The Kennedy Center board has filed an emergency motion to stay at the DC Circuit and it is bonkity-bonkers.
For the first time, they say they amended the bylaws to strip all funding from the center if it removes Trump's name.
No Trump KC, no money.
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Here is the order entered in Floyd v DOJ. She also ordered Defs to submit a status report within 7 days confirming that no payment or transfer has been made and, if so, it has been reversed.
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The "Trump Kennedy Center" acted like Trump himself; they outright ignored binding contracts, bullied subcontractors, and seem to have outright stolen millions of dollars that pursuant to a binding contract they were only managing for the benefit of the WNO.
Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment.
WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds.
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It is mindblowing how often members of Congress will go on TV and basically say there's no need to have a Congress
Liz Dye
File under Announcements From 2015
Owen Barcala
BREAKING: DC Circuit DENIES the Trump administration's request for an immediate administrative stay in the Kennedy Center case.
The court also slow-walks the briefing on the request for a stay pending appeal through the end of June.
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The lead counsel were barred from appearing in the district for two years
Fed. judge holds (1) that Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is a tax; and (2) that Congress did not delegate this taxing power to the president.
Accordingly, the policy is vacated and a declaratory judgment issues.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
Liz Dye
And there it is. Judge Cooper denies the Kennedy Center's request to stay his order taking Trump's name off the building.
Let the chiseling begin!
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Owen Barcala
Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment.
WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds.
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Owen Barcala
Owen Barcala
Gabriel Malor
Chris Geidner
Now here is a grand juror doing the 5th Amendment proud www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Liz Dye
TRUMP SAYS IRAN IS PREPARED TO FORGO ACQUIRING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.