victims 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z “What are you doing?” cries one woman in English as belligerent cabbies mill around the scene, carrying what looked like improvised cudgels. Two taxi drivers arrested in Mexican resort of Cancun for assaulting van carrying foreign tourists 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The legislation did not draw Republican support, a fact that Mr. Biden is using as a political cudgel whenever GOP lawmakers promote the law’s benefits for their constituents. President takes ‘Bidenomics’ road show to South Carolina to promote solar-energy manufacturing 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “Any temptation to use it as a cudgel for diplomatic point scoring must be eschewed.” Putin says Russia is ‘united as never before’ at meeting of Russia-China led security group 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Suffice it to say that the old cudgel is still in use. Republicans reignite the red scare in service of Trump 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The candidate who, in a clear conflict of interest, used his television channels as a political cudgel. How Silvio Berlusconi Changed Italy, for Better or Worse 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z That's about as deft with the sledgehammer, bludgeon or cudgel as Trump can get. Donald Trump has fallen, and he can't get up: This may be the week the Demogorgon is caged 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z They are used as cudgels for political gain. Don't punish small farmers with 'asylum surcharge' on guest worker visas | Op-Ed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The war in Ukraine has become a political cudgel for several Republican presidential candidates. Biden Invites Allies to Washington as Fighting Intensifies in Ukraine 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z After World War II, anti-Communism became the official foreign policy of both parties and the Republicans began to use it as a cudgel to beat the Democratic Party politically. Republicans reignite the red scare in service of Trump 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z But it was also a standoff largely instigated by Republicans who argued they needed to use the debt limit threat as a cudgel to rein in federal spending. ‘Shrink the room:’ How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt-limit deal and staved off a catastrophe 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z But lawmakers knew that Mr. DeSantis could use endorsements and primaries as a cudgel. Amassing Power, DeSantis Maximized Might of Governor’s Office 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Democrats have signaled they will use the abortion issue as a political cudgel. Trump again takes credit for overturning Roe, rips left on abortion 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The conservative website The Federalist picked up the cudgel, attacking The New York Times’s initial coverage of contacts between Russian intelligence officials and associates of Mr. Trump, reporting that earned The Times a Pulitzer Prize. The Durham Report Offered Few Conclusions. The Right Drew Its Own. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Yet in comparison with Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden has not used cruelty and fear as a cudgel. 5 Moments That Defined Trump’s Record on Immigration 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s not unprecedented for our two major political parties to use the federal deficit and debt as cudgels to beat each other, particularly during a time of divided government. Playing chicken on federal default risks a world economy fried 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z China considers Taiwan a part of its territory, and President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of eventual unification, using increased military posturing as a cudgel. Some Indigenous people in Taiwan want to drop their Chinese names: 'That history has nothing to do with mine' 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Democrats are furious over abortion restrictions but see the issue as a useful political cudgel against the GOP. Pro-life group excoriates Trump for saying abortion limits should be left to the states 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Angie Wei, formerly a top lobbyist for the California Labor Federation and an aide to Newsom, said the use of California as a cudgel isn’t surprising in this political moment. How Julie Su's successes and setbacks in California shape her contentious nomination for Labor secretary 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s difficult to say exactly what the final cudgel was that leveraged Snyder out of the league. Perspective | Don’t forget the women who chased Daniel Snyder toward the NFL’s exit 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z China has endorsed Macron’s vision for “strategic autonomy,” seeing the concept as a cudgel that can be wielded to divide Europe and the United States. Macron’s Taiwan comments anger allies, delight Beijing 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In real life, however, Mr. Jaffee was the opposite of a smart aleck: a genteel, unassuming man whose in-person humor was delivered with a wink, not a cudgel. Al Jaffee, King of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, Dies at 102 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The ruling enthused pro-life activists but also reinvigorated an abortion issue that Democrats are trying to use as a political cudgel against Republicans. DOJ seeks a stay of Texas abortion pill ruling 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Trump is using his mounting legal challenges as a cudgel to force Republican rivals to line up the GOP behind him. DeSantis team welcomes contrast with Trump ‘chaos’ candidacy 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden is using the specter of Obamacare cuts as a cudgel against Republicans alongside his claims the House GOP majority wants to rein in Medicare and Social Security. Biden to use Obamacare anniversary to ding GOP budget plans 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In the worst cases, it becomes a cynical deployment of dubious allegations of racism as a political cudgel. Campus activists need perspective 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Progressive Democrats have used the repeated audit failures as a cudgel when calling for reductions in the Pentagon’s ever-increasing budget. House lawmakers dig in on Pentagon audit failures ahead of Biden’s federal budget release 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Several people close to Mr. Trump have said he believes his presidential campaign can be used as a cudgel to hit back against the prosecutors. Trump Says He Would Stay in 2024 Race if Indicted 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Similar arguments about Appropriations Clause violations could be used as a cudgel against other regulators, like the Fed, experts say. Reshaping Corporate America With Billions in Giveaways 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Even so, Mr. Biden put the issue front and center on Tuesday as he uses threats to health benefits as a political cudgel. Biden raises specter of Obamacare repeal, hoping for leverage in budget talks with GOP 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z But Mr. Biden will put it front and center in a speech from Virginia Beach, Virginia, as he uses threats to health benefits as a political cudgel amid tense spending negotiations. Biden to revive the specter of Obamacare repeal in Va. speech 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z United States, No. 22-10, Mr. Fisher said the two-year mandatory minimum sentence under the contested provision functioned as “a very strong cudgel to use against people to procure pleas in very low-level fraud cases.” Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Broad Sweep of Identity Theft Law 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Republican and conservative media organs have already begun using Democrats' extraordinary reliance on dark money as a PR cudgel. Joe Biden's agenda faces an unprecedented onslaught of dark money: The FCC is just the start 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z And it quickly became a cudgel in the heated cultural clash over transgender rights, with both sides seizing on it to attack the other. Scotland’s Leader Quits, Citing Toll of the Job 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z But while the law was supported in Parliament, it has divided the broader Scottish population and become a cudgel in the culture wars. Before her decision to step down, Sturgeon faced a battle over transgender rights. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z By underscoring bipartisan victories, Mr. Biden can use it as a cudgel when the Republican-controlled House doesn’t go along with his agenda. Biden offers preview of 2024 campaign message during stop in Wisconsin 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Democrats used the issue as a political cudgel against the GOP in the midterm elections. Biden reprises bid to cap insulin at $35 a month for everyone 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z These bills are expected to stall in the Democrat-run Senate but will serve the GOP as a political messaging cudgel to go after Democrats in the 2024 campaign season. House ready to lift COVID-19 travel rule requiring foreigners to get vaccinated to enter U.S. 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Yet for a president who prides himself on working across the aisle, a unity pitch may paradoxically be a useful cudgel to hammer his newly empowered opponents. For Biden, a Chance for a Fresh Start in a New Era of Divided Government 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The agreements have generally sought to keep people from disclosing information about Mr. Trump, but he has also used them as a cudgel against a wide variety of aides. 2016 Trump Campaign to Pay $450,000 to Settle Nondisclosure Agreements Suit 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The message that took hold then, and has persisted ever since, was a warped understanding of the research that became a cudgel of a warning: Hormone therapy is dangerous for women. Women Have Been Misled About Menopause 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z New rules laid out in the 55-page document grant the chamber greater control over spending and tax bills, while giving the House GOP a new potential cudgel against the agencies and programs they investigate. The laptop from hell and other stories: Your guide to 2023 congressional investigations 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z He used the platform as a cudgel during his presidency, issuing a steady flow of stream-of-consciousness thoughts, insults and policy declarations on the fly. Trump’s Evolution in Social-Media Exile: More QAnon, More Extremes 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Still, Mr. Biden used the measure as a cudgel to hammer Republicans and paint their proposals as extremist and out of touch with mainstream America. Biden savages economic agenda in preview of 2024 campaign message 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It would have been intimidating if she had ever wielded it as a cudgel, but she never did. When grief recedes, ordinary joys return. Like soup. 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Night riding raids became the cudgel by which the Klan and its co-conspirators terrorized former slaves, strip-mining their possessions, dignity and sense of place. The Reconstruction that wasn't: A new book aims to bust post-Civil War myths 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z But Republicans framed the legislation as a way to protect the unborn, and sought to use it as a cudgel to portray Democratic opponents as unwilling to provide basic rights to newborns. House Passes Bill That Could Subject Some Abortion Doctors to Prosecution 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Raising the limit was once routine but has become increasingly difficult over the past few decades, with Republicans using the cap as a cudgel to force spending reductions. Speaker Drama Raises New Fears on Debt Limit 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Knowledge advances through the clash of ideas; the contrarian is often the herald of a new insight; labels such as “settled” and “consensus” are the cudgels of fundamentalists. Opinion | This book has a vital message, and method, for our times 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “They were trying to use my good-faith effort to check the facts as a cudgel to stop a book they didn’t want to be in anymore,” Ms. Alter said. The Invention of Elise Stefanik 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z In 2014, the tea party rebels grabbed immigration as cudgel on the GOP establishment. Opinion | Immigration reform is dead. It will be harder to fix next time. 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z It’s a lot for an actor to come down from, but in a grueling chamber piece that tends to wield a dramaturgical cudgel, Fraser attempts, and mostly achieves, a symphony of surprising grace notes. Review: Does Brendan Fraser give a great performance in ‘The Whale’? It’s complicated. 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z He must walk a fine line of paying tribute to Jiang while preventing him from becoming a symbolic cudgel against his own sternly authoritarian politics. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Xi Jinping, the sternly autocratic leader, must preside over the mourning — the deaths of Chinese Communist leaders are always fraught moments of political theater — while preventing Jiang from becoming a symbolic cudgel against Xi’s politics. Your Thursday Briefing: Jiang Zemin Dies 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Administration officials say using the federal government’s purchasing power as a private-sector cudgel could eliminate roughly 85% of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the federal supply chain. Biden’s new climate change rules smack government contractors with a $604 billion bill 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The flags are tools of education for the uninitiated; they’re cudgels for progress and change; they’re signposts of welcome and reassurance. Perspective | So many rainbows 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z And Saturday, Twitter owner Elon Musk gave Trump back access to the social media account that helped power his rise to the presidency and served as his main cudgel to bludgeon opponents. Analysis: As Republicans look to 2024, jockeying to take on Trump begins 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Republicans still plan to use the issue of climate change as a political cudgel against Mr. Biden, particularly heading into the next presidential cycle. What the Unusual Midterm Elections Mean for Climate Action 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election have been a lightning rod within the GOP and have been used as a cudgel by Democrats to cast Republicans as extremists. Donald Trump reignites election fraud claims in Pa. after Oz loss in Senate race 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Former president Donald Trump — who is expected to announce a 2024 presidential run shortly after the midterms — has seized on the potency of parental rights as a political cudgel. Republicans focus on ‘parental rights’ in closing days of campaign 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z And one of the real disadvantages of doing that... is the more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel, you know, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Can the Republicans really impeach Joe Biden? Yes they can! 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Democrats have, nonetheless, used the subpoena as a cudgel against the former president as lawmakers make their rounds on Sunday shows. Trump’s Jan. 6 juice not worth House panel’s squeeze: legal expert 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Republicans broadly opposed the passage of the Climate Commitment Act and have been using it as a cudgel in ads leading up to the midterms. Carbon auctions will bring WA more money than predicted. Transportation could benefit 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z But throughout its investigation and hearings, the committee has operated with a prosecutorial style, using the possibility of criminality like a cudgel in extraordinary ways. The House Jan. 6 Panel Has Set a High Bar: Showing Criminality 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Democrats wielded the lack of transparency like a cudgel, saying Stefanowski must be hiding something. Connecticut GOP candidate acknowledges work in Saudi Arabia 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z And then, in the case of Trump's Muslim ban, you have the court using it as a cudgel to advance conservative Christianity. How "religious freedom" became a right-wing assault on equality and the rule of law 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z But even with inflation as a cudgel, it hasn’t been that easy for the GOP. Opinion | DeSantis’s cruel stunt highlights the GOP’s hunger to change the subject 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z If immigration is forever wielded as a political cudgel, and not as a policy component of economic growth, everyone will suffer. Opinion | The U.S. needs immigration, not overheated rhetoric on migrants 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z He’s rejected the activist slogan “defund the police,” which Republicans have used as a cudgel against Democrats in general, by calling for more money for cops. Biden to talk crime, gun control in swing state Pennsylvania 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Pro-choice Democrats, meanwhile, are using the issue as a cudgel against the GOP ahead of the midterm elections. White House hails court-ordered freeze on Idaho abortion ban 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z And then, in the case of the Muslim ban, you have the court using it as a cudgel to advance conservative Christianity. How "religious freedom" became a right-wing assault on equality and the rule of law 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Their aim is to embarrass the Biden administration and generate headlines on the surge in illegal border crossings, which the GOP is using as a political cudgel in the midterm elections. Opinion | D.C. can’t wish away migrant buses. The city must prepare for more. 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z "Their ultimate goal is to exhaust and crush Russia with a protracted war and the cudgel of sanctions." China calls U.S. 'main instigator' of Ukraine crisis 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z It marked the second time in recent weeks that Mr. Newsom has used California legislation as a cudgel to rip Republican leaders elsewhere. Newsom Asks Hollywood to Stop Filming in Conservative States 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The litigation demonstrates the increasingly prominent role of lawsuits as a cudgel against those accused of spreading false and misleading information. Ties Between Alex Jones and Radio Network Show Economics of Misinformation 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z It brought relief, but Moscow may continue to leverage its energy as a cudgel, which could sow division in the E.U. Your Friday Briefing 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The political and economic dilemma points to the challenges of using energy as a foreign policy cudgel. Gas prices may surge again ahead of midterm elections 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z But Republican state attorneys general, in line with a party playbook that wields illegal immigration as an electoral cudgel against Democrats, have determined that the Biden administration’s deportation guidance is somehow beyond the pale. Opinion | A deportation policy in chaos — thanks to one judge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Democrats are trying to use anger over the ruling as a political cudgel in this mid-term season, so efforts to support families may blunt that effort to a degree. New post-Roe bill in Senate would send child support payments to pregnant moms 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z For many politicians the issue has become a powerful cudgel against opponents, with each side accusing the other of spreading lies, and both groups criticizing the social media giants. The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State-Blue State Divide 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Even before those actions, the Biden administration had doubled down on a Trump administration policy of wielding export controls as a cudgel against Chinese companies. U.S. Aims to Expand Export Bans on China Over Security and Human Rights 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z His chief antagonist and wielder of the elitism cudgel was Sen. Claiborne Pell, a flinty and influential Rhode Island Democrat fond of saying “I always let the other fellow have my way.” Ronald Berman, humanities endowment chairman, dies at 91 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z "Party platforms are often used as a cudgel in party primaries. A more muscular ideological platform eventually leads to a more conservative legislature as challengers knock off more moderate members." Texas Republicans tried to insert support for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters into official party platform 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z So maybe he can be a hero, or an impetus or cudgel, and children will no longer have to be. Perspective | Neither heroes nor cowards 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “That’s always been their MO, is to connect people who were obviously cranks or haters to anyone who disagrees with them and try to use that as a cudgel to suppress debate,” he said. Replacement Theory’s long march from French socialist to American political inferno 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Zeldin voted against certifying last year’s presidential election in January 2021, a move Democrats have used as a cudgel against him. N.Y. Governor Candidates Flood the Airwaves With $20 Million in Ads 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z He immediately used the event as a political cudgel, proclaiming on Twitter, “Hochul refuses to make fighting crime a priority. I will.” For Hochul, Shooting in Buffalo Is a Hometown Tragedy 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The hacking campaign occurred after Costa Rica’s presidential elections and quickly became a political cudgel. Russian Hacking Cartel Attacks Costa Rican Government Agencies 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Republicans contend that the Democratic-led panel has politicized the events of Jan. 6 as a political cudgel and say the committee is being used to target conservatives. Democrats scoff at Republican post-midterm revenge over Jan. 6 subpoenas 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump wielded Twitter for many years as both a megaphone and a cudgel, rallying his 88 million followers on issues such as immigration while also going after opponents. Elon Musk says he would ‘reverse the permanent ban’ of Donald Trump on Twitter. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z She added, “If you’re going to criticize what’s going on at the border, then put forward a piece of legislation to make it better. Don’t just use it as a political cudgel.” Republicans blame homeland security secretary for spike in migration 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Extremists, he said, are using Russia’s war in Ukraine as a cudgel against their own government. Russia finds sympathy in Germany’s east, Putin’s old stomping ground 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z López Obrador could also use the results of the vote as a cudgel to prod lawmakers to approve some of the most sweeping legislation of his presidency. Mexico’s president offers voters the chance to kick him out 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Immigration and public security remain in the top five of voter concerns, however, and continue to be powerful cudgels for politicians on the right. In France, rise of the right puts Macron in trouble as presidential election looms 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He has long used the service as a cudgel, trolling short-sellers of Tesla and insulting critics. Elon Musk Joins Twitter’s Board, Pitching Ideas Big and Small 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Republicans have hammered Mr. Biden for months about rising gas prices, making it clear that will be their political cudgel against Democrats in the midterm campaigns. Biden boasts big gulp from Strategic Petroleum Reserve will lower gasoline prices 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “The more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel,” Mr. Cruz said, “you know, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” Jim Jordan prods GOP colleagues to consider impeaching Biden 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Doing so dovetails neatly with Republicans’ strategy for the coming midterm elections, in which they plan to use rising crime as a cudgel against Democrats. Analysis: The respectful Supreme Court hearing that wasn’t 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Or, worse, that someone could use your candor as a cudgel in an unsuspecting moment down the road. Opinion | The timeless truth Ketanji Brown Jackson said out loud 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z It has also given oil industry advocates a new cudgel with which to fight California’s pumping restrictions. In California's dusty oil country, Ukraine war brings faint hope of keeping wells flowing 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Some Democrats have privately expressed concern that Republicans may use any hike in gas prices as a political cudgel against them ahead of the midterm elections. U.S. Weighs Russian Oil Ban as Gas Prices Surge and Ukraine War Grows 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z And executives have used those qualities as a cudgel to argue for more hands off government regulation and taxation. Should Tech Stay or Go in Russia? 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z But it is Sarah Bloom Raskin’s tenure on the board of a financial technology company that has given Republicans a cudgel that they are trying to use to quash her nomination. Biden’s Fed Nominees Are Frozen as One Faces Republican Questions 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Our political discourse has returned to Democrats and Republicans shouting at each other across a yawning divide, but they are once again fighting with words, not cudgels and bear spray. Opinion | Biden’s State of the Union address should build on his record 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The actors are different, but the cudgel is essentially the same. Ukraine and the Mirage of Energy Independence 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Putin's defiance could give Republicans a cudgel to use against Biden and his fellow Democrats in the November mid-term congressional elections, which will decide the balance of power in Washington. Analysis: Putin's Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to the test 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Republicans see the deal as a political cudgel to wield against Mr. Biden and congressional Democrats, who will be defending thin majorities in the House and Senate in midterm elections this November. Iran Nuclear Deal Inches Toward Revival but Faces Critics in U.S. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z One “tried and tested cudgel” by Russia-aligned disinformation groups, Ondrak said, is the portrayal of Ukraine as a country full of neo-Nazis — a trope employed last month and again this week. Russian disinformation kicks into high gear as Ukraine crisis drags on 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Along with its growing diplomatic clout, China often uses its its massive economic resources as both an inducement to abandon Taiwan and a cudgel to threaten those who go against its will. Taiwan, Somaliland ties growing despite diplomatic isolation 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Today, more and more laws, caucuses, rallies and hard-right movements use the language of freedom as a cudgel to erode democratic governance and civil rights; these laws expand the creep of authoritarianism. Opinion | The Exploitation of ‘Freedom’ in America 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z In some ways, the aftermath of the Trump presidency — in which Democrats used Russia as a cudgel against Trump — has scrambled the domestic political landscape. Biden faces no easy options on Ukraine — and Democrats fret he could look weak 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Critics say the efforts can easily be abused and used as political cudgels or efforts to intimidate people from registering and voting. Republicans Want New Tool in Elusive Search for Voter Fraud: Election Police 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Other Republican lawmakers also continued to press Millar and the governor’s office, using WSDOT’s response to the snowstorms as a cudgel to attack a mandate they have opposed for months and continue to oppose today. Snow response becomes ideological divide in Washington state 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Republicans, who support a full repeal, are already using the issue as a cudgel in the governor’s race. Hochul Unveiled a Sweeping Vision for New York. Now Comes the Hard Part. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Putin intends to use the pipeline “as a cudgel against our European allies,” Cruz said. Democrats defeat GOP sanctions on Russian gas pipeline 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Last year, conservatives turned critical race theory into a hot button culture war issue, with many using it as a cudgel to call out the left's apparent ideological "infiltration" into the nation's public school system. DeSantis wants parents to sue schools that teach "critical race theory": "Nobody wants this crap" 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z He accused Democrats of using the committee as “a partisan cudgel against their political adversaries.” Ohio Rep. Jordan rejects Jan. 6 panel request for interview 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Capitol attack, wielding the riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump as a cudgel to demonize Trump voters while looking the other way on leftist political violence. Republicans accuse Democrats, media of exploiting Jan. 6 riot 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “The more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel — you know, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” Cruz sees ‘multiple grounds’ to impeach Biden if GOP retakes House; border policy at top of list 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z While the article hailed the proposed legal revisions as a “landmark move,” it also denounced “spooky ‘feminism’” and derided the “so-called MeToo movement” as yet another Western cudgel against China. China Moves to Overhaul Protections for Women’s Rights, Sort Of 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z The scene touches an issue that some Republican and conservative activists are hoping to use as a cultural cudgel in next year’s elections: how race and diversity issues are handled in schools. In a new children’s book by Stacey Abrams, a girl finds fun and courage in words 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z The suit accuses Ms. Pelosi of using the mandate “as a cudgel” to dock the pay of her “political opponents.” 2 Georgia Republicans Rack Up Fines for Defying House’s Mask Mandate 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The suit accuses Pelosi of using the mandate “as a cudgel” to dock the pay of her “political opponents.” 2 U.S. House members rack up over $100,000 in fines over mask mandate 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Republicans said that as long as Democrats took responsibility for the final vote raising the limit, they would be satisfied, promising to use the vote as a political cudgel in the midterm elections. Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The GOP opposition reflected conservatives’ still-intensifying push to turn the pandemic into a political cudgel, much as they have fought over the past year against mask-wearing requirements, social distancing guidance and other public health policies. Government nears possible shutdown as Republicans take aim at vaccination and testing mandates 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Carrillo was one of two lawmakers behind Assembly Bill 1139, which would have compelled the utilities commission to take a cudgel to net metering. Should California make solar more expensive? Inside the climate justice battle 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Since Cooperman has most recently taken up the cudgel against the concept of taxing billionaire wealth, we should give a bit of his history. Column: Another day, another billionaire whining about a wealth tax 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z In recent years, state nuisance laws have been employed, with mixed results, against manufacturers of guns, paint and vaping devices and have been an increasingly common cudgel against environmental hazards and in climate change litigation. The Core Legal Strategy Against Opioid Companies May Be Faltering 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The goal isn’t just detailing the package, but wielding it as a cudgel over congressional Republicans - all but 13 of whom voted against it. Democrats sell infrastructure bill, push for Biden backup 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The goal isn’t just detailing the package, but wielding it as a cudgel over congressional Republicans — all but 13 of whom voted against it. Democrats sell infrastructure bill, push for Biden backup 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z “But it is also being used as a cudgel on both left and right on the political side.” Biden crusade against ‘domestic extremism’ spurs thousands of FBI probes, fears of a police state 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z From the opening pages of the book, you take a cudgel to Michael Jordan. Scottie Pippen Takes Aim at Michael Jordan in New Book 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But some Democrats in swing districts, worried about their party’s deteriorating political fortunes, resisted allowing them access to any benefits, worried that it might be used by Republicans as an election cudgel. House Democrats Hunt for Votes to Pass Biden’s Domestic Agenda 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But he also showed a new strategy of using climate as a cudgel against Beijing. Biden uses trip abroad to confront China on climate, more 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Biden’s proposals for a major immigration overhaul are stalled in Congress, and Republicans are planning to use his border record as a cudgel in next year’s midterm elections. Border arrests have soared to highest levels ever recorded 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z There is no clear path forward, and while both parties have used the debt limit as a political cudgel in the past, neither appears prepared to tank the economy over it. Congress to raise nation's debt limit, but thorny December deadlines loom 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z They argue that once the pipeline is in operation, Moscow will use gas as a cudgel to force European countries to do its bidding. An energy crisis is gripping the world, with potentially grave consequences 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z But Republicans over the past nine months have turned it into a political cudgel as they labor to fight back against Biden’s economic initiatives. Senate passes bill to raise debt ceiling into early December 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z But for the Brazilian right, the American flag is deployed not as a symbol of a diverse, pluralist society — the United States in its entirety — but as a cudgel to convey a conservative don’t-tread-on-me ethos. Some Bolsonaro supporters have called for a military takeover of Brazil. Why do they wave the American flag? 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z It is not just irritated allies that have embraced the notion of a Biden-Trump commonality; adversaries have found it to be a useful cudgel against Mr. Biden. In Biden’s Foreign Policy, Friends and Foes Claim Echoes of Trump 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Republicans, sensing electoral advantage, are using border “chaos” as a cudgel. Opinion | Biden’s mixed messaging on immigration brings a surge of Haitian migrants to the Texas border 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Some Republicans are seeking to take a broader cudgel to the big internet companies, aiming to repeal a provision of communications law that shields them from liability for what users post. Under G.O.P. Pressure, Tech Giants Are Empowered by Election Agency 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z China has shown it’s not afraid to use its dominance in the minerals sector as a cudgel to achieve foreign policy goals. Chinese muscle in on Afghanistan’s rare earth mineral deposits, create headaches for Biden 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Increasingly, however, the Espionage Act has been used by the Justice Department as a cudgel against people who have leaked sensitive or classified information to the press. ‘I Helped Destroy People’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Eyeing 2022, the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm has signaled it will use abortion rights as a cudgel against Republicans running in states like Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada and North Carolina. Abortion Arrives at the Center of the American Political Maelstrom 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Strict non-disclosure agreements were also a requirement for anyone who wanted to work closely with Carnahan, a fact she used as a cudgel to silence dissent, several of the employees said. How the Minnesota GOP imploded: From a toxic workplace to a full-on sex trafficking scandal 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The party is likely to wield Cuomo’s scandals as a cudgel against Democrats in upcoming elections. Cuomo is resigning, but some legislators still want to impeach him 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z As CNN reports, there's "a GOP-wide effort to use the fears and frustrations of Americans worried about another round of school closures and lockdowns as cudgels against their Democratic opponents." It's OK to blame the unvaccinated — they are robbing the rest of us of our freedoms 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z But it’s suddenly becoming a high-stakes test of Trump’s endorsement power, which he has wielded as a cudgel to silence opposition in the GOP. Trump’s kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z They accused Mr. Neal and House Democrats of lying about their real intentions, which they claimed were to embarrass and cudgel Mr. Trump. Treasury must turn over Trump’s taxes to Congress, the Justice Dept. says. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Conservative legislators and special interest groups are using scientific studies as a cudgel in their attempts to limit children’s access to gender affirming healthcare. The bad science behind trans healthcare bans 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “The 27th Amendment is, at its heart, an anti-corruption measure, designed to prevent Congress from increasing, decreasing or limiting compensation as a cudgel against political opponents,” states the suit, reviewed by The Washington Times. House Republicans sue Nancy Pelosi in federal court over mask fines 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z The rise of social media has been a boon, allowing Disney to directly communicate with hundreds of millions of followers, but it has also made it harder for her to wield access as a cudgel. Disney’s Brand Protector and Power Behind the Power Is Stepping Down 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z At first, Zhao was seemingly on his own, wielding Twitter as his personal cudgel while only a small number of other Chinese diplomats were even on the platform. The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The bill’s proponents have been reticent to discuss any changes that would address the GOP objections about transgender sports and other issues they have used as political cudgels. The push for LGBTQ civil rights stalls in the Senate as advocates search for Republican support 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z For six election cycles, Republicans and Democrats have wielded the health care law as a political cudgel, battering their opponents over an issue that consistently topped the list of concerns for American voters. Republicans Wave the White Flag on Health Care (for Now) 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Schiff called the subpoenas for data on committee members and staff another example of Trump using the Justice Department as a “cudgel against his political opponents and members of the media.” Hunting leaks, Trump officials focused on 2 Democrats in Congress in 2017-18 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Although the legislation does not specifically mention critical race theory, Republicans repeatedly used the term as a cudgel in floor speeches. Texas bill to ban teaching of critical race theory puts teachers on front lines of culture war over how history is taught 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z While the legislation does not specifically mention critical race theory, Republicans repeatedly used the term as a cudgel in floor speeches. Education in a culture war: Texas bill bans teaching of critical race theory 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z For Blinken, the concept of a "rules-based order" seems to serve mainly as a cudgel with which to attack China and Russia. Tony Blinken talks about a "rules-based order" — does he mean the U.S. gets to make the rules? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The calls to defund and abolish the police that followed Floyd’s death ended up backfiring politically when Trump was able to use the proposals as a political cudgel against Democrats. Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Kousouros wrote, because it fit his pattern: Use false accusations as a “cudgel” to force her to take him back when she tried to break up with him. He Said He Loved Her. Then He Went to the F.B.I. 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The administration’s disingenuous explanations mask what looks like political faintheartedness — a fear that Republicans will use immigration generally as a cudgel against the president. Opinion | The White House is creating a smokescreen for why it hasn’t raised refugee admissions 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z As professional sports go, the Padres are the only remaining cudgel with which to clobber L.A. Almost famous? San Diego is ready for a defining moment from beloved Padres 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Would Asian Americans once again be used as a cudgel to justify a law-and-order response to the attacks that would disproportionately hurt Black and brown people? The spotlight is on Asian Americans now. What will we do with it to build a more just society? 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z “While some Republicans will certainly look for areas of possible compromise, it won’t stop the vast majority from using border security like a cudgel against their opponents” in 2022, one Republican strategist predicted. Border Democrats like Cuellar hold key to Biden's U.S. immigration reform 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z When George Floyd departed this earth, he became a political cudgel and cultural symbol to be used by the powers-that-be for whatever causes they served. George Floyd, Derek Chauvin and Minneapolis' struggle for progress 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The concept also makes Asian American achievement a metric — or cudgel — by which to assess, or criticize, Black and Latino progress. Perspective | Why don’t we treat Asian American history the way we treat Black history? 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z DeFazio said he does not plan to use earmarks as a cudgel the way former chairmen of the Appropriations Committee used to do. Congress revives earmarks in hopes of bipartisan deals on infrastructure, budgets 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Democrats don’t know whether the GOP is more interested in addressing the China challenge or keeping China as a political cudgel to use against the majority and the Biden administration. Opinion | Washington’s politicians have a rare chance to come together on the China challenge 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Republicans responded by accusing Democrats of trying to criminalize free speech and using unrelated crimes as a political cudgel. Asian American lawmakers blast Republicans over inflammatory rhetoric 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Roy fired back, accusing Democrats of using the tragedy as a political cudgel to exacerbate cancel culture. Chip Roy pushes back on Democrats blaming Trump for Atlanta shootings; ‘Policing of rhetoric’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The fraying of those ties was exacerbated by a bitter trade war, the coronavirus pandemic and a re-election campaign in which Mr. Trump used China as a cudgel to attack the ultimate winner, President Biden. Trump as You’ve Never Seen Him Before 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z However the process proceeds, it is sure to illustrate just how much Title IX has become a political cudgel in the culture wars over sex, gender and education. Biden Will Revisit Trump Rules on Campus Sexual Assault 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z But it won’t happen as long as the Party of Trump assigns Democrats sole responsibility for civility, while using President Biden’s admirable talk of unity as a cudgel. Opinion | What terrible things did Neera Tanden tweet? The truth. 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Roy fired back at Democrats, accusing them of using the Atlanta killings and unrelated crimes as a political cudgel to exacerbate cancel culture. Asian American lawmakers blast Republicans over inflammatory rhetoric 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Republicans are seeking to harness the widespread fatigue of many Americans toward closed schools, limits on gatherings and mask mandates as a political cudgel to wield against Democrats. State Lawmakers Defy Governors in a Covid-Era Battle for Power 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z It was their shared linguistic cudgel to advance their respective causes. Column: The California roots of the fight over the term 'illegal alien' 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Some cases filed by Democrats are being withdrawn, others are staying on the docket for now, as a cudgel to push the new administration to swiftly follow through with promises to reverse Trump various policies. GOP eyes the playbook California used to stymie Trump 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z One of the first steps must be an overhaul of the Senate filibuster, which has long been wielded as a cudgel against the needs of millions who struggle. Opinion | Stacey Abrams: Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z “And as much as they condemn supposed social media favoritism,” the author’s continued, “conservatives appear to relish wielding the bias-claim cudgel, even though it’s based on distortions and falsehoods.” ‘Enforcers of preferred narratives’: DeSantis, Florida lawmakers take aim at Facebook 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z President Trump used the sight of tents in San Francisco and Los Angeles as a political cudgel to batter cities run by Democrats. Biden's plans may offer hope to L.A.’s homeless population — if Congress goes along 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “Republicans believe that Democrats and the overwhelmingly liberal media see impeachment as an attempt to cudgel them collectively by lumping them in with the Capitol rioters thanks to their support for Trump.” Ben Shapiro mocks people ‘losing their s—t’ after guest editing Politico newsletter 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z “It’s fair to have some oversight, but I don’t think that we want to politicize this and try to use this as an opportunity - as a cudgel - against the governor.” Kansas lawmakers review state’s lagging vaccine distribution 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Trump was frequently explicit in using race as a cudgel. Trump legacy on race shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z We used it as a cudgel against our opponents who became our enemies as a badge of honour to rationalise and justify our bad behaviours.” Inequality, racism and polarisation set stage for Trump's 'American carnage' 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z He took cudgels to history itself, to our institutions, decency and democracy. Opinion | Trump’s Capitol Offense 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z On Friday, the Courtneys — represented by the Institute for Justice, a David that regularly slays governmental Goliaths — will wield the Constitution as a cudgel against Washington state and the 9th Circuit. Opinion | It’s time for the Supreme Court to curb one of its worst precedents 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Democrats, who have long called for increased direct payments, have sought to use the issue as a political cudgel in the Georgia runoff. McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z He went on to frame it as a political cudgel used to “sabotage” Mr. Trump’s presidency, even after the Justice Department’s inspector general concluded otherwise. Barr Leaves a Legacy Defined by Trump 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z That’s because the threat to go out of network and charge patients sky-high rates gives providers a cudgel to hold over insurers in their negotiations over network status. Column: The AMA throws a last-minute wrench into a plan to outlaw surprise medical billing 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Still, he believes that Collin’s Law, if enacted, would offer “an important cudgel to hold over the heads of hazers who ignore basic human decency and personal safety.” Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z For the diaspora, Dr. Yan and her unfounded claims provided a cudgel for those intent on bringing down China’s government. How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Balter used the endorsement as a cudgel against Mr. Katko and ran on progressive policies such as raising the minimum wage, rooting corporate money out of politics and “Medicare for all.” Rep. Katko Wins Rematch, Keeps G.O.P. Seat in Democratic District 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z In the late stages of the campaign, Trump seemed to largely abandon the anthem as a political cudgel, while also playing down issues like the coronavirus pandemic, even as he became infected. How Trump Lost Sports as a Political Strategy 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Even outside the White House, Trump could cast a long shadow over a Biden administration, wielding Twitter as a cudgel and still able to mobilise crowds. Joe Biden gets to work as president-elect while Trump refuses to concede 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z In fact, a deterrence-only posture eventually became Washington's official policy, even if the temptation to employ nukes as political cudgels never entirely disappeared from its strategic thinking. The nuclearization of American diplomacy: A game of nuclear chicken with Russia and China 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Trump had promised to use tariffs as a cudgel, and Linscott thought that the tool, long out of favor among mainstream economists, might actually break some long-standing logjams. Robert Lighthizer just blew up 60 years of trade policy. Nobody knows what happens ne 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Iranian state media Press TV tweeted an article on Thursday saying the Trump administration is using Iran "as campaign cudgel for own gains." While censoring Hunter Biden story, Twitter allows China, Iran state media 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z For them, race has become an issue twisted far beyond proportion, a cudgel for hypocritical liberals. AP Road Trip: Racial tensions in America’s ‘sundown towns’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z He has used the issue of deficit spending as a cudgel against opponents and toed the party line when its initiatives have ballooned the amount of federal dollars in the red. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from South Dakota editorials 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “But certainly, this will be used as a cudgel by the left, I would think.” Fox’s Carlson doubts Ginsburg’s reported ‘fervent wish’ Trump not name her Supreme Court successor 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden’s presidential campaign is hoping to use Mr. Trump’s climate positions as a cudgel against him with independents and moderate Republicans. In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z But in Latrobe on Thursday, the president treated the topic of Russia as little more than a political cudgel used by his opponents for partisan gain. As Others Condemn Putin Critic’s Poisoning, Trump Just Wants to ‘Get Along’ 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Now Trump has a more difficult challenge — highlighting the violence as a political cudgel against Biden while trying to ensure that voters don’t hold him responsible for the unrest unfolding while he’s in charge. Trump blows up compassionate image portrayed at RNC 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z He wields his office like an economic cudgel, threatening tariffs against friend and foe alike and demanding that government contracts be renegotiated. Trump Wants U.S. to Get Cut of Any TikTok Deal. No One Knows How That’d Work. 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z And charging everyone who retweeted even a single popular post would be almost impossible, turning it into a cudgel that powerful institutions — including the police — could selectively use against critics. One tweet tried to identify a cop — then five people were charged with felony harassment 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z First implemented in the 19th century, the policy was used as a cudgel of white supremacy during the Jim Crow era to disenfranchise African Americans after they formally gained the right to vote. How Republicans gutted the biggest voting rights victory in recent history 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Yet that isn’t proving an effective cudgel for Trump this go-round — not after 3 ½ years of his own missteps with China. As Trump attacks Biden on China, he's playing a weak hand 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z History suggests that mothers’ power is most potent when they are able to wield their own respectability, and the protections it brings, as a political cudgel. Mothers’ Power in U.S. Protests Echoes a Global Tradition 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The Post’s View: Trump is treating TikTok as a cudgel against China. Opinion | No one does more to hurt America and help China than Trump 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z However, criticism came quickly, and as usually happens in Alabama, arrived in the form of a partisan cudgel. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Stone also praised Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who Stone said "took up the cudgels early" in his defense. Roger Stone hails 'enormously courageous' Trump, says he 'saved my life' after 'most horrible experience' 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “I planned to enact my own deliverance from the chokehold of my country’s state-sanctioned oppression and the sharp cudgels of my countrymen’s homophobia at this year’s Pride,” he said. ‘A True Disappointment’: When Your First Pride March Is Canceled 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Once a cudgel Republicans used against Democrats, the tables have turned as the law — and its protection for preexisting conditions — has become more popular. Democrats renew health care attacks on GOP as virus builds 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Once a cudgel Republicans used against Democrats, the tables have turned as the law - and its protection for preexisting conditions - has become more popular. Democrats renew health care attacks on GOP as virus builds 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z A constant in his chaotic presidency is how immigration is used as a cudgel, through rhetoric or policy, when nothing else seems to be working out. 'A matter of life and death': a top immigrant advocate on the US election 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z In Germany’s case, the greatest preoccupation among the United States, its Allies and Germans themselves was that the country’s police force never again be militarized, politicized and used as a cudgel by an authoritarian state. In Germany, Confronting Shameful Legacy Is Essential Part of Police Training 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z In short, the president has turned a process meant to safeguard the nation’s secrets into a political cudgel against an adviser turned critic. Seizing the Presidency to Suit His Own Needs 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z “As long as police unions continue to wield their collective bargaining power as a cudgel, preventing reforms and accountability, no one is safe,” the Guild said in a press release. 'They don't belong': calls grow to oust police from US labor movement 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In the United States, the White House is steadily slashing environmental protections and Republicans are using the Green New Deal as a political cudgel against their opponents. Economic Giants Are Restarting. Here’s What It Means for Climate Change. 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Teddy Roosevelt may have laid down his cudgel, but there were still lots of Bull Moosers who were angry at the party establishment that turned back TRs headlong charge to the left. Unemployment still skyrocketing 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Democrats used it as a cudgel against his nomination and supporters of Walker's criticized the ABA for a perceived liberal bias. Senate considers controversial Trump circuit court pick in socially distant hearing 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z At a time when opposition parties elsewhere in Europe are rallying around the flag, the adversaries of Sánchez’s socialist-led coalition are using the virus as a cudgel. Spain's path out of Covid lockdown complicated by polarised politics 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z It was another cudgel with which to beat the media. Briefing or rally? Trump shifts to campaign mode as he rails against the media 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z I don’t think the Green New Deal ever had a chance to be much more than a political cudgel to use against mainstream Democrats. New bailout deal emerges 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Various historical accounts describe them as the mainstay of the Sikh warrior army that took up the cudgels with India's former Mughal rulers. Officer's hand severed in lockdown attack is saved 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The second cudgel the campaign is waving at broadcasters, a revocation of stations’ licenses by the Federal Communications Commission, also wouldn’t land with much force. Opinion | Trump’s reelection team is trying to prevent ads that use his speech against him 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z And a dispute over the use of a single word would poison relations between the two sides, with Walmart using the word as a cudgel to attack the prosecutors. Walmart was almost charged criminally over opioids. Trump appointees killed the indictment. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Buttigieg often urged people to “stop seeing religion used as a kind of cudgel, as if God belonged to a political party,” as he told NBC in May. Buttigieg’s candidacy made being openly gay and Christian normal, LGBT activists say 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z By Thursday afternoon, after Schumer’s admission that he misspoke, the furor had largely subsided, though the GOP was likely to use it as a cudgel in the election year. Schumer expresses regret for remarks directed at two Supreme Court justices, defends abortion rights 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z A group of doctors who flew to Lesbos to volunteer at the island’s infamous Moria migrant camp have described how they were forced to flee after being set upon by a mob wielding nail-headed cudgels. 'We left fearing for our lives': doctors set upon by mob in Lesbos 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z And for the so-called alt right, they offer the bonus of a cudgel for bashing establishment conservatives as beholden to globalist, corporate interests. Opinion | White Supremacy Goes Green 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Host Harris Faulkner also played a clip of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh, who warned Democrats against politicizing the coronavirus outbreak as a cudgel against the president. Dr. Siegel reports from Nebraska biocontainment facility: Coronavirus may be 'more contagious than the flu' 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z As a person appointed by Johnson, the current prime minister, Sunak is expected to help cudgel the UK and the rest of Europe into supporting the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Twitter’s tea party: what the latest online meltdown says about ourselves 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He was perceived as a combative, political journalist, she said, and felt he and his work were often used as a “cudgel.” Upper Valley author tells a fuller story in new book 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Last May, Buttigieg said religion shouldn't be used as a political "cudgel," but then immediately suggested God wouldn't be a Republican. Backing Trump lacks 'compatibility' with Scripture, Buttigieg claims, after saying God is apolitical 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Trump, these people said, wants to be able to use whatever Durham finds as a cudgel in his reelection campaign. Barr pushes back against Trump’s criticism of Justice Dept., says tweets ‘make it impossible for me to do my job’ 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z He says in Washington tariffs are being waved around like cudgels. Brexit: Boris Johnson says UK should not be obliged to accept EU rules to secure trade deal – live news 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z But for many people, the vote is neither a sufficient salve to the stress of the Trump era nor a big enough cudgel to break through to people on the other side of the divide. An anxious nation finally votes. Some hope that will ease divisions. Others see a permanent state of ‘trench warfare.’ 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z But on the House side, Republicans already are gearing up to use impeachment as a cudgel against the swing-district Democrats who supported it. Impeachment already becoming political weapon in 2020 congressional races 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Human Rights Campaign spokesperson Charlotte Clymer told NBC News that the event was an example of Pence using his "perception of faith as a cudgel against vulnerable communities." White House streams sermon attended by Mike Pence claiming “demonic spirit” behind homosexuality 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Duda argues that the Soviet agreement with Germany paved the way to war, and that Mr. Putin is reviving Stalinist propaganda as a modern-day cudgel. World Leaders, Gathering to Mark Holocaust, Are Urged to Fight ‘Deadly Cancer’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Authorities say cult members used Bibles, cudgels and machetes to hit the congregants. Survivor recounts confused, chaotic cult rite that killed 7 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Robert Spalding, a retired Air Force general who served on Trump’s National Security Council, said the president’s use of Soleimani’s death as a political cudgel is “consistent with what’s been done in the past.” Trump touts Soleimani’s death as he seeks to burnish commander-in-chief credentials for reelection campaign 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z If they didn’t do so convincingly, lay preachers holding cudgels, machetes and Bibles would lay into them. Panama man pulled 2 children from clutches of killer cult 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Four years later, Barack Obama wielded Hillary Clinton’s past support for the Iraq war as a cudgel, lifting him to the nomination. Democratic presidential hopefuls turn Iran crisis into a pitch for votes 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z It was Google using its Assistant voice command platform as a cudgel. Sonos’ Google feud is really about platform power 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The violent episode was wielded by congressional Republicans a cudgel to attack Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of State at the time and later the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee. Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad underscores America's polarization — and peril 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Republicans facing elections next year have begun to wield the issue as a cudgel against Democrats. Why Abolishing Bail for Some Crimes Has Law Enforcement on Edge 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Both modern Afghans and nineteenth-century Moros often “used” American occupiers as a convenient cudgel to settle tribal feuds. Remembering America’s first (and longest) forgotten war on tribal islamists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z “He’s using litigation as a cudgel to try to stifle my and apparently quite a few other people’s free speech,” Mair said. Devin Nunes, Johnny Depp lawsuits seen as threats to free speech and press 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Republicans vowed to use the impeachment vote as a political cudgel against Democrats in next year’s elections. Trump is impeached by the House, creating an indelible mark on his presidency 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In the lead-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, there was hope that banning the Russian flag and anthem would be the cudgel that scared Russia straight. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Ukrainian leaders have done their best to stay out of it, seeing only peril in commenting for fear that Democrats or Republicans could use them as cudgels in their partisan brawl. In Ukraine, the U.S. impeachment hearings are met with a big yawn 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Even when we choose serious, the sexual is always hanging in the background, threatening to be used as a cudgel against us. Wondering why more women don't run for office? Look what happened to Katie Hill 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z "I believe accountability for human rights violations — especially ethnic cleansing and genocide — is paramount. But accountability and recognition of genocide should not be used as a cudgel in a political fight," she said. Omar under fire after voting "present" on Armenian genocide resolution 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z But she says accountability and recognition of genocide shouldn’t be used as a cudgel in a political fight. Omar criticized for vote on Armenian genocide resolution 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z She asserted that "accountability and recognition of genocide should not be used as a cudgel in a political fight" but should instead "be done based on academic consensus outside the push and pull of geopolitics." lhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide, saying Congress should acknowledge other 'mass slaughters,' too 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Players have been conditioned to believe they have little leverage, and management has used its inherent advantages as a cudgel. The Rams just changed their season, and Jalen Ramsey might have changed the NFL 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z In subtle and sophisticated ways, Beijing convinces, cajoles and cudgels American companies to promote the values of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, parrot the party’s views and enshrine self-censorship about China in their corporate cultures. Perspective | How China gets American companies to parrot its propaganda 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z In a blistering and blustering 102-minute speech, he made clear he intends to wield impeachment as a cudgel in next year’s presidential election. 'He has faults, but don't we all?': Trump supporters say he will defeat impeachment 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Indeed, a cudgel is what Trump seems to think an investigation is: his countless tweets and rants about Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the Presidential election told us as much. The Changing Definition of Investigating Donald Trump 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Democrats claim Biden's intervention was driven by corruption concerns and that Trump improperly pushed Ukraine's government to investigate a political opponent, using U.S. aid as a cudgel. Trump dares Congress, brandishing deep-red 2016 election map: ‘Try to impeach this’ 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The prospect of using aid as a cudgel. Trump’s Ukraine plotting has been happening in plain sight. So why didn’t we see it? 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z But as alarming as the allegations are — that Trump tried to use U.S. military aid as a cudgel to get Ukraine to help him politically — impeachment is still not required. Perspective | Impeachment isn’t mandatory — even if Trump committed impeachable offenses 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But Mr. Grassley has been working hard to win more support, using Ms. Pelosi’s bill as a cudgel as he warns that the speaker’s prescriptions could succeed if his fail. Pelosi’s Drug Plan Would Let U.S. Negotiate Prices of 250 Medications 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Bolton tried to use those notes as a cudgel in the internal policy battle, administration officials said. Trump Ousts John Bolton as National Security Adviser 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Google has used that cudgel before for various other ends, and that didn’t go well. Google can’t fix the Android update problem 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z As for mandatory licensing, when Al Gore proposed something similar two decades ago, the right used his position as a cudgel with which to beat him. Why public support for gun reforms fails to produce change 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z A master of provocation and changing the subject, he famously uses the medium for visceral venting and as a cudgel when anyone or anything raises his ire. In 7 days of tweets, Trump lets the bedbugs bite 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z If you guessed “as a cudgel to continue beating Facebook with,” you win today’s grand prize. The conservative audit of bias on Facebook is long on feelings and short on facts 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Mounting casualties in the country became a cudgel for human rights campaigners. As top allies scale back in Yemen, Saudi Arabia faces prospect of an unwinnable war 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Far too many people are weaponizing race and using it as a political cudgel to bludgeon their opponents. Opinion | A simple equation on guns and mass shootings 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z As Gabler reminded me, Winchell was an early and outspoken opponent of the Nazis and their American supporters and he considered ridicule one of his cudgels, most famously in his invented insult “Ratzis”. There's an old word for Trump's brand of nationalism: 'hatriotism' | Samuel G Freedman 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z It was the kind of offhanded comment that made Appleton — as close as there is to a steward of Frogtown’s amphibians — wish for a cudgel to wake up feckless bureaucrats. An activist bought 4.5 acres of the L.A. River just to have a stake in its revitalization 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z For some activists, the specter of stepped-up prosecutions against women who buy abortion drugs is closer to a political gift than a cudgel. Opinion | Abortion Pills Should Be Everywhere 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z There is no doubt that Trump was using the city as a cudgel to attack representative Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat who is leading oversight of the administration’s border policies, among other things. The uncomfortable truth? Baltimore has problems. And Democrats are to blame | Zaid Jilani 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The fact that LeBron being an exuberant, involved & supportive father is being used as a cudgel against him is utter insanity and borderline infuriating. The latest LeBron James debate isn’t about basketball. It’s about his parenting skills. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z They should not be a cudgel brandished against an entire industry for a vague set of violations that could well include having Democratic employees and leaders. Opinion | The Justice Department’s antitrust investigation is cause for caution 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Many have been wary of inflaming tensions around Israel after Republicans had used the issue as a cudgel against Democrats — particularly against Omar and Tlaib. House passes resolution condemning global boycott targeting Israel 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Democrats, more than ever, consider the GOP’s claims of fiscal discipline a sham — a cudgel to be used against Democrats when they are in power and to be set aside when they are not. ‘We’re like Thelma and Louise’: Republicans shrug at deficits under Trump 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Still, in 1960, Kennedy embraced Johnson’s use of space as a cudgel—and his contention that “control of space means control of the world.” Lyndon Johnson’s Unsung Role in Sending Americans to the Moon 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z This is the risk of using the racism charge as a cudgel against every opponent — eventually the term loses its meaning. The Squad is a real threat — to Democrats 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Union leaders have launched a frontal assault on Garcetti’s sweeping environmental plan — and are using homelessness as a cudgel. Those ads ripping Garcetti on homelessness? They’re about fighting his Green New Deal 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But the only people who view sexual predation as a partisan problem are those who treat victims as nothing more than rhetorical cudgels. Perspective | Which side does the Epstein case benefit more? Who cares. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Democrats have used Trump’s rejection of climate science as a cudgel in the early stages of the presidential campaign. In Environment Speech, Trump Fails to Mention Climate Change 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z When we wave the flag as a cudgel to prove that our version of being an American is better than someone else’s, we reveal our pettiness. Editorials from around New England 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z We are now to use that as an economic weapon or as another cudgel with which to extort political power and reinforce divisions among us instead of moving forward with our victories. Democrats add ‘gay reparation’ to costly schemes that extort warring tribes 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s a familiar Trump tactic, using a threat as a cudgel to extract concessions from Democrats and others. Trump keeps the threat of ICE raids and restates his demands. It's a familiar tactic 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Central to the strategy for Trump, 73, is to try to paint the 76-year-old Biden as old and doddering, while hammering away at vulnerabilities in Biden’s past — the same cudgel Trump used against Clinton. 2016 redux? Trump attacks on Biden recall Clinton fight 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z They charge that he is using the federal anti-corruption agency as a cudgel to attack his rivals and deflect criticism of his policy failures. Pakistan, mired in debt and inflation, cracks down on corruption 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Last week, 661 firms — including major players such as Costco, Target and Hallmark — signed a letter pleading with the administration not to use tariffs as a cudgel in its efforts to address China’s trade abuses. Opinion | The struggling iconic American industry you’re not thinking of 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Fleischer said he believed the president is the first in recent memory to use tariffs as a cudgel to level the playing field in regard to trade. Ari Fleischer: Trump China trade dealings 'the most consequential thing he's doing' 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z “Sadly,” Martin wrote, “it will be used as a cudgel against transgender people, and an excuse to argue that they shouldn’t even exist.” Vatican says people can’t choose their genders 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Geoffrey T. Gertz, a fellow on global economy and development for the Brookings Institution, said Mr. Trump was risking foreign trading partners’ goodwill by using access to the U.S. economy as a cudgel. Donald Trump, Mexico snipe over supposed side deal 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s gone from a smart marketing bullet to a competitive cudgel to wield against competitors. Apple rolls out high-powered Mac Pro and revamps several software services 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Lee-Makiyama sees this as an untenable scenario and points to China’s ill-fated attempts to use rare earths as a trade cudgel in its dealings with Japan and the US in the past. China has no good options for retaliating against Trump’s Huawei ban 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z We’ve already seen our reliance on these products to run our lives and operate our businesses be used as a cudgel to punish us for not conforming to the liberal worldview. Microsoft uses artificial intelligence to bind users to its definition of ‘inclusive language’ 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday he believed that religion shouldn't be used as a political "cudgel," but then immediately suggested that God wouldn't be a Republican. Buttigieg says religion shouldn't be a 'cudgel,' then suggests God wouldn't be a Republican 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Everyone in Congress wants something on immigration, in addition to its use as a political cudgel with which to batter the other side. Opinion | How both Trump and Democrats can win on immigration 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z He urged them to “put down the cudgels of elections and to clean up the mess” after the “difficult election campaign” that saw Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prevail. Israel swears in new parliament amid call for unity 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z He told The Post’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “I think there’s an opportunity hopefully for religion to be not so much used as a cudgel but invoked as a way of calling us to higher values.” Opinion | Talk of a rising religious left is unfounded. It already exists. 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The Legislature shouldn’t use the financial welfare of needy students as a cudgel for social engineering. California Editorial Rdp 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Instead of addressing the threat of white nationalism in the United States and around the world, Republicans sought to claim that Democrats only pretend to care about anti-Semitism and racism as a cudgel against conservatives. Republicans use black woman, Jewish man to gaslight Congress on threat of white nationalism 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But Foxconn’s plans are so amorphous that it doesn’t even make a good political cudgel: two days later, Foxconn said it was staying. Foxconn is confusing the hell out of Wisconsin 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Republicans also have sought to use Medicare-for-all as a cudgel against the Democrats. ‘I’m agnostic’: Pelosi questions whether Medicare-for-all can deliver benefits of Obamacare 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z He regarded the media as a cudgel for his cases, maximizing exposure, inviting new evidence from would-be whistle-blowers and sometimes inciting responses from the White House. Michael Avenatti’s Biggest Case Yet: His Own 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z “I think there’s an opportunity hopefully for religion to be not so much used as a cudgel but invoked as a way of calling us to higher values,” he said. Evangelicals helped get Trump into the White House. Pete Buttigieg believes the religious left will get him out. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Democrats used that budget as a political cudgel. With Trump’s Budget Out, Democrats Must Now Show Their Cards 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Defense attorneys have long complained that prosecutors use the death penalty as a club to cudgel plea bargains. Death penalty has fallen out of favor with prosecutors 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Privacy, it turns out, is a competitive advantage for Facebook, not the cudgel the company’s critics hoped it might be. Why Facebook’s pivot to privacy could backfire 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin took up his usual foreign policy cudgel at the end, using most of the 90-minute speech to Russian lawmakers to focus on improving the standard of living in Russia. Threatening U.S., Putin Promises Russians Both Missiles and Butter 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Trump’s language, and allegations of “deep state” excesses, are now embedded in the political conversation, used as a cudgel by the president’s supporters. Intimidation, pressure and humiliation: Inside Trump’s two-year war on the investigations encircling him 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z And a stream of speakers before the president used socialism as a campaign-season cudgel. As Trump Attacks Maduro, Some See Bid for Florida Votes 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Dems proceeded to use that vote as a cudgel, beating GOP incumbents and candidates with the bill for months. Behind closed doors, Kevin McCarthy explain GOP defeats in 2018 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Countries including Poland and France have expressed fear that Russia could use gas as a diplomatic cudgel. U.S. and Germany Defuse an Energy Dispute, Easing Tensions 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z In the past 9 months, McLaughlin has exploded into view as the public face of the #MeToo movement in science, wielding her irreverent, sometimes wickedly funny Twitter presence, @McLNeuro, as part cudgel, part cheerleader’s megaphone. This neuroscientist is fighting sexual harassment in science—but her own job is in peril 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z White House officials insisted that Trump will not use the speech as a cudgel to pummel Democrats over the wall and play solely to his conservative base. In State of the Union, Trump to call for ‘comity,’ but political rivals scoff amid heightened political warfare 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Rather than use his potential departure as a cudgel, Kershaw leveraged his theoretical freedom into effectively what was a one-year extension. With MLB enjoying austerity, why haven't Bryce Harper, Manny Machado been signed? 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z If we create models for mental health disorders, are we not also creating a model for normality, which can be used as a cudgel as well as a tool? Meet the scientists who are training AI to diagnose mental illness 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Dealers didn’t like paying for the cudgel that customers used to beat them down on price. TrueCar’s No-Haggle Promise Meets a Chorus of Grumbles 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest obstacle was McConnell’s reluctance to bring up a bill that would unify Democrats and divide Republicans, handing the opposition a potential political cudgel in the 2020 campaign. With long-sought criminal justice bill expected to become law, Kushner gets bipartisan credit for his role 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Bush is not even buried yet, and already he is being used as a political cudgel. Opinion | For just a few days, let’s be the nation George H.W. Bush wanted us to be 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z As author Lawrence Glickman explained, this kind of “objectivity”-ization of journalistic language ultimately serves to empower and reinforce the status quo that wields race as a cudgel: How the New York Times buried racism in its Mississippi election coverage 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Or perhaps a politician is simply casting about looking for new cudgels with which to beat Facebook in front of television cameras. The UK’s inquiry into fake news is focused on a long-dead bikini-finding app 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Trump’s use of tariffs as a cudgel to revitalize manufacturing in the United States is forcing changes across large multinational companies, though they may not always be the changes the president seeks. Columbia Sportswear gives Trump’s trade war the cold shoulder 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s use of tariffs as a cudgel to revitalize manufacturing in the United States is forcing changes across large multinational companies, though they may not always be the changes the president seeks. A Winter-Coat Heavyweight Gives Trump’s Trade War the Cold Shoulder 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Their arguments about the cause of disastrous wildfires roaring across the state have turned a California catastrophe into the latest political cudgel in the ongoing slugfest between Washington and Sacramento. Trump and Brown stir up rhetoric on wildfires but overlook pressing problems - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Mattis could use the commission’s report “as a cudgel” to prod the vast and often unwieldy Pentagon bureaucracy to respond to the panel’s findings, Mr. Edelman said. U.S. Military’s Global Edge Has Diminished, Strategy Review Finds 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z They noted that Cooper used the threat of legal action as a cudgel to prevent customers from posting negative reviews online or complaining to the Better Business Bureau. Federal investigators scrutinized Whitaker’s role in patent company accused of fraud, according to people with knowledge of case 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Trump said he would respond by using the Republican-controlled Senate as a cudgel, instructing his allies there to investigate alleged misconduct by Democrats. Washington in battle mode as Trump vows retaliation against Democratic probes 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z “He uses philanthropy as a cudgel to get what he wants.” Why has Nike's founder given a record amount to a Republican candidate? 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Oh, and did I mention that Nazi Germany also wielded “enemy of the people” as a cudgel? Opinion | Trump seems to enjoy dictator cosplay. But he’s no fascist. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But as a political matter, the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services, two weeks before the congressional midterm elections, offers Democrats a cudgel with which to beat Republicans. On pre-existing protections, watch what the GOP does (not what it says) 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z If the caravan is the president’s current favored cudgel against his rivals, it is not his only one. Trump and Republicans settle on fear — and falsehoods — as a midterm strategy 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Trump is delighted at the chance of deploying this latest migration as a cudgel. Opinion | Trump’s latest anti-immigrant gambit: Family separation 2.0 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Trump said when she was done, pleased, perhaps, with the affirmation that Kavanaugh was a good cudgel in a campaign that he wanted to be based in terms of resentment and bitterness. Trump’s Message for 2020: the Democrats are a “Wacko” Mob 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Trump told advisers in meetings Thursday and Friday that prolonging the vote doesn’t help Kavanaugh but that if an FBI check came up clean, he could use that as a cudgel to get more votes. Kavanaugh vote: Senate Republican leaders agree to new FBI background investigation of Kavanaugh 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Video posted on social media sites showed a mob kicking one of the men in the town square and beating him with cudgels and fists. Mexican mob burns detective to death in child abduction scare 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Nicholas Haros, who lost his mother, Frances Haros, used his time to call on politicians and political commentators to stop using Sept. 11 as a cudgel to criticize one another. At 9/11 Memorial, Remembering Those Lost 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z He drew attention as well to the current president’s attempt to, as he put it, use the Justice Department as a “cudgel” against political opponents. ‘It sure isn’t normal; it’s radical’: Former president Barack Obama says Trump and Republicans are knowingly dividing America 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z "It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the FBI to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel to punish our political opponents." Obama attacks 'crazy stuff' from Trump 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The law was often used as a cudgel to intimidate, blackmail and abuse. India Gay Sex Ban Is Struck Down. ‘Indefensible,’ Court Says. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Some speculated that those who have clashed with Kelly would use the latest disclosures as a cudgel to try to oust him from the White House. Trump, White House attack new book from Bob Woodward 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z But the cudgel, 25 percent levies on foreign-made cars, is a powerful one. Specter of Car Tariffs Forces Allies to Give Ground in Talks 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z PIPERTON, Tenn. — President Trump’s trade war has handed Democratic candidates a cudgel in their effort to retake the Senate, forcing their GOP opponents into uncomfortable decisions about how closely to align with a polarizing president. Republicans struggle to run with Trump but against his trade wars 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Democrats said the report proves President Trump, who loathes Obamacare, is “sabotaging” the program, as they try to use health care as a cudgel against the GOP in the mid-term campaigns. Trump admin. should upgrade its Obamacare outreach: GAO 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Bronia says her son was too young to battle an internet giant, so she took up the cudgels herself. What happens when Airbnb goes wrong? 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z The image is often invoked as a political cudgel in the culture wars, understood by hardline conservatives as proof of a need for the separation of art and state. Trump v the art world: from a gold toilet to his latest culture war 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet, it raised the ire of the United States, whose government took up the cudgels — once more — for giant corporations. Trump has found a way to make enemies of breastfeeding mothers 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z But Thomas Carothers, a senior vice president at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, believes that Soros was simply a useful cudgel for Orban. George Soros Bet Big on Liberal Democracy. Now He Fears He Is Losing. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Laws about lobbying and foreign agency “must be enforced equally or they are not laws at all, but political cudgels,” Mr. Carlson said. Tony Podesta granted immunity by Robert Mueller for Paul Manafort testimony: Report 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z In West Virginia and Missouri—two of a handful of conservative-leaning states in which Democratic Senate incumbents face difficult reëlection battles—Republican challengers are already using the issue as a political cudgel. Red-State Democrats’ Fears Over Kavanaugh Vote May Be Overblown 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z One newspaper urged the ruling Conservative Party, currently embroiled in another bout of infighting, to lay down the cudgels for one day. Four Countries. Two Games. One Goal. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z As Mueller waits, the inspector general report will be the latest cudgel in the Republican arsenal. Trump allies seize on DOJ report as they seek to undercut Mueller probe 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Trump has repeatedly attacked those players, turning the controversy into a political cudgel that he sees as beneficial to his standing with supporters. Trump disinvites Philadelphia Eagles from White House visit, citing national anthem dispute 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z They forced Congress into making drastic spending cuts, in part by threatening to default on the nation’s debt, turning a once-routine vote to raise the U.S. borrowing limit into cudgel during the annual budget fights, End of an era? Tea party class of House Republicans fades 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z He said the best way forward was for the administration to negotiate with Rwanda without using Agoa "as a cudgel". How the US and Rwanda have fallen out over second-hand clothes 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Hunter meant “culture wars” as a descriptive term, not a political cudgel, so he regretted the way Pat Buchanan amplified the idea into a populist call to arms at the 1992 Republican National Convention. The Man Who Discovered ‘Culture Wars’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z I took some comfort in knowing that the attacks were simply a political cudgel for Putin. Putin needed an American enemy. He picked me. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z But a decision that runs against the EU could give Mr. Trump another cudgel with which to browbeat Europe on trade matters. New U.S.-Europe Strains Thrust an Old Fight Over Planes to Fore 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z These Dreamers remain in legal limbo, and Democrats will use them as a cudgel against Republicans in the fall. One More Immigration Try 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Still, the Logan Act has occasionally resurfaced as a political cudgel. Trump Calls Kerry’s Push for Iran Deal ‘Possibly Illegal.’ Legal Scholars Shrug. 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z As to the latter point, four-day school weeks are used regularly as a cudgel to illustrate Oklahoma’s education shortcomings. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The latest flash point: the recent state budget that served as a cudgel to exert his dominance over Mr. de Blasio. Inside One of America’s Ugliest Political Feuds: Cuomo vs. de Blasio 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The thought of using Twitter as a political cudgel “would have been completely against our values,” says Macon Phillips, Obama’s first digital director. The Man Behind the President’s Tweets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Time for all of the mutineers to lay down their cudgels. Arsène Wenger Will Leave Arsenal, Proudly but Imperfectly 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The U.S. sensors continue to serve as a diplomatic cudgel, as well. Rooftop sensors on U.S. embassies are warning the world about ‘crazy bad’ air pollution 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Trump used the investigation as a cudgel in the campaign and repeatedly said Clinton should be jailed for using a personal email system while serving as secretary of state. In new book, Comey says Trump ‘untethered to truth’ 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of place where Trump’s rollback of environmental protections will be used as a cudgel against her in commercials. Analysis | The Daily 202: Koch network growing frustrated with the GOP’s 2018 agenda 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Alvarez says the four attackers were armed with cudgels and hooks. Assailants cut Mexican students’ hair; 13 evacuate drug zone 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z A day after the election, Republicans made clear they will be relentless in using Pelosi as a cudgel against Democratic candidates. Once-safe Republican districts suddenly in play as Democrats expand the map 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Officers confiscated Molotov cocktails, 50 kilograms of explosives, shotguns, knives, cudgels, drugs and far-right paraphernalia. 7 charged in Greece with belonging to violent neo-Nazi group 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The statement says officers confiscated Molotov cocktails, 50 kilograms of explosives, shotguns, knives, cudgels, drugs and far-right banners and paraphernalia. Greek anti-terrorism police arrest 5 in neo-Nazi crackdown 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z No matter which direction the word points, it tends to serve as a cudgel. How Much Is Anyone ‘Entitled’ To, in the End? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Rather than creating unfettered markets, where the ready availability of public cash can attract unscrupulous providers, technocrats wield a heavy cudgel—the threat of closure—to force accountability. School choice does not work as well as its advocates hope 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, he did not use his position to seriously advance science policy but instead wielded it as a cudgel against perceived political enemies—including scientists. A Chance to Reboot the House Science Committee 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z I feel like at times it’s become a cudgel to use against people who report on things you don’t like. My six years covering neo-Nazis: 'The system is rigged to benefit white people' 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z But legislative attempts to rein in state judges include a panoply of tactics, from scalpel to cudgel. Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges. 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Image: Netflix But instead of treating stacks and sleeves as unpredictable forces, Altered Carbon depicts them as a cudgel that decadent immortals use against the helpless poor in dully predictable ways. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Some unionist opponents have disparaged it as a “leprechaun language,” revived by IRA terrorists in prison and used as a cudgel against the British. A battle over language is at the heart of Northern Ireland crisis 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z These days, when a proposal leads people to lay down their partisan cudgels and cooperate, it must be an exceptionally good idea. Opinion | Health care isn’t our only ludicrously expensive industry 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Larson has explained, is that the framers were concerned that accusations of treason not be transformed into criminal cudgels against political enemies. Opinion | Trump’s vile new attack on Democrats 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Some Justice Department veterans see Mr. Horowitz’s report as another cudgel for those trying to discredit not only the Mueller investigation but also the wider law enforcement community. How Trump’s Allies Fanned an Ember of Controversy Into Flames of Outrage 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Technology isn’t an unexpected force, it’s a predictable cudgel These temporary deaths are all horrible, of course, as is the Meths’ overall callousness. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Some Justice Department veterans see Horowitz’s report as another cudgel for those trying to discredit not only the Mueller investigation but also the wider law-enforcement community. Analysis: Nunes memo doesn’t live up to the hype 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump, however, has not hesitated to use human rights as a cudgel against unfriendly countries, like Iran, North Korea and Venezuela, whose records he criticized in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. As Strongmen Steamroll Their Opponents, U.S. Is Silent 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Are the tech industry’s giants too eager to use lawyers to cudgel competition? Secrets or Knowledge? Uber-Waymo Trial Tests Silicon Valley Culture 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z He’s asked for Democrats’ help on that issue, too, but he seems mostly intent on using it as a partisan cudgel against them. Teleprompter Trump isn’t the real thing 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Trump has also complained to colleagues that people try to use her as a cudgel against Mr. Kelly, imparting a level of anger at him that she says she herself does not feel. Trump’s Impromptu News Conference: An Unplanned Drop-By or a Deliberate Dig? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z A Hollywood thug like Harvey Weinstein who used power like a cudgel isn’t going to take no for an answer. The Aziz Ansari take-away: Talk about sex before having it 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It has even been wielded as a cudgel against entire news networks. List bans ‘fake news,’ ‘covfefe’ and ‘let me ask you this’ 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z We are long past sanctions as a cudgel. South Korea Seizes Ship Suspected of Sending Oil to North Korea 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z He wields the epithet “fake news” as a cudgel against inconvenient facts and those who report them. Opinion | Trump’s first year was even worse than feared 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z They say Mr. Trump should not expect others to follow his lead just because the United States wields the biggest monetary cudgel. Taking Credit for U.N. Budget Cut, Trump’s Envoy Hints at More to Come 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z But critics say Trump is using Christmas as a cudgel in cultural warfare. There’s no missing Trump’s ‘Merry Christmas’ message 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z As demand surges, China could deploy its natural resources as a diplomatic cudgel the same way that Saudi Arabia uses oil. What Needs to Happen Before Electric Cars Take Over the World 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Paul Ryan and the rest of the Republicans will use this bill as a cudgel to try to eliminate Social Security and Medicare, as well as Medicaid. Republican Tax Bill in Final Sprint Across Finish Line 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, he used his position as chair not to seriously advance science policy, but as a cudgel against perceived political enemies—including scientists. A Chance for Real Congressional Support for Science 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “Sexism wears a lab coat, misogyny goes on witch hunts. . . . Sexism is bookish; misogyny is combative. Sexism has a theory; misogyny wields a cudgel.” Review | How to define, survive and fight misogyny in the Trump and Weinstein era 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Free speech is not free, and Hannity should be made to pay for using the First Amendment as a cudgel to beat his minions into submission with horrific tales of lies deceit and hate. How Far Will Sean Hannity Go? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Stevens portrays Dickens at his desk, cudgelling his brains to find the name of the miser for his forthcoming tale. Did Dickens invent Christmas? No, but he did reinvent the novel 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z This is just another example of the US president's self-described "modern-day presidential" use of social media, where Twitter is a cudgel for score-settling no matter the diplomatic cost. UK repeats Trump tweet condemnation 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z |
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