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TexasTowelie

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Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:41 AM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
It's a shame that people post 'AI'-generated material on this site, since it was trained on copyrighted material ... xocetaceans Yesterday #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
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... 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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