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In reply to the discussion: Trump Is Set to Tighten His Grip on the Kennedy Center With New Move [View all]LudwigPastorius
(12,920 posts)46. It is possible because the legislators who wrote the National Cultural Center Act...
never thought a president would fire the entire board of trustees and replace them with toadies and sycophants who would, in turn, name him the chairman.
And, for 67 years, they were right.
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Trump Is Set to Tighten His Grip on the Kennedy Center With New Move [View all]
highplainsdem
Mar 2025
OP
Just rename it the Trump Center and bring in the topless dancers and porn stars.
dem4decades
Mar 2025
#3
It is possible because the legislators who wrote the National Cultural Center Act...
LudwigPastorius
Mar 2025
#46
Despots always try to take over the arts in order to decide what's appropriate
Ocelot II
Mar 2025
#11
Time to make a new "Ain't gonna play Sun City" video. 2025--Artists against FASCISM
Bengus81
Mar 2025
#18
Prediction: He will seek to have certain Kennedy Center Honors awards rescinded
onenote
Mar 2025
#36
I still don't understand how he got to be the Chairman of the Board.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
Mar 2025
#43
First prize: The winner gets Two Tickets to the Kennedy Center. Second prize: Four tickets to the Kennedy Center.
SupportSanity
Mar 2025
#52
I'm guessing Russian Ballet will appear. Putin will be guest of the White House.
SupportSanity
Mar 2025
#53