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Our community is heartbroken. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing, law enforcement is conducting its investigation, and while we understand there is a lot of interest and there will be a lot of discussion about and speculation surrounding what happened, we will continue to prioritize the well-being of our community. We appreciate the outpouring of support we have received, and we are tremendously grateful to the first responders who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff. – Covenant School	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Social media saw a surge in talk about a run, and uninsured depositors acted quickly to flee. – Michael Barr	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Over the past three years, millions of Americans have struggled to pay rent, utilities, food, and many have been unable to pay their debts, loan forgiveness is a paradigmatic form of debt relief, and the secretary acted within the heartland of his authority and in line with the central purpose of the HEROES Act( of 2003) in providing that relief here. To apply the major questions doctrine to override that clear text would deny borrowers critical relief that Congress authorized, and the secretary deemed essential. – Elizabeth Prelogar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
And if they haven’t acted on it, then maybe that’s a good lesson to say for the president or the administrative bureaucracy that it’s not something they should undertake on their own. – John Roberts	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Committees have just now been constituted, not all of them have even been constituted. So I don’t think it’s really an opportunity to say you haven’t acted, this isn’t my first trip. This is my sixth trip. … So no, Republicans have been taking action. We’ve got a lot of ideas inside Congress. – Kevin McCarthy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Because we have not yet been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, we have acted out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and interests, the spy balloon from (China) was of course different in that we knew precisely what (it) was. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive (defense) sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and thus raised concerns. – Melissa Dalton	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As an African American woman, I can unequivocally attest to the perpetual existence of discriminatory practices that remain a haunting reality for people of color throughout our nation, i am cautiously optimistic that the cries of our America will be heard and acted upon so that once and for all Black lives are valued in the eyes of all police officers. – Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What I believe was that when people acted in violence people did not back down, did not say you were going too far, if anything, it was celebrated. – Matthew Greene	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We must draw the straight lines that connect violent political rhetoric and violent acts, the Pelosi assailant’s Facebook page looks identical to the Facebook pages of Trump, [Georgia Rep. Marjorie] Taylor Greene, and [Colorado Rep. Lauren] Boebert. All three of them have glorified violence and [David] Depape acted on it. – Eric Swalwell	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Earlier this morning, Paul Pelosi was attacked at home by an assailant who acted with force, and threatened his life while demanding to see the Speaker, mr. Pelosi was admitted to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospitalwhere he underwent successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands. His doctors expect a full recovery. – Drew Hammill	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Knowing that he had lost and that he had only weeks left in office, President Trump rushed to complete his unfinished business, knowing he was leaving office, he acted immediately and signed this order on Nov. 11th, which would have required the immediate withdrawal of troops from Somalia and Afghanistan — all to be complete before the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20th. – Adam Kinzinger	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
A lot of people forget who Will Smith is, then 10 minutes before Will Smith was about to get the biggest award... Will Smith acted like Will Smith was back in Philadelphia. – Dave Chappelle	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Supreme Court passed this issue back to the states, the states have to act. This state has acted, and broad access is preserved here in New York. – Republican Marc Molinaro.Jill Filipovic	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I was with Shana Chappell all the time. Shana Chappell just acted so happy that I would have never thought. – Shana Chappell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You were about my age when you acted in' The Wonder Years.' What do you remember most about The Wonder Years ? what I remember the most is juggling being an actress and doing my schoolwork. – Danica McKellar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Every one of our officers will undergo scrutiny by the DA and an internal investigation -- just because they didn't violate the law, doesn't mean they acted appropriately based on our policy. – Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw	Found on CNN 1 year ago
31 foreign government officials who have acted to support Russia's purported annexation of the Crimea region of The US and thereby threatened or violated Ukraine's sovereignty. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You think you failed in vain, but I say 'in vain' is a phrase for the defeatists. You might never know how unexpectedly your failure brought a rain of gratification in the sunburnt deserts of your adversaries, how miraculously it acted as a source of hope for all those who doubted their aptitudes all these days only 'cause they couldn't beat you and how enigmatically it opened infinite pages to be a bit more resilient, a bit more powerful, a bit stronger and not to take things for granted perhaps no book or teacher could have ever illustrated. – Shayan Das	added by anonymous 1 year ago
This young man, Greenwood's good Samaritan, acted within seconds, stopping Douglas Sapirman and saving countless lives, our city, our community and our state is grateful for his heroism in this situation. – Mark Myers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Bragg has misread the room, there isn’t a Manhattan juror who would vote to convict a hardworking man who acted in self-defense. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
When the Republicans had the Majority they never acted with such hatred and scorn, the Dems are trying to win an election in 2020 that they know they can not legitimately win ! – President Trump	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Danny and the Santulli family. Danny should not have been put in such a situation. The International Fraternity prohibits hazing and the provision of alcohol to minors and expects all members to follow the law and our policies. We support anyone being held accountable for their conduct and the consequences that may result. The International Fraternity acted immediately to stop all activities of the chapter which is now closed. – Phi Gamma Delta	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The industry is supportive that the administration acted quickly, but it still caused months of impact and delay, we have to recover from that ; that's going to take a little while. – George Hershman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We're glad that this has stopped the bleeding and will also set us on a path to have a robust manufacturing sector, i think we acted quickly, thoughtfully and responsibly, and acted to meet the moment. – Jennifer Granholm	Found on CNN 1 year ago

Our community is heartbroken. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing, law enforcement is conducting its investigation, and while we understand there is a lot of interest and there will be a lot of discussion about and speculation surrounding what happened, we will continue to prioritize the well-being of our community. We appreciate the outpouring of support we have received, and we are tremendously grateful to the first responders who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff.

– Covenant School

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Social media saw a surge in talk about a run, and uninsured depositors acted quickly to flee.

– Michael Barr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Over the past three years, millions of Americans have struggled to pay rent, utilities, food, and many have been unable to pay their debts, loan forgiveness is a paradigmatic form of debt relief, and the secretary acted within the heartland of his authority and in line with the central purpose of the HEROES Act( of 2003) in providing that relief here. To apply the major questions doctrine to override that clear text would deny borrowers critical relief that Congress authorized, and the secretary deemed essential.

– Elizabeth Prelogar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And if they haven’t acted on it, then maybe that’s a good lesson to say for the president or the administrative bureaucracy that it’s not something they should undertake on their own.

– John Roberts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Committees have just now been constituted, not all of them have even been constituted. So I don’t think it’s really an opportunity to say you haven’t acted, this isn’t my first trip. This is my sixth trip. … So no, Republicans have been taking action. We’ve got a lot of ideas inside Congress.

– Kevin McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because we have not yet been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, we have acted out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and interests, the spy balloon from (China) was of course different in that we knew precisely what (it) was. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive (defense) sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and thus raised concerns.

– Melissa Dalton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As an African American woman, I can unequivocally attest to the perpetual existence of discriminatory practices that remain a haunting reality for people of color throughout our nation, i am cautiously optimistic that the cries of our America will be heard and acted upon so that once and for all Black lives are valued in the eyes of all police officers.

– Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What I believe was that when people acted in violence people did not back down, did not say you were going too far, if anything, it was celebrated.

– Matthew Greene

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We must draw the straight lines that connect violent political rhetoric and violent acts, the Pelosi assailant’s Facebook page looks identical to the Facebook pages of Trump, [Georgia Rep. Marjorie] Taylor Greene, and [Colorado Rep. Lauren] Boebert. All three of them have glorified violence and [David] Depape acted on it.

– Eric Swalwell

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Earlier this morning, Paul Pelosi was attacked at home by an assailant who acted with force, and threatened his life while demanding to see the Speaker, mr. Pelosi was admitted to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospitalwhere he underwent successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands. His doctors expect a full recovery.

– Drew Hammill

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Knowing that he had lost and that he had only weeks left in office, President Trump rushed to complete his unfinished business, knowing he was leaving office, he acted immediately and signed this order on Nov. 11th, which would have required the immediate withdrawal of troops from Somalia and Afghanistan — all to be complete before the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20th.

– Adam Kinzinger

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

A lot of people forget who Will Smith is, then 10 minutes before Will Smith was about to get the biggest award... Will Smith acted like Will Smith was back in Philadelphia.

– Dave Chappelle

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Supreme Court passed this issue back to the states, the states have to act. This state has acted, and broad access is preserved here in New York.

– Republican Marc Molinaro.Jill Filipovic

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was with Shana Chappell all the time. Shana Chappell just acted so happy that I would have never thought.

– Shana Chappell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You were about my age when you acted in' The Wonder Years.' What do you remember most about The Wonder Years ? what I remember the most is juggling being an actress and doing my schoolwork.

– Danica McKellar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Every one of our officers will undergo scrutiny by the DA and an internal investigation -- just because they didn't violate the law, doesn't mean they acted appropriately based on our policy.

– Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw

Found on CNN
1 year ago

31 foreign government officials who have acted to support Russia's purported annexation of the Crimea region of The US and thereby threatened or violated Ukraine's sovereignty.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You think you failed in vain, but I say 'in vain' is a phrase for the defeatists. You might never know how unexpectedly your failure brought a rain of gratification in the sunburnt deserts of your adversaries, how miraculously it acted as a source of hope for all those who doubted their aptitudes all these days only 'cause they couldn't beat you and how enigmatically it opened infinite pages to be a bit more resilient, a bit more powerful, a bit stronger and not to take things for granted perhaps no book or teacher could have ever illustrated.

– Shayan Das

added by anonymous
1 year ago

This young man, Greenwood's good Samaritan, acted within seconds, stopping Douglas Sapirman and saving countless lives, our city, our community and our state is grateful for his heroism in this situation.

– Mark Myers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Bragg has misread the room, there isn’t a Manhattan juror who would vote to convict a hardworking man who acted in self-defense.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When the Republicans had the Majority they never acted with such hatred and scorn, the Dems are trying to win an election in 2020 that they know they can not legitimately win !

– President Trump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Danny and the Santulli family. Danny should not have been put in such a situation. The International Fraternity prohibits hazing and the provision of alcohol to minors and expects all members to follow the law and our policies. We support anyone being held accountable for their conduct and the consequences that may result. The International Fraternity acted immediately to stop all activities of the chapter which is now closed.

– Phi Gamma Delta

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The industry is supportive that the administration acted quickly, but it still caused months of impact and delay, we have to recover from that ; that's going to take a little while.

– George Hershman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We're glad that this has stopped the bleeding and will also set us on a path to have a robust manufacturing sector, i think we acted quickly, thoughtfully and responsibly, and acted to meet the moment.

– Jennifer Granholm

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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