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The origin of the phrase "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is unclear, but Mark Twain attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli [1] "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "one of the best, and best-known" critiques of applied statistics. [2]
The rent is too damn high", the catchphrase of Jimmy McMillan, a perennial candidate and founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party. "You didn't build that", used by Barack Obama referring to federal infrastructure. The phrase was used by his opponents to suggest that Obama meant there is no individual success in the United States. [33]
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
"From Liz Cheney to Barack Obama, a lot of people still don’t appreciate how much of America’s political aristocracy class grew up in USAID families," Benz posted on X earlier this week.
James McMillan III (born December 1, 1946) [1] is an American political activist and Vietnam War veteran. He was a perennial candidate in New York City.. McMillan is best known as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, a New York–based political party.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), a high-profile critic of President Trump, took aim Tuesday at a series of executive orders the president signed after his inauguration that rolled back Biden-era ...
Politics. Science & Tech. Sports. Weather. Michelle Obama is every Black woman who wanted to say ‘no’ and not give a damn afterward. Natasha S. Alford. January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM.
Salisbury steak was used as an alternative name for hamburgers. Great Depression: In 1928, during the last months of the Calvin Coolidge administration, Congress approved the construction of a dam on the Colorado River southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The press referred to it as "Boulder Dam" as a reference to the construction site, Boulder Canyon.