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Kennedy Center board's new bylaws strip funding if center removes Trump's name

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> The Kennedy Center board has filed an emergency motion to stay at the DC Circuit and it is bonkity-bonkers.

> For the first time, they say they amended the bylaws to strip all funding from the center if it removes Trump's name.

> No Trump KC, no money.

> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.43...

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> If the bylaws were amended, they were amended since Judge Cooper issued his order — prob 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."

I suppose they’re losing the funds. King Solomon sends his regards. The country can return funding via Congress after midterms if necessary.

Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center building following court-ordered deadline - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trumps-name-removed-from... - June 13th, 2026

I am no longer surprised at how disgustingly this stinks.

That's pretty drastic.

What about President Trump inspires such loyalty, such allegiance? I remember presidents back to Nixon, and only Ronald Reagan seems to have inspired any loyalty, and it's nothing compared to what Trump loyalists are prepared to do for him. I'm baffled by this allegiance.

I don't think it's allegiance so much as the metaphorical opposite of a fig leaf. He allows and provides cover fire for the worst intentions of his deputized minions.

Right. This is about “owning the libs”

Yeah, and he is such an intellectual child, that he can very easily be manipulated by those minions. They let him think he's the brains of the operation, and they get their policies enacted.

Very clever trick

Among his voters? For many, it's a cult of personality.

Among his staff? Many were put in position because of loyalty, not because of qualification. If they don't continue to show loyalty - blind, unthinking obedient loyalty - to whatever the command of the day is, they're going to lose their exalted position. And they're never going to get another such position, because they're manifestly unqualified for it. So while they have it, they'll do just about anything to keep it, no matter how ridiculous it is.

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