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Search results for "A FIFA referee has spent more time in federal custody for being Somali"

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Social Media stated on March 09, 2025 in in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
By Jeff Cercone• March 10, 2025
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
Pam Bondi stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
By Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026
Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2025
Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:
“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:
As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation."
By Tom Kertscher• August 29, 2023
Joe Biden stated on February 17, 2015 in remarks at a White House summit:
"There is a very identifiable Somali community" back home in Delaware.
By Lauren Carroll• February 19, 2015
Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2021 in a post:
Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Yacob Reyes• November 22, 2022
Roberto DaSilva stated on March 21, 2011 in a news release:
"We’re paying out-of-state residential facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more," to house children in state custody
By Peter Lord• April 8, 2011
Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino:
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 2, 2026
Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:
Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2014
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 3, 2024
JD Vance stated on January 22, 2026 in a press conference:
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
By Amy Sherman• January 28, 2026
Facebook posts stated on August 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has been "arrested 23 times" and is the "daughter of (a) Somali terrorist."
By Daniel Funke• August 14, 2019
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
X posts stated on January 28, 2024 in a video:
Rep. Ilhan Omar said her "top priority is to put Somalia first and expand its territory.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 1, 2024
Viral image stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 15, 2020
Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet:
"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2019
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a post:
Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.
By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024
Mehmet Oz stated on January 06, 2026 in an interview on Fox News:
“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”
By Amy Sherman• January 14, 2026

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