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Just remember: The Kennedy Center has not been renamed; that would require an act of Congress. Rather, a new and erroneous sign has been placed on the building.
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just remember: The Kennedy Center has not been renamed; that would require an act of Congress. Rather, a new and erroneous sign has been placed on the building.
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You could make a killing selling ladders and chisels on a nearby corner.
December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You could make a killing selling ladders and chisels on a nearby corner.
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Legal analyst Elie Mystal explains how Trump's latest executive order upended the Civil Rights Act. When it comes to civil rights violations or discrimination claims, the DOJ will no longer consider one specific kind of evidence:
Math
Math
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Legal analyst Elie Mystal explains how Trump's latest executive order upended the Civil Rights Act. When it comes to civil rights violations or discrimination claims, the DOJ will no longer consider one specific kind of evidence:
Math
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Board member says she was forcibly 'muted' when she tried to object to Kennedy Center renaming vote
Watch here: tinyurl.com/39wsrnwb
Watch here: tinyurl.com/39wsrnwb
Board member says she was forcibly ‘muted’ when she tried to object to Kennedy Center renaming vote | CNN Politics
Rep. Joyce Beatty, Ex-Officio Member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, joins The Lead.
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Board member says she was forcibly 'muted' when she tried to object to Kennedy Center renaming vote
Watch here: tinyurl.com/39wsrnwb
Watch here: tinyurl.com/39wsrnwb
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Your cable and streaming prices could go up.
How? Nexstar is trying to buy a competitor, Tegna. And the Trump admin could give it the greenlight.
Nexstar-Tegna would control TV stations reaching 80% of TV households. 80%!
With one company dominating, they could raise prices.
How? Nexstar is trying to buy a competitor, Tegna. And the Trump admin could give it the greenlight.
Nexstar-Tegna would control TV stations reaching 80% of TV households. 80%!
With one company dominating, they could raise prices.
Elizabeth Warren, Congressional Democrats Push FCC and DOJ to Scrutinize Nexstar-Tegna Deal (Exclusive)
The politicians argue that the deal will "increase costs, drive job losses, and harm local journalism" in a letter to Brendan Carr and Gail Slater.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Your cable and streaming prices could go up.
How? Nexstar is trying to buy a competitor, Tegna. And the Trump admin could give it the greenlight.
Nexstar-Tegna would control TV stations reaching 80% of TV households. 80%!
With one company dominating, they could raise prices.
How? Nexstar is trying to buy a competitor, Tegna. And the Trump admin could give it the greenlight.
Nexstar-Tegna would control TV stations reaching 80% of TV households. 80%!
With one company dominating, they could raise prices.
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… links that they will then suppress. Yeah no.
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
… links that they will then suppress. Yeah no.
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Seriously, though, Elise Stefanik is an excellent example of how evil frequently promotes mediocrities to temporary prominence. She’s part of the Legion of Meh.
Elise Stefanik announces plan to leave politics in order to remove the scourge of antisemitism from the flawed and biased curriculum in the homeschooling in her house
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Seriously, though, Elise Stefanik is an excellent example of how evil frequently promotes mediocrities to temporary prominence. She’s part of the Legion of Meh.
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1. The exterior signage at the Kennedy Center is being changed, with President Trump’s name being added above President Kennedy’s name.
Informal name changes can be made, but how is this not a violation of federal law?
(Photo: Andrew Leyden)
Informal name changes can be made, but how is this not a violation of federal law?
(Photo: Andrew Leyden)
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
1. The exterior signage at the Kennedy Center is being changed, with President Trump’s name being added above President Kennedy’s name.
Informal name changes can be made, but how is this not a violation of federal law?
(Photo: Andrew Leyden)
Informal name changes can be made, but how is this not a violation of federal law?
(Photo: Andrew Leyden)
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Mitt Romney arguing that you should tax the rich more in a piece that mostly makes the case for means testing Social Security is actually the most Mitt Romney thing imaginable
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Mitt Romney arguing that you should tax the rich more in a piece that mostly makes the case for means testing Social Security is actually the most Mitt Romney thing imaginable
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For a not-close relative of mine, it played out like:
Him: You didn't hire me because you had to take a LGBT woman, right?
Them: We can't discuss that. It's against policy.
Him: *Winking* Don't worry, I got your message. Say no more.
Him: You didn't hire me because you had to take a LGBT woman, right?
Them: We can't discuss that. It's against policy.
Him: *Winking* Don't worry, I got your message. Say no more.
December 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
For a not-close relative of mine, it played out like:
Him: You didn't hire me because you had to take a LGBT woman, right?
Them: We can't discuss that. It's against policy.
Him: *Winking* Don't worry, I got your message. Say no more.
Him: You didn't hire me because you had to take a LGBT woman, right?
Them: We can't discuss that. It's against policy.
Him: *Winking* Don't worry, I got your message. Say no more.
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one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
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When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
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"All in favor of renaming the Kennedy Center for Donald Trump, our greatest president, and some other dude that got himself shot to death, say 'What the fuck?'.....
"What. The. Fuck."
"Motion passes unanimously."
"What. The. Fuck."
"Motion passes unanimously."
Board member says she was forcibly 'muted' when she tried to object to Kennedy Center renaming vote
Watch here: tinyurl.com/39wsrnwb
Watch here: tinyurl.com/39wsrnwb
Board member says she was forcibly ‘muted’ when she tried to object to Kennedy Center renaming vote | CNN Politics
Rep. Joyce Beatty, Ex-Officio Member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, joins The Lead.
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"All in favor of renaming the Kennedy Center for Donald Trump, our greatest president, and some other dude that got himself shot to death, say 'What the fuck?'.....
"What. The. Fuck."
"Motion passes unanimously."
"What. The. Fuck."
"Motion passes unanimously."
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Get ready.
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Get ready.
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I got invited to (kind of) tag along on a raid in New Orleans.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I got invited to (kind of) tag along on a raid in New Orleans.
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Nah, sell off the right to hammer these things off and we can retire the national debt
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Nah, sell off the right to hammer these things off and we can retire the national debt
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If a Democrat wins in 2028, approximately half the federal budget will need to be spent removing Trump's name from buildings, banners, shitty gold lettering, adolescent hate plaques, Department of War signs, ballrooms, and other emblems of his world historic narcissism.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If a Democrat wins in 2028, approximately half the federal budget will need to be spent removing Trump's name from buildings, banners, shitty gold lettering, adolescent hate plaques, Department of War signs, ballrooms, and other emblems of his world historic narcissism.
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Says JFK niece Maria Shriver about the Kennedy Center:
"It is beyond compression that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
"It is beyond compression that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Says JFK niece Maria Shriver about the Kennedy Center:
"It is beyond compression that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
"It is beyond compression that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
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It has fewer Nazis in it, too.
Umm… what the fuck is even happening right now in the White House? The fucking Downfall meme feels more calm, measured, and logical by comparison.
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It has fewer Nazis in it, too.
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Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!
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Trump and Republicans got rid of the CFPB’s rule to cap overdraft fees at $5.
Now, big banks are taking even more money from struggling Americans to pad their own bottom lines.
Trump isn’t looking out for you – he’s looking out for Wall Street.
Now, big banks are taking even more money from struggling Americans to pad their own bottom lines.
Trump isn’t looking out for you – he’s looking out for Wall Street.
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump and Republicans got rid of the CFPB’s rule to cap overdraft fees at $5.
Now, big banks are taking even more money from struggling Americans to pad their own bottom lines.
Trump isn’t looking out for you – he’s looking out for Wall Street.
Now, big banks are taking even more money from struggling Americans to pad their own bottom lines.
Trump isn’t looking out for you – he’s looking out for Wall Street.
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Wow, look at these totally independent and respected people who wanted to name it after the president.
The president himself! The president's chief of staff! The president's advisors! The attorney general! The vice president's wife! The president's favorite Fox News hosts! ... Uh, Lee Greenwood!
The president himself! The president's chief of staff! The president's advisors! The attorney general! The vice president's wife! The president's favorite Fox News hosts! ... Uh, Lee Greenwood!
December 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wow, look at these totally independent and respected people who wanted to name it after the president.
The president himself! The president's chief of staff! The president's advisors! The attorney general! The vice president's wife! The president's favorite Fox News hosts! ... Uh, Lee Greenwood!
The president himself! The president's chief of staff! The president's advisors! The attorney general! The vice president's wife! The president's favorite Fox News hosts! ... Uh, Lee Greenwood!
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not clear to me that the board has the authority to do this as the center was authorized by Congress
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
not clear to me that the board has the authority to do this as the center was authorized by Congress
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weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...