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In his second go as President, Donald Trump has been on a blitzkrieg of remaking the country and world as he sees fit. From tearing down the White House east wing for his big, beautiful ballroom bunker to slapping his mug on the new $250 bill to the UFC Claw he\u2019s now pitching as a permanent D.C. eyesore, there seems to be no line he won\u2019t cross in his effort to leave a legacy that doesn\u2019t immediately bring to mind ICE, wars, and Epstein. Taking a page from Silicon Valley ghouls, Trump\u2019s second term ethos of \u201cmove fast and break things\u201d did initially shock and awe his opposition into paralysis.\u00a0 But as the outrages have piled up\u2014the \u201cSecond Trump administration controversies\u201d Wikipedia category is now at 200 pages\u2014folks are gradually snapping out of that stupor and mounting a variety of legal counterstrikes.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s now a court filing challenging the forthcoming White House UFC event and its stage construction as \u201cunlawful.\u201d Another suit is challenging the over-budget makeover he\u2019s giving the Reflecting Pool in front of the Washington Monument.\u00a0 And getting the Treasury to mint that $250 bill is going to be more of an uphill battle than he bargained for. But even these processes can\u2019t contain this administration\u2019s shamelessness. Three judges on an appeals panel about the legality of the ballroom construction experienced this firsthand on Friday when DOJ attorneys claimed that, if the President decided to \u201cbulldoze the Statue of Liberty,\u201d they wouldn\u2019t be able to stop him. But while these battles rage on, other once-captured and\/or cowed institutions are gradually mustering up the courage to reverse course and reclaim some dignity.<\/p>\n

One of Trump\u2019s more egregious acts of self-aggrandizement was his hostile takeover of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (a.k.a. \u201cthe Kennedy Center\u201d) last year. Now, in what may end up serving as an exemplary microcosm for all Trump\u2019s egocentric governmental redesigns, the center is already shedding the President\u2019s name less than half a year after it was hastily tacked onto its edifice and website.<\/p>\n

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This rewind comes in the wake of the May 29 decision by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper who found the rebrand had been carried out illegally and ordered the center be reverted to its pre-Trump-molestation state by June 12th. Judge Cooper, who also blocked the board\u2019s proposed two-year closure for renovations, stated in his ruling that \u201cThe Kennedy Center\u2019s organic statute makes crystal clear that the center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board\u2019s unilateral say-so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These rulings stem from Trump\u2019s decision last May to appoint himself the Congressionally-controlled center\u2019s chairman, then sack its existing board of trustees and replace them with a cadre of loyalists like Pam Bondi, Usha Vance, Laura Ingraham, Dan Scavino, and\u2026 Lee Greenwood?! In December, the new Vichy Kennedy Center Board took it upon themselves to show their appreciation by unanimously voting to add Trump\u2019s name to the building. They even went so far as to place Trump\u2019s name before that of the assassinated President the center is meant to commemorate.<\/p>\n

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This straw broke the camel\u2019s back and the subsequent uproar instigated by so flagrantly tyrannical a move resulted in a number of acts on the center\u2019s calendar canceling their upcoming performances in protest this January. Soon after, the board attempted to damage control with their gambit to just shut the place down for years, but wheels were already in motion to undo all of it.<\/p>\n

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In the days after the court\u2019s ruling, the Kennedy Center\u2019s vice president of public relations, Roma Daravi, issued a statement to the Associated Press saying they\u2019re complying with the court order \u201cwhile evaluating all legal options to preserve this revitalization and recognize President Trump\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

But while they scheme up those fresh horrors and the President cries on Truth Social about the \u201canti Trump hater\u201d who ruled against him, the center\u2019s been forced to clean up its digital image in the meantime. Staff have been made to revert the names on all email signatures, letterheads, and documents back to \u201cthe Kennedy Center\u201d (or its full name for those not into the whole brevity thing).<\/p>\n

Most prominently, CNN reports that The Kennedy Center\u2019s website is now back to its old branding as of today. But don\u2019t let that lull you into believing things are all back to normal. The President\u2019s mission to de-wokify American culture is still chugging along (mostly) as planned. Those needing further proof can check out the Mark Twain Award for American Humor ceremony hosted at the center on June 28th before streaming on Netflix. There they\u2019ll see the comedy genius behind Club Random accept the most prestigious humor award in the nation in front of esteemed guests like \u201ccancelled\u201d comedian Louis C.K.<\/p>\n

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