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Search results for "David Attenborough says he is 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday messages"

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Facebook posts stated on June 23, 2023 in a reel:
More than “200 dogs showed up and lined up around the block” for a man’s 100th birthday celebration.
By Samantha Putterman• July 6, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Abraham Lincoln’s coin is copper because he ended slavery. Figures on other U.S. coins “face left because they turned their backs to him in protest.”
By Jeff Cercone• January 17, 2024
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"In 1913, it was legal to mail children."
By Nancy Badertscher• January 13, 2015
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2016 in an Instagram meme:
Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 4, 2016
Bloggers stated on April 26, 2021 in a story's headline:
Joe Biden’s 100-day approval rating “is the lowest in American history.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 28, 2021
Newt Gingrich stated on December 19, 2011 in a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa:
"No federal official at any level is currently allowed to say ‘Merry Christmas.’"
By Louis Jacobson• December 21, 2011
Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column:
"Martin Luther King was a Republican."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 29, 2012
Bruce Elfant stated on August 05, 2015 in an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin:
"The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 21, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 18, 2015 in U.S. Senate:
"This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years."  
By Mark Reynolds• June 21, 2015
Rick Santorum stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."
By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2017
Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photos show Keanu Reeves hawking T-shirts with political messages.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 8, 2024
Dennis Prager stated on April 26, 2022 in a radio show segment:
When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming that a Black student actually did that."
By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans
By Samantha Putterman• April 29, 2019
soutwest-air.com stated on November 27, 2017 in a headline:
"Southwest Airlines celebrating 50th anniversary by providing 2 free tickets to everyone!"
By Amy Sherman• November 27, 2017
Instagram posts stated on September 08, 2022 in an Instagram video:
“Prince was sacrificed for (Queen Elizabeth II’s) 90th birthday.”
By Andy Nguyen• September 9, 2022
Chris Larson stated on August 27, 2013 in an interview:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year."
By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2013
David Cicilline stated on April 22, 2011 in a television interview:
"We just fought a Republican budget that ends Medicare as we know it."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 1, 2011
Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
 Says Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were both born Aug. 23.
By Miriam Valverde• January 27, 2020
X posts stated on April 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows students in Lviv celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 20, 2022
Hillary Clinton stated on February 26, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland:
"Could I just point out that ... I seem to get the first question all the time?"
By Amy Hollyfield• February 27, 2008

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Bridgegate: Were Fort Lee students 'children of Buono voters'?

By Julie Kliegman• January 10, 2014

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By Becky Bowers• February 19, 2012

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