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dweller

(28,850 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:31 PM Saturday

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WTAF ?!? [View all]

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-12-2026

For the first time, the board alleged that “The Bylaws of The Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Foundation state, unequivocally,” that the board must strip all funding from the Kennedy Center unless Trump’s name stays on it. Dye notes: “If the bylaws were amended, they were amended since Judge Cooper issued his order—prob[ably] yesterday. This is the Board choking off funds and saying ‘you have to let us break the law, or we’ll lose all the funds.’

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Such BS …

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WTAF ?!? [View all] dweller Saturday OP

Biting the very hand that feeds them. Totally Tunsie Saturday #1

So they lose all their funding for a couple years. WestMichRad Saturday #2

Lose all its funding? Darn the luck. lastlib Saturday #14

That means the National Symphony oberle Saturday #31

Wasn't there already a plan to close it for a couple years? Make7 Saturday #34

How childish Mossfern Saturday #3

Yes. Take your ball(s) and go home. Now stay there. liberalla Saturday #8

Lock yourselves in the basement, and board up all the windows and doors. n/t lastlib Saturday #16

Not their feelings Mad_Machine76 Saturday #30

The imbeciles and incompetents who were appointed to run or ruin the Kennedy Center have moved and muddled the jls4561 Saturday #4

Congress controls the purse..... Lovie777 Saturday #5

Also, the judge's order said that the Kennedy Center MUST remain open. wnylib Saturday #12

Of course....Trump is head of that board, IIRC.... Sogo Saturday #6

Off with the head Blue Owl Saturday #7

Takes me back. . . Mme. Defarge Saturday #11

I see what you did there! MyOwnPeace 16 hrs ago #36

Anyone planning a demonstration? AverageOldGuy Saturday #9

Hope unarmed. bottomofthehill Saturday #24

Criminals, one and all. Improperly appointed and entirely unqualified. Martin68 Saturday #10

Who cares. Shut it down until normal people are able to oversee it. mdbl Saturday #13

No. That is a very very bad idea. oberle Saturday #32

They will be paid D00ver66 Yesterday #35

And back to court they go. Vinca Saturday #15

We can't have anything nice Martin Eden Saturday #17

Directly from the Trump playbook. SergeStorms Saturday #18

The long sentence of "bylaw" is "above the law" for the pedo gangster. Justice matters. Saturday #28

these same assholes would deport someone for a misdemeanor Skittles Saturday #19

"Christ on a bike," as the lead detective/inspector on PBS's Grantchester says. 3catwoman3 Saturday #20

So .. those workers are not going to get paid? Tasmanian Devil Saturday #21

The Trump Kennedy Center NEVER existed. nakocal Saturday #22

Rec. progressoid Saturday #29

+1 pat_k 16 hrs ago #39

The answer is 86! William Seger Saturday #23

There's no way that can be legal. SamuelAdams Saturday #25

Why would that be relevant? quakerboy Saturday #26

+1 pat_k 16 hrs ago #40

;-{) TARP Goonch Saturday #27

Unbelievable BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #33

trmp is the head of the board. 'It's me or nobody'. spanone 16 hrs ago #37

There is no such entity Ruby the Liberal 16 hrs ago #38

It's gonna take... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #41