WTAF ?!?

[dweller]

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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[Totally Tunsie]

1. Biting the very hand that feeds them.

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

[WestMichRad]

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

Not seeing the harm in that.

[lastlib]

14. Lose all its funding? Darn the luck.

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....)

[oberle]

31. That means the National Symphony

whose contract is tied to the Kennedy Center, will not be paid. And it's not like the musicians can just get another job. So no, it would not be good if the Kennedy Center closed for a couple years.

[Make7]

34. Wasn't there already a plan to close it for a couple years?

So no, it would not be good if the Kennedy Center closed for a couple years.

Trump Kennedy Center Board Unanimously Approves Landmark Renovation

March 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees voted unanimously to temporarily close the Center for a comprehensive revitalization project. Following an Independence Day Celebration, the Center will close for approximately two years, with a Grand Re-Opening to follow.

https://www.kennedy-center.org/news-room/press-release-landing-page/tkc-board-unanimously-approves-landmark-renovation/

[Mossfern]

3. How childish

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

[liberalla]

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

Don't come back.

DON'T EVER COME BACK!

PLEASE!

[lastlib]

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

[Mad_Machine76]

30. Not their feelings

Trump's

[jls4561]

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

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

[Lovie777]

5. Congress controls the purse.....

not shithole and comrades. Another lawsuit

[wnylib]

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

[Sogo]

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

nt

[Blue Owl]

7. Off with the head

[Mme. Defarge]

11. Takes me back. . .

[MyOwnPeace]

36. I see what you did there!

[AverageOldGuy]

9. Anyone planning a demonstration?

I’ll join - I’ll be unarmed. This time.

[bottomofthehill]

24. Hope unarmed.

DC has very strict laws as some on 1/6 found out prior to the pardons.

[Martin68]

10. Criminals, one and all. Improperly appointed and entirely unqualified.

[mdbl]

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

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

[oberle]

32. No. That is a very very bad idea.

The National Symphony's contract is tied up with the Kennedy Center. Do you think it's a good idea to put the musicians, stage crew, etc. out of work for 2 1/2 years?

[D00ver66]

35. They will be paid

They will sue. They will win and they will be compensated. More waste of tax dollars defending the indefensible.

[Vinca]

15. And back to court they go.

[Martin Eden]

17. We can't have anything nice

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

[SergeStorms]

18. Directly from the Trump playbook.

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.]

28. The long sentence of "bylaw" is "above the law" for the pedo gangster.

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

[Skittles]

19. these same assholes would deport someone for a misdemeanor

party of "law and order"

[3catwoman3]

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

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]

21. So .. those workers are not going to get paid?

Perhaps they'll need volunteers to remove those drapes

[nakocal]

22. The Trump Kennedy Center NEVER existed.

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

[progressoid]

29. Rec.

[pat_k]

39. +1

[William Seger]

23. The answer is 86!

[SamuelAdams]

25. There's no way that can be legal.

[quakerboy]

26. Why would that be relevant?

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,

[pat_k]

40. +1

[Goonch]

27. ;-{) TARP

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

33. Unbelievable

[spanone]

37. trmp is the head of the board. 'It's me or nobody'.

[Ruby the Liberal]

38. There is no such entity

[GiqueCee]

41. It's gonna take...

... a Cat 6090 FS to dig a pit deep enough to bury all these assholes.

[Joinfortmill]

42. Dont give in: Better a short hiatus until donald leaves us all than to give in