You can tell when people are spoiling for a fight.
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But the White House says it's spoiling for the fight.
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But others found him intrusive and spoiling for an argument.
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No wonder Trump seems to be spoiling for this fight.
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A powerful family, teeming with dysfunction and spoiling for conflict.
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A powerful family, teeming with dysfunction and spoiling for conflict.
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Some leading Lords are spoiling for a fight with the government.
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That the SPD is spoiling for a fight makes that harder.
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Obama and Netanyahu have been spoiling for a fight for years.
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These are not the actions of a leader spoiling for a fight.
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And all indications are that the left is spoiling for such a fight.
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The main movers of all this fuss are clearly spoiling for a fight.
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Indeed, the Law and Justice leadership has been spoiling for one for years.
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We know Warren runs rings around Trump and we're spoiling for a fight.
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Nothing I'd done myself that day had provoked anyone spoiling for a fight.
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Then John arrived, looking – in Frankel's words – "lit up" and spoiling for a fight.
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Dechert, a former Marine, knows what's coming: the US is spoiling for a fight.
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But several candidates may be spoiling for a fight and could toughen the tone.
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John Bolton, the former national security adviser, appears to be spoiling for a fight.
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Editorial President Trump has been spoiling for a trade war since before his election.
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"The Japanese military will defend themselves, but they're not spoiling for a fight," said Mizokami.
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Mexico accuses Trump of spoiling for a "protectionist war" with proposals aimed at balancing trade.
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That decision left Democrats and Republicans around the Capitol frustrated and spoiling for a fight.
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Greek-Turkish tensions are rising again and nationalists on both sides are spoiling for confrontation.
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Today, Democrats aren't positioning themselves as the champions of incrementalism—they're spoiling for a fight.
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But many Republicans are spoiling for a fight if they don't get what they want.
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The president seems to be spoiling for a fight over the Democrats' detailed factual claims.
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Yet the Iranian-born Mahan Esfahani, 32, often seems to be spoiling for a fight.
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The media is also spoiling for a fight, something Trump and his staff appear ready for.
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Democrats are spoiling for that fight; they have threatened to force a shutdown to block that money.
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But that's not likely to deter the elements on both sides that are spoiling for a fight.
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The Court battle he's spoiling for will be a far more challenging undertaking than tweeting seems to be.
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There he encountered a security guard who, several All Blacks later reported, was clearly spoiling for a fight.
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Senate appropriators have worked closely together, and Republicans also do not appear to be spoiling for a fight.
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Mr. Erdogan's critics, however, have another narrative: that by this point Mr. Erdogan was spoiling for a fight.
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Mexico accuses U.S. President Donald Trump of spoiling for a "protectionist war" with proposals aimed at balancing trade.
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But it's clear that both sides were spoiling for a fight when they arrived, and they got it.
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The planet is a rising power, and Bobbie and her fellow soldiers are cocky and spoiling for a fight.
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On top of that, he seemed to be spoiling for a showdown with his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.
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But they're also spoiling for yet another bloody fight, one within their own bloodlines to politicize their family's giving.
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French unions, blindsided by the pace of Mr. Macron's labor and fiscal reforms, have been spoiling for a fight.
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Finn's equipped with a riot baton, and they're clearly spoiling for a rematch after their encounter in The Force Awakens.
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From the thrust of their chests and the tightness of their faces, they look to be spoiling for a fight.
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The far right and far left may be perpetually spoiling for a fight, but in this case, everyone's interests align.
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But the events have also attracted pockets of self-described anarchists clad in face masks and spoiling for a fight.
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Asian states are likelier to sign up to FOIP if they are persuaded that America is not spoiling for a fight.
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His campaign argues that it's Rubio who is underperforming expectations -- spoiling, for example, what would've been a Kasich win in Vermont.
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Trump is spoiling for a fight and no one, not even General Kelly, will be able to stand in his way.
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Politically, Nadler served notice that he does not intend to take half-measures and that he is spoiling for a fight.
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On Saturday night, Mr. Abubakar's aides seemed to be spoiling for a fight, making allegations of irregularities before results were tabulated.
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In the British press it is claimed that he is spoiling for a fight ("READY TO PLAY HARD BALL" reads one headline).
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Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan were spoiling for fights with the European Union over human rights and other matters.
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Mr. Pence insisted that Mr. Trump was "spoiling for a fight" to see the process through to completion, according to an attendee.
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President Donald Trump has spent months spoiling for a government shutdown fight with Congress over his proposed wall along the Mexican border.
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Already, Bolton is spoiling for a fight with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who is widely seen as a key moderating force on Trump.
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But Gibson said that he was worried self-proclaimed anti-fascist activists, commonly known as "antifa," would arrive spoiling for a physical confrontation.
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For voters spoiling for a fight — whether against Mr. Trump, the Democratic establishment, the 1-percenters — Mr. Sanders has become a cult hero.
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His five rivals on the stage, however, indicated that they're spoiling for a convention fight even if Sanders comes in with the lead.
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Senate Republicans refused to grant the highly-respected Garland even the courtesy of a Senate hearing and the Dems are spoiling for a fight.
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But this year, Democrats are spoiling for a fight over what some believe to be Sessions' weak record on civil rights and racial issues.
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It tweets progressive opinions every ten minutes and lies in wait to be discovered by the platform's cornucopia of bigots spoiling for a fight.
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Hamilton, who won his home British Grand Prix at Silverstone for a record sixth time two weeks ago, is still spoiling for a fight.
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The internal tensions have prompted fears that the Trump administration is spoiling for a fight, even if the commander in chief may not be.
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White House officials have given no indication up to this point that Trump is spoiling for a shutdown battle, people involved in the talks say.
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Even though some of the protesters were armed and spoiling for a fight, the most they managed during various protests was a bit of shoving.
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They say that has made it more difficult to unify the party, with Sanders supporters spoiling for a fight on the convention floor in Philadelphia.
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Washington (CNN)Progressives are spoiling for a fight over the Supreme Court, and Democrats' 2020 presidential prospects are eager to lead them into the battle.
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It's bad for democracy to have people afraid to come to the polls, or to have them coming to the polls spoiling for a fight.
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Ready for the fight Facing a year of challenges, Trump is defiant, spoiling for new fights and relishing the opening exchanges of the 2020 presidential race.
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Unfortunately, certain political interests in both Iran and the United States are spoiling for a fight, causing a cascade of irresponsible decisions in the last month.
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And Ross Douthat makes the case that, for a mixture of rational and irrational reasons, this erratic president might actually be spoiling for an impeachment fight.
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And Ross Douthat makes the case that, for a mixture of rational and irrational reasons, this erratic president might actually be spoiling for an impeachment fight.
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"People are spoiling for a fight," Christian Grolier, a senior official from the hard-left Force Ouvriere union which is helping organise the strike, told Reuters.
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Zarif, ever the savvy diplomat, intended his tweet to play off global fears that Trump, or one of his regional allies, might be spoiling for a fight.
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What to watch: Maduro, always spoiling for a fight with the White House, will likely use the embargo to further scapegoat the U.S. for Venezuela's economic collapse.
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Whether in the boardroom or the ring, this titan of industry is belligerent, cocky and always spoiling for a fight ... and dammit, WWE fans respect him for it.
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It's torment, and then it's suddenly over: The acid dissipates and the salivary glands, called up to neutralize the enemy, are left watering, still spoiling for a fight.
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And instead of protesters versus police, as has often been the case in recent years, the situation is civilian versus civilian, with some participants spoiling for a fight.
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The media reacted with hysteria to the notion that counter-protesters showed up with clubs spoiling for a fight, a fact that reporters on the ground have repeatedly stated.
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He had been on the verge of enlisting in the Italian army, but when the Maidan protests broke out, he headed back to Ukraine instead, spoiling for a fight.
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On Wednesday, the press seemed to confirm the suspicions held by many on the right that the media is hostile to the Trump administration and spoiling for a fight.
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But if both the Trump administration and "sanctuary cities" are spoiling for a fight — and it definitely looks like they are — then the risks are sure to run high.
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Democrats are spoiling for a fight over Social Security and Medicare — programs that Trump voters benefit from, but most Republicans (including the ones leading the legislative branch) are itching to overhaul.
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The Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, blazed into the session on Tuesday spoiling for battle over a procedural map put forward Monday night by his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell.
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Both Public Citizen and the Higbee firm seem to be spoiling for this fight, although, as Higbee said, it's up to his client to decide whether to defend the declaratory judgment action.
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In Portland, Oregon, this weekend, far-right extremists are planning to rally, their "antifa" (anti-fascist) opponents are expected to try to stop them, and both sides are spoiling for a fight.
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Michel Barnier, the smooth-talking, silver-haired French politician who has been appointed to run a Brexit task force inside the European Commission, may not look like a man spoiling for a battle.
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But for a president who is always spoiling for a fight, it might be sweet payback to be re-elected by voters after Democratic and Republican lawmakers banded together to give him the boot.
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In a profile of him that I did for Vanity Fair in 2014, I began thus: Every now and then, when he's spoiling for a fight, Travis Kalanick has a face like a fist.
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The new complications emerged on Sunday even as Trump was clearly sensing an imminent victory and showed he was spoiling for retribution against Democrats who led his impeachment in the House of Representatives last year.
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Their logic, officials say, is cleareyed: To descend into a fight with the United States would serve no one, least of all the Mexican people who are spoiling for a harder line against Mr. Trump.
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Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer are spoiling for a clash once the President-elect takes office next year and the new Democratic Senate minority leader gets his hands on his caucus after winning election on Wednesday.
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For all the happy talk of restoring "civility" to our political discourse, many may be spoiling for a gutter fight and willing to embrace someone they think is brash enough to take on and defeat the president.
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Their skepticism reflected a deeper distrust of an American administration that has pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, spurning its European allies and sowing suspicion that the United States is spoiling for a fight with Iran.
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Democrats just gave President Trump the socialism fight he's been spoiling for with the Green New Deal — which calls for a mammoth expansion of federal investments and market interventions — and the political and planetary stakes couldn't be higher.
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Squeezed by angry conservatives spoiling for a culture war on one side and investors demanding constant user growth on the other, Facebook and Twitter have indicated that they are open to just about everyone—including frauds like Jones.
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The caucus nightmare also played right into the hands of a President spoiling for months to brand his rivals as weak, disorganized and even worse — plotting to rig the results to hand its crown to an establishment favorite.
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In comments sections, on social media, even on auction sites, people were spoiling for a virtual fight even more than usual; the best anyone could do was keep their head down and hope to make it to the weekend.
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Although A. L. Kennedy's novel came into being before the Brexit vote and the subsequent pratfalls of so many British politicians, her Londoners have already lost faith in the machinery of the state and are spoiling for a fight.
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Usually President Trump does not follow through, but this latest example of foreign policy by bullying is in the hands of John Bolton, a man who has been spoiling for a fight with Iran for more than a decade.
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But influential members of his administration who are still spoiling for a big trade fight will no doubt want to keep up the pressure on China — and Mr. Trump may at times share their desire in the coming months.
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The combination of rallygoers spoiling for a fight, and counter-protestors determined to convey that the rallygoers' ideology was not welcome in America, allowed the violence to overshadow the speech — and eventually prevent the rally from going forward as planned.
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The new populist coalition in Italy, which is both the greatest risk to the euro zone and at the heart of battles over how to intercept, process and distribute Mediterranean migrants, is spoiling for battles with the EU on both fronts.
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Bradlee, angry about the ways the Nixon administration has been aggressively blocking his paper from covering it, is spoiling for a fight, and once reporter Ben Bagdikian (Bob Odenkirk) gets his hands on all the documents, the race is on.
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A new group of doctors, nurses and other vaccine supporters, called Shots Heard Round the World, flooded his page with evidence-based vaccine facts, which attracted harassers spoiling for a fight to their own sites and away from Mr. Bigford's.
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With little power to stop a nominee they saw as a conservative partisan, a Republican-imposed process they considered grossly unfair and a demanding political base spoiling for a fight, they decided it was time to sow disorder over the court.
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton has one big fight on his hands already this season and he is not spoiling for another, not even for charity and against the man with the broadest smile in Formula One.
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So if Democrats were going to lose the filibuster regardless, best to go down swinging now on a nominee many found far too conservative — a move that would also please a liberal base still spoiling for a fight against Trump.
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"Apple could announce something totally mind-blowing and I bet its stock would still go down because the bears are spoiling for a fight, and after the recent run, I think that they've got the upper hand," the "Mad Money" host said.
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And/but: Trump seems to be spoiling for a fight with Republicans in Congress and appears to have settled on playing a game of chicken with Ryan and McConnell on shutting down the government if money for his border wall isn't provided.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are spoiling for an extraordinary clash over race and gender that could come as early as Monday's debate, with both presidential candidates increasingly staking their fortunes on the cultural issues that are convulsing the nation. Mrs.
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And unlike the previous two Democratic nominating races, the contest will begin with no clear frontrunner and a leaderless party, leveling the playing field and inflaming the imagination of any public figure spoiling for a possible fight against one of the most polarizing presidents in memory.
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At that time, however, state and federal regulators had received the results of an internal investigation by Gen Re, which detailed a possibly illegal transaction between Gen Re and A.I.G., including evidence of faked documents, according to a 2006 Spitzer biography, "Spoiling for a Fight," by Brooke A. Masters.
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It is just the sort of fight Mr. Biden has been spoiling for: a head-to-head contest with the incumbent on an issue that elevates Mr. Biden into a statesmanlike role, well above the Democratic primary fray and all the sniping candidates and liberal litmus tests therein.
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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans will move this week to speed the confirmation of President Trump's cabinet, an effort that has been stymied by the combination of lax preparation by Mr. Trump's transition team, his many unorthodox nominees and Democrats spoiling for a fight, albeit with few cards in their deck.
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Perhaps the most telling moment of the debate was that none of Sanders's five rivals said that the person with the most delegates going into the convention should get the nomination, an indication that they're spoiling for a convention fight even if he comes in with the lead.
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"Considering that somebody with much higher name recognition was able to get 2.7 percent of the vote in 2000, I think the likelihood of her doing significantly better is low," says Micah Sifry, an expert on third party politics in the United States and author of the 2003 book Spoiling for a Fight.
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Feinstein has a significant power base in California, but she is a political moderate at a time when the Democratic rank-and-file is spoiling for fights with President Donald Trump -- and jabbing at each other over the direction of the party -- leaving her vulnerable, progressives believe, to being unseated next year.
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That's the billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who's spoiling for a rematch after his dismal performance at last week's debate, when he could hardly defend himself from his rivals' unrelenting attacks — on issues like his expansion of stop-and-frisk policing and his (recent) history of donating to some Republican campaigns.
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The only time a Trump rally almost turned into a riot was in the Chicago case, when it was anti-Trump activists more than the rallygoers who seemed to come spoiling for a fight; the most recent act of actual election-year violence was a firebombing of a Trump campaign headquarters by persons unknown.
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Congress is spoiling for a new fight over refugees headed to the U.S. Months after efforts failed in the Senate to impose new obstacles for Syrian refugees, the House is speeding through legislation to lower the number of refugees coming to the U.S. and give control of the issue to Congress — not the executive branch.
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In addition to his Nürburgring tweet, the Tesla CEO also tweaked Porsche for naming the two versions of the Taycan "Turbo" and "Turbo S." (The car does not actually have a turbocharger.) Musk seems to be spoiling for a fight, and depending on how well the Model S performs in Germany next week, it looks like he'll get one.
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The Saturday afternoon speech from the West Wing was an attempt by Mr. Trump to, at the very least, shift the narrative of the past several weeks and show that rather than spoiling for a longer shutdown fight or making unreasonable demands, he was looking for a broadly acceptable way out of a morass he once boasted he was proud to wade into.
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President Trump is spoiling for war against the health insurance industry, and his administration made two threats over the weekend that insurers say would wreck the markets: On Twitter, the President threatened to end so-called "bailouts" for health insurance companies — referring to payments the government makes to insurers so they can make insurance less costly for low-income people (as they're required to do).
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Others include Rooftop (Hill Harper), now an L.A. radio host; Inez (Quincy Tyler Bernstine), his furious ex-wife; Flip (Jimonn Cole), a closeted Wisconsin lawyer; Norca (Paola Lázaro), an addict spoiling for a fight; Edwin (Erick Betancourt), a building super who cares for Pinky (Maki Borden), his intellectually challenged but cheerful younger brother; and Balthazar (Joey Auzenne), the heavy-hearted detective investigating the case.
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European politicians are loathe to scrap support to hugely influential voting blocs, but Mr. Trump can inflict real pain on EU automakers, who are the largest exporters of vehicles to the U.S. In July of last year, the U.S. and EU agreed to a temporary trade truce while Trump focused on China, but with a Beijing deal in the bag, the U.S. president will be spoiling for a fresh fight.
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Now, given the overwhelming advice from aides that he should send fewer impulsive tweets — particularly on potentially consequential legal matters — he could well decide to take a more considered and strategic messaging response in the end, perhaps through his lawyer Marc Kasowitz (who claimed Wednesday that Trump had been "totally vindicated" by Comey's prepared testimony.) But a recent report by Costa and Post reporters Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker did not paint a pretty picture of the president's mental state right now: Alone in the White House in recent days, President Trump — frustrated and defiant — has been spoiling for a fight, according to his confidants and associates.
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