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The Pentagon is rolling out annual testosterone screenings for service members over 30.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to Pete Hegseth's truly bizarre “Cialis commercial” announcement and the administration’s increasingly weird fixation on masculinity.
![And the Defendants make multiple factual representations to the Court that the Defendants’ counsel know to be false:
The Defendants claim that the National Trust was “shown detailed plans and specifications of this knitted, unified, and cohesive structure by Top Officers and Leaders in both the Military and Secret Service.” Id. at 5. This statement is false: The National Trust has never been shown non-public plans or specifications of any sort. See ECF 13 at 2 (Defendants stating that ex parte submission “cannot be . . . shared with opposing counsel without compromising the interests of national security”).
The Defendants claim that the National Trust was “asked by the United States Military not to bring this suit because of the Top Secret nature of the important Case 1:25-cv-04316-RJL Document 80 Filed 05/07/26 Page 1 of 5
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facility being built.” ECF 79 at 1. This statement is false: The military did not
request that the National Trust not file this suit.
The Defendants claim that “Congress has never dictated or tampered with the zoning, permitting, or architectural aspects” of any White House project. Id. at 5. This statement is false. See, e.g., ECF 30 at 31 n.12 (acknowledging that Congress “inject[ed] itself into White House architectural choices” during the 1949 renovation); see generally ECF 20-1.
The Defendants claim that standing is based on a woman “walking her dog in the vicinity of the White House.” ECF 79 at 2; see id. at 6. This statement is false. See ECF 2-3 (declaration of National Trust board member who is the former senior historian at the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service, the former Vice President of the D.C. Preservation League, the author of six books on American vernacular architecture, and a regular visitor to President’s Park).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/bafkreigjctvxf2oqvf7ci4jlwpk5fmkk7d5kf7wiucjgs446f7br5b6adu)
