Removal currently in progress. Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm880quUg
Judge rejects last-minute bid to pause removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/judge-denies-pause-trump-name-removal-kennedy-center
14 Comments
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 57d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 56d
What? Chocolate? I paid for tin or better.
Jaggs@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 57d
So why is it not coming down? The live streams are showing no scaffolding and no workers any more.
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 57d
I am not sure why they take so long. They have been erecting the scaffolding, but they keep pausing in between. I am still enjoying a bit of schadenfreude just from watching the scaffolding pieces get put up though.
nao@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 57d
What happens if they miss the deadline?
aramis87@fedia.io · 17 pts · 57d
edit: so, there was a severe thunderstorm watch+warning, and the crew weren't going to go up on the scaffolding due to the possibility of lightning. They're currently working on additional scaffolding.
It's after 5pm, there are no workers, and nothing's been taken down, so I doubt it'll happen today. They'll issue a citation to someone - probably the head of the Foundation, unless she can divert the blame to someone else - and they'll have mealy-mouthed excuses as to why it couldn't be done on time. They'll likely give her an extension; if she misses it, she'll be called into the carpet and scolded (again). There may be a fine way some point, but I suspect she'll have the Kennedy Center pay for it, so she won't care.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 57d
From a minute ago
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 5 pts · 57d
6:33pm, no workers, no change. I hope someone climbs up there with an angle grinder, tonight.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 56d
1:49 AM - active work. Looks like they were waiting for the middle of the night.
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 56d
They are also clearly planning to obstruct the view of the work with those tarps. That's very disappointing.
borkborkbork@piefed.social · 3 pts · 56d
did you really think this would end any other way than another shitty coverup?
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d
When I posted the link I thought we were pretty close to seeing letters come down. Now I am starting to think we're about to find out the answer to that.
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 56d
CSPAN stream is still up, for anyone still interested. The actual removal is going to be obscured by a tarp though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfkRJXVPx8