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as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question
the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country
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His National Labor Relations Board was laden with anti-labor ideologues.
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Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
In 1940, the Kremlin hunted down one of its revolutionary leaders and communist ideologues, Leon Trotsky, who had been ousted from power after falling out with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
—Owen Hayes, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2024
In an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday, the billionaire entrepreneur, who backed Nikki Haley in the Republican primary, said Harris is open minded and not an ideologue, then pivoted to his lack of financial support.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
Trump’s billionaires—many of whom have made their fortunes as hedge-fund managers, activist investors, and corporate raiders—tend to be highly motivated ideologues and individual operators.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
In 1940, the Kremlin hunted down one of its revolutionary leaders and communist ideologues, Leon Trotsky, who had been ousted from power after falling out with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
—Owen Hayes, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2024
In an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday, the billionaire entrepreneur, who backed Nikki Haley in the Republican primary, said Harris is open minded and not an ideologue, then pivoted to his lack of financial support.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
Trump’s billionaires—many of whom have made their fortunes as hedge-fund managers, activist investors, and corporate raiders—tend to be highly motivated ideologues and individual operators.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideologue. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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