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Search results for "Judge blocks executive order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR"

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Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.:
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS.
By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2011
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 25, 2025 in a Newsmax interview:
On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old ‘Sesame Street.’"
By Grace Abels• April 1, 2025
Threads posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a post on Threads:
“The removal of birthright citizenship only applies to the children of those that are here ILLEGALLY.”
By Madison Czopek• January 24, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
President Joe Biden gave Congress an exemption from vaccine mandate
By Jeff Cercone• January 25, 2022
Threads posts stated on January 20, 2025 in a post:
President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order would affect former Vice President Kamala Harris’ citizenship status.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 24, 2025
Amy Klobuchar stated on November 20, 2019 in comments at Democratic debate:
"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get the health care they need." 
By Shefali Luthra• November 21, 2019
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet:
The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde• April 26, 2017
Barack Obama stated on October 08, 2012 in a campaign event outside Speaker John Boehner press conference in Derry, NH:
Says Mitt Romney plans to "fire" Big Bird.
By Maryalice Gill• October 9, 2012
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
News networks covered Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing live but not Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 24, 2022
X posts stated on January 23, 2025 in X posts:
Video shows “roads heading to Mexico are jam packed as mass deportations have started.”
By Loreben Tuquero• January 24, 2025
Facebook posts stated on December 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
President Joe Biden “has the lowest approval rating of any president ever.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 4, 2022
Stephen Miller stated on May 09, 2025 in an interview:
The Immigration and Nationality Act “stripped Article III courts, that's the judicial branch, of jurisdiction over immigration cases.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 15, 2025
Stephen Miller stated on February 12, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."
By Louis Jacobson• February 14, 2017
Dave Aronberg stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:
Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
By Amy Sherman• September 3, 2019
Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2016 in :
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
By Cassie Owens• June 7, 2016
Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on June 29, 2011 in report:
"Dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus projects in Rhode Island include … $250,000 to provide digital television to the state’s inmate population."
By Richard Salit• July 10, 2011
Jim Moran stated on March 17, 2011 in a floor speech.:
Ending federal funding for National Public Radio would jeopardize 9,000 jobs.
By Jacob Geiger• March 26, 2011
Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2023 in a speech:
“We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 8, 2023
Bill O'Reilly stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2022

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