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More acts cancel after The Kennedy Center's illegal renaming to "Dear Leader and Someone Else" Memorial Center.
Tr^mp crony Grenell claims the musicians won't see their work as transcendent. Musicians point out that the administration is tearing down non-white creations, acting as aggressor.
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #DearLeader #KennedyCenter #AnotherOrban #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #appointees like #unqualified #PeteHegseth #DOD #Department of #Defense https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-new-years-eve-canceled-db4bc44f0d95cb40f794f2cb737562a3
Jazz group cancels performance at Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility. The institution’s president is accusing the performers of making their decisions because of politics. The Cookers, a jazz supergroup, announced their withdrawal from “A Jazz New Year’s Eve” on their website. Doug Varone and Dancers, a dance group based in New York, said they would pull out of a performance slated for April, saying they “can no longer permit ourselves nor ask our audiences to step inside this once great institution.” Musician Chuck Redd canceled a Christmas Eve performance last week.

AP News
Show threadNonilexNov 26

See attached pics for the list of #Trump transition #donors. Unknown amounts.

#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited

Show threadNonilexNov 26

The report called on #Congress [good luck] to create laws requiring transitions to disclose the names of #donors who give over a threshold amount as well as to publicly account for spending by the transition, which it said would “create public scrutiny that encourages the transition team to police itself tightly against conflicts of interest.”

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Show threadNonilexNov 26

Last week, that group released a report on the #Trump transition that criticized it for “significant departures from established norms,” noting that it started late & relied heavily on a handful of outside think tanks, chiefly the #HeritageFoundation & the #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute, to develop policy & hire personnel for the new administration.

#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
https://presidentialtransition.org/reports-publications/lessons-learned/

Lessons Learned

Center for Presidential Transition
Show threadNonilexNov 26

“They claimed they were saving taxpayers money, but what they were doing was hiding the ball about who is buying the #government,” said Max Stier, the president of the nonpartisan nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, which promotes best practices in the federal government & runs the Center for Presidential Transition.

#law #corruption #PayToPlay #Trump #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited

Show threadNonilexNov 26

#Watchdog groups had raised alarm about the lack of #transparency surrounding the most recent #Trump transition, noting that by not revealing who was contributing—& how much they had chipped in—it was nearly impossible for the public to know about #ConflictsOfInterest or #PayToPlay arrangements.

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Show threadNonilexNov 26

Prior administrations, including Trump’s in 2016, signed that agreement, which in addition to the disclosure obligation caps individual donations at $5,000 & bars #foreign contributions. By declining to sign, the second #Trump transition sidestepped those strictures & presumably could accept far larger contributions.

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Show threadNonilexNov 26

At least 3 of the entries on the list matched names of Washington #lobbyists, but their identities could not be confirmed. Lobbyists with those names did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday evening. Because the list did not include addresses, hometowns or professions, it was not possible to confirm the identity of many other individuals described as #donors.

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Show threadNonilexNov 26

“President Trump greatly appreciates his supporters & donors; however, unlike politicians of the past, he is not bought by anyone & does what’s in the best interest of the country,” Danielle Alvarez, a spox for the #Trump transition, ridiculously said in a statement. “Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”

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NonilexNov 26

A full year after making a public pledge to do so, #Trump disclosed a list of #donors who helped #pay for his transition to #power.

The list of 46 individuals…includes #billionaires like #JeffYass & #PaulSinger as well as several who went on to be #appointees in the current #administration.

In total, the transition said it raised slightly >$14M, but did not specify how much each donor contributed. It said $13.7M was spent on the transition.

#law #corruption #PayToPlay
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-transition-donors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Donors to Trump’s Transition Revealed a Year Later

A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.

The New York Times