Judge allows UFC event on White House grounds
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied an emergency request Friday to block UFC Freedom 250, clearing the Monster Energy-sponsored mixed martial arts card to proceed on the White House South Lawn this weekend. Mehta said the plaintiffs waited too long to seek relief and that any harm would be temporary, noting organizers invested considerable time, labor and funding in planning the fight and lead-up events. The ruling means President Trump will host the event as scheduled, though forecasted storms could still disrupt Sunday’s outdoor show.
ALERT: Judge Amit Metha rules UFC event can proceed at White House, ruling harm to plaintiffs would only be "temporary" & that the challenge came too late "Considerable time, labor & funding.. has gone into organizing the UFC fight and lead-up events" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Rivka36Fair ruling imo. What I don't understand is why people in Congress didn't act sooner to stop it. Why is it taking citizens to do this stuff?
hot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches25'the bank robbers already bought guns let's see how this plays out'
MJ🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈25So class what have we learned here? If you do it quickly before people can react in time, it’s not even illegal.
Nancy Levine Stearns23But a lawsuit filed by watchdog group @peer.org last month against Trump’s Interior Department over Freedom 250 funding is still pending. PEER demanded documentation about Freedom 250 diversion of $100M in taxpayer dollars and a pay-to-play scheme. peer.org/peer-sues-in...
Fiat justitia, Ruat caelum19Hmmm, the crime is already in progress so we shouldn’t stop it. 🙄
Littleweebit15So the lesson is to perform the corruption loud and proud so that they are then judged too big to fail.
Mary Pennylegion ❌️👑❌️🧊14But the supreme court ruled southern states can redistrict AFTER voting has started. Too close to an event??
Doc0009"They put so much effort into this corrupt event that it'd be a crime to stop it now."
Simeon Pundit8Mother Nature will have the final ruling. She's going to rain it out.
kate87Considerable corruption has gone into this event. But that doesn’t matter.
Susan loves democracy7Gross. Now we hope for rain, hail and lightning. All day. All night.
Jesse Ellis5Stopping the White House UFC event this late would be the equivalent to approving a new voting map (favoring Dems) after people have already voted.
cara7177.bsky.social4“The crime is already in progress so we shouldn’t stop it” is the reasoning behind this decision.
Dog Has Thoughts4"Considerable time, labor & funding" also went into the Voting Rights Act, don't you think
Terri1214Well that's a depressing ruling & who cares how much time, labor & funding went into this? The Republican Fascist Administration cuts benefits like SNAP for hungry kids, cuts consumer safety programs/protocols & has no money for health care, but the judge feels that cage fights should be protected?
Niel Loeb3I spent considerable time, labor & funding planning this bank robbery. You can’t stop me now.
rnmcd.bsky.social3So doing a wrong thing is okay as long as you invest enough time, labor, and funding into that wrong thing before going through the established channels to make sure it's not a wrong thing? Ummkayyyy....
Furious Floridian3Keep doing your rain dances to ensure it gets canceled.
Rod Burt3Sounds like a judgement call rather than a legal statement.
stephforreal.bsky.social3They'll be a "parade of donors" and VIP spectators consisting of high-ranking government officials, cabinet members, and prominent political allies watching cageside. For the love of god can't we get them INSIDE the ring?
🅲🅸🆅🅸🅻 🅳🅴🅵🅴🅽🆂🅴🗽3they never divulged the full extent of this grift until last week. someone got to this judge.
A Dandelion2What do you call an 'Illegal ruling'❓🤔
Elliot Edelstein2Fck Trump ..Fck the UFC
Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot2It's in God's hands now.
sjeary.bsky.social2trumps philosophy on everything…build it before they can even think of saying no. Knock it down before they can say anything. Fuck em. Let them sue me.
chocolatefire.bsky.social2I knew it. This is the fault of anyone who ever voted GOP since Regan, and definitely after the GOP showed how much they hate black people by unconstitutionally stealing Obama’s SCOTUS. Hope you’re enjoying your ‘white Christian’ nation, folks. #RacismIsExpensive #America250
JoCash2They should have filed this lawsuit months ago.
Iputadollariniwinacar2How the fuck is monetizing the. Lincoln memorial a temporary harm????
Jill2But, an election already underway is cool to disrupt. FDT.
asteraceaeg.bsky.social2How is using taxpayer dollars for any of this a “temporary” harm? It has long-term consequences. I don’t believe it’s privately funded.
Scott Candage2"Considerable time, labor & funding has gone into organizing the overthrow of the American government, and the Plaintiff filed too close to the takeover for this Court to do anything about it."
the white house UFC stuff evokes such a strange flurry of emotions in me. like, clearly a disgrace on so many levels but also so incredibly stupid that it makes me laugh. also when i saw the thing light up the other day i was like...'thats kinda sick' but also like obviously an outrageous disgrace
Charlie Warzel104i don't want the phrase 'they turned the white house into a six flags' to be as funny to me as it is and yet here i am
KB10It’s the UFC face-off and press conference at the Lincoln Memorial that is simply enraging me.
James Who Lives in Queens2When the fury of the thunderstorm knocks the stupid thing into the White House, tRump will get so mad.
Josh Hokit, a heavyweight fighter slated to appear at the White House at the explicit request of Trump, once called a Black UFC fighter a “human gorilla,” is no stranger to the N-word, and said he wished he could report his mom, who is Mexican, (cont.) www.huffpost.com/entry/ufc-fi...
RoseMarie8to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He’s also repeatedly accused high-profile women of being men, including former first lady Michelle Obama and WNBA star Brittney Griner.
guisbeau.bsky.social5No surprise Trump would like him. What an embarrassment he is.
Common Sense Only2He does seem extremely donny like so no surprise. And barring a court rulling or a ton of rain I hope he gets knocked the F out.
The human cockfighting matches, taking place on our property, are proceeding. Judge rules UFC White House event can continue on South Lawn. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Mack Butterfield9The White House looks similar to driving by a SixFlags amusement park.
Mack Butterfield4“Even if Plaintiffs had established standing, the court still would deny emergency relief because Plaintiffs have not proven irreparable harm,” Mehta wrote. “Their harms are also decidedly temporary. The Claw will be disassembled beginning at 10 a.m. on June 15, 2026.”
Mack Butterfield2In his May financial disclosure, Trump reported purchasing between $15,001 and $50,000 in stock for TKO Group Holdings (the UFC’s parent company). A massive promotional event increases the profile of the league, thus benefiting his shares. The grift never ends.
Taffy Marlington2This is some real Joe Dirt shit. I feel patriotic af.