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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Judge quotes Orwell’s 1984 as she orders Trump to restore slavery exhibits in Philadelphia

A federal judge on Monday compared the Trump administration to George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth from 1984, quoting the fictional dystopian agency’s motto “Ignorance Is Strength” in her simmering order to restore all mentions of slavery that were removed from a Philadelphia landmark.

In her ruling, District Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered the federal government to return all exhibit materials at Philadelphia’s President’s House on Independence Mall.

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