It also meant companies like Juul got a free pass.
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And he shouldn't just get a free pass on this.
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Go deeper: Platforms give pols a free pass to lie
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Refugee resettlement is not a free pass to another country.
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The free pass on overhyped stock valuations is now over.
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Being an artist is the opposite of a free pass.
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"They're too often given a free pass," he told Reuters.
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Instead, he gave him a free pass to do so.
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Boys should not get a free pass to behave badly.
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And getting the other dads a free pass by extension.
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" He added that screens shouldn't be given a "free pass.
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But now, Biden has a free pass to do it.
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But you would have a free pass in my book.
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These bills effectively amount to a free pass to pollute.
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And I don't think we have a free pass to growth.
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Anything else is a "free pass to sexual predators", he says.
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Of course they gave Trump a free pass to kill Baghdadi!
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"It shouldn't be a free pass," Citron said of the immunity.
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Celebrity status does not provide a free pass from this obligation.
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And to be clear, these ads aren't an indefinite free pass.
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I think they've gotten a free pass for a long time.
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But it's not a free pass until this mess is over.
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None of that means the bank will get a free pass.
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But that agreement doesn't give Republicans a free pass for inaction.
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This is not to say that he gives them a free pass.
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I should get a free pass right now for just about everything!
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Is it worth giving them a free pass just for the hype?
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Jones has been given something of a free pass as a rookie.
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Who wouldn't know this and why does Obama get a free pass?
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The band will always get a free pass on their email address.
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"It's not a 'get out of jail free' pass," Mr. Perdue said.
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Please don't give this administration a free pass to speak in code!
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All of that caution doesn't mean that Google deserves a free pass, though.
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Kink is absolutely not a free pass to act out loathing or misogyny.
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Being an ally doesn't give you a free pass To make transphobic remarks.
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Comey brushed it off Wednesday, saying he didn't give Clinton a free pass.
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No free pass for a neighbor who tolerates extremists or enables U.S. foes.
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It's time to end the free pass we've been giving many bad actors.
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Mr Obama's critics conclude that he has given the Castros a free pass.
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But he reveals he also helped Pope, which gets him a free pass.
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By no means is Mr. Sanders giving Mr. Biden a free pass, however.
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Seoul is badly in need of a free pass for its steel industry.
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Let's stop giving the mullah's a free pass to murder the Iranian people.
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And, if my jokes don't work then I get sort of a free pass.
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This time, it is unacceptable for this powerful man to get another free pass.
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" "People want to see sexual predators like Bill O'Reilly stop getting a free pass.
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Ryan was offering a free pass to obstruct, and the Freedom Caucus happily obliged.
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And only one Senator running in 2018 will get a free pass: Ted Cruz.
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When you earn enough points, you score a free pass to TC Mobility 2019.
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Perversely, in spite of that, those trade surplus areas are getting a free pass.
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Even Zac Efron doesn't get a free pass when it comes to job interviews.
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Mr. Reader took a bus to the robbery, using his free pass for seniors.
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"The bank doesn't have a free pass to cut rates," Porter said on Wednesday.
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None of those selected to participate in this program were given a free pass.
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You come to this country illegally you get a free pass for a hundred miles.
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That run would have tied the game—were it not for Mr Rizzo's free pass.
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Even that, though, would not give schools a free pass to ignore sexual assault reports.
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But activists see it as an illegal free pass for criminals looking to avoid punishment.
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The "national security card" gives them a free pass from political debate and taxpayer oversight.
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With CBP, there should be no free pass because the "victim" was a third party.
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But as the Microsoft case shows, free is not a free pass from antitrust. 3.
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Labeling a column as opinion is not a free pass to push a potential falsehood.
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"They don't get a free pass because their motive happened to be political," Feigin added.
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During their second meeting, Trump gave him a free pass on Otto Warmbier's brutal death.
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Trump won't get a free pass; the GOP HELP roster includes Trump skeptics like Sens.
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If Trump seems to look the other way on Russian transgressions, China gets no free pass.
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After all, you don't get a free pass to be a jerk because of the moon.
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Ultimately, some unsavory characters may get a free pass simply because it's hard to target everyone.
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Today, students and faculty get a free pass, and everyone else pays fifty cents a ride.
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Opponents counter that they essentially give big polluters a free pass to cut emissions more slowly.
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I go home to my wife, and I told her that I got a free pass.
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His final free pass gave Kevin Kiermaier an RBI and the Rays a 3-0 lead.
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Israeli athletes might cheer the free pass they gain when Arabs refuse to compete against them.
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Edwards issued the first bases-loaded free pass, and Justin Hancock was responsible for the second.
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Trump gave Kim an end to military exercises and a free pass for human rights abuses.
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The authors don't give the plutocrats a completely free pass on the massive wealth they accumulated.
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If the new proposal is enacted, the drug company gets a free pass to avoid disclosure.
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And we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
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"The (Iranian) regime must be held to account and not given a free pass," he tweeted.
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The state of Texas largely gives a free pass to polluters when they break the law.
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Bottom line: AMI seemingly had gotten itself a free pass, but now it's in double trouble.
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Each pitcher who intentionally unintentionally walks him could taunt his relative impotence after each free pass.
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So why do some fans seem to want WJC players to get some sort of free pass?
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But that doesn't earn the industry a free pass to justify bad behavior or inadequate privacy practices.
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"You don't get a free pass to break the law just because you have children," he said.
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He got back on the lead lap by getting the free pass during a lap 309 caution.
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After finishing his monologue, Ellen gave him something she had no right to give: a free pass.
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"Cannabis doesn't get a free pass from the laws of economics that affect every business," he said.
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Online. "And if my jokes don't work then I get sort of a free pass," he joked.
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And the inverse gets a free pass: nobody is upset when Asians wear European clothes, for instance.
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News. "And if my jokes don't work then I get sort of a free pass," he joked.
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Some of the others are supposedly not going to get a free pass to the Cabinet either.
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Has Kansas State University given fraternity members a free pass when it comes to accusations of rape?
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Even if you're on the verge of becoming a total bridezilla, you'll still get a free pass.
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From politics to Hollywood, we stopped giving institutions ruled by men a free pass to define us.
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If Kendrick is given a free pass on these horrible songs I'm allowed to make that joke.
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Inexplicably, Mr. Trump has pretty much gotten a free pass on the activities of his own family.
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"Can Americans trust that a democratic socialist president will not give authoritarians a free pass?" she asked.
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Mr. Obama's free pass is also extended to Joe Biden who has strong support among black voters.
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We cannot have an immigration system where you get a free pass if you smuggle a child.
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But to many Venezuelans, the pope himself has been too willing to give Mr Maduro a free pass.
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Any group that's been invaded by England should get a free pass to invade England at least once.
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Robert Downey Jr. has a "free pass" with pal Gwyneth Paltrow, but not to worry – his wife approves.
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" That's probably because this "free pass" only applies if Downey Jr. and Paltrow are "rolling on a take.
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Perhaps the biggest takeaway in Holder's report for HR managers: High performers shouldn't be given a free pass.
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Email has always sucked, but it's gotten a free pass in our recent examinations of our digital anxiety.
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But some worry about the repercussions of being watched every day — even jaywalkers don't get a free pass.
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The stage show retracts that free pass, with its Cheka firing squad and cutely starving post-revolutionary peasants.
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On April 26th Mr Dorjee said the State Department must stop "giving a free pass" to the Saudis.
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While some carmakers predict a fully electric future, that doesn't give them a free pass to overlook hybrids.
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Logano got back on the lead lap, courtesy of a free pass during a lap 5003 yellow flag.
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Congress did not draft the CDA to be a free pass for online publishers, the Wisconsin court said.
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" Corden's dad Malcolm answered, "Well, your mom and I have an understanding, and Heidi's my free pass tonight.
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But he stressed no one was getting a free pass by entering Canada, especially at unauthorized crossing points.
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The dig at Comey—that the FBI director gave a "free pass" to a criminal—twists the knife.
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We cannot sit silently by and allow this racist demagogue to get a free pass in our city.
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He struck out six and walked one — and that free pass started his troubles in the third inning.
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"Advocates want us to ignore the law and give people with families a free pass," said the official.
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For officials already inclined to discriminate, Bolour said the restrictions are essentially a free pass to do so.
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I'm not giving them a free pass when it comes to privacy incursions, anticompetitive practices, and election meddling.
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That approach would turn good faith based on the advice of counsel into a free pass from fraud.
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"I pass with yonder comet free, / Pass with the comet into space," he wrote, months before Mitchell's discovery.
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We must stop mythologizing the wealthy and powerful — giving those with grievous pathology a "wink wink" free pass.
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The reality is that you don't get a free pass on sexism by holding particular views about public policy.
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Whereas women are often asked to divulge their beauty secrets in interviews, guys almost always get a free pass.
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But, we get a free pass to irritate our friends (or co-workers) with delightfully tacky jokes and props.
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OK, so: While it's okay for unbaptized children to float in eternal hellfire, cats apparently get a free pass.
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We're not going to give anyone a free pass on this just because it's not going to become law.
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Why it matters: Facebook's free pass for political lies has prompted legislators like Ocasio-Cortez and presidential candidate Sen.
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Yet innovation-derived market power should not give firms a free pass—even if prices fall as a result.
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Halloween isn't a free pass to promote things you would never do the other 364 days of the year.
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And for being a birthday boy, he gets a free pass to do and wear whatever he wants—right?
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But companies that have replaced or expanded their flesh-and-blood staff with robots will get a free pass.
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The free pass into Congress is even harder for many Colombians to swallow than lenient treatment by the courts.
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Is this the child of privilege that has a free pass, whenever everybody else has to fight for it?
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Is this the child of privilege that has a free pass, when everybody else has to fight for it?
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It is aggressively pitching for projects next to Chinese investments, so China's military does not get a free pass.
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And to pretend otherwise is to give both the movement and the man who leads it a free pass.
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LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has just been given a free pass to be bold.
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Just because antitrust is not the right tool does not mean that companies should be given a free pass.
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He walked three batters in the victory after issuing just one free pass over his previous three starts combined.
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Everyone is allowed a mistake, but no one should be afforded a free pass for ignorance, especially the president.
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"Consumers won't give you a free pass just because you put 'Made in USA' on the box," Keechle says.
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Mr. Lampert seemed to be saying that internet companies get a free pass, while Sears is subject to criticism.
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White motorists were given a "free pass," Forman writes, to keep their drugs safely stashed in their glove boxes.
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"The president does not have a free pass," former New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal told CNN.
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Sorry, Kim, but bringing you into this world kind of gives her a free pass to tease you forever.
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And so they're swiftly ramming a crude tool through Congress to ensure he doesn't give Moscow a free pass.
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Corey Dickerson led off the fourth with a walk, and Luke Maile also received a free pass with two outs.
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HRW has warned that rock-throwing demonstrators don't give Indian police a free pass to use lethal weapons against civilians.
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While show business may run in Cassidy's blood, she insists her last name was never a free pass to fame.
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Hernandez, who permitted a combined eight walks in his previous two starts, yielded one free pass and struck out two.
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I'm even down with the pretending to like each other bit, but the phrase "free pass" was a little much.
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He may have ruined their sorghum, but he did save Daryl's life, and for that, he gets a free pass.
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But it's no free pass for bringing pain into the lives of children he was paid to instruct and inspire.
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Canceling (or postponing) the meeting is also signaling to Putin that you'll give him a relatively free pass on Ukraine.
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Red states learned that the Trump administration isn't going to give them a free pass on proposals to reform Medicaid.
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Republicans should no longer let their colleagues across the aisle get a free pass on the health-care-reform discussion.
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It strikes a chord reinforced in so much popular messaging: At this time of year, I get a free pass.
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"You can bet the President and his allies within the administration will not be getting a free pass," DeGette said.
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Stewart exited after issuing a free pass to Giancarlo Stanton that loaded the bases with one out in the sixth.
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"Today's sentence shows that star power does not entitle people to a free pass," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said.
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It is giving a free pass to federal contractors who have violated workplace safety and federal wage and hours laws.
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I also worried that I'd be offering the furry alt-right a free pass, by inviting them to explain themselves.
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It is not a blunt instrument to be held over his head or a free pass into his children's hearts.
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At the end of the day, I'm here to remind Silicon Valley that no one gets a free pass in Congress.
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Looks like Slick Willy is no longer getting a free pass from his friends in the media and the Democratic Party.
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Whether we drink alone or in a group, what unites the hangover experience is that we give ourselves a free pass.
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"This measure is rooted in the dangerous misconception that religion can be used as a free pass to discriminate," Weinberg said.
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Go deeper: Facebook gives politicians a free pass to lie Editor's note: This story has been updated with comment from Facebook.
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" Likewise, a player involved in a training camp brawl last year told the MMQB's Emily Kaplan, "It's like a free pass.
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Regulators are starting to rethink the free pass they were considering giving to companies to build and test fully driverless vehicles.
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He joined the lead-lap cars during the final caution of the race when he was in the free pass position.
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Clinton may be shaped by the pounding she has taken from Republicans, who have largely given Mr. Sanders a free pass.
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For the first time ever, TechCrunch is launching an ambassador program (powered by SocialLadder) where participants can earn a free pass.
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So far, Pence had received a free pass from much of the media for his false statements to the American people.
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That's more than I can say for some quarterbacks who have been getting a free pass for poor decisions in college.
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Yet the First Amendment does not give people a free pass to go round saying hateful things, points out Mr Henson.
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Sorry, you don't get a free pass by saying you are in essence "following orders" by voting for the Republican nomination.
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Now the federal government is giving him a free pass for his alleged assaults on me and many other child athletes.
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An employer "shouldn't get a free pass simply because" his action against an employee is "ill-motivated and wrong", she said.
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Groups supporting the Green New Deal are essentially giving members a free pass to not vote in favor of the measure.
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But as an in-law of just two years, you have probably not earned the free pass required to air them.
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"This Israel anti-boycott legislation would give states a free pass to restrict First Amendment protections for millions of Americans," Sen.
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They won't give us a free pass, but we expect that if they have concerns, they'll impose conditions to address them.
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Recoiling at the American President giving Russia a free pass for the election transgressions, Congress resolved to show even greater toughness.
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But this bill, should it pass, would draw a line in the sand: Russia can't get a free pass on sanctions.
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"Because I've been here so long, I don't think you get a free pass to interview for this job," he said.
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So do parties in a negotiation get a free pass on what they say, even if it is not the truth?
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It would give all industrial livestock facilities — no matter how big — a free pass from reporting their pollution to the EPA.
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Why are animal exploiters being given a free pass to harm the very animals that the ESA was designed to protect?
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Now I'm retired, and as a senior on a limited income, I qualify for a free pass on all city transportation.
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Those accounts gave the president an undeserved free pass, for even Mr. Barr's cherry-picked quotes had made no such claims.
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If he succeeds, he gets a free pass in the U.S. Employers will not require documentation because they desperately need the help.
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He made it clear that despite Trump's win, we are not giving him a free pass for his expressed bigotry and sexism.
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However, this isn't necessarily a free pass to binge-watch so much you stop interacting with others or lose too much sleep.
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And as most acne sufferers know, having active blemishes or old scars does not give you a free pass from dry skin.
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Dan and Axios' Jonathan Swan discuss President Trump's decision to give Saudi Arabia a free pass on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
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They have now received an almost free pass from the U.S. for this and future acts of retribution against critics and journalists.
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Chris Taylor, who faced an 23-23 count, drew the first free pass, and Russell Martin, Verdugo and Beaty followed with walks.
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That gives small, interventionist economies a free pass, notes Stephanie Segal of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, another think-tank.
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In return, they were greeted with a milder security team and a relatively indifferent response from the Friday free pass museum visitors.
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"If you are part of a less represented group, you don't get a free pass on being a jerk yourself," Musk wrote.
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"He [Lesnar] had a free pass, I think it was an exemption of a month or something like that," St-Pierre said.
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For anti-immigrant groups, it's a scam exploited by people who claim fear to get a free pass into the United States.
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David Wright's first-inning walk was only the fourth free pass Kershaw has allowed all season and his first in four games.
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The Russian President was effectively given a free pass by a sitting US President to continue his hybrid war against the West.
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Here's the fun part: You get a free pass to pack any other clothes, as long as they fit into your shoes.
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You'll never get a free pass to stop competing on the merits — neither in the market you dominate, nor in other markets.
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When people can't fall asleep or prematurely wake from their slumbers, they get a sort of free pass to tweet dumb things.
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Xander Bogaerts was issued the free pass, but he was erased by Brock Holt grounding into a 4-6-3 double-play.
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The decision set off a firestorm online, including accusations that YouTube was giving a free pass to some of its popular creators.
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He struck out seven and allowed six hits and a walk, ending his streak of four consecutive starts without a free pass.
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Three times, it has instead given a free pass to laws and policies predicated on discriminatory judgments that our Constitution supposedly bars.
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Since the Republicans in the Senate gave him a free pass, Trump has fired people who testified at the House impeachment hearings.
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Perkins argued that the good Trump could do for evangelicals made up for his un-biblical behavior and warranted a free pass.
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Unsaid in Khosrowshahi's statement is the pivot to profitability in a market environment that's stopped giving loss making "unicorns" a free pass.
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Volquez walked Lindor to begin the fifth, the third time in four innings he gave a free pass to the leadoff hitter.
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As an heiress with a famous last name I've been granted a free pass into the places where wealth is unapologetically flaunted.
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"If you've taken LSD in the past and you haven't developed HPPD yet, that doesn't give you a free pass," Abraham said.
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Chris Taylor, who faced an 0-2 count, drew the first free pass, and Russell Martin, Verdugo and Beaty followed with walks.
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The epic heights he reached in the 803s are apparently so magnificent that they have given him a free pass ever since.
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Occasionally, you'll get a free seat on the train — a free pass to read a book and raise one of your social stats.
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When constituents call in and tell their representatives not to budge on an issue, those members get a free pass to do nothing.
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Letting the map stand could, as the plaintiff's lawyer warned, give states "a free pass" to create maps that, in effect, "nullify democracy".
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Its WTO representative Ali Alwaleed Al-Thani said a national security claim was not a "free pass" and would need testing in court.
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"Federal immunity should be amended to condition the immunity on reasonable moderation practices rather than the free pass that exists today," Citron said.
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The current White House, weakened as it is, can still establish story lines as fake as "Mission Accomplished" and get a free pass.
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Ah, April Fool's Day, the holiday that gives us a free pass to be jerks and then laugh it off as a joke.
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Trump administration says ACLU should work to reunite children with deported parents DOJ slams 'sanctuary' Philadelphia for giving 'free pass' to child rapist.
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It has deplored the power of multinational corporations and appeared to give a relatively free pass to corrupt and self-serving state bureaucracies.
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In this way the show represents an exploded view of the artists' interior spaces — a free pass to walk around Kley's and Tabboo!
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But the need for exceptions does not mean that we should continue to give the president a free pass from core ethical standards.
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What started as a small exception for an infant industry has become an unprecedented free pass from responsibility for the wealthy and powerful.
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Genesis Health Clubs, which has 403 locations in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, has a seven-day free pass for local residents.
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Plus, by not showing up, Trump has given every candidate onstage a free pass to repeatedly bash him without any consequence or rebuttal.
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If we had job-related work we needed to complete—a deadline on a story, for example—that was a free pass, too.
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City residents can reserve discounted tickets for $225, and NYC library card holders can reserve a free pass through the Culture Pass program.
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At first I was shocked and furious about my mother's diagnosis, believing that Alzheimer's gave a person a free pass on other diseases.
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In Houston, a coal-burning power plant is getting a free pass to continue spewing harmful levels of sulfur dioxide into the air.
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In fact, he's an outspoken supporter of it, so long as the people receiving "a free pass and protection" are among his associates.
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The violent counter protestors do not get a free pass for using violence simply because they oppose what any reasonable person would detest.
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Disrupters are given a free pass when it comes to their ideological censorship via hecklers' vetoes, a trend that only emboldens leftist agitators.
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"Federal immunity should be amended to condition the immunity on reasonable moderation practices rather than the free pass that exists today," she said.
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The epic heights he reached in the 1960s, however, are so magnificent that they have apparently given him a free pass ever since.
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In 14-plus years as a prosecutor, I've never even heard of the concept of giving a free pass to a defendant's co-conspirators.
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While the radio personality should have recognized Lisa's gracious free pass for aggressively sexualizing her and therefore end his disrespectful conduct, he presses on.
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Progressives face intense grilling over the cost of fairly modest social programs, while conservatives get a virtual free pass on budget-busting tax cuts.
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One of those walks was to Carrasco, who entered the game without a free pass in 15 career plate appearances, with just one hit.
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With one out in the sixth, Richards lost control, walking Betts on four pitches and giving Andrew Benintendi a free pass on five tosses.
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Taillon has notched 37 strikeouts while walking only five batters in 46 innings and hasn't yielded a free pass in his last four turns.
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And thanks to the fantastic Every Kid in a Park initiative, fourth-graders and their immediate families are eligible for a free pass, too.
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McCain: please pass an NDAA that honors veterans, and drop language that would give defense contractors a free pass to violate their employees' rights.
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All he had to do in Hachioji was finish in the top seven and he would have a free pass to Tokyo in 2020.
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The bipartisan outrage over the N.B.A.'s initial apology to China did suggest American lawmakers aren't willing to give China a completely free pass.
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It is past time to explain to the American people why he continues to endanger public health and give corporate polluters a free pass.
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Anyone pointing the finger at national security adviser John Bolton, who has argued for regime change in Iran, is giving Trump an unwarranted free pass.
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FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
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Between the lines: Pai's larger point is that mega-sized tech companies shouldn't get a free pass while telecom companies are held to certain obligations.
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Anyons can split and be their own partners, however; they get a free pass without having to pay the usual "energy toll," according to Michalakis.
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Like everyone else, sexual violence survivors are responsible for our actions and words — and none of us deserve a free pass to shame other survivors.
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But viewed through the lens of Infowars, the policy begins to look like a free pass to post hate speech every 90 days or so.
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But while self-distancing is about understanding when to actively disengage, that doesn't mean we get a free pass to drop out of the world.
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Jeremy Corbyn's gambit of doubling down on civilizational decline, 19th century-style socialism, and giving a free pass to radical Islam may just pay off.
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But we should not let this disaster serve as a free pass for the island to seek a temporary solution for a longer term problem.
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In such a way, they deploy anti-black and anti-Muslim bigotry to discredit criticism of Israel, while giving a free pass to white supremacists.
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Just because there are lots of girls and one guy, that doesn't mean that the guy gets a free pass in how he treats her.
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Mr. Trump should also make it clear that he would not grant his daughter and son-in-law ethics waivers or any other free pass.
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Politicians who seek to deceive the public would have a free pass to lead us down a dangerous path without the media holding them accountable.
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We don't know whether that sense of a free pass will translate beyond the small group of Democrats following every turn of the 2020 race.
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The president abuses his office and views the Justice Department as a tool to punish his political enemies and give his allies a free pass.
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He's frustrated: by the media, which he thinks is giving him a raw deal, and his opponents, who he believes are getting a free pass.
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He avoided answering the main elephant in the room question: Can Americans trust that a Democratic socialist president will not give authoritarians a free pass?
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The big picture: This conflict, as we've been reporting, is unfolding on platforms that have given politicians a nearly unlimited free pass to tell lies.
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B.I. Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
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After Nick Markakis and Adeiny Hechavarria struck out, Brian McCann got a free pass before Swanson hammered an RBI double into the left field corner.
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It was the fourth free pass handed out in the inning by Greg Holland (0-1), making his Cardinals debut after being signed on Opening Day.
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There's something about Halloween that makes people think they get a free pass to cherry-pick different parts of other cultures to play dress-up with.
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"My free pass is – because her and Susan are such good friends – is Paltrow," the 51-year-old star said on The Howard Stern Show Thursday.
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But giving platforms a free pass is increasingly difficult for regulators and courts: they simply have become too important for the economy and society more generally.
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Related: Trump and Cruz Attack Each Other in Nevada, Give Rubio a Free Pass Trump continued where Christie left off pulverizing Rubio during today's press conference.
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I broke the law, and while she wasn't forgiving of me when she assumed I was Iranian, she gave me a free pass for being foreign.
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He called the landmark climate change accord a "bad deal" that unfairly penalizes the United States, while giving a free pass to other major polluting countries.
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Catkind Does Not Get a Free Pass Take comfort in the fact that felines have a blanket, base level disrespect for all things, including other cats.
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It's only happened a handful of times, but yet another airliner is giving a baby born on one of its flights a free pass for life.
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This doesn't mean that shows and movies should get a free pass when casting parts for looks only, or changing a character's age for sex appeal.
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Only one of these men, however, was given a free pass by most people in the institutional media because his progressive ideological outlook pleases their sensibilities.
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The Nationals drew four more walks during a two-run sixth in which Zimmerman coaxed a bases-loaded free pass and Suzuki hit an RBI single.
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I used my free pass to see loftier fare, like The Bourne Ultimatum (which was fine) and, uh, inexplicably, the Jet Li / Jason Statham vehicle War.
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He allowed a single by Josh Bell and then three straight walks, including an RBI free pass to Francisco Cervelli, who overcame an 26.63-2 count.
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BUT TO JUST GIVE PEOPLE A FREE PASS TO DO BUSINESS WITH THESE FELLOWS IN THE FACE OF OUR SANCTIONS, NO, I DON'T SEE THAT FORTHCOMING.
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The FEC has given a free pass to government contractors who violate the decades-old ban on using campaign contributions to curry favor with the officeholders.
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But they drew six walks, and that helped them as Rizzo walked three times, scored once and drove in the deciding run on a free pass.
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He struck out a career-high nine without walking a batter, the second time in as many starts he has gone without issuing a free pass.
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In the meantime, the ISPs and wireless providers that have content partners may give all of them a free pass, creating a massive content highway imbalance.
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As prosecutors, we believe that no one who profits off the victimization of the most vulnerable people in our communities should be given a free pass.
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And all his buddies in the mainstream media can no longer afford to give him the free pass on his history of rampant, horrific sexual misconduct.
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That executive authority did not give Mr. Trump a free pass, Mr. Mueller said, but it made the prosecutorial calculation different from a typical charging decision.
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While the judge did not prescribe a specific remedy, it is difficult to imagine Epstein's co-conspirators getting a free pass because of an illegal agreement.
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In theory, the end of the mandate fine would have given healthier people who don't think they need health insurance a free pass to drop coverage.
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Six years ago at the Masters, when McIlroy collapsed with a final-round 80 to lose a four-stroke lead, he was given a free pass.
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A regulatory sandbox is not, however, a free pass for a firm to do whatever it pleases, regardless of the regulations that are on the books.
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The fact that these core concerns arise in situations with an immigration component should not give presidents a free pass on any of these constitutional dimensions.
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"This Israel anti-boycott legislation would give states a free pass to restrict First Amendment protections for millions of Americans," Feinstein wrote in a press release.
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Netanyahu's government had launched an explosion of settlement growth just as the Trump team came into office, believing they'd been given a free pass from Trump.
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Some analysts have speculated that Trump will give China more of a free pass in the South China Sea, choosing to focus on issues such as trade.
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The firm claimed the agreement provided Spotify with a "98.7 percent discount" on non-willful infringement charges and essentially a free pass on cases of willful infringement.
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Those two countries made a deal — French agriculture in exchange for the free pass to Germany's powerful manufacturing industries — in order to move the European project forward.
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Posey grounded into a force at second, but Brandon Crawford drew a walk and Scahill gave Panik a free pass, setting the stage for Hill's big moment.
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Blinded by his own ambition, Comey brushed aside superiors, rules and maybe laws while giving Hillary Clinton a free pass and turning the screws on Donald Trump.
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"Can you ask a country where criminals continue killing, disappearing people, extorting, because official corruption has given them a free pass to impunity, to forget?" he wrote.
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Though unpopular and prohibitively expensive for most struggling actors, Parlato says young women who tended to fit Raniere's ideal body type would sometimes get a free pass.
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Trump could definitely remove some of them on his own, but giving Russia a complete free pass would require persuading Congress that Putin had changed his stripes.
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Because of Drake's "softer" side, it's been easy for fans to give him a free pass when it comes to punching down at others in his music.
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"FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!" he tweeted.
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"FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!" he tweeted.
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Then the dad, I suppose realizing he'd taken his son to the NBA Finals and thus had a free pass, began a tirade of (fairly reasonable) swearing.
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Let's hope that, instead of handing payday lenders a free pass, they do what the American people have so clearly said they want: Reject the CHOICE Act.
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He blanked the Baltimore Orioles on three hits and one walk and did the same to the San Francisco Giants on six hits and one free pass.
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Giving big corporations like Andeavor a free pass when other companies are required to follow the law of the land isn't just unfair; it may be illegal.
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Either way, the defense authorization committees can't keep getting a free pass on modernizing and streamlining our armed forces to meet current threats in a judicious way.
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He has the highest walk rate of his career (4.2 per nine innings) but has issued exactly one free pass in three of his last six outings.
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In their view, you're getting a sort of unfair free pass and level of attention from the media based on your identity, specifically gender and racial identity.
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We don't yet know if Trump will take full advantage of this free pass or how much leeway Congress, the courts and the public will grant him.
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Again, this is Code Red: American democracy is truly threatened today — by the man sitting in the Oval Office and the lawmakers giving him a free pass.
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Though this sometimes means undeserving veteran stalwarts get a free pass in, every year brings at least a few new names and faces to the Pro Bowl.
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Worse, it would give a free pass for antitrust law violations in cases in which consumers are the victims with the greatest incentive to go to court.
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There can be little doubt that Mr. Trump views the Justice Department as a tool to punish his political enemies and give his allies a free pass.
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But there are far better and more productive ways of doing that than by giving Bannon a free pass to spew pro-Trump propaganda on his show.
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Exaggerating or misrepresenting the misdeeds of Qatar and Iran, while giving the Saudis a free pass, will only benefit Saudi Arabia's efforts to expand its regional influence.
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They do not identify with Sanders's philosophy, which holds that problems can be solved by getting a free pass on personal responsibility and beggaring your successful neighbor.
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This regulatory rollback gives chemical plants across the country a free pass, in pursuit of greater profits, to operate in a way that endangers families and workers.
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A subscription runs $129.99 and comes with a Stadia controller, a Chromecast dongle, three months of usage and a free pass so a friend can also play.
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Worse, the regulatory body in charge of overseeing the accounting firms has largely given them a free pass, taking few actions against them and issuing minimal fines.
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"The GOP is no longer going to get a free pass at the local level," said Kelly Dietrich, founder and CEO of the National Democratic Training Committee.
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"They will not get a free pass anywhere," said Sean Park, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, at Anthemis, a venture capital firm that backs digital financial services companies.
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Chopra is entitled to own her hotness, but I doubt she was giving any creeps a free pass to treat her like less than the person she is.
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Some choice quotes from Crowder include: "You're being given a free pass as a crappy writer because you're gay," and a number of derogatory references to his ethnicity.
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The couple can also allow some members a free pass on the shower and bachelor/bachelorette activities by covering the costs or not making them obligatory to attend.
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In any case, visitors converging on the Vatican today are unlikely to be given a free pass as easily as the fee-paying transgressors of the Middle Ages.
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Font (2-3) surrendered just one hit and one walk through five innings before issuing a free pass to Astros center fielder Jake Marisnick leading off the sixth.
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"I would like to say clearly that if Mr Draghi sends interest rates to zero we don't see that as a free pass to limitless borrowing," Naeger said.
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He set the mark in 1961 when he went 913 291/22000 innings without issuing a free pass while he was a member of the Kansas City Athletics.
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The Herald reported from the courtroom: Being on the internet isn't a free pass to act like a jerk, Hobbs said to the court, according to the Herald.
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It would be bad for my reputation if I would have an exemption – I don't want to have a free pass, I want to be like everybody else.
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Latino business ownership should be supported and protected under the law, not exploited by legislation that gives a free pass to pyramid schemes at the expense of consumers.
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For those of you who checked out at the word "reckless," have no fear: This month's full moon doesn't have to be a free pass to act rashly.
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Such thinking is an insult to rosé, and to consumers, though a boon for cynical producers, who may take it as a free pass to make bad rosé.
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Missouri's attorney general launched an investigation into Google's data collection and search practices, saying that the internet giant has so far received a "free pass" by federal regulators.
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If the deregulation proceeds undeterred, Big Telecom could have a free pass to build new networks in Texas without having to share with any of the local competitors.
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Obama doesn't get a free pass, but Trump's campaign, along with his general disdain for adversarial reporting, suggest that, at best, FOIA won't be a priority for him.
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In the top of the second inning, Syndergaard walked Juan Soto on five pitches and then issued another free pass to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman on four pitches.
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It's clear from the get-go that nothing happens in the Gotham crime underbelly without his say-so, and that an association with him means a free pass.
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Another noteworthy concession was the Moon government's decision to give Pyongyang a free pass on its abhorrent human rights violations by leaving this topic off the summit agenda.
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Giving Andeavor "a free pass when other companies are required to follow the law of the land isn't just unfair, it may be illegal," Grassley told Reuters late Tuesday.
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Mandela's account was taboo-breaking when first published in 1994 -- but when you're the father of a nation, perhaps one is granted a free pass for disclosing cultural secrets.
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He has also responded to a Hollywood Reporter column in which his son, Ronan Farrow, defended his sister's accusations, and blamed the media for giving Allen a free pass.
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For 500 reais, you get a free pass to the group's national congress, a bunch of merchandise, and the ability to directly ask MBL YouTubers and content creators questions.
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Pretty soon, sites were altering DNT rules to explicitly ignore any requests made by Internet Explorer, the whole system splintered, and sites got a free pass to ignore it.
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The 24-year-old Dominican didn't help himself by issuing four walks against the Nationals after giving out just one free pass in each of his two previous turns.
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The void of course moon certainly isn't as flashy as a full moon, but this lunar mini-event can be your free pass to adult in peace for while.
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Some consumers may be eternally willing to give the service a free pass because they got on board early enough to take full advantage of what it was offering.
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Yet he added that the SEC is growing more skeptical of this free pass and that is one reason he thinks more Fortune 500 companies are estimating tax liability.
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Democratic insiders are reportedly seething that the party gave Rubio a free pass in Florida, skipping a chance to at least damage the senator, a potential contender in 2020.
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The 20-year-old allowed three runs on five hits over six innings and struck out eight without issuing a free pass in a 33-23 triumph at Toronto.
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As one person said he got a free pass from the city of Philadelphia and its Department of Prisons headed straight back into our community, committed a heinous crime.
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"Just because you're making a movie about the monstrous feminine, doesn't give you a free pass into the feminist horror film canon," she writes in an email to Broadly.
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"But frankly, the Obama-era FTC did not take any enforcement action against Google, did not press this forward and has essentially given them a free pass," Hawley said.
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In the resurgent East: Toronto, Milwaukee and Philadelphia are playing better than Boston, which means the Celtics will not be getting that supposed free pass to the N.B.A. finals.
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The FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton and her infamous private email server arguably helped cost her the presidency, so the idea that she got "a free pass" is false.
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Giving the Palestinian Authority a free pass on the costs of its addiction to terror will only perpetuate the violence that has prevented a settlement for so many decades.
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Ultimately, the polluters got a guilt-free pass to keep emitting CO₂, but the forest preservation that was supposed to balance the ledger either never came or didn't last.
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I do worry a little that some people are going to use the body positivity movement to basically give themselves a free pass to live a super-unhealthy lifestyle.
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It was as if that midwife handed me a golden ticket, a free pass to a few hours' sleep without the stress of a starving child playing on my mind.
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" In her assessment, the legislation "pretty much gives a free pass to anyone running a revenge porn site or secretly trading naked photos of passed-out girls at fraternity parties.
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Having a society and a justice system that discriminate based on skin color, gender, power, and socioeconomic status isn't a free pass for those on the easier end of it.
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Other rivals have not given Mr. Cruz a free pass: He is coming under attack from the winners of the last two Iowa caucus votes, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum.
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Existing plants will only have to comply with the measure from 2026 - drawing protests from Greenpeace, which said it gave a free pass for Europe's 280 old, coal-fired plants.
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The Manhattan judge ruled that nothing in copyright law backs the proposition that online publishers should get a free pass based on the technical question of where images are stored.
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Kanye West treated his free pass at this year's MTV Video Music Awards — about 10 nationally televised minutes during which he could do whatever he wanted — as a victory lap.
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This situation — generous exclusions from income taxes combined with easy evasion of estate and gift taxes — has given the wealthiest a free pass on the costs of running the country.
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The above illustration by toballkidrawing aptly depicts how the issue is viewed in Hong Kong — that the government is handing out a free pass for the virus to move in.
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"I'm not, for example, open to giving millionaires, on one hand, a free pass so we can tax a family's long awaited weeks vacation at the Jersey Shore," he said.
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He largely got a free pass because the roster was bereft of talent, but the Knicks spent millions on free agents last summer, signing veterans like Robin Lopez and Arron Afflalo.
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Who gave them a free pass to reclaim club culture and sounds inherited from legends like Juan Atkins and Frankie Knuckles while disregarding black bodies—and black voices—on the dancefloor?
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But industry players like Dataxu CEO Mike Baker said he was worried whether Google might give its own ad tech business a free pass for being operated under the same brand.
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Yet no matter how outrageous their actions, Palestinians can always count on the United Nations, the governments of many nations, and assorted nongovernmental organizations to give them a moral free pass.
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Surplus countries got a free pass, even though they were (sort of) obliged to stimulate their domestic spending to reduce their trade surpluses and help to balance out the world economy.
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It is also not a free pass for tech companies to ignore the fact that humans use their devices, and we have a track record of being horrible to each other.
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" Trump retorted, in a tweet, that the FBI director was "the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
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Airlines have been given a free pass to bully passengers for too long, and it has to stop, said Thomas Demetrio, attorney for the dragged passenger and now for an passenger.
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That evening, we find out that half the club has seen the video "Was Hast Du Gedacht" and absolutely loves it, including the club manager—our free pass into the club.
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Jenn Blosil, Justin Bieber's "Sorry" I'm not sorry for giving out another free pass here — although this was an out-of-tune nightmare, Jenn's vocal quality and musical connection are undeniable.
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Pardon 2: Kristian Saucier, Navy submariner used so-called 'Clinton defense' Trump spent much of 2016 saying Hillary Clinton should be in jail, but he gave Kristian Saucier a free pass.
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But, they said, if Britain accepted more EU regulation of its industries in order to counter complaints from other EU governments that it was getting a free pass, it might work.
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Human rights organizations say they are concerned that Trump will give Duterte a free pass on his drug war crackdown, by failing to mention the issue during his multi-day visit.
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"If you have to get a job, get a job on the mountain because you get a free pass," R. Scott Rappold, 44, a freelance journalist based in Del Norte, Colo.
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He blamed the press for giving the Obama administration a free pass on Biden's alleged conflicts of interest and questioned why Republicans hadn't done more at the time to stop it.
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The Texas Tech product hasn't helped himself by allowing five of his 6 homers during his winless stretch but has offset that by not issuing a free pass over that same span.
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I don't want to be branded a "dodger" for the rest of my life, and I don't think I should get a free pass when all my friends have to do service.
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Social media giants remain under increasing political pressure to get a handle on online disinformation to ensure that manipulative messages don't, for example, get a free pass to fiddle with democratic processes.
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"This adds to my existing worries about the Administration's willingness to give Saudi Arabia a free pass, especially after its brutal murder of Jamal Khashogghi," Menendez said in an email to CNBC.
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"The fact that our collaborative approach on illegal hate speech brings good results does not mean I want to give a free pass to the tech giants," she told a news conference.
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In the post-#MeToo context, the scenes between Vivian and Philip Stuckey (Alexander), Richard's gross lawyer who assumes he has a free pass due to her profession, feel more modern than ever.
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Indeed, his early warmth toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces side with Assad, seemed to hint that Assad could get some kind of free pass, as long as ISIS was crushed.
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Levenson accused the ratings agencies of giving Shire a "free pass" and said that she saw gross leverage at best being cut to around 2.5 times - and that is not until 2018.
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It's Halloween and that means you have a free pass to dress-up as something spooky, eat as many sweets as you can handle, and maybe engage in a scary movie marathon.
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But its provisions allowing people with religious objections to deny certain services to gay couples have ignited fierce opposition, with some critics portraying them as a free pass to open-ended discrimination.
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Anna Eshoo — had more aggressive and pointed lines of questioning than most of their colleagues, as if they were trying to avoid any appearance that they were giving Zuckerberg a free pass.
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With the press and public justifiably focused on the numerous problems with "big tech" monopolies, big telecom is quietly getting a free pass to engage in all the same (or worse) behaviors.
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The assertion would give Trump, his companies, or even his old accounting firm a free pass from even having to answer questions from any nosy prosecutor so long as he's in office.
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For companies like Google and Amazon, and I'm not saying they should get a free pass, but at least they have an argument as to why they need to be so big.
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In Seattle's regular-season loss to the Panthers, the normally stout Seahawks defense — four consecutive years allowing the fewest points in the N.F.L. — inexplicably gave Cats tight end Greg Olsen a free pass.
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And while headlines have focused on the likes of Winslet for not condemning Woody Allen, male actors who've worked with him — like Owen Wilson and Hugh Jackman — have largely gotten a free pass.
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Identifying as a feminist because you're a powerful businesswoman doesn't give you a free pass when it comes to how you live the rest of your life and the comments that you make.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered the DOJ to investigate claims published this week that President Obama "gave a free pass" to Hezbollah in the interest of the Iran nuclear deal, Fox News reports.
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Giving Andeavor "a free pass when other companies are required to follow the law of the land isn't just unfair, it may be illegal," Grassley said late Tuesday in a statement to Reuters.
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Washington answered in the bottom of the inning as Gray issued three of his five walks in a span of five batters, with the last free pass to Parra forcing in a run.
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Political Pardon 2: Kristian Saucier, Navy submariner who used so-called 'Clinton defense' Trump spent much of 2016 saying Hillary Clinton should be in jail, but he gave Kristian Saucier a free pass.
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When you break the law by entering the United States illegally, you do not deserve to be rewarded with a free pass to stay here, much less a straight line path to citizenship.
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MISSOURI AG OPENS GOOGLE INVESTIGATION: Missouri's attorney general launched an investigation into Google's data collection and search practices, saying that the internet giant has so far received a "free pass" by federal regulators.
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Rumors spread that if Democrat Hillary Clinton won, would-be migrants were told to make it to the U.S. ahead of the election to get a free pass to stay in the country.
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An administration that claims to prioritize religious freedom must not give Saudi Arabia a free pass to harass Christians, incite violence against Jews, jail non-believers, and execute those who interpret Islam differently.
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Issuing a new interpretation, the agency stated that the act's protections apply only to activities that purposely kill birds, giving industries a free pass for bird deaths, including those from major oil spills.
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But it has not been American practice to give allies a free pass when they're destabilizing the region, and Saudi policies, both domestic and foreign, have become increasingly aggressive under Crown Prince Mohammed.
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Under the guise of protecting voice and free expression, Facebook, as in prior elections, is giving Trump and the right-wing a free pass to spread lies, hate and misinformation on the platform.
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Lajovic, ranked 106, will face Pablo Carreno Busta, who earned a free pass into the fourth round after fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut withdrew before their match due to an abdominal muscle injury.
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"President Obama's focus on denying disability beneficiaries their fundamental Second Amendment rights while giving criminals a free pass is embarrassing and shameful," said Jennifer Baker, public affairs director for the NRA's legislative arm.
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Your birthday is the one day of the year where you have a free pass to go hard with glam: get a lavish mani, spring for a fancy facial, book that bougie massage.
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Read more on 2020: Eugene Robinson: Democrats gave Sanders a free pass Jennifer Rubin: Some conventional wisdom on the debate we can live without Greg Sargent: Elizabeth Warren just tore apart a billionaire.
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"Let me vigorously push back on the notion that we're somehow going to give Iran a free pass on ballistic missile tests just because we have a [nuclear deal] in place," Toner said.
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The official said the US ambassador was not giving Assad a free pass, and she called Assad a "war criminal" in an appearance Wednesday at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.
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Greinke fought through an undisclosed injury, requiring a visit from team trainers after just five pitches, to give up four runs on five hits with one walk, his first free pass in three starts.
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Valentine's Day is the one day a year where you have a free pass to be cheesy AF. We are officially granting you permission to indulge in the lovey dovey-ness of the holiday.
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The 23-year-old Californian did issue four walks, however, and has not had an outing in which he didn't give out a free pass since July 25 against the White Sox in Chicago.
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" Then last week, after Comey's most recent testimony, Trump tweeted the FBI director was the "best thing" that could have happened to Clinton because he "gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
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"Especially in light of the Texas judge's ruling last week ruling ObamaCare unconstitutional, it would be insane to continue to give a free pass to lower-court judges that are ideologically extreme," Fallon said.
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The 33-year-old Dominican also surrendered two homers and walked four batters for the second straight outing after being taken deep just once and issuing one free pass in his previous four outings.
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" Speaking with reporters after the caucus meeting, Mr. Fredette condemned Mr. LePage's remarks — "No one agrees with what the governor said or did," he said — and asserted that "no one gets a free pass.
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In addition to serving as a template for other states, upholding this law ensures that abortion facilities don't get a free pass on basic health and safety standards at the expense of women's health.
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"The Obama-era F.T.C. did not take any enforcement action against Google, did not press this forward and has essentially given them a free pass," Hawley told reporters after revealing his inquiry in November.
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" [The New York Times] "Joe Biden's Success Shows We Gave Obama a Free Pass" [The New York Times] "What Bernie Sanders Supporters Are Telling Themselves Now" [The Atlantic] "Another key factor behind Biden's renaissance?
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While the Cambridge Analytica scandal engulfed Facebook in a firestorm of controversy, this time the company effectively got a free pass from a nation fixated on Brett Kavanaugh and his turbulent Supreme Court confirmation.
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Why it matters: The company posted a statement on Tuesday aimed at clarifying its policies for "world leaders," but it remains to be seen if the rules are anything other than a free pass.
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"It will not give the company a free pass even if they want to say, 'Well, Ailes never told us,'" said Peter J. Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit.
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Vehicles that did not pit would be at the front of the field, followed by vehicles that pitted once, followed by those that pitted twice and the free pass wave-around and penalty cars.
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In a new report from her office, Warren argues that powerful corporate executives have effectively received a free pass from the federal government, despite massive settlements where their companies often admit to criminal wrongdoing.
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"Especially in light of the Texas judge's ruling last week ruling ObamaCare unconstitutional, it would be insane to continue to give a free pass to lower-court judges that are ideologically extreme," he said.
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Far from a free pass, these children — often traumatized survivors of violence — are placed in removal proceedings and, often without an attorney, must navigate a complex judicial system in an effort to stay safe.
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In fact, many get a free pass no matter what they say or what they do, including a former writer that&aposs actually on Roseanne&aposs show, comedienne Wanda Sykes, before the show was cancelled.
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The white queer community has a long history of failing black people — either supporting their oppressors or giving a free pass to bad people merely because they haven't harmed the LGBTQ spaces white people inhabit.
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He spoiled a tough 25-26.00 pitch in the first before earning a free pass, then laced a two-run double to left-center in the second that chased Keon Broxton and Matt Garza home.
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What makes things worse for investors is companies don't usually get a free pass for slashing guidance because of the Fed's actions like they do for occasional swings in currency or gas prices, Cramer said.
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This gives violating industries a free pass, allowing them to bypass safeguards and public hearings otherwise required for such a clearance, said Kanchi Kohli, an analyst at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi.
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But if the cable industry gets its way, internet access—today's basic utility—will be treated just like the press for First Amendment purposes, giving it a free pass in perpetuity from any governmental oversight.
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By simply proposing this framework, the Trump administration would make clear that the asymmetry of companies identified with conservative causes risking regulatory retaliation while companies identified with liberals are given a free pass is over.
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So the official at the University of Missouri who thinks that "the First Amendment does not give people a free pass to go around saying hateful things" is mistaken ("Of slavery and swastikas", January 21990nd).
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Clyburn and other net neutrality supporters argue that eliminating the rules would give companies like Comcast and Verizon a free pass to disrupt the level playing field on the internet by picking winners and losers.
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But after Morrisey and Jenkins spent the entirety of a Fox News debate last week attacking each other, a strategy that gave Blankenship a largely free pass, the coal baron is said to be surging.
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The sequester and the other "fiscal speed bumps" should not serve as a free pass to keep on spending, but as an action-forcing moment for Congress to put some desperately needed savings in place.
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One marker of the decline in the power of employees relative to employers is the current practice of beating up employees for saving too little, while giving a free pass to employers who contribute little.
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"This measure is rooted in the dangerous misconception that religion can be used as a free pass to discriminate," Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, said in a statement.
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She was born with one less tooth on the bottom of her mouthThe growing and subsequent removal of wisdom teeth is not pleasant, but fortunately for Zendaya she was born with a partial free pass.
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" PETER DUTTON, MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS, PARLIAMENT, NOV 25: "It is clear that the Westpac bosses, through their negligence, have given a free pass to pedophiles, and there is a price to pay for that.
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Is it fair to expect a concussed player to remain in control of their actions, or does anyone who takes a blow to the head get a free pass for whatever they may do next?
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"Pharmaceutical companies know they get a free pass for very expensive drugs for orphan diseases, whereas they don't for mainstream diseases," said Joel Hay, professor of pharmaceutical economics and policy at the University of Southern California.
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Wixen Publishing Group—a song licensee that represents Tom Petty, Neil Young, Rivers Cuomo, and Tom Morello among others—objected to the settlement, calling it a "practical free pass on willful infringement" in a court filing.
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He has already promised corporations an almost free pass to repatriate hundreds of billions of dollars that will, if past practice is a guide, create very few jobs but end up ballooning CEO paychecks and benefits.
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Gittens told Reuters in an interview late on Monday that supersonic jets should not get "a free pass" to generate more noise than subsonic planes or fail to meet global carbon emission standards for new aircraft.
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"We pride ourselves on working with like-minded, fan-focused partners and are excited to offer all Twitch Prime members a free pass to Crunchyroll right in time for the huge spring anime season," he added.
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Just as in the Eisenhower era, he would give a free pass to the business leaders who employ undocumented workers (a wise move, in a purely self-serving sense, since Trump himself falls into that camp).
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First, Wall Street classifies Tesla as a car company, but values it like a tech company, giving its debt-laden, unprofitable balance sheet a free pass, while holding others in the class to a higher standard.
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In imposing the sanctions under a 1991 law that requires action against countries responsible for a chemical or biological weapons attack, President Trump showed he will not give Putin a free pass for his intolerable actions.
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On the other, we risk treating FARA as a dirty word, which will only scare away friendly foreign governments — so, Russian information warfare gets a free pass and we constrain our allies' attempts to counterbalance it.
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For too long, the United States has given the LAF a free pass to expand its dangerous and enabling relationship with Hezbollah, a terrorist group that has served as a destabilizing force in the Middle East.
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Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, has continued to get a free pass by the administration and business community alike more than a year after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and despite a broader crackdown on press freedom.
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In a September episode of her show, Pirro demanded that Sessions reopen the Clinton email investigation, saying Clinton should not get a free pass for alleged misconduct just because she is no longer in public office.
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Room service is 24 hours, and a free pass to a nearby gym is included, as are "handyphones," which give guests unlimited access to a 3G network and free calls within Britain and several other countries.
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If that doesn't convince you, any full moon is kind of a free pass for some quiet self-care — take this as your opportunity to tune out any craziness that may be going on in your life.
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As was noted this week by many participants in a global human-rights festival, the Oslo Freedom Forum, the new American line seems to give the Saudis and their local allies a free pass over domestic policy.
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The election puts Pelosi in position to lead the opposition to President Donald Trump's agenda and to conduct in-depth investigations of his administration following two years during which Republicans have mainly given him a free pass.
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"The Obama-negotiated accord imposes unrealistic targets on the U.S. for reducing our carbon emissions, while giving countries like China a free pass for years to come," the White House said in a memo, obtained by Bloomberg.
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Beau not only won over the crowd (who gave her a standing ovation) but also won the coveted golden buzzer from judge Amanda Holden – meaning she won a free pass straight to the show's live semi-finals.
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Cramer lamented that companies like Amazon, Netflix and Tesla seem to "get a free pass" when they make large investments in their businesses while Disney and Walmart, "trapped by the four walls of the spreadsheet," get criticized.
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The official said that focus groups have revealed that many Hispanics have friends or family who went through legal immigration process and feel that the Democrats are giving a free pass to those looking for a shortcut.
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Our first-ever Disrupt Virtual Hackathon is for developers, designers, hackers and marketers worldwide to show off their skills with a chance of getting a free pass to Disrupt SF, as well as several other great prizes.
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If the answer to either question is yes, the result could well be to give virtually a free pass to President Trump to engage in conduct hostile and harmful to members of minority faiths in this country.
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It is not Mr. Zuckerberg's fault that our society has given him a free pass (and a net worth of $67 billion) for inventing his platform first and asking only later what its social consequences might be.
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By taking this backward approach, lawmakers aren't just protecting those who wish to adhere to their religious beliefs about sexuality — they're giving a free pass for those who simply don't like LGBT people to discriminate at will.
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So he was happy to make what amounts to an implicit deal with the Republican establishment: You get to implement your usual policy agenda, and I get a free pass on my corruption and abuse of power.
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In addition to creating and implementing a blueprint for fiscal recovery, a Control Board will end the gamesmanship that is aimed at nothing more than giving the governor a free pass to avoid paying the Commonwealth's debt.
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Go deeper: Trump says U.S. stands by Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi murder Trump injects more chaos into OPEC as oil prices fluctuate Trump gives U.S. business a free pass on Saudi Arabia Podcast: Trump punts on Saudi Arabia
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I feel like in the past, the films got a bit of a free pass for the objectification of women, particularly the way the camera lingered from one butt to the next before each film's obligatory street race.
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But environmentalists say Fujimori's proposal gives a free pass to miners who have already destroyed 100,000 hectares (247,105 acres) of rainforest and polluted Amazonian rivers with so much mercury that local fish are no longer safe to eat.
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Without a free pass to pollute, the carriage operators who had been leaving dead horses in the streets were at a disadvantage when a new technology came along that didn't produce piles of manure and leave carcasses behind.
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While it is true that candidate Trump has complained that Comey gave Clinton "a free pass" in his decision not to bring criminal charges against her, Trump and his surrogates capitalized on that investigation more than anyone else.
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And a person willing to resurrect the sort of ancient canard long hurled at Jews deserves to be judged based on what he says and does, not given a free pass due to his daughter choice of husband.
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Now that it generally isn't, should they really get a free pass if your bags come on the next flight four hours later and you have to deal with the logistics of making sure they get to you?
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While some are allured by the possibility that a continuing resolution could lock in lower spending levels, following this path would unwisely give the Obama administration a free pass on a host of job-killing, economically disastrous regulations.
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Congress has yet to act on this bill, so there's still time to remove that loophole that gives a free pass to companies to practice workplace discrimination, deprive workers of overtime pay, and expose them to safety risks.
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Saudi to close ports and borders with Yemen Al-Jubeir said Iran could not just "sit there" and expect to get "a free pass" to meddle in countries in the region, citing Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Bahrain.
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Trump mentioned Russian misbehavior -- something he doesn't often do -- and its violations of the INF treaty, but shortly after, he yet again gave Kim Jong Un a free pass on his continued violations of UN Security Council resolutions.
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Over the years, those losses rolled into a $21992 million free pass, known as a net operating loss, that appeared on his 23.6 tax returns, pages of which were mailed anonymously to The Times during the 2016 campaign.
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It is — assuming the documents are authentic, as the U.S. has confirmed — a matter of fact that the I.A.E.A. chose to ignore when it gave Iran a free pass under political pressure to move to implement the deal.
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But some more progressive members and longtime impeachment supporters want to see a wider-ranging condemnation of the president's actions and have raised concerns that leaving out any wrongdoing could look like the president's getting a free pass.
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In the United States, the AB InBev/SABMiller merger was approved with largely meaningless conduct restrictions, and the two big brewers were given a free pass to continue buying craft brewers and extending the duopoly into craft beer.
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The Obama economic team, among others in the administration, gave Wall Street's malefactors a free pass, bailed them out, turned a blind eye to a return of megasalaries, and quickly welcomed them back to White House state dinners.
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"The Trump administration is giving its friends in the oil and gas industry a free pass to continue polluting our air," said David Doniger, director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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"If they lift the conditions, they're saying we don't think you need to reform, and the Bahrainis have a free pass to continue cracking down," said Sarah Margon, the Washington director of Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group.
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"It is clear ... that the Westpac Banking bosses, through their negligence, have given a free pass to pedophiles and there is a price to pay for that, and that price will be paid," Dutton told parliament on Monday.
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"It is clear ... that the Westpac Banking bosses, through their negligence, have given a free pass to pedophiles and there is a price to pay for that, and that price will be paid," Dutton told parliament on Monday.
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"Secretary Zinke appears to have received a free pass from the White House with respect to the discovery of record-keeping practices so abysmal as to thwart investigation of his travel activities," said CLC ethics counsel Delaney Marsco.
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And, as Pai argues, the industry will not have a free pass because the Federal Trade Commission will have the authority to sue providers that deceive their consumers or use their powers to abuse competition on the web.
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Along with a little help from Heidi Klum, Malcolm will stage a fun bit for a segment, which his wife admitted on the red carpet she "couldn't give a monkey" about — because Margaret had her "free pass": Nick Jonas!
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House Speaker Paul Ryan faced a backlash when he told members this week that he would no longer defend Trump and gave them a free pass to distance themselves from the nominee if need be to protect their seats.
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Why it matters: Corporate America has believed that the Trump Administration would look very favorably on corporate mergers, but its action with FanDuel and DraftKings suggest that there won't be a free pass (at least in emerging tech markets).
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More than a thousand University of Colorado chemistry students are being offered a free pass from Tuesday night's scheduled midterm exams -- with one condition: They must turn out to a caucus, then turn in a selfie to prove it.
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I hear so much 'that's just the way it is' but that doesn't buy people a free pass from having to try to do better," said food writer and mental health advocate Kat Kinsman, founder of "Chefs with Issues.
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Has our own government just issued a non-compete clause for foreign prisoners, or have they issued a free pass for U.S. prison labor to compete on products that are protected under the Berry Amendment as "Made in USA"?
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"Our government has no business allowing trophy hunters, abusive circuses, and animal experimenters to cut a check and be handed a free pass to violate the Endangered Species Act," said Brittany Peet, PETA's director of captive animal law enforcement.
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But if the takeaway lesson from this project is that architects need a free pass, a vain, submissive client and an open checkbook to create a public spectacle, then the hub is a disaster for architecture and for cities.
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That's not to say the right-wing media always gives Trump a free pass—this week, Fox anchor Chris Wallace admirably challenged White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders on apparently bogus claims about terrorists slipping past the US southern border.
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Mr. Hawley, a Republican who is running for Senate in 2018, said that the Federal Trade Commission had given Google a "free pass" and that it was critical for consumers to understand what was happening with their personal information.
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The government's lead lawyer, Craig Conrath, provided a counterargument: "The fact that AT&T may want to compete in some other market, that doesn't give them a free pass to reduce competition in the pay-TV market," he said.
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Meaning that for 2 years, the claim type with the highest propensity for billing errors was given a "free pass" from auditing and now, those funds cannot be recovered – we're talking about a write off of approximately $8 billion.
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But Mr. Trump's defenders said he was being targeted for partisan and political reasons, his every move interpreted in the most cynical light and distorted to tarnish his reputation, while adversaries like Mr. Biden are given a free pass.
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The Obama administration feared using such tools in the post-Iran deal era would undermine the staying power of the deal, but the deal was never intended to give Iran a free pass on its non-nuclear malevolent actions.
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At its last annual party conference before a general election, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) gave both Najib and his deputy, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, a free pass to retain their posts in a party leadership ballot next year.
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Yet while Russia has an interest in protecting North Korea, which started life as a Soviet satellite state, it is not giving Pyongyang a free pass: it backed tougher United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear tests last month.
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The United Nations and its constitute parts, including the General Assembly, U.N. Human Rights Council and U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), have cranked out endless anti-Israel resolutions and initiatives while giving Palestinian aggression a free pass for decades.
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Federal prosecutors say the former chief executive of drug distributor Rochester Drug Co-operative Inc is seeking to use his C-Suite status to secure a "free pass for his drug dealing" and role in fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic.
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Getting the balance right will be key for Jaitley even though, as a Reuters poll of economists shows, financial markets would give him a free pass if he backslides a bit on next year's deficit goal of 3.5 percent of GDP.
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To be clear, all parties have denied that there was any infidelity involving Lawrence, and we have no reason to think that there was, but prematurely shifting blame entirely onto the actress signifies that we would give Pratt a free pass.
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Just two weeks into his presidency, Trump's new FCC gave its first gift to the telecom industry: a free pass for AT&T and Verizon to divide up the internet and start to make it look more like cable television.
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As Vox's Dylan Scott wrote, this subpoena battle has been going for some time: House Democrats were transparent about their intention to aggressively investigate Trump after they took power, arguing the prior Republican majority had given the president a free pass.
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Nor, the Sikhs argued, should concern with Islamophobia be used to give a free pass to conflict within the world of Islam, such as the ostracising of the Ahmadi Muslim sect which had led to two sectarian murders in Britain.
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I don't know how we got here, but sometime in the past year we've given ourselves a free pass to belittle and bully an artist in a way we don't do to others with equally problematic pasts — and certainly not men.
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"Until then, they and other hackers who steal from our companies for the apparent benefit of Chinese industry should remember: there is no free pass to violate American laws merely because they do so under the protection of the foreign state."
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He also called for further exemptions giving most banks a free pass on the "Volcker Rule" prohibiting some kinds of speculative trades and holdings, as well as steps towards "transparency" which would likely make Federal Reserve stress tests less rigorous.
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"FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!" he wrote from the confines of his second-floor private residence at the White House.
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Similarly, by rejecting Snowden's move for a pardon, he held consistent to the view that Snowden should not be granted a free pass given that he – unlike Manning – has refused to stand trial and face the charges arrayed against him.
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We don't believe that Bundy and his buddies should get a free pass on their attempt to overthrow the government, but we do think that livestock operators should be offered an exit strategy from public lands grazing through voluntary permit retirement.
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Now, by unilaterally withdrawing from the INF Treaty, the United States is giving Moscow a free pass to not just violate the treaty on a relatively small scale but to rapidly accelerate its redeployments of tactical nuclear weapons without constraints.
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"The idea that places of public accommodation should receive a free pass for six months before correctly implementing a law that has been a part of our legal framework for nearly three decades creates an obvious disincentive for ADA compliance," Rep.
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Bob Packwood of Oregon was sent packing for "Mad Men"-like antics with his staff, Clinton was given a free pass by groups like National Organization for Women (NOW) on what was at best an egregious act of sexual harassment.
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Whether it's giving sexual predators a free pass, defending the God-given right to stage dive regardless of who it means injuring or ostracising in the process, or gleefully assaulting your fans just because your privilege means that you can.
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And since many women will try to self-induce an abortion if no other legal alternative is available, it's hard to imagine a world where abortion is outlawed but women are given a free pass to try to do it themselves.
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In order to continue with their hypocritical lifestyle, the royals offered cultural freedom and women's rights as a sop to the fundamentalists, allowing anti-Western clerics and madrasas to flourish and giving a free pass to those who bankrolled terrorism.
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And I believe that's because they've pivoted into satirical horror stories about the government, about inequality, and about racism that resonate more powerfully than shallower tales of people who just want a free pass to break stuff and be violent.
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Harper finished 0-for-3 with an intentional walk, but that free pass, which drew the loudest boos of the afternoon, proved fruitful, loading the bases for Rhys Hoskins, who hit a grand slam as the Phillies won, 10-4.
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Under the agreement, the bodies of eight people believed to be Lebanese soldiers were to be returned, while Islamic State militants were to receive 17 air-conditioned buses, 11 ambulances and a free pass through territory held by the Syrian government.
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Again, this doesn't mean that the Republican bill gives insurers a free pass to deny coverage because of these conditions, though people who, for example, cannot afford higher costs could lose insurance in states that receive a waiver from community ratings.
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One of the most consistent and dependable components of Iran's post-Revolution foreign policy has been to expose U.S. hypocrisy by pointing out that it is undertaking the very same actions for which the United States receives a free pass.
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In short, designers were needed and valued at digital-first businesses and consumer-facing companies moving toward e-commerce, but very early-stage digital products, or incumbents in traditional industries had a free pass to focus on issues other than design.
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The opera stops short of accusing Arendt, who coined the controversial phrase "banality of evil" to help explain the crimes of the Third Reich, of giving the Nazis a free pass because she worshiped German culture (and its great personification, Heidegger).
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To conservatives and other Clinton critics, this may look like the Democratic nominee is once again getting a free pass despite whiffs of wrongdoing by her or her husband, former president Bill Clinton—a charge that dates all the way back to Whitewater.
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Because Trump left the Paris climate agreement, rolled back protections from pollutants, and plans to increase production of dirty fossil fuels while giving big polluters a free pass, our families are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the illnesses caused and exacerbated by pollution.
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It's a device that plugs into your console and computer via HDMI and allows you to stream and record gameplay on Twitch (or YouTube.) This one by Elgato streams in 1080p and has a lag-free pass-through that's essential for streaming.
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Our thought bubble: Tech executives are getting a free pass when they head to Capitol Hill because they often find themselves defending their companies against unproven accusations of bias, instead of being pressed to discuss real, proven and persistent problems around content moderation.
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The director leaped from beloved indie filmmaker into the A-list when he single-handedly saved one of the worst Marvel franchises—Thor—with the stellar Ragnarok, and the man basically has a free pass to do whatever he wants to now.
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Spicer's public vote of confidence from Comey came after the President claimed on Twitter that the FBI director gave former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a "free pass" by not going after her more on her use of a private email server.
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I would give the whole crew a 0 for believability (yes, I see you, Martell and Tyrell ships from where in the hell), but the shot of Team Dany finally zooming towards Westeros is incredible so everyone involved gets a free pass.
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The Trump administration has taken a stance long advocated by immigration hard-liners, who argue that existing asylum procedures in the United States are rife with loopholes that essentially give people who claim fear of persecution a free pass into the country.
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In addition, Kluber's fourth-inning walk of Eduardo Escobar was the first free pass Kluber issued in 46 1/3 innings, the longest streak in the majors since Bartolo Colon went 48 1/3 innings without giving up a walk in 2015.
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"There's no doubt Democrats have the wind at their back, but that doesn't mean that these red state Democrats are going to get a free pass on their votes," said Neil Newhouse, a Republican pollster and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies.
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Previously a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, McDonald said the program in no way offered a free pass to companies but instead aimed to apply methods successfully used to prosecute gangs and organised crime to the world of corporate misconduct.
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When: March 3–6 / Thursday: 11am–6pm (with free pass); Friday, Saturday: 11am–83pm; Sunday: 11am–6pm (free) Where: hpgrp Gallery (434 Greenwich Street, Tribeca, Manhattan) Small and (usually) full of saturated colors, the New City art fair focuses on Asian art.
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But Trump has long set an example for the entire country of condoning sexual misconduct and belittling those who come forward as survivors — maybe it was only a matter of time before someone interpreted his boast as a free pass to assault women.
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Why was the FBI's sick loser, Peter Strzok, working on the totally discredited Mueller team of 13 Angry & Conflicted Democrats, when Strzok was giving Crooked Hillary a free pass yet telling his lover, lawyer Lisa Page, that "we'll stop" Trump from becoming President?
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Congress should see through this ruse and treat the big players for what they are — industrial polluters that shouldn't have a free pass to pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink and the land we need to support us all.
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"Workers' rights do not stop at the minimum wage, and raising the pay of your lowest-paid workers, while important, does not give you a free pass to engage in potentially illegal anti-union behavior," Massachusetts Democrat Warren and Vermont independent Sanders wrote.
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LISA, NEW YORK I have never worked the land, but growing up in Vermont gives me a free pass, I believe, to use farming metaphors: The best way to figure out what crop we're growing is to check our wheelbarrow at harvest time.
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"Calls for cow protection may have started out as a way to attract Hindu votes, but it has transformed into a free pass for mobs to violently attack and kill minority group members," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
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" Trump tweeted: "Why was the FBI's sick loser, Peter Strzok, working on the totally discredited Mueller team of 13 Angry & Conflicted Democrats, when Strzok was giving Crooked Hillary a free pass yet telling his lover, lawyer Lisa Page, that 'we'll stop' Trump from becoming President?
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The list would be greatly expanded under the U.S. proposal to cover a vast and complex web of automotive components, essentially eliminating the concept of "deemed originating," under which parts not listed get a free pass to tariff-free NAFTA access, no matter their origin.
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For one thing, the campaigners seem to be in agreement that the media gave Trump a free pass—in the endless pursuit of clicks and/or ratings and/or global domination—but don't really ever acknowledge that their campaigns also largely did the same.
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The process that led up to the court's decision demonstrates that, as these policies continue to face important legal challenges, the courts will not give Trump a free pass on them simply because he insists on excusing every action with the language of national security.
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Even though the decision is narrow, those who skim the headlines about Masterpiece — that the court sided with a baker who did not want to serve a same-sex couple — are likely to feel that they have a free pass to turn people away.
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The first-order, existential challenge to democracy in Eastern Europe is coming from leaders such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán — once, incidentally, a recipient of a Soros scholarship — who mistake their substantial popular mandate for a free pass to crack down on dissenting voices.
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That would be a huge change in American foreign policy and could well signal to the world's authoritarians that they had a free pass — to imprison dissidents, torture opponents and ignore human rights standards without fear that their relationship with the United States would suffer.
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In effect, while we expect professionals in other fields — such as doctors, lawyers, and engineers — to do what's best for us and hold them accountable when they don't, existing law gives a free pass to the individuals helping us prepare for our golden years.
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UFC Gym, which operates across the country and has classes in boxing, mixed martial arts, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, has a couple good deals right now: a free pass, which entitles you to one to two classes, or a 15-day trial for $15.
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Another misconception is that when a worker leaves the ranch they've been working at, the ranchers will say they were lazy or they came here to get a free pass into the US—that they want to abandon the ranch and be here illegally.
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But the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a new rule last month that would give landlords a free pass if they hired a third-party company to vet their applicants, which as many as 90% of landlords do, according to experts.
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Russia and Turkey have been conducting joint patrols along the Syrian border, where the United States handed Turkish troops essentially a free pass to attack our Kurdish allies, and where human rights violations have allegedly been happening on a massive scale under Turkish oversight.
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This bind — between having to cope with a "toxic female boss" and worrying your feelings could be sexist — can fuel a simmering resentment, and creates a constant dilemma: After all, turning a blind eye only works to perpetuate toxic behavior by giving female leaders a free pass.
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So logically, this argument either applies to illegal aliens and applies to everybody and would result in complete breakdown of a lawful society, because they&aposre giving a free pass to parents who commit crimes, simply because they have children and don&apost want to separate them.
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It has worked with corporate sponsors who pay to make some of its content available for free without any promotional material or advertising — mobile wallet giant Paytm, for example, sponsored a week-long free pass — while it is in the process of introducing corporate subscriptions, too.
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The Phillies knocked out Guerra in the sixth following a walk to Scott Kingery and built a 4-1 lead against Boone Logan when Crawford drew his bases-loaded free pass and Hernandez legged out an infield hit by beating Shaw's bare-handed throw from third base.
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School administrators have defended the exemptions as a defensive measure that enables them to abide by their religious beliefs in a time of changing social and legal attitudes toward gender and sexuality, but critics call the waivers a free pass to discriminate against gay and transgender students.
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Saudi Arabia: Table for two According to our analysis, contradicting the CIA's assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's (MBS) ordered Jamal Khashoggi's murder and giving him a free pass will likely distance you from our other allies and impact our intelligence-sharing partnerships going forward.
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"The lousy returns from the September jobs report will make little impression on observers, who essentially gave the labor market a free pass due to the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma," said Curt Long, chief economist at the National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions.
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Sadly, Trump may not have the capacity to process what legitimizing the first major annexation of territory in Europe since the end of the Second World War would mean for Putin: a free pass to seize additional territory -- with the three Baltic states serving as easy pickings.
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"For decades, women found that this (harassing) behavior often was the price of coming to work, it was entrenched, with high performers getting a free pass," says Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, a San Francisco-based legal support organization that focuses on women's issues.
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"I think really what's going to happen is there's going to be a free pass if the CRA goes all the way through, they're going to be able to double dip profit-wise into their consumers," Gaurav Laroia, policy counsel at Free Press, told The Hill.
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Will they side with the big polluters, like coal mining companies, who want to keep their free pass to dump toxic pollution into our drinking water, or will they stand up for these communities and others by working to ensure everyone has access to clean, safe water?
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Join us at Smart Cities Week with a free pass to the expo floor where you can see live smart city technologies in action, hear case studies of these technologies currently being used in cities around the world, and network with those who are leading the way.
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Twitter's latest step in the tricky balancing act of championing free speech without also handing a free pass to orchestrated harassment via its platform is the announcement today that it's formed a "Trust & Safety Council" comprised of multiple external organizations with various interests in the two issues.
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"This is a clear sign that students cannot rely on Secretary DeVos, and that she will continue to give predatory for-profit colleges and corporations a free pass when they mislead, cheat, and defraud students," said Senator Patty Murray, the Democratic ranking member of the education committee.
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On Reddit, Uber drivers have detailed how easy it is to lose their access to the service without any notice, another free pass that Uber gets by never fully employing its drivers, which would make it a lot easier for them to form a normal labor union.
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While this approach may buy us some time with North Korea, it is hurting us and our friends in many other places — because it's being taken as a free pass for dictators everywhere not just to crush their revolutionaries or terrorists but even their most mild dissenters.
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"The Trump EPA is eager to give the oil and gas industry a free pass to keep leaking enormous amounts of climate pollution into the air," said David Doniger, senior strategic director of climate & clean energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental organization.
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"Libya and Nigeria were given a free pass when the deal started in Jan 2017 because civil unrest meant their production was significantly down on what they have historically achieved," said Spencer Welch, director of oil markets & downstream energy at IHS Markit, told CNBC via email.
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Many who care about the place of women in American society are gripped by fears that men will now feel they have a free pass to demean women at home or in the workplace, that women's health, economic security and reproductive rights will be dealt severe blows.
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But the consequences of derailing a criminal probe into the conduct of his own campaign would cause a crisis of governance in Washington and could so shift the political terrain that even Republicans who have given the President a free pass could be forced to confront him.
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By taking over the Winter Olympiad, Kim will not only soften his image around the world, but, far more importantly, secure a free pass on his next big provocation — even if it's an intercontinental ballistic missile or nuclear test right in the middle of the Games.
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People will have to buy a special subscription bundle if they want to play this year: The $129.99 Founder's Edition will include a Stadia controller, a Chromecast dongle, three months of a Stadia streaming subscription, and a free pass so a friend can also play for three months.
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"It is pretty obvious that junior Cho's vote will reflect his father's say, ultimately giving father Cho a free pass to continue to participate in issues," Park Chang-jin, a Korean Air flight attendant who revealed the 'nut rage' incident in 2014, told Reuters after attending the shareholder meeting.
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Being an addict doesn't automatically make you sexually assault people, nor does it mean you should get a free pass on whatever you do while under the influence — especially if you acknowledge, like Dick does on Love, that he has a reputation for groping people when he's drunk.
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"Chinese technology companies have a culture of moving fast and breaking things, and while Didi got a free pass from the regulator for the first incident ... it is unlikely to get off scot-free the second time," Richard Windsor, a technology analyst, wrote on his Radio Free Mobile blog.
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Unless the justices affirm a lower-court's ruling that Wisconsin violated America's constitution when, in 2011, it redrew lines to entrench a Republican majority for years to come, they will give states a "free pass" to "effectively nullif[y] democracy" when legislatures redraw maps following the 2020 census.
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"Instead of giving Putin a free pass, President Trump should announce new sanctions against Russia, call for the immediate return of Ukrainian vessels and crewmen, and call off any planned meetings with Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G-20 summit," said Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island.
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"People should also never use their personal religious beliefs as a free pass to violate the law or the basic civil rights of others," Sarah Warbelow, the legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights, said in a statement.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's (R) push to scrap the consumer protections has generated fierce opposition from Democrats and activists who argue that repealing the rules will give internet providers like Comcast and Verizon a free pass to block web content and force websites to pay for faster delivery.
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Just one week ago, he tweeted that Comey was — if anything — too soft on Clinton, a point he made during the campaign as well: FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
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It might hurt you a little, or me, to have to accept that someone who made something personally meaningful to us has abused power and other people, but no one's art (or box-office draw) is so astonishing as to merit some kind of consequences-free pass on predatory behavior.
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Your continued public focus on Saudi Arabia's contribution to the US economy and the fact that they "give us a lot of jobs" signals that you care more about economics than human rights, and may give MBS a free pass for any role he may have played in the killing.
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If this is not the case, and Trump just changed course to make history, he should know that this sort of reality TV-type selfie diplomacy plays right into the North Koreans' hands—most likely giving them a free pass to keep their nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, forever.
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While the new ADR policy is meant to reward providers who bill accurately with fewer audits and increase scrutiny of providers with high levels of billing errors, there's a major loophole in the paradigm that is allowing some providers to receive a "free pass" from auditing their claims for billing accuracy.
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"Without objective standards, nonprofits willing to flout the rules will get a free pass, while the vast majority of nonprofits that want to follow the law will be left in the dark as to what is and isn't permissible," said Emily Peterson-Cassin, coordinator of Public Citizen's Bright Lines Project.
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Granta Nakayama, a partner at the law firm King & Spalding who served in the E.P.A.'s office of compliance under President George W. Bush, said the memo did not give companies a free pass to pollute, but rather provided guidance in a challenging situation where many industries are facing unique circumstances.
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The allegations against Affleck took on a new life after critics wondered why Oscar hopeful Nate Parker, who wrote and directed "Birth of a Nation," was being vilified for a 1999 rape allegation and the "Manchester by the Sea" star seemed to be getting a free pass from media and activists.
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Having cajoled May into conceding so much on the other two issues it would be a surprising negotiating tactic of the EU to give her a free pass on the border issue, knowing that with more pressure and more time they and the Irish Taoiseach will likely get more of what they want.
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"It is important to recognize that workers' rights do not stop at the minimum wage, and raising the pay of your lowest-paid workers, while important, does not give you a free pass to engage in potentially illegal anti-union behavior," wrote the two senators, who both may run for president in 2020.
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This is not to give Iranian actions in the region a free pass, but to merely recognize that they have policies, a government and public opinion as well and are deploying tactics and practices to achieve their own strategic outcomes with the capacity they have in the environment in which they operate.
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If the world did go tragically wrong because of technology, we'd all be collectively to blame: the consumers who gave tech companies a free pass to play with society, and the creators of the technology, whose cavalier attitudes about its dangers are as self-serving and dangerous in their way as Robert's more targeted sociopathy.
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On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Trump converted nearly a billion dollars in business losses — from failed ventures in casinos, real estate and a now defunct regional airline — to win a free pass with the IRS with the potential to shield as much as 0003 years of his personal income from taxes.
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In November, the Trump Administration announced that it would end TPS for Haitians by July 2019 In response to the arrival of Haitians, the Canadian government organized outreach in places like Miami and New York with large Haitian communities to counter social media rumors that asylum seekers would get a free pass in Canada.
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Instead, rather than understand the growing need for this sort of representative balance in the medium, Xtreme 3's makers are taking their ball and going home—they're not even officially releasing the game in the West, instead restricting it mostly to the Japanese market, where this kind of nonsense still gets a free pass.
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Op-Ed Contributor SACRAMENTO — One of the most brazen attacks on the rule of law by the Trump administration — and we've seen many — came last week after the Interior Department opened up 90 percent of America's offshore waters to drilling for oil and gas, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke arbitrarily gave Florida a free pass.
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"Things are so serious around different issues, but Halloween is just one of those times we feel that everyone gets a free pass to take a lighthearted punch at something either that they find funny, or something that they're passionate about that's happening in pop culture or even one of their political heroes," says Watton.
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I bet you can guess what the New York Times editorial board thinks just by reading the headline out loud in your most exasperated voice: While the Cambridge Analytica scandal engulfed Facebook in a firestorm of controversy, this time the company effectively got a free pass from a nation fixated on Brett Kavanaugh and his turbulent Supreme Court confirmation.
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The report also claimed that Google is going to make the feature live sometime in 2018, after publishers have time to review their own advertising practices with a dedicated tool, and that the search company is preparing a new tool that will ask visitors to disable third-party blockers, or pay for an ad-free pass to the site.
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Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE was attacked ad nauseum, while Clinton's scandals were largely downplayed or given a free pass.
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Indeed, it is deeply disturbing and disheartening that many prominent Democrats, who are in party leadership positions or maintain millions of followers on social media, are all collectively peddling a defense of Omar which essentially argues that she should be given a free pass to target a religious minority group repeatedly, merely because she too is a religious minority.
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This gave e-cigarette manufacturers that had products on the market before 22022, including Juul Labs, a free pass when it came to filing public health and marketing applications before selling in the US. "In this world, a delay of [five] years is a lifetime," said Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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"There's no question that all of us are safer when there's proper mental health care, but that also shouldn't be a free pass to deal with immediate issues that we know we've got to get on top of from countering violent extremism to managing access to deadly weapons," Buttigieg said on the recent trip to Iowa.
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She has been more publicly involved in her business interests than any artist at her level, championing the 2016 battle against the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which she argued gave YouTube a free pass on copyright infringement, and sitting at the center of the debate about Spotify (and music streaming payment practices in general) for years.
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They decried the arson convictions of father-and-son ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond (though the Hammonds insisted they didn't want help from the occupiers, led by Ammon Bundy.) For weeks, authorities positioned themselves outside a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building near Burns -- not charging in to get the occupiers but not giving them a free pass to stay or easily leave either.
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Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 2023 Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Rand Paul to 'limit' August activities due to health MORE, who says he'll vote to challenge the president's emergency maneuver to fund a border wall, receives something of a free pass from McConnell and Trump (The Hill).
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But she and her advocates say they ran into a series of roadblocks: police prejudice, ignorance of the law on the part of court officials, limited resources from their own organization and suspicion from the authorities that she was trying to get a free pass to stay in the United States by seeking what is known as a U visa.
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Between these long-term impacts on the development of military capabilities (such as budgetary trends or disruptions of development efforts), as well as short-term disruptions to operational theaters, pandemics such as COVID-19 carry a risk of granting a temporary free pass to the activities of non-state actors across the world, and possibly even a permanent setback in many active theaters.
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Maybe they can't live with giving Trump a free pass on using military aid money to press another country to find dirt on his Democratic rival, Joe BidenJoe BidenHouse Republicans voice concerns about White House's impeachment messaging Giuliani consulted with Manafort on Ukraine info: report Top Pence adviser was on Trump-Zelensky phone call at center of whistleblower complaint: report MORE.
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The Board of Immigration Appeals decisions could allow Sessions to make it much harder to seek asylum in the US. Asylum is a favorite target of immigration hardliners, who argue that because of the years-long backlog to hear cases, immigrants are coached to make asylum claims for what's billed as a guaranteed free pass to stay in the country illegally.
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By unleashing on the host nation, South Korea, his beaming young cheerleaders and, through graduated suspense-building, his own sister, Kim Yo Jong, North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un effected an image makeover, turned the tables on the Trump administration, hypnotized the world into forgetting about his yearlong ballistic-bluster barrage, and likely secured a free pass on his next big provocation.
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Bradley ByrneBradley Roberts ByrneGOP Senate candidate 'pissed off' at Trump over health care for veterans House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami Conservatives call on Pelosi to cancel August recess MORE (R-Ala.), was approved 220006-2202 despite pushback from Democrats, who argued the bill gives a free pass to unscrupulous companies that steal wages, fail to pay overtime and break child labor laws.
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Bradley ByrneBradley Roberts ByrneGOP Senate candidate 'pissed off' at Trump over health care for veterans House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami Conservatives call on Pelosi to cancel August recess MORE (R-Ala.), was approved 242-181 despite pushback from Democrats, who argued the bill gives a free pass to unscrupulous companies that steal wages, fail to pay overtime and break child labor laws.
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Sinan Ulgen, a former Turkish diplomat and the chairman of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, a liberal-leaning Turkish think tank, said the strategy implied that "allowing a free pass to Zarrab and company would create good will in Ankara that Washington could use to advance its own regional agenda," with clearer support or at least less interference from the Turkish government.
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Perez said the goal was deterring families from coming to the US. "From CBP's perspective, the modification of the Flores agreement is more so a deterrence and the ability to help deter a myriad of pull factors (for immigrants)," Perez said, as the officials explained that the administration thinks immigrants are attracted to the US because they believe families get a free pass into the country.
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The shortcomings of the original plans are many: Buffers around display and mating sites in Wyoming (home to the largest remaining sage-grouse population) are far too tiny to protect breeding and nesting grouse, Nevada priority habitats were reduced by more than half and those that survived are heavily fragmented, and several massive electrical transmission projects were given a free pass on compliance with grouse protections.
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"If you want to know how the system is rigged, just compared how they came after us for three years with everything they had compared to the free pass they gave to Hillary and her aides after they set an illegal server, destroyed evidence, deleted and acid-washed 33,000 emails, exposed classified information, and turned the State Department into a pay-for-play cash machine," Trump said at one point.
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"What I'm deeply concerned about in this election is how are we going to make sure that Donald Trump hasn't given the Russians a free pass to do something that they very much believe is in their interest from a policy perspective, which is try and flip this election by attacking our electronic voting systems," Braun told a crowd of dozens of tech executives at the unofficial Clinton event last night.
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"One of the most underreported consequences of the last 18 months is that China has gotten a free pass," said Mr. Flake, citing the country's military buildup on islands in the South China Sea, its economic punishment of South Korea for cooperating with the United States on a missile defense system and, most recently, President Xi Jinping's power grab, persuading the Communist Party to abolish limits on his time in office.
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Given his frequent calls to prosecute Hillary Clinton for using a private email server, the anger he directed at the F.B.I. director, James Comey, for giving her a "free pass," and reports that he directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to find a reason to fire Mr. Comey, it's hard to believe the president's claim that he made his decision out of concern for Mr. Comey's harsh treatment of Mrs.
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" For those who do manage to draw up a budget, one of two things tends to happen, he says: "Either they get discouraged because they're not sticking to the budget, or they have a budget and they get to the end of the month and they say, 'Oh, I'm $500 under budget and therefore have a free pass to go blow $500 on something that I otherwise would not have bought.
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The national news headlines all too often blast President TrumpDonald John TrumpWhistleblower complaint declassified on eve of high-stakes testimony Ocasio-Cortez on impeachment: 'I think the ground has shifted' Democrats ask Pentagon to probe delayed Ukraine aid MORE and Republicans for supposedly eroding civic norms, yet Democrats get a free pass from mainstream journalists for their biased shortcomings that frays trust in government and ultimately trust in the media itself.
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It remains to be seen whether bank managers will be given a free pass from analysts, whose return-on-equity targets face the growing likelihood of going unmet, or from regulators, whose stress tests may have been eclipsed earlier this year by the realities big banks faced (successfully) in Europe and the U.K. "There's all sorts of ways they can back off the banks," Dick Bove, equity research analyst at Rafferty Capital Markets, said of regulators.
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" President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE for his part tweeted on Tuesday evening that "FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
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But the controversy creates a new vulnerability for the FBI at a time when it was already under attack from the president's allies, who have accused the bureau of giving former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE a free pass in its investigation of her handling of classified material.
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