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The Trump administration wants to sanitize George Washington’s role in slavery at President’s House The federal government uploaded digital renderings of 11 new panels that it was preparing to display at the President's House. They reframe George Washington's role in upholding slavery.

The newly revealed digital renderings show the Trump administration’s willingness to reframe history ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary this summer and portray Washington in a more favorable light.

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The Trump administration wants to sanitize George Washington’s role in slavery at President’s House The federal government uploaded digital renderings of 11 new panels that it was preparing to display at the President's House. They reframe George Washington's role in upholding slavery.

NEW: A glimpse to what Trump's "restoring sanity" to American history means.

After removing the slavery exhibit from George Washington's Philadelphia home, now we have the panels they want to put up instead.

They include factoids such as Washington buying the people he enslaved theater tickets.

Josh Shapiro’s presidential prospects and John Fetterman’s eye-popping numbers: Highlights from a new Pa. poll. John Fetterman has strong support with Republicans, but his numbers with his own party are underwater. Josh Shapiro has opened up a big lead in the race for governor.

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senator, Dave McCormick, has stronger approval numbers than Democrat John Fetterman among *Pennsylvania Democrats*.

Only 62% of Pa. Dems disapprove of Fetterman’s job performance compared to 18% of Republicans.

@fallonroth.bsky.social’s story:

How a Black history tour kept the story of the President’s House alive after the Trump administration tried to erase it The National Park Service began restoring slavery exhibits at the President's House on Thursday, but in the last few weeks Philadelphians made sure the story was told despite the bare walls.

The Trump admin’s reinstallation of slavery exhibits to the site of the first White House in Philly is about more than a court battle.

@fallonroth.bsky.social takes you into the fight of a Black history tour to tell the full story.

“I just refuse to be erased.” www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

The slavery exhibits at the President’s House are beginning to be restored by the National Park Service The restoration is the latest development in the city and community stakeholders’ fight to preserve the President’s House after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered the removal of exhibits.

*BIG* win against the Trump admin.

Philly was the first to sue over removal of exhibits — panels about Washington's slaves — in line with Trump's "corrosive ideology" order.

The city won in court. The feds appealed & requested a stay — then complied this morning. www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

The slavery exhibits at the President’s House are beginning to be restored by the National Park Service The restoration is the latest development in the city and community stakeholders’ fight to preserve the President’s House after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered the removal of exhibits.

Almost a month after abruptly dismantling exhibits about slavery from the President’s House, National Park Service employees began reinstalling the panels late morning on Thursday ahead of a court-imposed deadline.

Story w/ @fallonroth.bsky.social & Maggie Prosser. www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Federal judge orders Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House The order does not give the federal government a deadline for restoring the President's House site.

BREAKING: federal judge orders the Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House.

The opinion opens with “As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed…”

With @fallonroth.bsky.social

DA Larry Krasner has a fundraising advantage among Philly residents. His challenger Patrick Dugan is dominating the suburbs. Among Philly donors, Krasner raised the most money from a ZIP code in the Northwest, while Dugan’s strongest support was in the Northeast.

It's the highest profile race on next week's Philadelphia primary ballot and nearly half the donors to either candidate can't even vote in it. Here's the latest on the dash for cash in Philly's district attorney race, with Sean Collins Walsh and @fallonroth.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/tqccfp

Pennsylvania’s federal workforce was already shrinking before the Trump administration began massive layoffs The data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics offers the first glimpse into what Pennsylvania’s federal workforce looked like just before DOGE's mass layoffs of federal employees.

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released today showed that federal employment in Pennsylvania dropped last month. What could be the impact to Philly's economy with even deeper DOGE-driven cuts on the horizon? @fallonroth.bsky.social and yours truly break it down share.inquirer.com/SKkrPc

Elon Musk campaigned relentlessly for Trump in Pennsylvania last year. Now the DOGE leader is the face of Democrats’ political pushback. As Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn restructure of the federal government unfolds, the crowds gathering in Pennsylvania — a state he helped Trump win — have rallied against him.

NEW: Elon Musk’s unprecedented work campaigning for Trump 2024 in Pennsylvania set the stage for his rise to DOGE.

Now that’s he at the top (for now), Pa. Republicans rush to defend Musk while Dems see him as the symbol for their resistance.

w/ Julia Terruso

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