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Trump INSTANTLY BLOCKED by Federal Judge in SCATHING ORDER - Legal AF
In scathing terms and with frequent citation to George Orwell's 1984 and its Minister of Truth, Senior Judge Cynthia Rufe has refused and blocked Trump's efforts to rewrite history to claim that we did not have slavery, and that the Founding Fathers didn't own them.
Michael Popok reports on Trump's efforts to deface and scar the sacred Independence Hall monument in Philadelphia including the Presidents' House memorial to the 9 slaves owned by Washington. - 02/16/2026.