But in these contentious times, it can never hurt to roll out a welcome mat on top of our welcome mat.
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Calloway Mills Welcome Mat, available on Amazon, $19.40Likewise, a welcome mat is another home basic they're going to need but aren't going to want to purchase.
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Just don't roll out the welcome mat for him. Yet.
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Nance Industries Monogrammed Rubber Welcome Mat, available at Amazon, $64.99
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The billboard is the audio equivalent of a welcome mat.
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But not every tournament rolls out the welcome mat anymore.
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Maine Republicans did not exactly roll out the welcome mat.
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But the official welcome mat has failed to persuade the naysayers.
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But not everyone was ready to roll out a welcome mat.
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But Jade Rouzeau is rolling out the welcome mat to big pets.
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The reclaimed wooden material sets this welcome mat by ABW Frames apart.
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That's the price for trading a welcome mat for an ankle bracelet.
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These treacherous social determinants laid out a welcome mat for Big Pharma.
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"It's a very challenging time to roll out that welcome mat," Sandman said.
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But it's more like a welcome mat to start talking about these topics.
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My Trump-supporting neighbor doesn't have a welcome mat with a swastika on it.
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Trick-or-treaters and Thanksgiving guests alike will smile at this festive welcome mat.
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Now Trump was expecting them to roll out the welcome mat for his guy.
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South Africa has laid out the welcome mat, inviting Mr Putin to visit this year.
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Davis, Koller, and their legion of volunteers can't wait to roll out the welcome mat.
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That lawsuit was amplified by conservative media, which rolled out the welcome mat for Damore.
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By declaring itself a sanctuary state, California has put out the welcome mat for illegals.
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Lesson #7: If you find a dead pig on your welcome mat, do not bury it.
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Bits of glass crunch while walking along what might have been a doorstep or welcome mat.
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When characters in plays return home, it's so rarely an easy stride across the welcome mat.
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HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - China is rolling out the welcome mat for technology companies - and Taiwan.
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Since many viruses depend on mosquitoes to spread, water can be a welcome mat for dangerous disease.
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A Colin Kaepernick jersey was taped to the Virginia bar's entrance floor, substituting for a welcome mat.
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But President Trump is already making it clear he's not planning to roll out the welcome mat.
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Organizations like mine stand ready to work with our political leaders to keep the welcome mat out.
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"The welcome mat needs to be a little longer and a little wider and a little deeper."
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And these days it's rare to see leaders in Washington rolling out the welcome mat for immigrants.
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The Iron Lady was not known for rolling out a welcome mat to the Commonwealth's former subjects.
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The party has extended a welcome mat to Mr. Mélenchon's supporters, pointing out similarities between the candidates.
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If they aren't, I storm right back out and leave a fresh turd on the welcome mat.
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Initial scenes of generosity and jubilation gave way to the reality that the welcome mat was wearing thin.
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Look, Christianity is not all about being a welcome mat which people can just stomp their feet on.
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Rest assured that Mr. Trump and his Wall Street appointees fully understand the conditionality of that welcome mat.
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John McCain for wanting to "roll out the welcome mat for ISIS on America's southern border" in 22018.
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John McCain for wanting to "roll out the welcome mat for ISIS on America's southern border" in 2014.
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The message America is no longer the world&aposs welcome mat for them to wipe their shoes on.
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After a few moments, the teen leaves the wallet on the home's welcome mat, and slowly takes off.
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Then he shifted gears and began to speak about how the welcome mat needed to be rolled up.
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The welcome mat has been rolled out for Gary Sanchez and … well, it is not certain who else.
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For other venues, the comments section functions as a kind of welcome mat, an invitation to inclusion through dialogue.
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The welcome mat features a circle of stars that represents the rising stars we have met through our workshops.
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This bill will offer a welcome mat to those who are too often treated like skunks at a picnic.
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The United States could make the same mistake — rejecting free trade, and rejecting a welcome mat for free people.
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You can signal your love of Disney at the entrance of your home with this Cinderella Castle welcome mat.
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"The country is rolling up the welcome mat and that's reflected in the data in our index," Menendian said.
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"The welcome mat is there, and the structure, the setup, the practices make it really great for that," he said.
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Prince William and Princess Kate laid out the welcome mat for a party at their Kensington Palace home this week.
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When officers arrived, the handgun was on the welcome mat and Jones was waiting outside to be taken into custody.
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But sometimes you've gotta roll out the welcome mat for your friendly shady government agency with a problematic legacy, right?
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Strine called it "incentives for real achievement," but some dealmakers considered the ruling a welcome mat to the plaintiffs' bar.
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John Kasich won't exactly be rolling out the welcome mat for Donald Trump at the GOP convention in his state.
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Instead of a welcome mat, I just see the word "WELCOME" printed on the porch where the mat should be.
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The Royal Family typically doesn't fully roll out the welcome mat until vows are taken, but Meghan has broken the mold.
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The best items from Target's fall collections include a pumpkin welcome mat, turkey place mats, and a harvest leaf bath mat.
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He had his own qualms with the job and let's just say he didn't lay out the welcome mat for me.
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Also visible Friday morning beside the townhouse's welcome mat and next to a Pampers box was a purple puddle of blood.
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The list is long, but here are five of the most troubling things we are already seeing: A welcome mat for extremism.
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At first glance, it looks like the fact that Reading didn't roll out a universal welcome mat got the shopping center's attention.
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Click here to view original GIFNo more swipe to unlock: "Swipe to Unlock" has been the iPhone's digital welcome mat for years.
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It has a 6.5-foot high ceiling, so many interior storage pockets and gear loops, and a welcome mat, for goodness's sake.
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In the clip, the gator can be seen strolling right up to the door, finally taking a rest on the welcome mat.
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"As that utility wanes, the room to maneuver dwindles and the welcome mat starts to get drawn under the door," he said.
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The state is the nation's playground, too, to the extent that 1.4 million Florida jobs depend on rolling out the welcome mat.
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But Rome's decision to pull up the welcome mat set off a full-blown sniping match with France and other bloc members.
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Panama City Beach is out of the spring break business Some destinations have pulled up the welcome mat to spring break partyers.
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But the Republican-dominated state legislature goes to great lengths to shred any welcome mat we roll out for our newest neighbors.
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Central Park shrinks from a lush oasis of trees and playing fields to a small grass welcome mat to your private domain.
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But his exit on Tuesday shrinks the already shallow White House talent pool – and America's welcome mat to the rest of the world.
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She then formally yanked the welcome mat by refusing to hold a vote to allow Trump to address a joint session of Congress.
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The thankful refugee women rolled out the proverbial welcome mat for their American guests using what they had to offer and some ingenuity.
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"They can't focus on school or the future if we just take out the welcome mat," said Elizabeth Kenoff, who teaches special education.
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By way of putting out the welcome mat, a colleague invited the couple to dinner at a restaurant on the Upper East Side.
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But just as this city knows how to put out the welcome mat, it knows how to hold a grudge, even if playfully.
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Hungary's border with Serbia, specially fortified in the last two years to keep out migrants and refugees, is anything but a welcome mat.
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It lays out the welcome mat for foreigners hiding assets from their governments, making the United States one of the world's biggest tax havens.
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Seven months after my miscarriage, mere weeks before my due date, I came home from work to find a package on my welcome mat.
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The release compiled Vedic and Hindu chants of peace and harmony, and is particularly good for placing a welcome mat on the dance floor.
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It's certainly not implausible a civilization might want to bide its time—surveilling the neighbors for a while before rolling out the intergalactic welcome mat.
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That should give plenty of companies a shot at lodging themselves in the home—but only when consumers decide to put out the welcome mat.
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When a black American protests the demoralizing practices of American government, there is always a white person eager to unfurl the welcome mat to Africa.
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More from the Financial Times:Walmart surges on upbeat earnings guidanceBrazil's utility companies put out the welcome mat for ChinaDecoding cancer: a new age of precision medicine
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At the top of a bilateral meeting, the accolades dripped from Trump's mouth as he expressed his gratitude for the welcome mat Xi had laid out.
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In the Nassau County race for county executive, a mailer suggests one candidate would "roll out the welcome mat" for the violent street gang MS-13.
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The conditions will present their own welcome mat: thick grass, a spongy field, a midafternoon kickoff with a forecast of thunderstorms and temperatures nearing 100 degrees.
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Should we just let bygones be bygones and throw down the welcome mat to the local YMCA, give him his food stamps and call it a day?
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But instead of rolling out the welcome mat, the federal government took them into custody, said Talia Inlender, a senior staff attorney for Public Counsel Law Firm.
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It seems exactly the right moment to roll out the welcome mat, but the changes going into effect fall well short of what multinationals had hoped for.
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Any pardon would serve as a welcome mat and a "come hither" to other nations that this White House would protect them, and itself, in such dealings.
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Rolling up America's welcome mat Sometimes you don't have to have an official economic policy in order to have an economic effect — all you need is tweets.
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"Clean the front door and add a cheerful welcome mat so, when you enter your home, the first thing you see [will] uplift your spirits very quickly."
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"The not-so-welcome mat is out, and it is having a deleterious effect on relatively poorer areas in the United States that need jobs," he said.
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We are delighted to roll out our welcome mat, which has been used to greet new employees, company leaders and even a former President of the United States.
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Bush's welcome mat Bush is already in New Hampshire, and the man who has viciously attacked his fellow Floridian is not ready to go down without a fight.
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Either of these approaches is more palatable than requiring technology companies to build a back door and roll out the welcome mat for all manner of cyber criminals.
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The confident, open-to-the-world "cool Britannia" vibe of the Tony Blair years further set out the welcome mat for foreign investors eager to acquire English teams.
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Corporate executives worry about the long-term impact of losing talented engineers and programmers to countries like Canada that are laying out the welcome mat for skilled foreigners.
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Barajas is grateful to be back home with his family, but after all he's been through he worries the welcome mat may be pulled out at any moment.
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They argued that, deep down, the Iranian leaders are worldly sophisticates who, if we just gave them the welcome mat, would want to join our community of nations.
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When she arrived at what she thought was her unit, she failed to notice the bright red semi-circle welcome mat in front of Jean's apartment, he said.
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Here's a suggestion: Make the welcome mat obvious by inviting the single female nominee for Album of the Year to have the same opportunities all the male nominees did.
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In doing so, the world which came to him in a dream remains Barri's domain, albeit one that comes with a welcome mat and unlocked entrance, ripe for exploration.
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Most important, why would we roll out the welcome mat for anyone who is too spineless to stay in his own homeland and fight for what he truly believes?
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Target has released dozens of new home items, ranging from more obvious fall-themed pieces like a pumpkin welcome mat to more subtle seasonal finds like faux-fur blankets.
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The inhabitants have built their own bathrooms, including some toilet stalls which are padlocked for privacy, and added a few personal touches like potted plants and a "welcome" mat.
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This has fueled speculation that the British authorities may be pulling the welcome mat for wealthy, Kremlin-connected Russians like Mr. Abramovich who have made London their second home.
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There was only one real instance of wordplay at 55A, which we should mostly know by now: a three-letter entry for "Welcome sight?" refers to a welcome MAT.
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Let me just say, he wants to put out a welcome mat in front of these young girls, if you are a junior high school girl or if you are a high school girl, what 'abortion Jones' is saying is we're putting out a welcome mat to any boy who's feeling like a girl that day, he's free to walk into the bathroom, the locker room with his camera phone and shower with your daughter.
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"Because almost all 'routine' maintenance includes a level of security patching along with human touchpoints, we have laid out the welcome mat to any and all nefarious actors," he said.
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I believe in the devotion of Discovery's writing team to the Trek-verse, but for now at least those story constraints don't seem like a welcome mat for new fans.
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Unlike the digs of another underground lodger—the gopher tortoise, which shares its space with hundreds of other species—the bunker's welcome mat was not extended to friends and family.
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In essence, Hispanic voters tell us our Party's position on immigration has become a litmus test, measuring whether we are meeting them with a welcome mat or a closed door.
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CHIP is in part successful because states "put out the welcome mat" to help get kids enrolled, said Joan Alker, executive director for Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families.
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Mayor Karen Weaver is rolling out a welcome mat for celebs to join water relief efforts in Flint, Michigan -- and her wish list sounds like a Hall of Fame roster!
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Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup seven years ago, and it still has five years to get its country ready to roll out the welcome mat.
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As Republican leaders in Texas spread out the welcome mat for the president's first re-election campaign appearance in Dallas, the state party chairman, James Dickey, offered an upbeat assessment.
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The pop star went on to post a photo of the jet, which awaited their arrival with a special welcome mat featuring the name of Bieber's clothing line, Drew House.
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Okay, technically, only 928 people are invited to become official members, which is still a historically large number of people for the prestigious organization to roll out the welcome mat for.
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Apart from rolling out the welcome mat to organized crime and tax evasion, permissive financial secrecy regimes have a much more worrisome long-term effect: They undermine public confidence in government.
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Predictably, the German chancellor Angela Merkel's welcome-mat policy to refugees, and her insistence that Europe follow her lead, will be blamed for much of the momentum behind the Leave vote.
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But in 2018, a different type of nefarious flirtation was beginning to form, one that seemed like a welcome mat to Russia to interfere once again, this time in midterm elections.
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Jeff Grosser, Miami To the Sports Editor: The current unfortunate climate in our country is one in which the welcome mat is shrinking for immigrants, including those who come here legally.
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In Nassau County, a mailer paid for by state Republicans said the Democratic candidate for county executive, Laura Curran, would "roll out the welcome mat" for the violent gang MS-13.
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Hello readers outside New York, If La Guardia and Kennedy Airports (and Newark, too) are New York City's welcome mat, what does that "welcome" feel like when you arrive at them?
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Budgets must be developed based on the specifics of the entity but to neglect any of the components is to put a virtual welcome mat out for hackers, terrorists and criminals.
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A public opinion survey last month from El Universal newspaper found that not everyone is ready to roll out the welcome mat for the new groups of migrants traveling through the country.
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"Many Republicans do not agree with and will fight back against the idea that the Party of Lincoln has a welcome mat out for the David Dukes of the world," said Sen.
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Like the grooviest welcome mat I'd ever heard, a seductive wash of instrumentation took me over before Nile Rodgers' cheerful guitar line invaded my innards, and a robot voice entered the room.
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LOS ANGELES — The first sign of what is to come at Nerdstrong Gym in North Hollywood is the red welcome mat: It's in the shape of a Dungeons & Dragons 240-sided die.
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And this is the year to visit: In honor of the 150th anniversary of its confederation, when the original colonies came together as one country, Canada is rolling out the welcome mat.
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After rolling out the welcome mat to 40 cities in January, 56 in February, and 35 in March, we've reached over 131 new cities in three months — 31% higher than our original goal.
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This guerrilla welcome mat set the stage for the rest of Monday night's game as the Dodgers made themselves at home in a rare appearance at Yankee Stadium, thrashing the Yankees, 8-2.
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Instead of a warm welcome and embrace by the victor, shortly thereafter, Amazon was greeted by protests and endless scathing criticism in city council hearings — not exactly the welcome mat Amazon was expecting.
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Size: 4,655 square feet Price per square foot: $322 Indoors: Artist-designed mosaic tiles, laid out like a welcome mat in front of a longleaf-pine front door, flow into a long foyer.
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While many Mexicans have greeted the passing migrants with food and donations, a recent public opinion survey from El Universal newspaper found that not everyone is ready to roll out the welcome mat.
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He insists that would-be terrorists see a porous southern border as a welcome mat, but that's bunk: Most try to get into the United States by plane and are apprehended at airports.
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With surprising efficacy, these objects grab at the museumgoer, Suh's welcome mat whispering of an anonymity that includes all subjects, and Lange's 1937 image representing the displaced as a fair-skinned madonna and child.
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Four countries south of the border have really rolled out the red carpet and welcome mat for U.S. retirees, according to the Global Retirement Index 2017 from online overseas retirement and relocation website InternationalLiving.com.
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The nation has been divided by the welcome mat set out by Merkel for some one million Middle East refugees -- and terrorist incidents that have killed and maimed scores in the past two years.
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For any Republican eyeing a challenge to President Donald Trump in 2020, Iowa Republicans haven't banned challengers from the first-in-the-nation caucus contest, but they're certainly not rolling out the welcome mat.
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Russia has given financial backing to Ms. Le Pen, a major critic of the European Union and Europe's welcome mat for immigrants, and other organizations on the far right and far left in Europe.
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It includes ottomans and pillows covered with various textiles —polka dot, floral, multi-colored houndstooth, plaid, stripes — and rugs that vary from the size of a lunch tray to that of a welcome mat.
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As so-called caravans of migrants from Central America moved through Mexico last year, a public opinion survey from El Universal newspaper found that many people were not ready to roll out the welcome mat.
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"The U.K. is taking all the steps necessary and is rolling out the welcome mat," said Ninan Chacko, a former chief executive at the Travel Leaders Group, which represents 21.30,21.50 travel agents in North America.
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The prestigious show throws the welcome mat out to the controversial canines every year, even as some are unwelcome on the streets of many U.S. cities because of their nasty reputations that breeders insist are undeserved.
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The cheeky tone starts at the front door, where a welcome mat reads "Homo Sweet Homo," and in the living room, where a giant statue of a horse made from recycled car parts dominates the space.
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Check out the Han Solo in Carbonite Fridge See Details After a casual day of working or battling the Galactic Empire at Endor, it's nice to be greeted by a cute saying on a welcome mat.
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Off the Menu BISTROT LEO After saying goodbye to Sessanta, his Italian restaurant in the hotel at 60 Thompson Street in SoHo, John McDonald has rolled out the welcome mat for this French bistro, its replacement.
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One of the things they've observed with the Affordable Care Act is a "welcome mat" effect for Medicaid: people who were previously eligible for the program suddenly signing up when the Affordable Care Act took effect.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Germany has tightened border controls with southern neighbor Switzerland to choke off a flow of illegal immigrants, Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer said, calling it evidence that Germany has withdrawn its welcome mat for migrants.
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Merkel refused to remove her welcome mat for migrants, but mindful of the backlash she slowed the flood of refugees to a trickle by negotiating a deal with Turkey to accept new migrants trying to enter Europe.
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Linda Greenhouse So the Trump administration is putting the welcome mat back out for private prisons, just as candidate Donald Trump said he would do, reversing the Obama administration's policy of phasing them out for federal prisoners.
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The government, wary of the resurgent economy embarking on another debt binge, has thrown out the welcome mat for private equity firms, offering to partner with private investors to lower financing costs as well as extending tax concessions.
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Since Deng Xiaoping designated the mainland Chinese city as a special economic zone in 2000, putting out the welcome mat for foreign investment and encouraging private enterprise, trillions of dollars of trade and investment have flowed across this border.
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Walt Disney World Resorts are even rolling out the welcome mat for these four-legged guests: Each of the dog-friendly resorts will provide easy access to pet relief areas and green spaces for your pup to play in.
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USOC chairman Larry Probst conceded that at a time when Los Angeles is throwing out a welcome mat to the world the anti-immigration rhetoric being put forward by some presidential candidates will not make the challenge any easier.
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After putting out a well-publicized welcome mat — the so-called Willkommenskultur, or welcome culture — refugees and German citizens alike were stunned when the government did not set up obvious programs to shelter and register before allowing them in.
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The house was a study in contrasts: a colorful, funky welcome mat rested out the door, and a small no-trespassing sign, with a silhouette of a rifle and the words "WE DON'T CALL 911" posted above the porch.
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Glimpsing Our Post-Consumption Future at the Cooper Hewitt In Taiwan, a Contemporary Dance Troupe Brings in the Crowds Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for Travelers With Autism 'Thoughts and Prayers' Aren't Enough, America's First Gun Violence Minister Says.
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Placed there by an activist group, it features an illustration of a "not welcome" mat laid over a puddle of blood, and announces, in Catalan, a list of aggressors to the neighborhood: real-estate speculators, tourist mobs, and Airbnb.
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Glimpsing Our Post-Consumption Future at the Cooper Hewitt In Taiwan, a Contemporary Dance Troupe Brings in the Crowds Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for Travelers With Autism 'Thoughts and Prayers' Aren't Enough, America's First Gun Violence Minister Says.
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After rolling out the welcome mat in September for Syrian refugees streaming into Europe, to the alarm of many European leaders who were not consulted, she has now gambled on a last-minute deal with Turkey to stop the migrant flow.
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"We are here to say to Amazon: Take that welcome mat that was rolled out for you yesterday, put it back in the package it came in, and send it back to Seattle where it belongs," Gianaris told the crowd.
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Home alone -- and ready to entertain With first lady Melania Trump and son Barron back in New York City, the White House's newest full-time resident is rolling out the welcome mat for Washington's elected elite, CNN's Jeff Zeleny reports.
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With a drive around her favorite Scottish estate, Queen Elizabeth rolled out the welcome mat for Princess Kate's family in a very public way on Saturday – thought to be the first time the Middletons have stayed overnight at Balmoral Castle.
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MOSCOW — Russia may jail its own separatists, but that did not hinder a nominally independent Russian organization from laying out the welcome mat on Sunday for an oddball, global troupe of liberation movements, including, improbably, four from the United States.
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Over at the Department of Education, where critics charge that Secretary Betsy Devos is hostile to public education and has rolled out the welcome mat to for-profit colleges, the agency was dead last for morale among mid-size federal agencies.
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With one of Europe's most stubbornly high unemployment rates and a far-right anti-immigrant party gaining popularity, France is in no mood to roll out the welcome mat for the migrants trying to make a home in Europe, she said.
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S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE.
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Democrats demanded more answers Tuesday about an alleged Russian hack of the Ukrainian gas company at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry — while accusing him of rolling out the welcome mat for Kremlin interference in the 2020 election.
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" On Charlottesville: Graham rejected Trump's "moral equivalency" between white nationalist groups and protesters like Heather Heyer, saying that he is committed to fighting back against the notion that the GOP "has a welcome mat out for the David Dukes of the world.
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The magazine — 200,000 copies distributed in Walmart and other outlets, with a cover price of $13.99 and no advertising — provided a unique welcome mat for the prince, whose visit comes as the Trump administration is trying to establish tighter ties with the kingdom.
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He took in the Santa Claus welcome mat many months out of season, the wicker basket against the far wall spilling over with sandals and tennis shoes, the lacquered console table on which the house keys and loose change had been tossed . . .
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At the time, Mapastepec laid out the welcome mat, with the local authorities deploying every member of the town's staff — about 300 people — to help feed and care for the migrants, who slept in the main square, on surrounding sidewalks and in five temporary shelters.
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S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE from her post.
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IXTEPEC, Mexico/EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - In some of the Mexican towns playing host to a "caravan" of more than 1,200 Central American migrants heading to the U.S. border, the welcome mat has been rolled out despite President Donald Trump's call for Mexican authorities to stop them.
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Brazil's new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro threw out the welcome mat for big business and foreign investors on Tuesday, telling a summit of CEOs in Davos that his government would make the country one of the top 50 in which to do business.
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She may, too, have received a boost from the backlash against an unusually negative campaign mailing from Mr. Martins, one that claimed Ms. Curran, a mother of three, would "roll out the welcome mat" for the violent gang MS-13, known for assaulting its victims with machetes.
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The city rolls out the welcome mat every year, inviting people to explore its diverse neighborhoods, learn about the city's history, take in the growing arts scene, eat some Detroit-style pizza while enjoying Vernors ginger ale, attend a Pistons or Red Wings game and much more.
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"President Trump knew exactly what was going on," Parnas told MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE last week.
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"President Trump knew exactly what was going on," Parnas told MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE this week.
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"It's better than nothing, but the program will sputter along without the certainty it needs for states to feel confident enough to do outreach and put out the welcome mat for children," Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, told me Thursday morning.
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"The reality is these families are here, and we put out the welcome mat, so now it is our responsibility that their transitions are seamless," said Marucci Guzmán, the executive director of Latino Leadership, a grass-roots group in Orlando that has helped hundreds of newly arrived Puerto Ricans.
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Parnas told MSNBC host Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE that it was clear that the rot started at the top.
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I don't have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that [women] face but I think it's upon us — us as an industry — to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists.
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I don't have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face but I think it's upon us — us as an industry — to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists.
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Designed by David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group, the center greets its audiences at the bright orange street-level entrance with a "welcome mat" composed of 160 in-ground lights and 90 feet of glass frontage imprinted with the names of more than 1,000 films that have been screened by the society.
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In New York, Nassau County Republicans have seen their fair share of corruption and controversy, but Jack Martins was unable to overcome that legacy with race-baiting tactics in which he accused his Democratic opponent for county executive, Laura Curran, of wanting to "roll out the welcome mat" for the vicious MS-13 gang.
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Her neighbor had a decorative plant outside her door while Jean's did not; Jean had a red welcome mat, while Guyger had none; and the No. 4 was posted outside each unit indicating she was on the fourth floor instead of her own floor, according to opening statements reported in the Dallas Morning News.
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"I don't have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face but I think it's upon us — us as an industry — to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists," said Portnow, a man.
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His die-hard supporters, many of whom consider themselves to be people of deep faith, do not care what he has done so long as he maintains his few bedrock "principles": providing tax breaks to the wealthy, appointing conservative Supreme Court justices, and marginalizing racial and sexual minorities and yanking the welcome mat away from immigrants.
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S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE and nudge Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce investigations into Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
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The studio apartment that Sydney Masters rented on 23rd Street in the mid-1980s had a loft space, so when her friend L. Gabrielle Penabaz, a writer and performer, lost her apartment on 14th Street, Ms. Masters, now in her early 50s and the co-owner of a public relations firm, put out the welcome mat.
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The documents included text messages that sparked questions about whether or not Republicans had former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE under surveillance.
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She finds herself in front of a loft where it's still possible to trace the outline of " JOB CREATORS " if you know what to look for, and she finds herself in the elevator, and then she finds herself detaching the key from under the rapist's welcome mat and entering the rapist's apartment, where she is decidedly not welcome.
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Still, many countries and cities have rolled out the welcome mat, even ones with strong religious and machismo cultures, like Spain, with its "live and let live" attitude, and Colombia, where the number of laws to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and the speed in which they were recently passed were "quite impressive," Mr. Williams said.
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" He then backpedalled a bit, saying: "I don't have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face," he said, "but I think it's upon us—us as an industry—to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists.
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But a few weeks later, flying high above west Texas, I opened Zarzyski's 2003 collection Wolf Tracks on the Welcome Mat to a poem called "Face-to-Face" and was reminded, however briefly, of what it takes to find beauty, to reconcile, and of what it took to fall in love with the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in the first place.
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"Built as fortresses to repel attackers, castles now have the welcome mat out for a different sort of invader, as American companies and associations rent them — as well as palaces and manor houses — for meetings, conferences, gala dinners, product introductions and incentive programs to reward or motivate employees or outside salespeople," Sharon McDonnell wrote in her 2005 article on the trend.
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The documents sparked a round of new questions days before the impeachment trial gets underway in earnest, including about whether Republicans were tracking former Ukraine Ambassador Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE.
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Parnas said in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE that Trump knew everything about a pressure campaign to get Ukraine to open beneficial investigation's into his political rivals.
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Speaking with The Daily Beast, Parnas said he is levying new accusations and participating in interviews with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE and CNN's Anderson Cooper in spite of backlash from Trump allies.
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Yet the actions of both men in the aftermath of Tuesday's primaries — Mr. Biden set out a welcome mat for his rival rather than pressuring him to quit, and Mr. Sanders outlined tough terms for an eventual détente — also shed light on a personal relationship that has remained sturdy, amicable and functional, a far cry from the acrimony that defined Mr. Sanders's relationship with Mrs.
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Parnas turned over a trove of documents and text messages to House investigators that were released Tuesday night, and he sat for an interview with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE that aired on Wednesday evening.
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Parnas sat for an interview with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE that aired Wednesday evening, leveling a series of allegations against Trump, Pence and others that the White House thus far has brushed off.
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Still, even with the store's panting-pooch logo and the welcome mat that reads "Wipe Your Paws," any customer could be excused for leaning toward the laboratory designation, given the Diedrich roaster in the middle of the shop, the Hario V60 pour-over device, the La Marzocco espresso machine, the owners' commitment to working closely with farmers in places like Burundi and Honduras and, of course, the consistently outstanding coffee.
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"I don't have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face but I think it's upon us — us as an industry — to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists," Portnow continued, course correcting his earlier statement to at least acknowledge that men bear some responsibility in the fight for equality.
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The next step is for Congress to allocate resources for resettlement — something it has always done, in a bipartisan fashion, since the refugee crisis after World War II. Unfortunately, this time, a vocal minority in Congress, the states and the public are arguing that we should respond to this humanitarian crisis by pulling up the welcome mat, even for families fleeing the civil war in Syria and the brutality of the Islamic State.
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Democrats also put into the record transcripts of Parnas's interviews this week with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE and CNN's Anderson Cooper in which he described his decision to speak out on allegations about efforts in Ukraine at the center of impeachment proceedings against Trump.
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House Democrats earlier this week released a trove of documents offering more detail on a scheme to get Ukraine to launch investigations that would have benefitted the president politically and remove former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE.
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"It wasn't supposed to be a corruption announcement, it [had] to be about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden and Burisma," he told MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE last week, referring to a planned announcement of an investigation into energy giant Burisma Holdings originally set to be delivered by Ukraine's president.
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It was at an America First Action fundraiser that the two met with a sitting congressman and promised to raise money for him, at the same time they were seeking the congressman's help in removing the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE (whom they may also have been stalking).
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A senior law enforcement official confirmed to NBC News and CNN that investigators visited Hyde's home in Weatogue and his landscaping business in Avon, which also serves as headquarters for his House campaign, in the wake of the released texts that suggested Hyde was monitoring former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE.
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Yes, that Massachusetts team, coached by Calipari, now the power broker of a Kentucky program that has most actively promoted — if not invented — a recruiting policy encouraging the best high school players to drop by for a season on their way to the N.B.A. In this intricately woven bluegrass tapestry, Pitino eventually moved on to become Calipari's not-so-friendly in-state rival in Louisville, where the successful women's coach, Jeff Walz, was one of many who rolled out a welcome mat for Makayla, a McDonald's all-American.
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Lev Parnas has been busy since his indictment, most recently making the rounds to Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE and others to talk about his dealings with Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE et al.
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This week, Parnas offered vivid new details of that campaign, providing Democrats with a trove of documents, phone records, emails and text-messages related to his communications with Giuliani, a disreputable Ukrainian prosecutor, an unstable Republican landscaper and others who participated in the effort to oust Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whom Trump recalled in April.
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Parnas made a slew of new accusations against Trump and his administration in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE on Wednesday, saying the president knew about Giuliani's pressure campaign to get Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial Sanders wants one-on-one fight with Biden MORE.
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Parnas, during an interview with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE that aired earlier this week, also implicated several allies close to the president, including former Energy Secretary Rick PerryRick PerryTrump: Senate should decide on witnesses; Bolton testimony poses national security risk Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers gear up for Senate impeachment trial Parnas pressure grows on Senate GOP MORE, in the alleged pressure campaign to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce investigations into Trump's political rivals.
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The announcement of the criminal proceedings in relation to the Burisma hack came the same day the ministry also launched a criminal investigation into whether former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE had been tracked by associates of Lev Parnas, an associate of former New York City Mayor Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE, while serving as ambassador.
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It also came after Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump's personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE, provided new documents to House impeachment investigators this week showing efforts to convince Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden as well as apparent communications tracking the movements of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE.
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The materials released by House investigators offer additional details and corroborate certain allegations at the heart of Trump's impeachment, including efforts to remove U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE and create conditions to push for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce investigations into former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 85033 of Senate impeachment trial Sanders wants one-on-one fight with Biden MORE and his son Hunter Biden to benefit Trump's reelection prospects.
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Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' Overnight Defense: Trump downplays troops' concussion injuries in Iran attack | Dems offer case against Trump on day two of trial | UN links Saudis to hack of Bezos' phone Pompeo willing to testify in impeachment trial if 'legally required' MORE on Friday said he was not aware of any surveillance of Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE during her time in Kyiv as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, his first public comments on allegations that associates of Rudy Giuliani surveilled the career diplomat as they pushed for her removal.
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During the second part of his interview with MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE, Lev Parnas — a known associate of President TrumpDonald John TrumpMnuchin knocks Greta Thunberg's activism: Study economics and then 'come back' to us The Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial MORE's personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE — likened the president to a cult leader.
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Lev Parnas, an associate to President TrumpDonald John TrumpMnuchin knocks Greta Thunberg's activism: Study economics and then 'come back' to us The Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial MORE's personal lawyer, Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 85033 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE, said Thursday in an interview that Trump ordered the firing of former ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE after Parnas informed the president Yovanovitch was "bad-mouthing" Trump.
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Pressure is building on Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' Overnight Defense: Trump downplays troops' concussion injuries in Iran attack | Dems offer case against Trump on day two of trial | UN links Saudis to hack of Bezos' phone Pompeo willing to testify in impeachment trial if 'legally required' MORE to reveal what he knew about any threats to the personal safety of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't Giuliani: 'I'd love to be a witness' at Senate impeachment trial MORE following allegations that associates of Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE surveilled the career diplomat as they pushed for her removal.
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Lev Parnas told MSNBC's Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowCitizens United put out a welcome mat for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Giuliani says he was 'misled' by Parnas Parnas attorney asks William Barr to recuse himself from investigation MORE that former Energy Secretary Rick PerryRick PerryTrump: Senate should decide on witnesses; Bolton testimony poses national security risk Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers gear up for Senate impeachment trial Parnas pressure grows on Senate GOP MORE was brought in by President TrumpDonald John TrumpMnuchin knocks Greta Thunberg's activism: Study economics and then 'come back' to us The Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial MORE's personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial 'Emotion' from Trump's legal team wins presidential plaudits MORE to lean on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to publicly announce an investigation into former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial Sanders wants one-on-one fight with Biden MORE and his son Hunter Biden.
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