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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:29 PM Jun 12

LIVE: Workers erect scaffolds at the Kennedy Center

So far, that's all we know.


LIVE: Workers erect scaffolds at the Kennedy Center

Associated Press

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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 Jun 12 OP
Another feed. There are several. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 #1
Wait..why are they climbing down? zanana1 Jun 12 #8
we know they used cherry pickers to put it up rampartd Jun 12 #2
I don't know why they can't use them today. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 #6
because they intend to slow roll this thing. rampartd Jun 12 #7
See Trump's name removed. Marcuse Jun 12 #3
Come on men, chop, chop, chop. mobeau69 Jun 12 #4
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED AN 11th HOUR APPEAL Jimvanhise Jun 12 #5
They were working VERY slowly. zanana1 Jun 12 #9
"Uh oh, all the workers at the Kennedy Center just climbed down and there's a guy in a suit there." mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 #10

mahatmakanejeeves

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1. Another feed. There are several.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:32 PM
Jun 12

🔴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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Jimvanhise

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5. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED AN 11th HOUR APPEAL
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:03 PM
Jun 12

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

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9. They were working VERY slowly.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:38 PM
Jun 12

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

mahatmakanejeeves

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10. "Uh oh, all the workers at the Kennedy Center just climbed down and there's a guy in a suit there."
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:45 PM
Jun 12

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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 there’s a guy in a suit there.

Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2026-06-12T19:56:00.664Z
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