Judge Cites 1984, Orders Trump to Return Slavery Exhibits

February 17, 2026·23 days ago·via CNN

A federal judge invokes George Orwell's 1984 to slam the Trump administration, ordering the return of slavery exhibits yanked from a Philadelphia museum in a move decried as "memory hole" censorship. The ruling accuses Trump officials of erasing history to fit a sanitized narrative, forcing reinstatement amid cries of government overreach into cultural institutions. This activist bench flex highlights liberal double standards: decrying "book bans" while cheering judicial mandates on exhibits. Read more about this...

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