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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,350 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:29 PM 14 hrs ago

LIVE: Workers erect scaffolds at the Kennedy Center

So far, that's all we know.

LIVE: Workers erect scaffolds at the Kennedy Center

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Jun 12 2026
President Donald Trump's handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the iconic performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday.

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LIVE: Workers erect scaffolds at the Kennedy Center (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago OP

Another feed. There are several. mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago #1

Wait..why are they climbing down? zanana1 13 hrs ago #8

we know they used cherry pickers to put it up rampartd 14 hrs ago #2

I don't know why they can't use them today. NT mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago #6

because they intend to slow roll this thing. rampartd 13 hrs ago #7

See Trump's name removed. Marcuse 14 hrs ago #3

Come on men, chop, chop, chop. mobeau69 14 hrs ago #4

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED AN 11th HOUR APPEAL Jimvanhise 14 hrs ago #5

They were working VERY slowly. zanana1 13 hrs ago #9

"Uh oh, all the workers at the Kennedy Center just climbed down and there's a guy in a suit there." mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago #10

mahatmakanejeeves

(71,350 posts)

1. Another feed. There are several.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:32 PM

14 hrs ago

🔴LIVE | Crews set to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center

ABC 7 News - WJLA
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Jun 12 2026
The Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees filed a last-minute stay in an effort to stop President Donald Trump’s name from being removed from the institution, according to a court filing obtained by ABC News.

A federal judge had initially ruled that renaming the performing arts center was illegal because the venue was established by Congress as a federal memorial to President John F. Kennedy, and ordered that the name be restored to the Kennedy Center by June 12.

READ MORE: https://wjla.com/news/local/kenn...

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zanana1

(6,580 posts)

8. Wait..why are they climbing down?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:36 PM

13 hrs ago

rampartd

(5,374 posts)

2. we know they used cherry pickers to put it up

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:46 PM

14 hrs ago

mahatmakanejeeves

(71,350 posts)

6. I don't know why they can't use them today. NT

Reply to rampartd (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:22 PM

13 hrs ago

rampartd

(5,374 posts)

7. because they intend to slow roll this thing.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:28 PM

13 hrs ago

Marcuse

(9,123 posts)

3. See Trump's name removed.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:47 PM

14 hrs ago

https://www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880quUg?is=_oi50rTSytXi_17Q

mobeau69

(12,484 posts)

4. Come on men, chop, chop, chop.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:51 PM

14 hrs ago

Jimvanhise

(613 posts)

5. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED AN 11th HOUR APPEAL

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:03 PM

14 hrs ago

After Trump said he didn't care, now they care. If only Trump himself would show up and try to body block the machinery.

zanana1

(6,580 posts)

9. They were working VERY slowly.

Reply to Jimvanhise (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:38 PM

13 hrs ago

I don't know anything about construction, but it seems to me they were stalling. And now we know why.

mahatmakanejeeves

(71,350 posts)

10. "Uh oh, all the workers at the Kennedy Center just climbed down and there's a guy in a suit there."

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Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:45 PM

10 hrs ago

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Uh oh, all the workers at the Kennedy Center just climbed down and there’s a guy in a suit there.
3:56 PM · Jun 12, 2026

Uh oh, all the workers at the Kennedy Center just climbed down and thereâ€™s a guy in a suit there.
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2026-06-12T19:56:00.664Z

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