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1 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs parents who take a very liberal attitude toward letting their children stay out late Synonyms broad-minded, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional, unorthodox Related Words advanced, contemporary, modern; forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant; extreme; impartial, objective, unbiased Near Antonyms hard, rigid, strict; doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical); bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded; reactionary, unreconstructed Antonyms conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional

2 being more than enough without being excessive he always puts liberal amounts of grated cheese on his pizza Synonyms abundant, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, cornucopian, galore, generous, plentiful, plenteous, plentyRelated Words extra, supernumerary, surplus; abounding, blooming, overflowing, plump, replete, rich, rife, teeming, wealthy; adequate, enough, sufficient; fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, luxuriant, prodigal, prolific; copious, fulsome, lavish, profuseNear Antonyms deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting; meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy; skimpy; least, minimum; light, slight, small; barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductiveAntonyms bare, minimal, scant, spare

3 giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation a doctor who has been very liberal in dispensing low-cost care to patients who could not otherwise afford it Synonyms bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstintingRelated Words extravagant, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse; altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical); big, greathearted, largehearted, magnanimous, openhearted; compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindly, samaritan, sympatheticNear Antonyms mean, petty, small; frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty; chary, stinting; acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious; begrudging, envious, grudging, resentfulAntonyms cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

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Amid absurd claims that ESPNs so-called liberal bias has caused a drop in viewership in recent monthsan opportunistic and disingenuous reading of the networks financial troubles, which were primarily provoked by the Worldwide Leaders failure to adapt quickly enough to technological innovations and the fact that it pays huge sums for the rights to things like Monday Night Football games no one cares aboutESPN released certain findings from a two-year long research project about viewers opinions on ideological bias.

Cherry-picked figures published in ESPNs press release show that 64 percent of respondents believe ESPN is getting it right in terms of mixing sports news and political issues. They also say that the proportion of viewers who see a bias in the programming has not changed since October 2016. ESPN didnt specify the percentage in the release, but a spokesman told Deadspin the proportions were 28 percent in October and 30 percent now, a change which is not statistically significant.

The release said that of those who see a bias, 30 percent actually believe ESPN expresses a conservative viewpoint. The release also omitted the percentage of viewers who thought the network expressed a liberal viewpoint, but the spokesman said that figure is 63 percent.

Finally, the release said the findings showed that conservatives and Republicans actually rate ESPN higher now than they did in October:

Using a 1-10 scale (with 10 being the best score), strong conservatives rank ESPN at 7.2 and Republicans give a 7.1, both up 0.5 from October. That compares to liberals and Democrats (each at 7.0), and is close to an 8, which is considered highly rated (45 percent of the total sample scored ESPN 8-10).

ESPN drew this conclusion from the research:

Do some Americans disagree with how certain societal issues are discussed on ESPN platforms when they intersect with the world of sports? No doubt.

Does it affect their viewing behavior? Not in any material way.

Hear that, advertisers? Investors, you listening? ESPNs conclusion from the findings is very likely correct. But theres another conclusion to be drawn from ESPN touting these stats: The network wants everyone to know its not a bulwark of social justice warriors spouting liberal opinions. (Just look that those ratings from conservatives!) Maybe its no longer beneficial for ESPN to be seen as the progressive network that had the outspokenly liberal stars of Hamilton perform at its annual presentation to advertisers just last year and then went on to position itself as the standard bearer for inclusion and diversity. Maybe its liberal persona, which played well last springway, way back when no one actually thought that a dusty stump of a reality TV star who said horrible things about just about everyone who wasnt a white man could become presidentis no longer good for business. Maybe, now, as Warriors fan Kevin Draper predicted, ESPN feels the need to play down that carefully curated part of its business model.

Jemele Hill and Michael Smith are SportsCenter anchors; Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre are getting their own show; and other faces who arent white and male are still prominently featured on the network. Shows like Around the Horn,Highly Questionable, and Outside the Lines still regularly engage with political and social issues. All of this is happening; ESPN just seems less inclined to brag about it now.

ESPNs presentation to advertisers this year mostly steered clear of talking about diversity and cultural change and politics. The research findings that ESPN released today, along with the networks announcement that Hank Williams Jr., the musician who was removed from his gig as the Monday Night Football opener when he compared Obama to Hitler, was retuning to the show (ESPN said the timing of the research release and the Williams announcement was not coordinated), is just another indication of something. ESPN, perhaps drawn by the bottom line, seems to be sliding back to the status quo. The right thing aligns with what makes sense for exactly as long as it does.

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ESPN has cleared itself of not growing too liberal. But for the conservatives who dont buy that, heres Hank Williams Jr.!

In purportedly unrelated announcements, the Worldwide Leader announced on Monday that 1) an ESPN-commissioned research group found that ESPN is getting it right in mixing political and sports coverage, in addition to finding the proportion of people who see a political slant in ESPNs coverage is not growing, and 2) the network is rehiring Williams, the conservative firebrand.

Well start with item 2. Williams is bringing All His Rowdy Friends back to Monday Night Football for the first time since 2011. The country singer had participated in the Monday night broadcasts since 1989, playing versions of a song that would always feature, Are you ready for some football?

ESPN pulled the broadcast staple six years ago, after he went on Fox News to compare a meeting of then-President Obama and then-Rep. House Speaker John Boehner to a meeting between Adolf Hitler andIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In response to ESPN pulling the song for one week, Williams was enraged: After reading hundreds of emails, I have made MY decision, he wrote on Oct. 6, 2011. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. Its been a great run.

Six years, a new White House regime and a rumbling that ESPN is too liberal later, the two sides are finding common ground. Williams is back in the spotlight with a company that is trying to disprove that liberal politics have anything to do with declining ratings and subsequent layoffs.

Beyond rehiring a polarizing personality, ESPN composed a public relations piece Monday that highlighted findings from a May 3-7 survey that studied a perceived liberal bias. The full survey results from Langer Research Associates of New York were not made available, but ESPN promoted the discovery that 64 percent of respondents think Bristol is getting it right in walking the politics/sports tightrope. Ten percent had no opinion, while 8 percent wanted more politics in broadcasts.

A network that fired noted conservative meme-purveyor Curt Schilling emphasized italics and all that 30 percent actually believe ESPN expresses a conservative viewpoint.

The most important takeaway for ESPN, though, is that both Republicans and Democrats rated the network highly. On a scale to 10, Republicans gave the Worldwide Leader a 7.1 (up .5 from October) and Democrats rated ESPN as a 7.0.

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ESPN going all-out to prove it's not actually liberal - New York Post

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June 5, 2017 Portland, Ore.Thousands of demonstrators and counter protesters converged in downtown Portland, Ore., on Sunday, a day marked by multiple arrests and clashes between police and protesters.

A pro-President Trump free speech rally drew several hundred to a plaza near City Hall more than a week after two Portland men were fatally stabbed trying to stop a man from shouting anti-Muslim insults at two teenage girls on a light-rail train.

That rally was met across the street by hundreds of counter-protesters organized by immigrant rights, religious, and labor groups. They said they wanted to make a stand against hate and racism.

Portland police said Sunday evening that 14 people were arrested, and several dozen knives, bricks, sticks and other weapons were seized.

By late afternoon, police closed nearby Chapman Square where a separate group of protesters many wearing masks and black clothing and identified as anti-fascists also demonstrated. Police used flash-bang grenades and pepper balls to disperse that crowd after saying protesters were hurling bricks and other objects at officers.

The people gathered at the free speech rally organized by the conservative group Patriot Prayer and counter-protesters at City Hall were not involved in those clashes, police said.

After several dozen demonstrators began marching north of the initial rally locations, police officers moved in and blocked them. They detained a large crowd in the street, including several journalists.

People identified as participating in criminal activity would be arrested, police said. Everyone else was eventually released after officers took photographs of their identification.

Sunday's event was organized by the group Patriot Prayer and billed as Trump Free Speech Rally in "one of the most liberal areas of the West Coast."

Rally organizer Joey Gibson held a moment of silence for the two men who were stabbed to death and pleaded with the crowd to refrain from violence. He later told them that goal is to wake up the liberty movement. "It's OK to be a conservative in Portland," he said.

Last week Mayor Ted Wheeler unsuccessfully tried to have the permit for the free speech rally revoked, saying it could further enflame tensions following the May 26 stabbings.

The suspect in the light-rail stabbings, Jeremy Joseph Christian attended a similar rally in late April wearing an American flag around his neck and carrying a baseball bat. Police confiscated the bat, and he was then caught on camera clashing with counter-protesters.

In a video posted on Facebook, Gibson condemned Mr. Christian and acknowledged that some rallies have attracted "legitimate Nazis." He described the attacker on the light rail as "all crazy" and "not a good guy."

Matthew Eggiman, who lives in Corvallis, said he showed up Sunday to oppose bigotry and racism. He worried that that hateful rhetoric would embolden others. But he also condemned protesters who show up hoping to provoke violence.

The Rev. Diane Dulin of the United Church of Christ said in a statement ahead of the day's events that any act of violence in the community should be met by non-violence.

"We build our hope and our stamina for justice by showing up," said Dulin, part of a coalition of groups that organized rally to oppose hate.

Authorities say that on May 26 Mr. Christian killed two men and injured another on the light-rail train when they tried to help after he verbally abused two young women, one wearing a hijab. Christian is charged with aggravated murder and other counts.

The concerns over the Portland rally come amid a wider debate in the United States about the First Amendment, often in liberal cities like Portland and Berkeley, Calif., and on college campuses, where violent protests between far-right and far-left protesters have derailed appearances by contentious figures. Associated Press Writers Phuong Le in Seattle and Manuel Valdes in Portland contributed to this report.

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In liberal Portland, conservatives struggle to make their voices heard - Christian Science Monitor

David Khan.

The newly elected leader of the Alberta Liberals says he will focus on rebuilding and re-energizing the party.

Calgary lawyer David Khan won the leadership Sunday evening with 54.8 per cent of the vote, defeating his sole opponent, Kerry Cundal. There were 1,671 total votes and 10 abstentions.

Its been a whirlwind, its been a really busy past two months, but Im so excited about the energy in this room, Khan told a room of supporters at Hotel Arts.

There are so many Liberals, old and new, that are part of our party now and Im really excited about moving liberalism forward in Alberta.

Khan served as the Alberta Liberals executive vice-president before entering the race. He ran as a candidate in Calgary-Buffalo in the 2015 provincial election and as a byelection candidate in Calgary-West in 2014.

His immediate focus is to unite liberals in Alberta and become a real force in the next provincial election.

Make no mistake, it is not Liberal ideas, it is not Liberal values and its not even the Liberal name that has held our party back. We need to stay true to ourselves and who we are and what we stand for, he said.

Theres new people, theres new energy, and we need a new vision and need to move this province forward for the benefit of all.

The only Liberal to be elected in the 2015 general election was Calgary-Mountain View MLA David Swann. Khan hopes to dramatically improve on that result.

That was a change election, that was an anomaly. Thats not the support that we have going forward, he said.

Khan said organizing, fundraising and electing more Liberals are the most crucial areas that need improvement.

Financial reports for the first quarter posted on the Elections Alberta website in April showed the Alberta Liberals and its constituency associations raised $47,959 for the period. For comparison, the governing NDP took in $373,060.

History isnt why we are here today, Khan said. We are here for the future, and it looks promising for Liberals and all Albertans.

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Alberta Liberals elect David Khan as new leader - Calgary Herald

In arecent post about Democrats finally bagging a pair of special election legislative pick-ups in New Hampshire and New York last month-- which came just prior to a very flawed Republicandefeating an even more flawed Democrat in Montana's special Congressional race -- I highlighted a poll out of Georgia showing liberal Jon Ossoff opening up a seven-point lead over conservative Karen Handel in theclosely-watched GA-06 race. Voters in that traditionally-Republican but Trump-skeptical district (Romney won it handily, Trump barely) will choose their next Congressperson in a June 20th runoff. Peach State Republicans will openly concede that the contest is very close and will boil down to turnout, but they've pushed back hard against that particular survey, arguing that theirinternal numbers look neck-and-neck. Sure enough, afresh poll taken just after Memorial Day weekend shows the race as a jump ball:

The Real Clear Politicsaverage --which includes the previous outlier, withall other polls well within themargin-of-error-- gives Ossoff a tenuous lead oftwo percentage points. Havingfailed to secure an outright majority in April's initial election, thepro-Obamacare Pelosi Democrat challenged his Republican opponent to half a dozendebates. After the GOP nominee declined to participate inone proposed debate in early May, Ossoffpronounced himself "available" and "always up for" a debate.Now, he's ducking forums,abandoning his 'let's debate six times!' bravado. On second thought, how about two? And definitely not on CNN:

By referring to Ossoff's "fictitious narrative and flimsy resume," the Handel campaign is no doubt seeking to highlight the young liberal'sdubious posture as a fiscal hawk, and hishabitually-exaggerated "national security" credentials. And Republicans rarely miss a chance to point out thatthe vast majority of Ossoff's flood ofcampaign donations have arrived from out of state, including acritical mass from left-wing California (especially theSan Francisco Bay area). Perhaps CNN could sweeten the pot for Ossoff in an effort to make him feel more at home by offering to hold the debate somewhere other than the Sixth Congressional District, where the Democratdoes not actually live. I'll leave you with a fewpositivetelevision ads from the Handel campaign, one of whichrefutes the inevitable Democraticattacks that she -- the only woman in the race -- is weak on "women's health:"

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Ossoff Out: After Talking Big Game, Georgia Liberal Dodges CNN Debate Ahead of Special Election - Townhall