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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is wrong, ‘Sesame Street’ was not replaced by ‘drag queen storytime’
Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Elmo have had a prime PBS spot since 1969. Have they been booted? On PBS, “they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old […]
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