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Judge denies Trump DOJ's attempt to ban Olympian from Reflecting Pool
When a Pool Becomes a Prop for PowerThe Real Crime SceneA federal judge refused to turn David Hearn, a 67-year-old Olympian, into a political trophy for the Trump administration. The government wanted him barred from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after he pleaded not guilty to felony destruction charges. But the pool was already a mess: peeling paint, algae blooms, and a renovation billed at $14 million that clearly did not buy competence.That is the actual context. Everything else is theater designed to shift attention away from the people who own the outcome and toward a convenient…
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