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dweller

(28,836 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:31 PM 8 hrs ago

WTAF ?!?

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 ?!? (Original Post) dweller 8 hrs ago OP
Biting the very hand that feeds them. Totally Tunsie 8 hrs ago #1
So they lose all their funding for a couple years. WestMichRad 8 hrs ago #2
Lose all its funding? Darn the luck. lastlib 6 hrs ago #14
How childish Mossfern 8 hrs ago #3
Yes. Take your ball(s) and go home. Now stay there. liberalla 7 hrs ago #8
Lock yourselves in the basement, and board up all the windows and doors. n/t lastlib 6 hrs ago #16
The imbeciles and incompetents who were appointed to run or ruin the Kennedy Center have moved and muddled the jls4561 8 hrs ago #4
Congress controls the purse..... Lovie777 7 hrs ago #5
Also, the judge's order said that the Kennedy Center MUST remain open. wnylib 6 hrs ago #12
Of course....Trump is head of that board, IIRC.... Sogo 7 hrs ago #6
Off with the head Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #7
Takes me back. . . Mme. Defarge 7 hrs ago #11
Anyone planning a demonstration? AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago #9
Hope unarmed. bottomofthehill 2 hrs ago #24
Criminals, one and all. Improperly appointed and entirely unqualified. Martin68 7 hrs ago #10
Who cares. Shut it down until normal people are able to oversee it. mdbl 6 hrs ago #13
And back to court they go. Vinca 6 hrs ago #15
We can't have anything nice Martin Eden 6 hrs ago #17
Directly from the Trump playbook. SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #18
The long sentence of "bylaw" is "above the law" for the pedo gangster. Justice matters. 15 min ago #28
these same assholes would deport someone for a misdemeanor Skittles 6 hrs ago #19
"Christ on a bike," as the lead detective/inspector on PBS's Grantchester says. 3catwoman3 5 hrs ago #20
So .. those workers are not going to get paid? Tasmanian Devil 5 hrs ago #21
The Trump Kennedy Center NEVER existed. nakocal 3 hrs ago #22
The answer is 86! William Seger 2 hrs ago #23
There's no way that can be legal. SamuelAdams 1 hr ago #25
Why would that be relevant? quakerboy 1 hr ago #26
;-{) TARP Goonch 1 hr ago #27

Totally Tunsie

(12,173 posts)
1. Biting the very hand that feeds them.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:35 PM
8 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:42 PM - Edit history (1)

FOOLS, all of them, in blind loyalty to an imbecile.

lastlib

(28,756 posts)
14. Lose all its funding? Darn the luck.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:40 PM
6 hrs ago

That would mean no neo-fascist/Nazi performances, and the Board doesn't get paid.

That would be sad, truly.

( in case it's needed....)

Mossfern

(4,844 posts)
3. How childish
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:09 PM
8 hrs ago

Spoiled brats, all of them.... taking their balls and going home because their feelers were hurt.

liberalla

(11,281 posts)
8. Yes. Take your ball(s) and go home. Now stay there.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:15 PM
7 hrs ago

Don't come back.

DON'T EVER COME BACK!

PLEASE!

jls4561

(3,298 posts)
4. The imbeciles and incompetents who were appointed to run or ruin the Kennedy Center have moved and muddled the
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:10 PM
8 hrs ago

Center’s accounts.

If the board declares that the bribes given by those donors seeking to curry favor from Fat Donnie, so be it. The money for maintenance comes from Congress, although I’m sure Ric Grenell and his cronies have worked to siphon off as much as they were able.

Meanwhile, the National Opera is suing to get their endowment back.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/music/kennedy-center-washington-national-opera-lawsuit-endowment.html

mdbl

(8,906 posts)
13. Who cares. Shut it down until normal people are able to oversee it.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:40 PM
6 hrs ago

It's dead until it's out of Dump's control anyway.

Martin Eden

(15,969 posts)
17. We can't have anything nice
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:51 PM
6 hrs ago

Without the Orange Tar Baby smearing his fetid orange sticky slime on it.

SergeStorms

(20,975 posts)
18. Directly from the Trump playbook.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:28 PM
6 hrs ago

Bylaws of the Trump Playbook:
1. Every election I don't win is null and void, and my opponent cheated.
2. Every rule and law I don't like is to be completely ignored, and there can be no legal or financial penalties levied against me.
3. I'm always correct in everything said or done.
4. See above.

Feel free to add your own bylaw to the above list.

Justice matters.

(10,172 posts)
28. The long sentence of "bylaw" is "above the law" for the pedo gangster.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:15 PM
15 min ago

And above all rules too. Everybody must play by the rules except him.

3catwoman3

(30,012 posts)
20. "Christ on a bike," as the lead detective/inspector on PBS's Grantchester says.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:37 PM
5 hrs ago

Is there anyone on the planet more petty, more vengeful, or less deserving of admiration than this pathetic, non-stop whiner?

If you want to be admired, Donnie, do something admirable.

All this ballroom, arch, reflecting pool and building naming is a civilian version of stolen valor.

Tasmanian Devil

(252 posts)
21. So .. those workers are not going to get paid?
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 04:24 PM
5 hrs ago

Perhaps they'll need volunteers to remove those drapes

nakocal

(630 posts)
22. The Trump Kennedy Center NEVER existed.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:10 PM
3 hrs ago

It was an illegal merger. So the board is making unlawful claims. Sounds like fraud and criminal activity.

quakerboy

(14,921 posts)
26. Why would that be relevant?
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:51 PM
1 hr ago

How are the bylaws of some oddly named foundation relevant to the Kennedy center? I would think that the bylaws of the Kennedy center for the performing arts foundation would be far more relevant to the topic at hand.

Far as I am aware,

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