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Insider Exposes Trump’s Staggering Kennedy Center Grift

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Insider Exposes Trump’s Staggering Kennedy Center Grift
The Daily Beast
Insider Exposes Trump’s Staggering Kennedy Center Grift
A former staffer shares what it was like to work at the institution as the president destroyed it.

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castler_666 1 day ago +251
Sadly, number of people surprised = 0.
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Hpfanguy 1 day ago +48
People surprised: 33% of the US Population.
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Entire_Dog_5874 1 day ago +53
Not surprised, just stupid.
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Obvious-Cranberry-52 20 hr ago +9
Just a basket of deplorables
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toomuchtv987 1 day ago +22
Those people aren’t surprised because they don’t believe anything that goes against their Dear Leader.
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Ana-la-lah 1 day ago +7
Its all fake news, you see! /s
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Abject_Rhubarb_3430 22 hr ago +7
Or Not surprised because they don’t know what the Kennedy center is.
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poochie040170 16 hr ago +3
Shoot. Missed that before I posted.
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AuroraFinem 23 hr ago +4
They’re holding their surprise until they’re told what to think
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KingRo48 23 hr ago +1
We’re talking about the ones that didn’t vote at all I hope; they had their head in the sand or didn’t care at all.
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IamPotatoed 20 hr ago +1
Those 33% either don't know or care about what the Kennedy Center does
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poochie040170 16 hr ago +1
Number of people who don’t know what the Kennedy Center even is: 33% of the US Population.
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Big-Tuna-for-Commish 1 day ago +79
No need to expose, it’s alll on display
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SweetSexiestJesus 1 day ago +30
"Most transparent administration is history "
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Sir_Earl_Jeffries 1 day ago +38
Very openly corrupt, so technically true.
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JediMasterKev 1 day ago +124
Does Congress know? The greatest nation ever surely has checks and balances to prevent such corruption, right?!
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No_Original5693 1 day ago +44
They’re complicit in the crimes
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superindianslug 1 day ago +32
Mike Johnson hasn't heard about
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Greenpoint1975 1 day ago +13
He's too busy playing "check phone for p***" with his son.
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freebrittony 1 day ago +10
They're getting their payoff in the 1.5 T "defense" budget
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AuroraFinem 23 hr ago +6
I wonder if that’s why troops deployed for the Iran war are going without enough food, maybe we need a $2T budget!
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Bzr21 23 hr ago +3
the troops would still be neglected - but not as badly as retired combat vets. Many are actually homeless - and the ones who haven't committed suicide yet have probably mulled it over ..
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AuroraFinem 23 hr ago +2
It was a joke
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TurnkeyLurker 21 hr ago +1
They've written bad **checks** and their thumbs are on the **balance**^(scales) .
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NobodyUwilleverNo 1 day ago +31
trump is like a “prestige parasite” putting his name on institutions just to suck the blood out of them.
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user0987234 1 day ago +33
Wow, even “repurposing” aka stealing items of some value. Gotta hand it to Trump et al. They grift at level: McDonalds served for lunches to trying to buy their way into heaven. No discrimination if there is something to gain.
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CockBrother 1 day ago +11
They start with everything that isn't nailed to the wall. Then take those. Eventually they come for walls themselves.
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Bzr21 23 hr ago +6
they came for the walls of the East Wing - maybe Trump will be bold enough to demolish the entire White House and build a Trump White Tower in its place - the gov't will still own it - but the Trump family gets paid in perpetuity for the naming rights ..
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InevitableAvalanche 23 hr ago +2
I remember conservatives getting mad about fancy mustard. The fact they aren't angry and fighting this just show how they have 0 principles. Not even worth talking to anymore.
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TurnkeyLurker 21 hr ago +1
*cold McDonald's meals
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anoncpe1704tks 1 day ago +37
Stop posting Daily Beast paywalled articles
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offic3r_fri3ndly 1 day ago +3
[https://archive.ph/5cDfa](https://archive.ph/5cDfa)
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Desperate_Set_7708 1 day ago +18
Has he had the giant JFK bust in the lobby smelted down yet?
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No_Profession1935 1 day ago +7
Well he was a Democrat, so it's gotta be happening soon
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bourbon469 1 day ago +9
Everything he does is a grift
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Someoneoverthere42 1 day ago +9
Yeah, just chuck that crime on the ol' crime pile.
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Bzr21 22 hr ago +3
the high crimes come rapid fire - the pile grows quite fast - it's done purposely to disorient those who still hold onto that quaint John Adams ideal that we're “a government of laws, not of men.”
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RuthlessIndecision 6 hr ago +1
It's a bathroom in Mar a Lago
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lavardera 1 day ago +7
Consistent with what a criminal would do.
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clver_user 1 day ago +8
“pogrom” is spelt wrong.
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antiquarian-camera 1 day ago +5
Civil Forfeiture
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Turbulent_Struggle_2 1 day ago +6
It’s cause Kennedy was against aipac
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trashpanda2night 22 hr ago +4
So the people who got a presidential pardon are now returning the favor by “donating” to the center that has Trump’s name. Fantastic.
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eighteen_forty_no 1 day ago +9
This is also a little bit of Leopards Ate My Face, because everyone in DC knew not to join there once Trump took over and started wrecking things. (I worked in DC in the arts and nonprofit community for many years.) I don't know how he thought he would be treated differently.
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Skuz95 23 hr ago +5
Everyone is special in their own minds and always think consequences are for other people. Until they experience any negative effects, they will do what serves the bottom line and egos.
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Elrabrel 1 day ago +4
staggering grift who could have guessed
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AnonnEms2 20 hr ago +3
For a second I thought that said “gift”. Imagine Dump ever giving something to anyone?
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Pate-the-woodcock 21 hr ago +3
Oh no way………I am surprised that this person would do any unsavory things ever. Seems like a lovely human. Barf
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bitchcoin5000 23 hr ago +2
Every damn day with this creepy f***... Palermo wrote that the Circles Lounge was renamed the SyberJet Lounge after an aircraft manufacturer whose CEO, Trevor Milton, received a pardon from Trump last March Meanwhile, the Africa Room has a plaque that reads “A Tribute to America’s Intelligence Community.”“This was a strange choice, not least when you considered the named donor for the new room: Gaurav Srivastava,” Palermo noted.Srivastava’s former business partner accused him of scamming millions by posing as a CIA operative, the [WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/gaurav-srivastava-scam-e7ca3d26) reported
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leviathan65 21 hr ago +1
What's in the article? Paywall
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T_Shurt 19 hr ago +3
I tried posting the article contents but my comment was removed. You can [read it for free here](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/insider-exposes-trump-staggering-kennedy-203610328.html).
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Pankosmanko 14 hr ago +1
I thought Trump was the most honest person alive? I’m shocked! Truly shocked
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