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Judge rejects last-minute bid to pause removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center
(www.theguardian.com)
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Today is the court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board filed a last-minute appeal to keep Trump's name up. But the clock is ticking.
What happens if they miss the deadline?
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.
From a minute ago
6:33pm, no workers, no change. I hope someone climbs up there with an angle grinder, tonight.
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.
So why is it not coming down? The live streams are showing no scaffolding and no workers any more.
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.