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Judge declines to halt UFC Freedom 250 fights at White House this weekend (www.ms.now)

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Plaintiffs said the “volcano of corruption, if allowed to go forward, will mark an inflection point in American history.”

A federal judge refused to halt the UFC Freedom 250 cage fights set for this weekend at the White House, despite a lawsuit that called the event a “volcano of corruption” that will mark “the first private, for-profit sporting event ever held on White House grounds.”

In a ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, said he rejected the plaintiffs’ emergency application because they failed “to establish both a substantial likelihood of standing and irreparable harm, and because the equities and public interest weigh against emergency relief.”

The case was brought by activist Susan Douglas and Vietnam War veteran Paul Romano, who challenged the use of the Lincoln Memorial chamber and the South Lawn of the White House. Represented by the Public Integrity Project, they alleged that the event runs afoul of federal regulations and isn’t the purely patriotic display that Donald Trump and UFC head Dana White have portrayed.

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[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 days ago

I still can't believe we've made it all the way back to gladiator fights in front of the palace.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago

The public interest? What is the public interest of a fight on the Whitehouse lawn? Even if this wasn't gross and corrupt, it has basically zero value to the nation.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It's about pumping up the T and the sperm level counts of our ~~Nazi youth~~ manly males who apparently the likes of Brainworms and Jesse Watters seem really concerned about.

[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago

The judge concluded that the risk of any significant environmental damage “therefore appears remote,” whereas the harms on the government side include the time, effort and money that have gone into planning the event, as well as the interests of spectators, remote viewers and the millions of dollars the UFC and related organizations have spent.

“The potential loss of those dollars resulting from a last-minute, court-ordered stoppage cannot be ignored,” the judge wrote.

So, it really is always capitalism.

[-] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 day ago

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 16 points 2 days ago

Can't wait to see what racist shit gets said during this event.

[-] usernametbd@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago

Trump really wants in the history books - this classless, corrupt, grimy event will likely wind up there - not in the way he wants though

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I’m seeing a deluge of beer cups being thrown, every other person in a fight, and several people crushed under the monster trucks trump ordered to be driven into the crowd.

Glorious.

[-] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This is such a huge blunder in so many ways, truly, deeply humiliating to all Americans.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

So pathetic.

[-] dasrael@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

REEEEEeeeeeDOM 250

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