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Ray Bruns

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4. You have got to read the whole article. It's beautiful.

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 10:54 AM

23 hrs ago

“As Jamelle Bouie of the New York Times recently wrote, “The only thing Trump and his allies know how to do is use the coercive force of the state.” It seems the president really did think he could just remake the Kennedy Center in his own trashy image, and that people would, like zombies, continue to book shows and buy tickets there. Instead, he got his stink all over the place, and now no one wants to be associated with it”

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This is🤣and spot on -Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a tough lesson [View all] sheshe2 23 hrs ago OP

he picked bobby to smear the kennedy name. period. mopinko 23 hrs ago #1

If he tears it down, no way he rebuilds it. Johonny 23 hrs ago #2

His repuke congress will turn the other way and say nothing when he tears it down without their permission. kimbutgar 23 hrs ago #6

Hopefully, we'll have a Dem-led Congress a year from now lanlady 4 hrs ago #39

The White House isn't his either, FoxNewsSucks 22 hrs ago #9

i wonder what else he is going to destroy? MadameButterfly 22 hrs ago #15

I predict that soon to go (if not next) is... Shipwack 12 hrs ago #36

I don't know about objects being purloined from the East wing MadameButterfly 44 min ago #41

Well, we have precedence - what did Congress do when he TBF 22 hrs ago #10

Hope the house changes hands in 2027. Johonny 21 hrs ago #22

When has that ever stopped him from doing any illegal thing he wants to do? efhmc 13 hrs ago #32

Absolutely spot on - thanks for the post. n/t iluvtennis 23 hrs ago #3

You have got to read the whole article. It's beautiful. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #4

Kinda like the white house mdbl 20 hrs ago #25

Yup. It goes back to NYC society snubbing him. He never got over it. Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #5

Also here: https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/kennedy-center-teaches-maga-a-tough-lesson/ the nelm 23 hrs ago #7

Perfect! mysteryowl 22 hrs ago #8

I read it and also picked out this part as absolutely crucial Prairie Gates 22 hrs ago #11

Anger that people won't laugh at fart jokes leftstreet 21 hrs ago #18

Don't leave out the credit. The author is Amanda Marcotte JHB 22 hrs ago #12

An aging, decrepit, demented senile fool......... AZ8theist 22 hrs ago #13

Kids have more sense. Woodwizard 22 hrs ago #14

But wait... THERE'S MORE!! QueerDuck 22 hrs ago #16

DURec leftstreet 21 hrs ago #17

ETTD. nt wiggs 21 hrs ago #19

Next the oaf will be dictating to restaurants that they can't serve foods of which he doesn't approve, Totally Tunsie 21 hrs ago #20

REPUBLICANS are obsessed with the Kennedys' greatness and live love laugh 21 hrs ago #21

Kennedy Center Withdrawals gfarber 21 hrs ago #23

I want to formulate a thoughtful reply. This is a good post as far as it goes, but here's the thing: PatrickforB 21 hrs ago #24

Bravo! Well written. padfun 8 hrs ago #37

Thank you, thank you, thank you EverHopeful 4 hrs ago #38

NAFTA OhioBack2Blue 3 hrs ago #40

If only magats weren't incapable of (or is it indifferent to) Six117 19 hrs ago #26

This is perfectly on target. love_katz 19 hrs ago #27

Where's the "lesson?" NM Grins 19 hrs ago #28

What's the "tough lesson?" Grins 19 hrs ago #29

And when some MAGA jerk "gets their ass handed to them," or if they they get "torn a new ass"... QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #30

maga wouldn't, couldn't, didn't learn anything ToxMarz 16 hrs ago #31

Brilliant, Comprehensive Diagnosis of the Sick Perverted PEDO Cha 13 hrs ago #33

Wow. Thank you, Jack Schlossberg. sheshe2 12 hrs ago #34

I knew you would like it, she💙 Cha 12 hrs ago #35