Chuck Redd canceled his performance in protest. Now the Kennedy Center must pay his legal fees : NPR

"No citizen should have to spend time and money fending off baseless and politically motivated lawsuits filed by the Trump Administration."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/11/nx-s1-5928311/chuck-redd-kennedy-center

 

Auchter's Art: Weird names

This week, voters here in Michigan chose a man named Abdul El-Sayed to be Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate. Like him, don't like him. Like his policies, don't like his policies. Vote for him in November, don't vote for him. Your choice. But don't fall for the BS and demonize him because of his name.

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/opinion/2026-08-07/auchters-art-weird-names

 

Kennedy Center judge orders tarp and programming update : NPR

The tarp and scaffolding on the center's front portico went up after the Kennedy Center's administration slow-walked the court-mandated removal of President Trump's name from the front of the center and from all digital materials, which was supposed to happen no later than June 12. Workers removed the lettering overnight into the following morning, hours after the federal court's original deadline, and covered the center's sign with a tarpaulin...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5869578/kennedy-center-tarp

 

Court denies emergency appeal to retain Trump’s name on Kennedy Center

Justice department lawyers for Donald Trump and his hand-picked Kennedy Center board filed the emergency appeal earlier on Friday, asking the court to stay a judge’s order that his name be removed from the facade of Washington’s leading performing arts venue...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/judge-denies-pause-trump-name-removal-kennedy-center

 

Judge says Kennedy Center board violated law putting Trump's name on building, blocks closure | PBS News

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Kennedy Center board's March 16 vote to close the facility was "ill-informed and seemingly preordained" with no regard for its legal obligations...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-says-kennedy-center-board-violated-law-putting-trumps-name-on-building-blocks-closure

 

House Republicans keep trying to change the name of their budget bill…

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1MiLWTf4qJU

 

Now boarding: Florida Legislature approves renaming Palm Beach airport after Trump - POLITICO

The proposal will now arrive on Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk, as the Legislature works out how much it wants to spend on a massive rebranding at the airport mere minutes away from Mar-a-Lago...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/florida-palm-beach-trump-airport-rename-00789311 

 

What does the H in Jesus H. Christ stand for?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8dKp6pkYzc

 

Does the name "Jesus" really mean all this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BAPdEgGdsQ

Democratic congressmen unveil bill to rename a federal prison after Trump

The bill — offered by Reps. Gerry Connolly, of Virginia; Jared Moskowitz, of Florida; and John Garamendi, of California — comes in response to a measure introduced by a group of House Republicans to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/democratic-congressmen-unveil-bill-rename-federal-prison-trump-rcna146588

A Kansas teacher is suing school officials for requiring her to address students by their preferred names, saying the policy violates her religious freedom - CNN

"This idea of religious exemption, simply because you aren't comfortable with something, flies in the face of so many aspects of public education," Baum said. "Imagine if a science teacher who believes the world was created in six days isn't comfortable teaching evolution. That wouldn't fly. Beliefs are one thing, and conduct is something else."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/us/kansas-teacher-sues-pronouns-religion-transgender/index.html

Police officer charged, fired after holding gun to handcuffed man’s head for refusing to give his name - The Washington Post

The handcuffed man was not being aggressive toward deputies in any way when Sgt. Janak Amin threatened him with a gun, the sheriff said.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/13/florida-sergeant-threatened-handcuffed-man/