Tue
Feb 17 2026
08:52 am
By: bizgrrl
U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania...ordered the Trump administration to restore displays discussing slavery at a site in Philadelphia where George Washington lived as president.
“The government claims it alone has the power to erase, alter, remove and hide historical accounts on taxpayer and local government-funded monuments within its control. Its claims in this regard echo Big Brother’s domain in Orwell’s 1984,” Rufe wrote.
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