Curlyque

Democrat, mother of six grown children. Family and Country first! Proud member of the Resistance. FBR Want my country back and will fight for it! Led Zeppelin!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The Kennedy family torches Trump for shutting down the Kennedy Center for two years for supposed "renovations" after major artists refused to preform for him.

This is absolutely humiliating for MAGA...

"Trump can take the Kennedy Center for himself. He can change the name, shut the doors, and demolish the building," Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, wrote on X. "He can try to kill JFK. But JFK is kept alive by us now rising up to remove Donald Trump, bring him to justice, and restore the freedoms generations fought for."

Over the weekend, Trump announced on Truth Social that the Kennedy Center (which he still ludicrously insists on calling the "Trump Kennedy Center") will be closed for an "approximately two year period of time" so that it can achieve the "highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur" through "Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding."

While it's not surprising that Trump wants to make over the center to bring it into alignment with the tacky, gaudy, gilded, hideous aesthetic that he slaps on everything, the closure serves the more important purpose of mitigating embarrassment over the ongoing refusal by major artists to perform under his tenure.

A long string of prominent figures, ranging from Lin-Manuel Miranda to composer Phillip Glass, have pulled out of appearances at the Kennedy Center. Nobody with taste or a functioning moral compass wants to be associated with this administration. Rather than admit that they're incapable of booking anyone worthwhile, Trump has decided to force the institution into a hiatus.

JFK's niece Maria Shriver suggested as much—

"Translation: It has been brought to my attention that due to the name change (but nobody’s telling me it’s due to the name change), but it’s been brought to my attention that entertainers are canceling left and right, and I have determined that since the name change no one wants to perform there any longer," she wrote on X in response to a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post. "I’ve determined that due to this change in schedule, it’s best for me to close this center down and rebuild a new center that will bear my name, which will surely get everybody to stop talking about the fact that everybody’s canceling… right?"

Former Congressman Joe Kennedy III, a grandson of RFK, also weighed in—

“President John F. Kennedy believed that one day this country would live up to its promise of justice and equal rights for all,” he wrote on X. “For those beliefs and for his sacrifice, Congress voted to make The Kennedy Center a living memorial to him, as a place built by the people for the people to celebrate what connects us."

"While this trespass on the People’s will is painful, President Kennedy would remind us that it is not buildings that define the greatness of a nation. It is the actions of its people and its leaders," he continued. "So, do not be distracted from what this Administration is actually trying to erase: our connection, our community, and our commitment to the rights of all."

The encouraging truth here is that the American people and common decency will win in the end. The moment that Trump is out of power we'll strike his name from everything that he's tacked it onto. He's grasping for a legacy that will blow away in the wind within a matter of years.

Please ❤️ and share if you think that everything Trump touches dies!

[Curlyque @curlyquequeque]

@Elonmusklona HOPE!!!! United States!

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[Raghu @IndiaTales7]

Greatest religious buildings on Earth.

Open the thread and be amazed 🧵

[Raghu @IndiaTales7]

11. The Cologne Cathedral is a stunning Gothic masterpiece. Its construction took over six centuries.

The cathedral’s two massive spires make of it one of the most iconic landmarks, with the largest façade of any church in the world.

[Johnny B. Good @Cat5SMASHICANE]

Wow! I had no idea cats were afraid of cucumbers. That's very odd to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 Cops were caught on camera beating anti-ICE protesters on the Ohio–Kentucky state line bridge; then dragging them off in zip-ties like it was open season on dissent.

They didn’t de-escalate. They cracked down. And they made sure the cameras saw it.

@BreitbartNews

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

UNEARTHED: Donald Trump judges the 1991 Look of the Year modeling competition organized by Elite Model Management, featuring participants as young at 14-years-old.

A 2020 Guardian investigation into Elite's Look of the Year competition uncovered allegations from former contestants and industry insiders that the competition was used by founder John Casablancas and others to engage in sexual relationships with vulnerable young models, some of whom were teenagers.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.

If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This is what a real commencement address sounds like. 🙌🙏💪👏👊👇

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Ontario, Canada's Premier Doug Ford just threatened to cut US electricity to several American states if Trump's tariffs go into effect:

"If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do anything , including cutting off their energy, with a smile on my face."

This is ALL Trump's fault. Just remember that!

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone who agrees that ANYONE who can't easily admit that Russia invaded Ukraine is a Putin bootlicker, a Russian stooge, and a moronic fucking asshole.

Russia invaded Ukraine, folks.
PERIOD.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Zelensky is the man Trump will never be.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I am grateful to His Majesty King Charles III for the audience.

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[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Another day, another plane incident

NEW: An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport on Tuesday morning to avoid a plane taking off on the same runway, the FAA said in a statement