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June 12, 2026

Today was the deadline for removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy
Center, The DOJ asked for a stay, but Judge Christopher
Cooper ruled against them, The Kennedy Center board then filed an
emergency appeal, alleging that the board would strip all funding
unless Trump’s name remains on the building, The Washington
National Opera has filed a suit claiming they are owed $17
million of the money Trump says now belongs to the Kennedy
Center, Trump has seized funds appropriated for the 250th
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Federal agencies
and the UFC are putting at least $60 million toward the White
House cage fight scheduled for Trump’s 80th birthday, Trump brags
about the gilding of the horse sculptures by the Lincoln
Memorial, The sculptures and Trump's proposed arch echo Victor
Orbán’s use of architecture and memorials as symbols, Before
day's end, the appeals court denied the motion to stay the
removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and the removal
was underway overnight.

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