“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” That question posed by Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet seems to now occupy much of Washington. Last night at a Christmas party with many media from Washington, the question was put to me more succinctly and repeatedly as “can they do that?” The “that” was the renaming of the Kennedy Center as the Trump-Kennedy Center. Soon courts may have to face this quintessentially Shakespearean question “for never was a story of more woe.”
As a threshold matter, I will address the legal rather than policy basis for the change. Many of us chafed at the renaming of the Center, which was a memorial to an assassinated president. However, what people want to know is whether the change can be challenged. The answer is yes, but it will not necessarily be easy or certain in its outcome.
The Center was originally built as the National Cultural Center in a 1958 law. It was renamed the John F. Kennedy Center by an act of Congress in 1964 as a living memorial.
The key issue is how that designation was made. It was contained in a statute passed by Congress. Titled John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 20 U.S.C. 3, states that “no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.”
There are exceptions in sections 2 and 3 of the provision:
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to—
(A) any plaque acknowledging a gift from a foreign country;
(B) any plaque on a theater chair or a theater box acknowledging the gift of such chair or box; and
(C) any inscription on the marble walls in the north or south galleries, the Hall of States, or the Hall of Nations acknowledging a major contribution;
…
(3) For purposes of this subsection, testimonials and benefit performances shall not be construed to be memorials.
The language supports a congressional intent to insulate the memorial from any changes or dilutions. The specificity of the exceptions to plaques for donors suggests that other major changes, such as a name change, are barred under federal law. Moreover, the Center is named by an act of Congress. It is hard to find any authority of the board that would undo or delegate that power.
There is a legitimate question whether a name change is an “additional memorial or plaque,” but it would seem to be so. If a simple plaque to donors had to be expressly exempted, giant letters dedicating the Center to an additional person would seem to fall within the congressional intent.
Still, the Trump Administration could quote the servant Sampson from Romeo and Juliet and tell a court to “take it in what sense thou wilt” but the statute does not expressly say that name changes are a memorial.
Challengers could argue that, under the board’s interpretation, any memorial established by Congress, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Kennedy Presidential Library, could be renamed or hyphenated.
If a court agrees that the statute reflects a clear congressional intent to bar any change to the memorial, the question is how it can be challenged.
Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and sister of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced that.
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
I would not recommend that approach. Most attorneys strive to keep their clients from falling from great heights.
The question is who has standing to challenge the change. Are Kennedy family members injured in a concrete way to satisfy standing? Associational standing from historical preservation groups can be tricky. However, some may soon test those waters.
The most obvious way to address the issue is for Congress to be heard. It can either ratify the board decision or it could expressly declare the change to be invalid and clarify that “additional memorial” encompasses any name change. Either resolution may prove difficult with the heavily divided Congress. Soon a judge may join Romeo in his lament: “O teach me how I should forget to think!”
In any legal challenge, the advantage would likely rest with the challengers if they can meet the standing requirements. Otherwise, the name could remain by default … or until another Administration decides to make another change to the Center previously known as the Kennedy Center.
Of course, today Juliet might resolve the naming problem in a similar fashion with a hyphenated marital name of Juliet Capulet-Montague, though it clearly would have gone over as poorly as the Trump-Kennedy name. It clearly does not smell as sweet to many.
I expect both court and congressional action to follow. Absent a quick resolution by Congress (which seems unlikely), this could result in years of litigation.
However, both sides might be wise to heed Shakespeare’s warning in another play that “where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.”
N.B.: This column also ran on Fox.com
Our fellow commenter “Sam” reminded us of when Obama unilaterally ordered the name change of Mount McKinley to Denali–without Congressional approval, –even though Mount McKinley is a “memorial” named by Congress in 1917 to honor former President William McKinley, who was President from 1897 until he was assassinated in 1901.
How soon we forget. Thanks, Sam.
The Inuit people’s name for THEIR mountain–“Denali” was RESTORED by President Obama. What right did anyone have to re-name this mountain for a non-Inuit person? Did the Inuit people agree to allow their name for their mountain be taken away and replaced? I don’t think so, which is why Obama restored the original name. No comparison to Trump trying to steal the glory of JFK.
“Did the Inuit people agree . . .”
Probably not.
But Russia did when it agreed to the Alaska Purchase.
“The name of the highest mountain in North America has been a subject of dispute since 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to change its designation of the mountain from “Mount McKinley” to “Denali”. The name Denali is based on the Koyukon name of the mountain, Deenaalee (‘the high one’). The Koyukon are a people of Alaskan Athabaskans (also known as Dena), who settled in the interior area north of the mountain. The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector and officially by the federal government in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley, who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
In 1975, the Alaskan government officially recognized Denali as the mountain’s name and requested that the mountain be officially recognized as Denali by the federal government, as it was still the common name used in the state and was traditional among Alaska Native peoples. This change action was repeatedly blocked by members of the congressional delegation from Ohio, the home state of President William McKinley.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute
So, not unilateral after all. Merely respecting the wishes of those of the state the mountain is in over the wishes of those in a state 2000 miles away.
The compromise would be to name an Ohio mountain “McKinley.”
“The Alaskan government has recognized the mountain’s official name as “Denali” since 1975 and continues to do so.”
“On August 28, 2015, Sally Jewell renamed the mountain Denali, under authority of federal law which permits her, as Secretary of the Interior, to name geographic features if the Board on Geographic Names does not act within a “reasonable” period of time. In media interviews, Jewell cited the board’s failure to act on the state’s four-decade-old request, saying, “I think any of us would think that 40 years is an unreasonable amount of time.””
It wasn’t even President Obama who did this.
“Obama says he’s renaming Mount McKinley,” CBS News, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-says-hes-renaming-mount-mckinley/
Rob Portman
@robportmanOH
This decision by the Administration is yet another example of the President going around Congress (4/5)
9:19 PM · Aug 30, 2015
A “deeply disappointed” House Speaker John Boehner of Cincinnati tweeted out his opposition Sunday night, after reports that Interior Secretary Sally Jewell had issued an order changing the name at Obama’s behest.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/denali-mt-mckinley-alaska-barack-obama-republican-reaction-213178?__cf_chl_tk=VbSuEbhNxxRtI1nJLdWs4GKLvqBlPaecHxyjDzOta_A-1766418270-1.0.1.1-QWY3XpuiWNzoAfzlsnSkd7rqxnERaWPYuE7i7lIyKIQ
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/08/31/sorry-mckinley-obama-orders-name-change-of-highest-continental-peak-to-denali-n227052
The President renaming a cultural center after himself is a show of low-life hubris. This isn’t Kazakhstan or Turkmenistan. Mock him by refusing to go along with it. The progressives tried forcing language change on us.
Ignore Trump’s ego trip — he doesn’t control our tongues.
pbinca says: The President renaming a cultural center after himself is a show of low-life hubris.
Oh…. if only you had gotten control of that tongue of yours long enough to pen a few words of criticism for the President during the four years his name was Biden! Any personality traits that entered your mind about Biden during those four long years? Notice any shows of police state fascism, pbinca?
If you feel it’s safe to come out again pbinca… want to justify your ideas for attacking the Second Amendment a few days ago? It’s a regular theme of yours, so give it a shot.
Ego trip versus previous criminal totalitarianism… hmmm… hard choice to make between presidents.
pbinca now can’t find her tongue after why she never gave Biden the equivalent of one of her Tump tongue lashings? Ran away for the rest of today?
No one forced language on anyone. They recognized that language was changing.
The new Board added his name.
Trump fired almost all of the old board and the new members prevented the remaining ones from voting.
I’m a bit with the “Ft Bragg” guy; this whole rename thing bothers me. As for the Center I’m old enough to remember the original pitch: “Give us the land and we will provide the operating expenses.” which has turned into a huge public subsidy. Typical DC mission creep. If DC wants a symphony hall they should pay for it. When I lived there in the 70s-80s I used to like to bring people to the veranda over the river and point to the five quotes about the arts and the nation- five quotes; not one democracy in the bunch. And the Metro stop that should have been where the vent shaft is just past the Watergate was nixed by the Georgetown crowd because the didn’t want the riffraff.
Mr./Miss Anonymous:
But the Kennedy Center DOES “provide the operating expenses,” via ticket sales and fundraising. The federal government’s role has been to maintain the building and maintain the memorial aspects of the Center. When the Kennedy Center was built, much of the expensive building materials were donated, including ALL of the marble, and ALL of the chandeliers in the building. Renaming the place is so incredibly disrespectful to President Kennedy, and the fact that the new name was installed on the outside by 12:30pm on Friday–less than 24 hours after the board usurped Congress in this matter–indicates that this was a done-deal before the meeting on Thursday even took place. All the voting members of the Kennedy Center board and Trump should be ashamed of themselves. (And a final note: the regular crowd which buys tickets to attend events at the Center are not, as a whole, Trump fans; the plummeting ticket sales this year should say something.) Oh, and painting the outside columns white (not what the architect designed) looks terrible, and chopping down all the willow trees on the river side–to be replaced by oaks–was a bad idea too. It’s all so very sad.
the regular crowd which buys tickets to attend events at the Center are not, as a whole, Trump fans
Do you have any previous moments of concern over things being renamed over the previous four years you can remind us of? The Washington DC “regular crowd” of Democrats who buy tickets there weren’t dropping their guts and whining with all of Biden’s name changes i.e. Fort Bragg.
Same “regular crowd” of Democrat Washington DC culture vultures who weren’t equally offended when Biden was removing statues in places such as nearby Arlington National Cemetery.
Should I care in the slightest that these hypocritical Democrat culture vultures – the ones who above all should understand that you don’t culturally butcher your nation’s history for political purposes – are offended that now the name changing has come for a name and place they care about?
Eighty years of American paratroopers went through Fort Bragg – many of them subsequently died fighting our wars, while the ones still living are our veterans. Round up some of “the regular crowd” in Washington DC to explain to them why renaming Fort Bragg was culturally necessary. Then convince them renaming this building is wrong.
I don’t agree with the renaming for various reasons. But I have nothing other than amusement for every single person here who was either silent or raced to the defense of Biden’s years of changing historical names and removing monuments and displays – a monument in the hypocrisy that is core to Democrat theology and politics.
Personally, I don’t agree with the decision to change the name. But whoever decided to troll people like you and in particular “the regular crowd” of Washington DC Democrat hypocrites did a fine job of doing so.
How odd to object to a name change away from that of a traitor to America and a supporter of forced labor camps. Bragg was a murderous fiend who fought on the side of the anti-American Confederacy and should not have any representation within the American military.
They got those names as part of a continuing reign of terrorism against African Americans, to force them to recall when they would have been beaten, maimed, starved, forced to hard labor in horrific conditions. Any one of them speaking against it was hung from the neck as an example. Same with the statues; “They fought for us so we could own and abuse you” was the message.
How odd to object to a name change away from that of a traitor to America and a supporter of forced labor camps.
Not at all odd to see Democrat hypocrisy on display re renaming Fort Bragg – with all the names and monuments to racist Democrat presidents going without criticism or demands for their removal from public view. It’s like Democrat racist history ended with the Civil War – especially where military names are concerned!
We won’t be seeing any accompanying condemnation of President Woodrow Wilson on behalf of Black Americans. That would be the Woodrow Wilson that forced black Americans in both civil and military service back into segregation, while unleashing his fellow Democrat Kluxxers on a campaign of murder and terrorism against those black Americans.
No, instead JFK commissioned and built the USS Woodrow Wilson, and gave that military vessel the name of that virulent racist Democrat president.
Nor will the Democrat hypocrite demand stripping the name of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from all public spaces. That would be the FDR who interned every single American of Japanese descent while stealing what they owned. The same Democrat racist FDR who wouldn’t allow Jesse Owens to contaminate the White House by coming with the rest of the US Olympic team – despite the fact he won five gold medals at that Olympics.
And the very same anti-Semitic as well as racist FDR who refused Jewish refugees in Europe who were attempting to flee Hitler and his extermination camp. Resulting in their murder in Hitler’s death camps.
For HIS military memorial, President Truman built a carrier and named it after that murderous racist and anti-Semitic, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Not to mention putting his racist Democrat face on all the dimes carried in the pockets of black Americans to remind them every day of his racism.
But hey!!! Never mind those Democrat presidents and what they did – there was this general named Bragg further back in history!!! NOW THAT’S DIFFERENT!!!!
😂
American presidents, not foreign foes, not one owning slaves mentioned in that lengthy distraction.
If you don’t like what was done by Democrats why is that acceptable to be done by racist Whites?
Ahh, yes, you support racism.
Politics is ugly.
“Owens wasn’t singled out—none of the black athletes on the 1936 team were invited to the White House after they returned from Berlin.
I’m sure Eleanor Roosevelt would have invited all of them. If as Ken Knowlton said in his answer, the reason was politics, it was because southern Democrats could have killed his New Deal. At that time, committee chairmanships in Congress were determined by seniority and once achieved, were held for life.
More than any other region of the country, the South kept re-electing its Senators and Representatives as long as they toed the segregationist line. That meant they amassed the seniority to become committee chairmen, where they could advance a bill the president wanted, or kill it if they didn’t like the bill — or the president. Roosevelt must have believed he had to stay on their good side.”
https://www.quora.com/Why-didn-t-FDR-recognize-Jesse-Owens-for-his-accomplishments-in-the-1936-Olympics
“Bragg was a . . .”
Some of you are comically inept.
The Fort is *not* now named after that Bragg. It’s named for World War II hero Roland L. Bragg.
Mr./Miss Anonymous: The renaming of Fort Bragg (which you claim was “Biden’s change”) was a result of a Congressional mandate in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act law, the goal of which was to remove Confederate names from military bases. I personally don’t like renaming things–including Fort Bragg in ’23 when it was done, which caused serious confusion for folks–but it was done legally, as a result of Congress passing a law requiring it. Renaming the Kennedy Center was not done by Congress passing a law, as required, but just by the Kennedy Center board (Trump’s disciples) deciding to do so, again, without any law passed by Congress authorizing it. That’s the difference here, and why the KC change is illegal. All those veterans who went through Fort Bragg fought–and many died–to make sure that our Constitution was followed, including the laws passed by Congress. The renaming of Fort Bragg in ’23 was done legally; the renaming of the Kennedy Center was not. Big difference, sir or ma’am.
I so not want presidents to Rename Anything. I do not want the Kennedy Center Renamed. I do not want Fort Bragg renamed.
As to your article – only congress has standing to claim that the wishes of congress are not being followed.
This applies to much more than name changes.
Though arguably either the house or the Senate individually could challenge the renaming.
Regardless the left started this idiocy of renaming things.
Lets put an end to it. Lets require an act of congress to name/rename anything.
I do not want want the courts getting into this any more than I want Trump in it.
You celebrate slavery and forced labor camps when you keep the Bragg name.
You celebrate slavery and forced labor camps when you keep the Bragg name.You celebrate and demonstrate Democrat hypocrisy and racism, including the internment of all Americans of Japanese descent while stealing all their property, while retaining the names of Democrat racist and anti-Semitics, President Woodrow Wilson and FDR, in public spaces.
But Democrat racists and Anti-Semitics live in a world where their racism suddenly came to an end when the Civil War ended. Still won’t willingly take ownership of their far more injurious racist Democrat presidents. Because that’s Big D Democrat Different Double Standards.
What’s your next move, Democrat hypocrite????
Bragg was not a general in the American army. He was a general in the Confederacy.
Those others were American Presidents elected by the American people. The Japanese internment was made horrible, not by the actions of the US government, but by the actions of the American citizens who were the ones to steal the property.
Roosevelt and Wilson? They were part of American history, Bragg was part of the history of the Confederacy. Let the Confederate government put up monuments to them on Confederate land.
Pretty sure that World War II hero *Roland L. Bragg* had nothing to do with slavery and the Civil War.
Agree, JS. Barry Sotero should not have renamed himself. 😂. President Barry Sotero allegedly the illegitimate son of a Kenyan and Stanley.
Okay, I’ll bite at your bait: How was Bolshevik Barack’s mother an illegitimate American?
As though we don’t have enough bug-eyed conspiracy theories already from the Democrat commies. Now we’ve got people willingly digging up Killary Clinton beginning the “he’s not an American!” conspiracy theory.
Your first hint you might be wrong is when you’re looking to Hillary Clinton for inspiration…
HERITAGE AMERICANS
It’s American,
or not.
Speaking as one whose forbearers arrived in Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts in 1620. I’m directly related to 32 of those who came on the Mayflower. For whatever it’s worth, to me an American is a person who has endured the melting pot of accepting American principles and ideals embedded in the US Constitution into his/her psyche and therefore has become an American first in his/her own mind and actions while simultaneously forsaking all ties and allegiances to any other country or crown.
Those on the Mayflower were unable to be friends with anyone in Europe, literally could not get along with others. A religious cult of a particularly nasty type.
i love that every position dems take these days is anti-law and order.
please keep it up, this is your winning message for 2028!
Please, please dems speak out in support of the victimized dugan! don’t you care??? she put her heart into it, her whole career on the line, she’s the rosa parks of illegal immigration! get a photo of her with bars in front of her and a sad face! c’mon!!!!
If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he’d be President today
~ National Lampoon’s mock advertisement in 1973
The text explained that Volkswagen’s watertight construction—a selling point in genuine VW ads—would have prevented the 1969 drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne
https://time.com/archive/6877774/the-press-lampoons-surrender/
*. If 2 c is used for donors the areas are specified. Renaming isn’t there. Memorial has a connotation of deceased. Memorialize the event and person is self evident.
US history is harmed in remembrance. Congress needs to act . Is it a living monument?
Standing 🤔. Any cases similar? Kagan is big on standing. Ask her.
Standing would be an AG as renaming it the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center nullifies the law, changes its intent. It’s like speeding in 25 mph zone. Who’s the cop? An AG…
The center is changing focus? Congress didn’t repeal the law first?
*. AG of DC, Brian L. Schwalb ?
*. It’s a 257 million dollar building refurbishment including new medal design and new blue ribbon to replace the old rainbow ribbon. It’s a traditional moving forward by restoring culture with a new Board.
ATS – standing is nto the legal argument against this.
Generally only one party has standing – the party most harmed, the party that is being disobeyed
That would be congress, arguably either the house or the Senate individually have standing.
But no one else does.
Trump will dynamite the building in the next year, promising to build an even better building, which will never happen. His DoJ will fight any action on the grounds “What is done is done.”
Dame Leticia James, AG?
The constitution DOES NOT grant President Trump the power to troll and yet here he is, madly seizing that power.
Actually the constitution grants everyone the right to troll – in the first amendment.
I am opposed to this – your opposed.
So lets take it up with congress – they are the only ones with standing.
You were happy when the courts F#$Ked over Trump’s election challenges because he did not have standing.
You might try looking at what the Board can and cannot do. Bylaws? The cultural center is part of the Smithsonian Institute. Founded around around 1850 by English donor, Smithson a chemist in his will for the dissemination of knowledge. Cultural center added later.
The name change was codified by congress as a memorial. What powers does the Board have in its naming. The codification specifies an exact name?
Seeking clarification of the Board’s powers might be the Board itself.
*. Go back to the powers that first constructed the Smithsonian Institute. Smithson as the original donor is memorialized. The Cultural Center was added. Look there also as it is part of the Smithsonian and is the Kennedy memorial in line with those laws? Then the construction by law of the Boards and their bylaws. We know Boards are appointed by the president? What powers do the Boards have?
I’m not doing the research.
Yo ho ho, merry Christmas
There’s gotta be a waste treatment plant in DC that needs to be memorialized by putting Obama’s name on it.
Look over here as Trump changes this name! Doesn’t that make you mad??
Meanwhile Trump dismantles every liberal institution, steals every rational voter, and builds America back into Greatness. while you were fuming.
Syke!
Trump acting like a tin pot dictator , naming buildings after himself.
He has more in common with Marcos of the Philippines , Noriega , any number of leaders of the – Stan countries , than with true leaders such as Churchill , Washjngton, etc.
Is that a Washington-Jinping hybrid?
While renaming things… how about honoring the person who did so much in so many ways to talk Americans into willingly rushing into the loving care of the Affordable Care Act? What an incredibly bland name for that master stroke of genius. A memorial to that man while he’s still alive would be a great honor for President Trump to bestow.
So how about this: The Obama Unaffordable Communist Care Act
The Buttrack Obongo give-em-free-stuff, unconstitutional, communist redistribution act.
In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, no less!
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, or Kennedy Center, is located at 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20566, on the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial, serving as America’s national cultural center for music, theater, dance, and more.
Key Details:
Address: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20566.
Setting: On the banks of the Potomac River, with views of Georgetown and the river.
Accessibility: Accessible by Metro, bus, taxi, or car, with parking available.
Features: Home to the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, and offers free daily performances.
Opened in 1971 it is now ~55 years old. It’s ripe for demolition and rebuilding a new Center.
‘The National Performance and Cultural Center on the Potomac’ might be a good name for a new structure.
The Architecture looks period dated.
Kennedy Center
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/KennedyCenterFromAir2.JPG/1280px-KennedyCenterFromAir2.JPG
IMO: It’s reminiscent of the McCormick Place & Arie Crown theater (before the Western expansion) Chicago
https://concerts50.com/uploads/articles/6/_1.jpg
OT:
Sorry Boys, when researching the Kennedy Center and McCormick Place photos, I ran across this article and had to share it with you.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20171102/west-pullman/terrion-pouncy-gunshot-wound-penis-maxwell-street-polish/
And you think you had a bad day!
I am not a fan of the Design of Kennedy Center. but no we should not demolish it, anymore than we should demolish the Washington Monument because we want something less dated.
John, How could an obelisk be dated?
President Kennedy UNinvited Sammy Davis Jr to perform at his Inaugural Ball with buddies Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, etc. and in fact, Dean Martin, heroically dropped out and refused to perform because Sammy had been “blacklisted” as it were, (due to his being “married to a white woman”).
President Trump, (who integrated high society in Palm Beach, btw) with the aid of the marvelous Ric Grenell, SAVED the Kennedy Center this year from continuing to be in total disrepair! It had become a totally rundown piece of crap…Seriously, google it and read about the horrible condition of carpets, chandeliers, ceilings, walls, roof, etc……and the Kennedy family did NOTHING to fix and restore it. Also, in recent years the Center had held events and programs geared ONLY to leftist elitists, with little or no diversity in programming. Ric Grenell, incidentally, was appointed to Trump’s first Cabinet…..and became the first openly gay cabinet member (though not confirmed by the Senate).
The fabulous re-do, thanks to President Trump, has made the Kennedy Center a wonderful place once again. Ric Grenell said that their first event after the re-do was a wonderful success….it was free and open to the public, and 70% of the attendees that night had never been to the Center!
The President gave a magnificent gift to the American people by restoring, and therefore SAVING, the Kennedy Center! The least we can do is add his name to the building, as he has made it possible for new and future generations to enjoy the iconic American venue. I think JFK, who would projectile vomit at what the Democrats have now become, would concur!
Thank you for adding context the controversy. I don’t mind Trump getting some recognition for once again doing something positive for the nation. It could be seen as patting himself on the back his contribution would go otherwise.
And yet there isn’t any coverage of how run down it was and no coverage of any repairs or results.
The only photos coming out are the vandalism by Trump.
No coverage?? What a shock!! LOL……..
P.S. I still meet Dems who watch their favorite news channels daily, but have never heard of The Abraham Accords.
The Abraham Accords included refitting the Kennedy Center?
What did the The Abraham Accords accomplish? Normalized relations between Israel and United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan, establishing diplomatic ties, trade, and cooperation in areas like security, tourism, and technology.
In other words, it did nothing. There were already diplomatic ties, trade, and cooperation. It preserved peace among nations that did not have conflicts. It was done solely to give Trump a gold star in exchange for Trump making it easier for those nations to buy lethal armament from the US. AKA, a bribe.
“Trump has touted restoration of the exterior marble, the interior chairs and “fully” renovated stages, which he says will be complete within a year.”
10 years ago he said he had a heath care plan that was better and less expensive than the Affordable Care Act that he would put into place in a month after election.
More recently he said that he had only a concept of a plan. So far, no plan.
The schedule on the Kennedy Center renovation will also be as cotton candy in a downpour.
Anony…………..It’s time for your medication.
What did the The Abraham Accords accomplish? …In other words, it did nothing.
Lyin’ like a proud Biden… never seen that here before!!!!! The rest of the world celebrates.
BBBBBUUUTTTT…. MUH TRUMP!!!!! I WANT MUH BRIBERY BIDEN BAAACKKKKK!!!!!
Cindy, I can’t believe for a second that JFK refused to allow Sammie to perform because he was married to a woman of a different race…never heard that before.
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jfk-refused-sammy-davis-jr-perform-white-house/story?id=23379345
Stitch…..here’s another resource. I first heard about it via Deana Martin and her father’s biography/documentary, which I surprisingly enjoyed watching, by the way:
” In recent news and a documentary release, Deana Martin confirmed that her father, Dean Martin, refused to attend John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration out of solidarity for his close friend and fellow Rat Pack member, Sammy Davis Jr..
According to Deana Martin and documentary filmmaker Tom Donahue, the key facts regarding this incident include:
The Reason for the Boycott: Sammy Davis Jr. was “uninvited” or not asked to attend the inaugural festivities because he had recently married a white Swedish actress, May Britt. The Kennedy campaign reportedly feared that the presence of an interracial couple would offend Southern Democrats and jeopardize political support.
Dean Martin’s Stance: Upon learning that his friend—whom he considered family—was excluded for such reasons, Dean Martin was “astounded” and “upset”. He reportedly declared, “If you’re not going, I’m not going,” and “It’s not right. I’m not going”. “
Stitch..one more thing
:Regarding Trump “bullying” Palm Beach City Council into integrating Palm Beach High Society in the 1990’s:
“Pushed town council to allow blacks & Jews into Mar-a-Lago
Appalled by Trump’s ostentatious behavior at Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach town council handed him a list of restrictions it was imposing on membership. But Trump took his battle to the court of public opinion. His sent every member of the town council copies of two classic movies about discrimination–Gentleman’s Agreement, about a journalist who pretend to be Jewish to expose anti-Semitism, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, about a white couple’s reaction to their daughter’s bringing home a black fiance. The point was clear and painful: the town’s political leaders for decades had condoned rules by which the established private clubs in town excluded Jews and blacks, and now they wanted to slap Trump with tough rules on his club, which was open to anyone who could afford the fees. Council members insisted that their only concern was that Trump was turning a quiet stretch of beachfront into a noisy party. No matter: Trump’s tactic worked. Over time, he got most of the restrictions lifted.”
Honestlawyermostly and I saw this story on PBS (Frontline?) years ago, before Trump ran for president.
Cindy Bragg,
The lawsuit was not about opening the club to Jews and African Americans; it was already open to them.
“After Trump sued the town for $50 million, the town approved the club (the lawsuit was settled), but with restrictions to limit traffic and noise.
Trump didn’t invoke African Americans and Jews until he tried to get those restrictions lifted. In December 1996, when the town council refused, he sued, alleging that the town was discriminating against Mar-a-Lago, in part because it was open to Jews and African Americans. ”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/11/viral-image/trump-did-open-mar-lago-blacks-and-jews-business-m/
Trump hates poor people, people like you.
Politifact? That’s adorable.
Best part of Svelaz comment:
The lawsuit was not about opening the club to Jews and African Americans; it was already open to them
Just like buses were open to blacks when Rosa Park did her shitck
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exactly!
What a load of manure, expected from one of the anonymous leftists. You attacked the timing and had no substance. When does a claim of discriminatory treatment occur? After restrictions are imposed, not before. TDS is evident.
Democrats who fight racism everywhere else but ignore it at home, where Black residents had to carry green cards just to walk the streets or work in homes like the Kennedys’, embody pure duplicity. Why didn’t Kennedy challenge it on his own doorstep?
Cindy below, Hi. thanks for all your recent statements.
Great information, Cindy. I didn’t know much of that. The bit about Sammy Davis, Jr was particularly surprising. Good for Dean Martin supporting his friend and dropping out. And good for Trump for fixing it up and Rick Grenell for taking charge. If Trump walked on water the Democrats would complain that he was making ripples and that the soles of his feet appeared damp. Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Young! Great to “see” you!
Trump has fixed nothing. He said he would, like he said he would have a health care plan. Like he said the East Wing would not be touched.
Regarding Trump “bullying” Palm Beach City Council into integrating Palm Beach High Society in the 1990’s:
“Pushed town council to allow blacks & Jews into Mar-a-Lago
Appalled by Trump’s ostentatious behavior at Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach town council handed him a list of restrictions it was imposing on membership. But Trump took his battle to the court of public opinion. His sent every member of the town council copies of two classic movies about discrimination–Gentleman’s Agreement, about a journalist who pretend to be Jewish to expose anti-Semitism, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, about a white couple’s reaction to their daughter’s bringing home a black fiance. The point was clear and painful: the town’s political leaders for decades had condoned rules by which the established private clubs in town excluded Jews and blacks, and now they wanted to slap Trump with tough rules on his club, which was open to anyone who could afford the fees. Council members insisted that their only concern was that Trump was turning a quiet stretch of beachfront into a noisy party. No matter: Trump’s tactic worked. Over time, he got most of the restrictions lifted.”
Honestlawyermostly and I saw this story on PBS (Frontline?) years ago, before Trump ran for president.
Read the 1993 restrictions: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015a-99cf-dcd4-a5ff-bdefa9050001
Show me anything about restrictions based on race or religion.
Trump sued in 1995 to evade the restrictions, claiming there were problems solely due to race and religion. He lied.
Trump sued in 1995 to evade the restrictions, claiming there were problems solely due to race and religion. He lied.
What’s next? Going to tell us that, just like your dear mentor Karl Marx, you have some black friends?
“. . . SAVED the Kennedy Center this year from continuing to be in total disrepair!”
Having those facts puts the issue in a completely different light. Thank you.
Trump has saved nothing. No work to renovate the Kennedy Center has started or has been planned.
“No work to renovate . . .”
There’s your lie for the day:
“The landmark John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts embarked upon a 15-year, $200 million-plus renovation program. One of the most important projects undertaken was the renovation of the Concert Hall.” “As the construction phase neared completion, Hill assisted in the coordination of the National Symphony Orchestra’s move into the completed Hall.”
*. There is an office of monuments and the brutish dems toppled and defaced monuments at will. Will they desecrate Arlington? Most likely they would. The Lincoln memorial could have a name change to Old Man Sitting in a Chair after all remembrance has been lost.
Congress acted when it established the office of monuments? President Trump is trolling. They’ll fume.
^^^^ . Let’s spend a moment reflecting upon the desecration of Jesus Christ himself. Today television covered a Christmas parade in NY with a string of FLOATS carrying Christ, Jesus on wheels? Huge angels on wheels, the nativity on wheels and much more.
Now , we Americans must be subjected to this primitive portrayal of God? Carnival before Easter with the naked women doing foot stomping dances is coming next?
What an outrage.
Of course he can change the name. PT, the entire text wasn’t cited. Maybe zorro mandani will change it to the People’s Cultural Center. Maybe 4 minarets will be installed and it’ll become the new islameic temple.
Thank you for the renovation.
Since the lawyer is lawyering: 1. The Law is an ass. 2. First we kill all the lawyers
At least get your quotes right. Mr.Bumble says: “If the law supposes that… the law is a ass—a idiot” Note the incorrect usages – by today’s standards – of “a” for “an”. Perhaps you can tell Charles Dickens that he does not understand English…
Apparently black is the new orange.
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If that helps you to weather your TDS side-effects, go for it. https://granitegrokcom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/big-heart.jpg
WINNING!
This is sanctuary in a state of satire. #NoJudgment #NoLabels #LastWins
Cultural… Center appropriation. Abort and sequester the thought no more.
*. OT
The Epstein files are BS. There’s a hidden group behind it wanting the names of wealthy investors having NOTHING to do with the cover of victims. These wealthy investors have nothing to do with Epstein’s tawdry life.
They are anonymous investors for reason. The reason is to keep their identities away from the pirhana and they have every right to remain anonymous by law. Investors cannot be used for this purpose. More evidence than a celebrity photo is required and Andrew was railroaded.
It’s about money. It’s not about victims. PS, I personally luv identifying virtues and vices.
Genesis—> genes is. Fate 😂
Enablers, not investors. Wealthy people get background checks on anyone they deal with and would have found quite easily what Epstein was actually doing.
Epstein again? Those are composite photos. Just a bunch of greedy junk. Take out the money and if any accuser can win using evidence in a criminal court then great. There’s no money involved and it dies.
Please do.