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TexasTowelie

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Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:41 AM 3 hrs ago

Prosecutor gives update on ruling blocking Trump ballroom - Brian Tyler Cohen



Legal Breakdown episode 690: Ex-prosecutor on ruling halting Trump’s ballroom construction.

The following summary is AI-generated.

- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting Donald Trump’s White House ballroom construction, emphasizing that the president is a steward—not owner—of federal property.

- Judge Richard Leon used 19 exclamation points in his opinion to underscore his frustration with Trump bypassing Congress and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

- Trump’s DOJ immediately appealed the ruling, which the judge paused to allow the appeal process to proceed.

- Trump’s defense—that the project was “under budget and ahead of schedule”—was dismissed by the judge as legally irrelevant and nonsensical.

- The East Wing was already demolished before litigation began, raising concerns about retroactive legal accountability for irreversible actions.

- Analysts speculate that delays could mean Trump never uses the ballroom, and suggest renaming it after figures he dislikes (e.g., Obama, Biden, RBG, Comey) if it’s ever completed.
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Prosecutor gives update on ruling blocking Trump ballroom - Brian Tyler Cohen (Original Post) TexasTowelie 3 hrs ago OP
It's a shame that people post 'AI'-generated material on this site, since it was trained on copyrighted material ... xocetaceans 2 hrs ago #1

xocetaceans

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1. It's a shame that people post 'AI'-generated material on this site, since it was trained on copyrighted material ...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:38 AM
2 hrs ago

... without permission. It would seem that anyone who posts such texts would support the original theft of materials during training. (Sure, it would be convenient to walk into a bookstore and snatch a book, but that would be theft.)

But maybe I'm wrong. If the above is not the case, how is it justifiable to use 'AI'-generated text in any post?

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