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|    JTEM to Lee    |
|    Re: Trump Deletion Of American History R    |
|    17 Feb 26 17:36:58    |
      From: jtem01@gmail.com              Lee wrote:              >       >       >Judge orders Trump administration to restore       >slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia       >Feb 16       >       >An exhibit about nine people enslaved       >by George Washington must be restored       >at his former home in Philadelphia       >after President Donald Trump's       >administration took it down last month,       >a federal judge ruled on Presidents       >Day, the federal holiday honoring       >Washington's legacy.       >       >The city of Philadelphia sued in       >January after the National Park       >Service removed the explanatory       >panels from Independence National       >Historical Park, the site where       >George and Martha Washington lived       >with nine of their slaves in the       >1790s, when Philadelphia was       >briefly the nation's capital.       >       >The removal came in response to       >a Trump executive order "restoring       >truth and sanity to American history"       >at the nation's museums, parks and       >landmarks. It directed the Interior       >Department to ensure those sites do       >not display elements that       >"inappropriately disparage Americans       >past or living."       >       >U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe       >ruled Monday that all materials       >must be restored in their original       >condition while a lawsuit challenging       >the removal's legality plays out. She       >prohibited Trump officials from       >installing replacements that explain       >the history differently.       >       >Rufe, an appointee of Republican       >President George W. Bush, began her       >written order with a quote from       >George Orwell's dystopian novel       >"1984" and compared the Trump       >administration to the book's       >totalitarian regime called the       >Ministry of Truth, which revised       >historical records to align with       >its own narrative.       >https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/citing-orwells-1984-judge-orders-       >trump-administration-to-restore-slavery-exhibit-it-removed-in-philadelphia       >       >       >       >              But I red on TruthSocial that slavery was fake news?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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