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Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID.
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@thedanrather.bsky.social laments the recent "shame that detracts from the Center's mission" and welcomes this turn:
"Legal courts and the court of public opinion are helping to move the Kennedy Center back to its core values: the arts."
"The [UFC] fighters walked from Lincoln's statue down the steps of the memorial through the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon, a path...usually reserved for heads of state, foreign dignitaries, senior official and funerals for military heroes."
- @hcrichardson.bsky.social | substack.com/home/post/p-...
@jamellebouie.net at @nytopinion.nytimes.com on tonight's "carnival" outside the White House:
"The letters at the Kennedy Center . . . have served as a reminder that as much as things have become profoundly dangerous in this country, they've also become profoundly stupid. . . .
"Anything he grabbed was his. Or so he thought."
— @marisakabas.bsky.social, independent journalist
"For nearly a century, when Americans needed a place to stand and demand that this country live up to its promises, they came to Lincoln's feet.
"This time, men came there [Lincoln Memorial] to sell a pay-per-view at the president's request."
— Heather Delaney Reese (@itsalovelylife.bsky.social)
"If you are skeptical that the new technologies creating extraordinary wealth for a fortunate few will benefit the masses, you're hardly alone
"An age of AI, robots & massive technological & media consolidation doesn't seem poised to deliver broadly shared prosperity
- @elliotkirschner.bsky.social
"Trump is not just celebrating the American revolution with this UFC event, he is trying to foment a new one of his own.
"If that sounds alarmist, remember that he has done it before, on January 6, 2021."
-- @thedanrather.bsky.social
"We are close to the point where DOJ will have to constantly prove its trustworthiness to the courts, and that's going to be hard on prosecutors across the country who . . . are simply trying to do their jobs and keep their communities safe."
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social, legal commentator
Wall Street is celebrating. Everyone else is wondering what happened to the future.
Tomorrow, Donald Trump turns 80. On the eve of his long-awaited birthday celebration at the White House, the President of the United States spent another day at his golf club, paid for by the American...
