Trump illegally took over the Kennedy Center and then stole money from it. Can we hvae a more disgusting grifting person in charge? I think not.
Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment. WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just … stopped doing it and seized the funds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…
— Liz Dye (@lizdye.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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The grift here is astounding. The "Trump Kennedy Center" people tried to outright STEAL more than half of a $300,000 bequest to the Washington National Opera made in a donor's will — even though the funds were intended to go solely to WNO.
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Incidentallly the court ordered Trump to strip his name off the Kennedy Center, saying that only Congress had the ability to change the name. Trump has appealed at the last minute and there is one answer to that
BREAKING: just filed our opposition to the admin's desperate last minute stay bid to stave off the removal of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center They rehash the same losing arguments We @democracydefendersaction.org & at WLG will keep on fighting Trump's corruption. The stay should be denied
— Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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and now the Court has ruled AGAIN on his name coming off the Kennedy Center
JUST IN: Judge Christopher Cooper (Obama/DC) denies Trump admin request to stay his order requiring Trump's name come off Kennedy Center. Cooper sees no irreparable harm if it can be readily put back later. Fight moves to DC Circuit. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/05…
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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