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William Seger

(12,562 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 11:46 AM Saturday

The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees MUST resign now

They knew what they were doing was illegal — they just didn't care, because they thought #rump was above the law. They have shown that they are completely unfit to be trusted with any authority over any public property. 86!

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The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees MUST resign now (Original Post) William Seger Saturday OP
hell, they need to be fired, but realistically that won't happen until the deviant in the WH is removed. lostincalifornia Saturday #1
But we can call them out and shame them by name William Seger Saturday #5
sure, but their support of a blatant racist, sexist, and bigot, makes me seriously doubt they will lostincalifornia Saturday #7
The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees sop Saturday #2
Thanks for the link sop. I copied pasted them below. Got a message the site had a lot of traffic and I had to wait a MLAA Saturday #8
Moscow Mitch's wife malaise Saturday #11
nearly insentient vegetables Attilatheblond Saturday #15
Scum tools malaise Saturday #16
Back at ya, Malaise Attilatheblond Saturday #18
You too malaise Saturday #19
I really can't stand her Henry203 Sunday #22
They are so fake malaise Sunday #23
Dana Kraft MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #21
Hear, hear! ZDU Saturday #3
Gor? -misanthroptimist Saturday #4
Maybe waiting for that slave girl Epstein arranged? /nt localroger Saturday #9
And now they're pulling funding? Totally Tunsie Saturday #6
When a Congress refuses to hold anyone accountable any monies they distribute to the Executive Branch Cheezoholic Saturday #12
Who cares. It can sit there empty until more ethical people are in charge. mdbl Saturday #17
K & R - malaise Saturday #10
Trump and the sign AverageOldGuy Saturday #13
Vulgarity and classless behavior malaise Saturday #14
If trump's name canetoad Saturday #20
Not only that, but they should be shamed the rest of their lives oldmanlynn Sunday #24
They should, but they won't. Initech Sunday #25
We want new trump stooges! Turbineguy Sunday #26
The ones who voted for this broke the law. They tried to smear the legacy of JFK. Doodley Sunday #27

lostincalifornia

(5,640 posts)
1. hell, they need to be fired, but realistically that won't happen until the deviant in the WH is removed.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 11:51 AM
Saturday

William Seger

(12,562 posts)
5. But we can call them out and shame them by name
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:29 PM
Saturday

They need to be help accountable, even if it's only in the court of public opinion, as a message to all the other #rump sycophants who will do whatever illegal things he demands.

lostincalifornia

(5,640 posts)
7. sure, but their support of a blatant racist, sexist, and bigot, makes me seriously doubt they will
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:45 PM
Saturday

be shamed by anything.

MLAA

(19,845 posts)
8. Thanks for the link sop. I copied pasted them below. Got a message the site had a lot of traffic and I had to wait a
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:05 PM
Saturday

minute before the site loaded.


The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees
Officers:

President Donald J. Trump, Chair
Jennifer Fischer, Vice Chair
Sergio Gor, Secretary
John Falconetti, Treasurer
Elliot Berke, General Counsel

Members Appointed by the President of the United States:
Brian D. Ballard
Maria Bartiromo
Pamela Bondi
Mary Helen Bowers
Hannah F. Buchan
Robert Castellani
Elaine Chao
Pamella Roland DeVos
Patricia Duggan
John Falconetti
Emilia May Fanjul
Jennifer Fischer
Lynette Friess
Sergio Gor
Pamela Gross
Lee Greenwood
Kate Adamson Haselwood
Laura Ingraham
Dana Kraft
Mindy Levine
Lynda Lomangino
Barbara Long
Allison Lutnick
Douglas Manchester
Laura Perlmutter
Catherine B. Reynolds
Denise Saul
Dan Scavino
Cheri Summerall
President Donald J. Trump
Susie Wiles
Andrea Wynn
Paolo Zampolli

Attilatheblond

(9,416 posts)
15. nearly insentient vegetables
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:34 PM
Saturday

but when one realizes they are mostly just tools in Trump's toolbox....

Henry203

(972 posts)
22. I really can't stand her
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 10:08 AM
Sunday

She spoke at the ceremony recognizing the Chinese who built the railroads. She has absolutely nothing to do with that. My family did as I am 3rd generation. She is a rich kid who came here in 1962. She is a POS.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,913 posts)
21. Dana Kraft
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 04:49 PM
Saturday

Robert Kraft's wife, 33 years younger and an obvious MAGAt.

Gee, I wonder if Bobby the New England Patriots owner is a MAGAt too.

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I wonder what she's thinking. "Tick, tock."

I also wonder if she's seen the video of him getting a BJ from a young Asian girl. Gotta be true love, right?

Cheezoholic

(4,066 posts)
12. When a Congress refuses to hold anyone accountable any monies they distribute to the Executive Branch
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:03 PM
Saturday

can be used, technically, however a President desires. Even monies that Congress appropriates specifically for departments under the Executive Branch's umbrella can be moved around and spent however a President wishes. Is it illegal? Technically no but without Congressional accountability and an independent DOJ it will never be looked at. Even if it is it's a grey area. Misappropriation of funds rarely goes with more than a slap on the wrist unless embezzlement can be proven which is difficult in the beauacracy of the government, especially if the GAO is also complicit. It's one of the main reasons FatAss wants all of this IRS immunity crap in the future. Most of the 2025 budget that was given to the executive branch is gone, mainly the 150 billion that disappeared into the coffers of DHC/ICE. They ran off with that cash so fast this Congress of Pirates just gave him another 70 billion. People don't understand. In a fully corrupt Executive Branch, ALL THE MONEY GIVEN TO IT IS A SLUSH FUND. And theres pretty much not a damn thing anyone can do about it until possibly next year

mdbl

(8,906 posts)
17. Who cares. It can sit there empty until more ethical people are in charge.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:36 PM
Saturday

I certainly won't patronize it until I know it's safely out of Dump's control.

malaise

(299,117 posts)
10. K & R -
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:37 PM
Saturday

PBS

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trumps-name-removed-from-the-kennedy-center-building-following-court-ordered-deadline

AP) — The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now.

Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court Saturday that the institution had complied with an order to remove Trump's name from the facade. In a filing, Floca said the board of trustees and the center had removed "all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump."

WATCH: Judge says Kennedy Center must remove Trump's name by Friday

AverageOldGuy

(4,310 posts)
13. Trump and the sign
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:18 PM
Saturday

I read somewhere - may have been WashPost - that Trump ordered the letters for the sign shortly after he was inaugurated. This shit has been in planning for a looooong time.

malaise

(299,117 posts)
14. Vulgarity and classless behavior
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:21 PM
Saturday

on steroids. Who does that?
A raving mad insecure megalomaniac.

canetoad

(21,153 posts)
20. If trump's name
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:53 PM
Saturday

Can't be seen on the facade of the Kennedy Centre, then neither can anyone else's. Including JFK. I suspect the order from above is to keep the scaffolding and tarp in place for the duration.

Good morning!

oldmanlynn

(876 posts)
24. Not only that, but they should be shamed the rest of their lives
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 11:46 AM
Sunday

It should be difficult for them to ever get another job on the same level.

Initech

(109,519 posts)
25. They should, but they won't.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 11:47 AM
Sunday

The fucking asshole thinks he's above the law and is stacking everything to do with his every evil bidding. I cannot wait until that day finally comes. You know what I'm talking about.

Doodley

(12,119 posts)
27. The ones who voted for this broke the law. They tried to smear the legacy of JFK.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:03 PM
Sunday

They were responsible for plunging ticket sales and allowing Trump to tarnish the name of the center. They support the fascist agenda, which is against the very principles of America. They are traitors to everything that is good about America. They are only there because Trump wanted them to be an instrument to serve his narcissistic needs. Each and every one of them is the scum of the earth.

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