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Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings
In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name is purged from the facade of the Washington building A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the former president’s name. Work began in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after the performing arts venue missed a federal judge’s two-week deadline to excise the words ‘The Donald J Trump and’ from its exterior by Friday at 11.59pm. Continue reading...
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In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name is purged from the facade of the Washington building A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the former president’s name. Work began in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after the performing arts venue missed a federal judge’s two-week deadline to excise the words ‘The Donald J Trump and’ from its exterior by Friday at 11.59pm. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s linked item, Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings, In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name is purged from the facade of the Washington building A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the former president’s name. Work began in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after the performing arts venue missed a federal judge’s two-week deadline to excise the words ‘The Donald J Trump and’ from its exterior by Friday at 11.59pm. Continue reading…
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