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'Bout right.
#Trump & Schumer met at the White House last month to discuss the frozen funds.
Though he is the top #Senate #Democrat, Schumer has NO direct #oversight over either transportation hub & rebuffed the request, acc/to 2 of the people.
Trump, known for affixing his name to NYC high-rises & Atlantic City hotels, has appeared to be undertaking a similar drive on a national scale during his second term.
Beyond the #KennedyCenter, #Trump & his allies have stamped his name on the US Institute of Peace & public-facing federal projects like investment accounts for American children & TrumpRx, a website that supposedly will help Americans buy medication directly from drugmakers. [He also added his name randomly throughout the State Department building.]
The #Trump admin has pressured Sen #ChuckSchumer (D-NY) the minority leader, to help rename #NewYork’s #PennStation & Washington #Dulles International Airport after Trump in exchange for releasing billions of dollars in #funding he has frozen for a #rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
Top admin ofcls have told Schumer in recent weeks that the money would be released if he agreed to name the facilities in Trump’s honor, acc/to 4 people familiar with the private conversations.
The push to rename the station & the airport for #Trump comes as the president, who recently put his name on the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts in Washington, has been on a renaming spree & has appeared increasingly preoccupied with his “legacy” [ego].
The Trump admin began withholding #funding for the new tunnel connecting #NYC & #NewJersey, a $16B project, in October. The agency overseeing its construction moved to halt ongoing work on Friday as money was running out.
'Bout right.
Su_G
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How this resonates: “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 1925
#USPol
#KennedyCenter
#Washingtonpost
#Constitution
#Democracy
#books
How this resonates: “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 1925
#USPol
#KennedyCenter
#Washingtonpost
#Constitution
#Democracy
#books
Katrina Katrinka :donor:
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It always comes back to abuse or, more precisely, it is always about abuse: "He [ #Trump] has shifted into the same logic as a jealous wife-beater, threatening to destroy the object of his obsession [the Kennedy Center] rather than allow her to leave."
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/kennedy-center-teaches-maga-a-tough-lesson/
It always comes back to abuse or, more precisely, it is always about abuse: "He [ #Trump] has shifted into the same logic as a jealous wife-beater, threatening to destroy the object of his obsession [the Kennedy Center] rather than allow her to leave."
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/kennedy-center-teaches-maga-a-tough-lesson/
I asked perplexity about why the #KennedyCenter has been in the news lately and after five retries, I resigned to asking it about cancelations, specifically. It did finally tell me about the "controversial rename".
So you know, AI self-censors.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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Gary Legum comments on Trump's decision to shut down the Kennedy Center:
He’s closing the Center himself for the next two years. No Kennedy Center, no performers wounding his fragile ego by loudly pulling out of performances or moving their operas elsewhere. Genius!"
https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-closing-kennedy-center-so-no
Gary Legum comments on Trump's decision to shut down the Kennedy Center:
He’s closing the Center himself for the next two years. No Kennedy Center, no performers wounding his fragile ego by loudly pulling out of performances or moving their operas elsewhere. Genius!"
https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-closing-kennedy-center-so-no