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We've come together, and we've stood up against the administration.
She stood up against "any type of discrimination," he said.
Thankfully, champions in Congress have stood up against these cuts.
She's remembered as "a strong woman" who stood up against discrimination.
The merchant community stood up against big banks and fought back.
People, many of them young and hopeful, stood up against oppression.
He stood up against political correctness at his campus at Williams college.
This isn't the first time that Mulroney has stood up against trolls.
They put — they stood up against us when they didn't have to.
Like no president before him, he has stood up against the PRC.
Comparing to HS girls who stood up against sexual demonization is a stretch.
"You stood up against evil and sacrificed your life," she wrote on Facebook.
She stood up against the policy, and got P&G to change it.
By doing that, we stood up against a bully, and the bully is China.
"I am the only one who has stood up against President Trump," Greene said.
Comey wants you to know he stood up against Trump the best he could.
When Franklin Roosevelt stood up against world domination by the Nazis, we were victorious.
It is remarkable that the country's liberals have in unison stood up against the putschists.
Here's how flying in a private jet stood up against taking a business class flight.
But this time, according to local legend, a brave villager stood up against the colonialists.
They stood up against the barrier and crouched low on the ground for the best photo angles.
"I wish I had stood up against this activity and had not participated in it," he said.
Sixteen-year-olds were regularly stood up against walls and searched just for walking down a street.
And he has stood up against President Trump's assaults on racial minorities, immigrants and other vulnerable groups.
Supporting LGBT rights in North Carolina is important and heartening; even Trump has stood up against the law.
Many in the industry stood up against the sexual predators allowed to work in it for far too long.
Some of the world's biggest tech companies have stood up against government attempts to enlist them in surveillance operations.
But Alicia Syrett, board member of New York Angels, asked how BloomSky stood up against competitors in weather forecasting.
They were the conscience of the revolution and peacefully stood up against the crimes of the regime and terrorists.
Feinstein's statement stressed that she has stood up against many of the controversial things Trump has said and done.
Joining countless civil rights activists, Holocaust survivors stood up against the racial prejudice and profiling that can generate genocide.
Grande has stood up against fans who trolled her ex in the past, shooting down comments made to Davidson and Miller.
As fewer than 10 members of the 158 in parliament stood up against the motion, the speaker of the house declared it carried.
Studios weren't able to make games that stood up against native iOS and Android games, and the platform quickly flopped and was scrapped.
Activists all over stood up against the Heartbeat Bill, the recently-vetoed Ohio bill that would have banned all abortions after six weeks.
Ms. Bro said at the service that her daughter's death should serve as a rallying cry for those who stood up against discrimination.
In 2002, as former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi dominated Italian politics, the liberal Ring-Around-the-Rosie protests stood up against the mogul.
I've fought against that as a senator, I stood up against it as secretary of state, Donald has bought Chinese steel and aluminum.
" Oz, who recently stood up against body shamers on Instagram, says "life is too short to miss opportunities to enjoy and celebrate great food.
"What happened during the Nixon period, there were people of principle who stood up against some of then-President (Richard) Nixon's actions," Warner said.
Earlier, he stood up against the framing and arrest of Turkish military officers by using false evidence and the hollowing out of the judiciary.
Oli during his first term stood up against a border standoff with India, a neighboring power with major political and economic clout in Nepal.
The activists in the civil rights era stood up against injustice, even when that meant standing up against the government; they made America great.
Over the past several years, for example, ISIS has stood up against al-Qaida, defying its leadership and competing for support from the same demographics.
This group of legislators is the faction that stood up against Ryan, at least in part in pursuit of more aggressive action on immigration policy.
On the opposing side are groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, which says she should have stood up against the interrogation practices then.
Both of these men have stood up against the anti-constitutional, zero-sum, resentment presidency of Trump, while others in their party stand by meekly.
"Nearly a year ago, the Turkish people - brave men and women - stood up against coup plotters and defended their democracy," Tillerson said, according to Reuters.
Or when I talked to other people, like Alberto Mora, who was the general counsel for the Navy who stood up against [the torture] program.
"This is a huge victory not just for Greenpeace but for anyone and everyone who has ever stood up against powerful corporate interests," he said.
"Northern New Englanders tend to be pretty staunchly anti-establishment and Bernie Sanders has always stood up against corporate power and big money interests," Weaver said.
Emma Watson recently experienced a huge violation of privacy at the hands of a trashy celebrity website, and as usual, she stood up against the injustice.
Alicia Syrett, board member of New York Angels, wondered how Oru Kayak stood up against less expensive competitors selling kayaks that cost a few hundred dollars.
Two weeks later, DOJ stood up against Aetna's extortion and sued to block the merger, along with another giant health insurance merger between Anthem and Cigna.
Emma Sulkowicz stood up against rape culture three years before the Harvey Weinstein story broke, but most articles about "Mattress Performance" erased the artist's queer identity. Why?
As governor, I stood up against the travel ban, and as governor, I will fight in every way I can to keep these Dreamers here, at home.
In the years since, many Dalits have come to regard the battle as an important historical moment when their community stood up against oppressive higher caste Hindus.
Ms. Lankesh, a fierce critic of majoritarian politics and a champion of equal rights for lower castes and minorities, stood up against the powerful and stood for justice.
He stood up against the relentless propaganda by the A.K.P. against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, and visited its leader and presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas in prison.
Where no woman of color stood up against a white man's insistence on trying to distract us from evidence of racist acts by focusing on his hurt feelings.
García stood up against gender violence, devising strategies to combat machismo and organizing massive women's marches — her notebook was full of plans to educate other women about their rights.
You know, he stood up against the Sunnis, and then -- he didn&apost mention the death squads who are going through Sunnis towns, and raping, and pillaging, and murdering.
"Sending love to all my sisters today who stood up against a monster... so many emotions... I am proud of and grateful to you all," actress Mira Sorvino tweeted.
"I felt sick and traumatized, but I also felt hope and strength emanating from all the women who had stood up against him," she said in an email to CNN.
McCain thundered on the Senate floor at the time that Cruz's comparison did "a great disservice" to Americans who stood up against Hitler because he implied U.S. politicians lack backbone.
I soon sprawled and stood up against the cage and that's where I'm dangerous—I've bothered and finished my last two opponents from that position so it was perfect for me.
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, for instance, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover labeled Martin Luther King, Jr. a communist simply because he stood up against racism and oppression.
"Heather was a very strong woman" who stood up against "any type of discrimination," Alfred A. Wilson, a manager at the law firm where she worked, said shortly after her death.
If I had to make my own 2018 Top 10 list it would definitely include the way that minorities and their supporters stood up against those who chose to mistreat others.
Blackface or white robes in the past is one thing, but if he has not stood up against racism, subtle or otherwise, that shows us enough of his character and beliefs.
In 1989, the first time Mr. Smith stood up against the award-show establishment, he was still known as the Fresh Prince, his medium was rap, and the ceremony was the Grammys.
Charlottesville Victim Identified as 32-Year-Old Woman Who Stood Up Against 'Hate & Bigotry' Those who knew 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. said the accused killer expressed white-supremacy ideologies.
"Fresh troops have been sent to Malistan and Jaghori but the people are also cooperating and have stood up against the insurgents," Army General Chief of Staff, Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, told reporters.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Micaela García stood up against gender violence, devising strategies to combat machismo and organizing massive women's marches — her notebook was full of plans to educate other women about their rights.
Bravo Russia!" was a tweet after Helsinki from the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who said the president stood up against "the Zionist Deep Evil State Ruling American Media and Politics.
She stood up against thugs and dictators and was a key part of the Obama national security team that decided to go to the ends of the earth to wipe out Osama bin Laden.
President George W. Bush stood up against bigotry at a crucial moment in his tenure, visiting a mosque to condemn a wave of attacks and threats against Muslims in the wake of the Sept.
Famous and accomplished Aboriginal players such as Nicky Winmar, Michael Long, and Chris Lewis have publicly stood up against racism, and this, in turn, has given an enormous boost to the Aboriginal rights movements.
"I will say the fact that he's not going to leave the ballot speaks a lot to the decent people who stood up against this," said Mr. McMurray, the town supervisor of Grand Island.
She stood up against thugs and dictators and was a key part of the Obama national security team that decided to go to the end of the earth to wipe out Osama bin Laden.
" She concluded, "That day Charlottesville stood up against hate, white supremacy, racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, and misogynistic rhetoric and said: this is not the world we live in or want to be a part of.
And 2019 is a big year — it's the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan, New York, when members of the LGBT community stood up against police raids to fight for their rights.
Here's who makes a cameo... Phoebe Robinson, creator and co-host of podcast 2 Dope Queens "Havana" songstress Camila Cabello Olympian Aly Raisman, who bravely stood up against her sexual abuser, Larry Nassar, in court.
Rex Tillerson, the U.S. secretary of state, "praised the Turkish people — brave men and women" who "stood up against coup plotters and defended their democracy," as he met his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Sunday.
Credit where credit is due: two senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, have stood up against the effort to betray every promise Republicans have made — and McCain did something right in the end.
Not only did his handling of the hearing devastate and shame a credible, intelligent woman who bravely stood up against workplace harassment, but his failure to protect Hill made all women feel less safe in hostile workplaces.
But it's also important to note that in the Spider-Man comics, JJJ really believed in equality and stood up against racists — something that you probably can't say about alt-right figures who dabble in white supremacy.
It's not going to silence the women who have stood up against him directly, and it's not going to silence the millions of women who been speaking out every day since his inauguration about things they disagree with.
Her 21-year-old son, Micah Fletcher, a student at Portland State University, had always stood up against bullies since he was often a target of harassment himself, because of his Asperger's syndrome (a mild form of autism), Margie tells PEOPLE.
The finding that health literacy "stood up against important other traditional risk factors as an independent predictor is important," said Dr. Christopher O'Connor, editor-in-chief of the medical journal JACC: Heart Failure, who was not involved in the study.
Obama said he would visit a memorial to victims of the "Dirty War" to pay tribute to the Argentines who stood up against human rights violations, and re-affirmed that his administration would declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to the junta.
As conservative pundits Erick Erickson, David French, and Guy Benson note, Republicans regularly stood up against President George W. Bush in a way they don't with Trump: I criticized Bush repeatedly: for spending, for "big gov't conservatism," for Harriet Miers, for immigration, etc.
Farage is a plucky, downtrodden privately-educated former stockbroker, who bravely stood up against the elite; who, according to a former schoolteacher, used to sing Hitler-youth songs in school; and, who formed a pact with Holocaust-deniers in the European Parliament to get funding.
I grew up a navy brat, so not much money at all, and I went to San Diego State, which is a very average school in California, and I didn't think it stood up against Kellogg, or Harvard Business School, where his friends went.
The 1980 film 9 to 5 is a classic because of its hilarious cast (starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin) playing women who stood up against a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" all while looking fabulous in their '80s power suits and dresses.
"Because when the people in those Eastern European countries knew that the Western Europe were much better than Eastern Europe — the democratic society was much better than communist society and one-party system — all of a sudden people stood up against the system," he added.
Long before the Americans came, the people of Falluja stood up against the British, who invaded and occupied Iraq during World War I. History books tell the tale of Falluja's Sheikh Dhari who brazenly killed a senior British officer and sparked an uprising against colonial rule.
During my first year living here, we had dinner in a Skowhegan restaurant called the Heritage House, and at the table next to ours was Margaret Chase Smith, who, of course, stood up against the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in 1950 with her "Declaration of Conscience" speech.
" Early Friday morning, Argento responded to the letter on Twitter, writing: "To all my sisters and brothers and fellow #silencebreakers who stood up against the cyber bullies that have been tormenting me for weeks now: I love you, I am grateful to each and every one of you.
The ads feature women like Naja co-founder Gina Rodriguez (of Jane The Virgin), the soloist in a top ballet company, a Harvard Business School student, and a software engineer, and a woman from "a conservative Muslim Bangladeshi family who stood up against being forced into an arranged marriage," Girald said.
"[It's] so tough to see the distinction between those young people, who are so clear, so forthright … and then to have that right up against these presidential tweets," Jones said on "Anderson Cooper 85033," referring to the student survivors of the shooting who have stood up against gun violence in recent days.
"A lot of people are trying to tell us that what you are doing is illegal, but let me remind you what a group of coal miners many years ago -- they stood up against low wages and a lack of benefits, many were beaten, some were killed, but they did not silence their voice," he said.
And he stood up against the Vietnam War, refusing to be drafted in 19603 on religious grounds as a conscientious objector — a decision that would cost him his boxing title, three-and-a-half years of his career at the peak of his powers, tens of millions of dollars in prize money and endorsements, and for many years, his popularity.
What we've done in my state is we have shown that when you embrace progressive values based on diversity as a virtue rather than a vice, when you're aggressive, when you adopt progressive measures to deal with income inequality and when you adopt measures that recognize people — like I did when I stood up against the Muslim ban and they said we should accept Syrian refugees — you get the best economy in the United States.

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