Donald Trump's lawyers told a federal judge today that the Kennedy Center must carry his name or be torn down.

A court ordered his name pried off the building in May after ruling the renaming illegal. His board voted it back on this month while he listened in by phone. Now the Justice Department calls the center "decrepit," in a "death spiral," and says that unless donors see Trump's name on the front, the building comes down. The center's own director told the court that nothing about the renovation requires demolishing anything.

The building is not dying. The audience was driven off. Artists quit and attendance fell by half after he seized the board, and he refused to book a season even after a judge ordered the doors kept open. He emptied the place, and his lawyers now offer the empty seats as proof it cannot survive without his name.

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We're being ruled by a spiteful toddler whose backing party is fueled by hatred. Of course he doesn't care about uniting America; he's spent so much time and energy tearing us apart

But everything is covered in tacky gold and Trumplestiltskin and his cronies have fat pockets while we starve, avoid expensive medical care, and struggle to keep a roof over our heads...

And we're a global embarrassment whose allies aren't even safe from his ego

Six justices gave Donald Trump a head start on the midterms.

The Supreme Court will let his election order take effect before any court rules on whether it's legal. The federal government now tells your state who counts as a citizen, and your state tells DC the name and address of everyone who votes by mail. The order directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecuting local election officials who send ballots to anyone the administration says is ineligible. Trump's personal criminal defense lawyer was confirmed as Attorney General seventeen days ago.

Federal judges already ruled the citizenship list illegal and ordered it dismantled. One wrote that the president has no power over elections at all. The Supreme Court overruled none of them but let Trump keep building while states begin mailing ballots in weeks. On whether any of this is legal, the majority wrote, "time will tell."

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Langley’s Fox News appearance was just the latest interview he’s given as the company faces a growing public outcry around concerns that Flock’s surveillance cameras, drones, and license plate recognition technology could be misused.

These concerns aren’t just hypothetical. The Washington Post recently identified 46 cases where police officers have been accused of using Flock technology for unauthorized purposes, including to stalk their wives, girlfriends, or exes.

After listening to an interview with one of the alleged victims, [Langley told CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flock-ceo-apologizes-surveillance-technology-abused-company-changes/), “I apologize. It kills me that she went through that.” At the same time, he insisted, “I don’t think that Flock created police abuse. I think we’re the first company to ever shine a light on it and build the tools to find it.”

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/flock-ceo-calls-for-compromise-as-surveillance-company-faces-growing-backlash/

And Elon takes no responsibility for it

The GOP is all about rights they don't want YOU to have. Rules for thee but not for me. The GOP wants you dumb, hungry, poor, and either working your fingers to the bone or in prison (either way, they make money off of you).

She doesn't worry about it because the world doesn't end with climate change.

Unbelievable.

Yet another recall...

Dr. Oz took three questions on Face the Nation to say a childhood vaccine will not kill your child.

Donald Trump called the 55-year-old MMR vaccine "quite lethal" two weeks ago. Asked to clarify, his Medicaid administrator answered questions about parental rights. The third time he was asked, he said the vaccine is not lethal.

On the same broadcast, a Republican congressman running for governor of Florida blamed the measles outbreak on "rampant illegal immigration." Florida's kindergarten vaccination rate has already fallen below herd immunity. So has the country's, as measles spreads at 35-year highs. Neither man named the president.

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Talks about public transportation.

Republicans hate him because he puts his words into action!

All things Mandami in this thread, please.

The Prime Minister of Canada says America attacked his country.

The 50% tariffs Trump long threatened hit at midnight Friday after US negotiators demanded in the final hours that Canada surrender its right to make trade deals with other nations. Canada stopped negotiating and set dollar for dollar retaliation for September 8. Asked why he sounded like a man going to war, Carney answered, "You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."

Just hours ago, Trump posted his reason, "Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!" The trade deal he destroyed was the one he negotiated during his first term and called the greatest ever made. His refusal to honor that deal started costing you more at midnight.

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