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submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Judge rules that Washington DC performing arts venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress

A judge on Friday ordered the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the prestigious Washington DC venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.

US district judge Christopher Cooper in Washington directed the Trump administration to take down all physical signage bearing Trump’s name and to eliminate any references to a “Trump Kennedy Center” from official materials within 14 days.

“The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” Cooper wrote in a 94-page opinion. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.”

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[-] tacoplease@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago

Or just remove Kennedy's name and force feed Trump with Big Macs to make the memorial real.

[-] CarpalTunnelButt@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 hours ago

Make him fucking pay for that shit. He's such a piece of shit. Literally just raided our country by suing his own IRS and settling out of court. Why aren't Dems shutting shit down? Like fuck it all. Obstruct everything. Nothing good happening with this bastard.

[-] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

wouldn't dems have to, like, win elections to do much more than they're doing rn with temporary injunctions and whatnot? I'm not saying they WILL do more, I'm skeptical that they CAN.

[-] crandlecan@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Letters are being prepared and will be mailed the minute Trump's term is over, you just wait and see!

[-] dtrain@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago
[-] crandlecan@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Make it law! No Trump signs anywhere!

[-] artyom@piefed.social 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

US district judge...directed the Trump administration to take down all physical signage

Let me tell ya what's not going to happen...

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Just like the other hundred things that judges "ordered" him to do that he just didn't. Yeah we got a king anyway, shit in the pants and everything

[-] Arrandee@lemmy.world 50 points 13 hours ago

I admire the professionalism in the judge, it would be very hard to not just type out eat a dick up, till ya hiccup for 94 pages.

[-] enphurgen@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

More people need to tell trump to go fuck himself

[-] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago

Who's going to enforce that?
Nobody's going to enfore that.

He'll still have his name on it this time next year.

[-] sepi@piefed.social 38 points 13 hours ago
[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 12 hours ago
[-] sepi@piefed.social 9 points 10 hours ago

Brace for impact tonight during his dementia insomnia

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago
[-] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago

Full are his diapers

[-] northernlights@lemmy.today 27 points 13 hours ago

Damg 94 pages to explain that

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

That's what a district court judge will do when they know their work is going to be heavily scrutinized on appeal. They're mainly writing to persuade appellate judges because nobody likes getting reversed and overruled.

[-] crandlecan@lemmy.zip 15 points 13 hours ago

Trump's a bit dense so they really had to spell it out for him, starting with the fundamentals like A, B, ... See? :)

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 12 hours ago

Hopefully it’s a picture book. Otherwise, he’ll need his nanny to read it to him.

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

He grew up on a tablet. He needs short-form video.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 10 hours ago

He grew up on a tablet.

On a clay tablet, maybe? Dude is old as fuck.

[-] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 13 points 12 hours ago

Its a really petty win but it's a really funny win.

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I'll take every petty win I can get. Their strategy is death by a thousand cuts to change the soul of our nation, so we got a block like 500 cuts to survive

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Especially when he threw a temper tantrum.about it and said they were stupid and he didn't want his name on it anyway

[-] Bloefz@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

His voters will only applaud him for it because "he's sticking it to the man". The man is they themselves but I doubt they will ever see that

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

To MAGA, "The Man" is anyone with an advanced degree and/or a position of responsibility in an institution.

They hate "people who think they know better than me just because they went to college too long and chair some Board of Whatever"

They love "one of us" like RFK or Ka$h -- who don't seem like 'educated intellectual' types -- in those leadership roles.

[-] Bloefz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yes but the one Trump is sticking it to is them primarily. They're the ones that suffer the most as a result of his politics. Especially in the long run.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 11 hours ago

Replace is name with a vinyl banner that says, "No one really likes you Donny!"

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 4 points 10 hours ago

"No one has ever loved you. No one. They only pretend because they want your money."

this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
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