A judge already had compared the Trump moves to Orwell’s 1984.

As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed, with its motto ‘Ignorance is Strength,’ this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. […] It does not.

Then federal troops used cover of darkness to pounce, and plunge a community into censorship and erasure of their own history.

…2025 executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The order aimed to remove content from historical and cultural institutions….

Thus, a panel headline titled “The Dirty Business of Slavery” has been removed and replaced with “Celebrating Independence Throughout the Years.”

The new panels also omit some material featured in the previous exhibit, including a map of slave trade routes and a timeline tracing the history of slavery….

Cherelle Parker, mayor of Philadelphia, vowed to “continue the fight”….

“Overnight, under the cover of darkness, the federal government removed panels at the President’s House that told a thorough history of Philadelphia,” she said.

“It was allowed to do this by the decision of the federal court, but that it did so at night shows it understands this action is shameful, that it violates community trust.”