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Text from article: Sandy Weiswasser, 87, a retired teacher and volunteer who has been guiding visitors through the center for 18 years, was profiled in a Times article on the center, published on Monday. “This place used to be really thriving and busy and crowded,” Ms. Weiswasser was quoted as saying. “Now it’s a black hole.” Reached on Thursday, she declined to comment. Last year, Mr. Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience.
Text from article: Sandy Weiswasser, 87, a retired teacher and volunteer who has been guiding visitors through the center for 18 years, was profiled in a Times article on the center, published on Monday. “This place used to be really thriving and busy and crowded,” Ms. Weiswasser was quoted as saying. “Now it’s a black hole.” Reached on Thursday, she declined to comment. Last year, Mr. Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience.
Text from article: Sandy Weiswasser, 87, a retired teacher and volunteer who has been guiding visitors through the center for 18 years, was profiled in a Times article on the center, published on Monday. “This place used to be really thriving and busy and crowded,” Ms. Weiswasser was quoted as saying. “Now it’s a black hole.” Reached on Thursday, she declined to comment. Last year, Mr. Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience.
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Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service The decision to suspend tours came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. Photo: The front of the Kennedy Center. The signage is still covered by blue and white tarps so that no one can see that Trump's name has been removed. Caption: The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.Credit...Jared Soares for The New York Times
Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service The decision to suspend tours came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. Photo: The front of the Kennedy Center. The signage is still covered by blue and white tarps so that no one can see that Trump's name has been removed. Caption: The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.Credit...Jared Soares for The New York Times
Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service The decision to suspend tours came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. Photo: The front of the Kennedy Center. The signage is still covered by blue and white tarps so that no one can see that Trump's name has been removed. Caption: The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.Credit...Jared Soares for The New York Times
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Text from article: Sandy Weiswasser, 87, a retired teacher and volunteer who has been guiding visitors through the center for 18 years, was profiled in a Times article on the center, published on Monday. “This place used to be really thriving and busy and crowded,” Ms. Weiswasser was quoted as saying. “Now it’s a black hole.” Reached on Thursday, she declined to comment. Last year, Mr. Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience.
Text from article: Sandy Weiswasser, 87, a retired teacher and volunteer who has been guiding visitors through the center for 18 years, was profiled in a Times article on the center, published on Monday. “This place used to be really thriving and busy and crowded,” Ms. Weiswasser was quoted as saying. “Now it’s a black hole.” Reached on Thursday, she declined to comment. Last year, Mr. Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience.
Text from article: Sandy Weiswasser, 87, a retired teacher and volunteer who has been guiding visitors through the center for 18 years, was profiled in a Times article on the center, published on Monday. “This place used to be really thriving and busy and crowded,” Ms. Weiswasser was quoted as saying. “Now it’s a black hole.” Reached on Thursday, she declined to comment. Last year, Mr. Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience.
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Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service The decision to suspend tours came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. Photo: The front of the Kennedy Center. The signage is still covered by blue and white tarps so that no one can see that Trump's name has been removed. Caption: The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.Credit...Jared Soares for The New York Times
Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service The decision to suspend tours came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. Photo: The front of the Kennedy Center. The signage is still covered by blue and white tarps so that no one can see that Trump's name has been removed. Caption: The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.Credit...Jared Soares for The New York Times
Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service The decision to suspend tours came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. Photo: The front of the Kennedy Center. The signage is still covered by blue and white tarps so that no one can see that Trump's name has been removed. Caption: The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.Credit...Jared Soares for The New York Times
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Political cartoon with the headline, "Guarantee your loved ones entry to heaven when you bury them with *new* Trump Tombstones" Smaller text reads, "Each includes: face of Donald Trump, classy gold adornments, engraved cause of death", and off to the side, "Plus: Free patriotic flag" Below that is an image of Trump as Death in black robes and holding a scythe labelled, "entrepreneur presidents". Beside him are three graves with tombstones and little flags flying above the tombstone. The tombstones read, "Kept Iran from getting a Nuke", "Honest ICE mistake", and "Previously eradicated disease". The flags read, "Build the Ballroom", "2020 was stolen", and "Pass the SAVE Act". On the right side of the image "Reassured relatives" are smiling and crying beneath an arch that reads, "America First Cemetery". Above the arch, Jesus is giving it all a thumbs up as he smiles and cries. On the bottom right is an old white man in glasses and suit saying, "Crypt-o you can trust." Watermark: Kelly, 2026 Onion Syndicate
Political cartoon with the headline, "Guarantee your loved ones entry to heaven when you bury them with *new* Trump Tombstones" Smaller text reads, "Each includes: face of Donald Trump, classy gold adornments, engraved cause of death", and off to the side, "Plus: Free patriotic flag" Below that is an image of Trump as Death in black robes and holding a scythe labelled, "entrepreneur presidents". Beside him are three graves with tombstones and little flags flying above the tombstone. The tombstones read, "Kept Iran from getting a Nuke", "Honest ICE mistake", and "Previously eradicated disease". The flags read, "Build the Ballroom", "2020 was stolen", and "Pass the SAVE Act". On the right side of the image "Reassured relatives" are smiling and crying beneath an arch that reads, "America First Cemetery". Above the arch, Jesus is giving it all a thumbs up as he smiles and cries. On the bottom right is an old white man in glasses and suit saying, "Crypt-o you can trust." Watermark: Kelly, 2026 Onion Syndicate
Political cartoon with the headline, "Guarantee your loved ones entry to heaven when you bury them with *new* Trump Tombstones" Smaller text reads, "Each includes: face of Donald Trump, classy gold adornments, engraved cause of death", and off to the side, "Plus: Free patriotic flag" Below that is an image of Trump as Death in black robes and holding a scythe labelled, "entrepreneur presidents". Beside him are three graves with tombstones and little flags flying above the tombstone. The tombstones read, "Kept Iran from getting a Nuke", "Honest ICE mistake", and "Previously eradicated disease". The flags read, "Build the Ballroom", "2020 was stolen", and "Pass the SAVE Act". On the right side of the image "Reassured relatives" are smiling and crying beneath an arch that reads, "America First Cemetery". Above the arch, Jesus is giving it all a thumbs up as he smiles and cries. On the bottom right is an old white man in glasses and suit saying, "Crypt-o you can trust." Watermark: Kelly, 2026 Onion Syndicate
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Political cartoon with the headline, "Guarantee your loved ones entry to heaven when you bury them with *new* Trump Tombstones" Smaller text reads, "Each includes: face of Donald Trump, classy gold adornments, engraved cause of death", and off to the side, "Plus: Free patriotic flag" Below that is an image of Trump as Death in black robes and holding a scythe labelled, "entrepreneur presidents". Beside him are three graves with tombstones and little flags flying above the tombstone. The tombstones read, "Kept Iran from getting a Nuke", "Honest ICE mistake", and "Previously eradicated disease". The flags read, "Build the Ballroom", "2020 was stolen", and "Pass the SAVE Act". On the right side of the image "Reassured relatives" are smiling and crying beneath an arch that reads, "America First Cemetery". Above the arch, Jesus is giving it all a thumbs up as he smiles and cries. On the bottom right is an old white man in glasses and suit saying, "Crypt-o you can trust." Watermark: Kelly, 2026 Onion Syndicate
Political cartoon with the headline, "Guarantee your loved ones entry to heaven when you bury them with *new* Trump Tombstones" Smaller text reads, "Each includes: face of Donald Trump, classy gold adornments, engraved cause of death", and off to the side, "Plus: Free patriotic flag" Below that is an image of Trump as Death in black robes and holding a scythe labelled, "entrepreneur presidents". Beside him are three graves with tombstones and little flags flying above the tombstone. The tombstones read, "Kept Iran from getting a Nuke", "Honest ICE mistake", and "Previously eradicated disease". The flags read, "Build the Ballroom", "2020 was stolen", and "Pass the SAVE Act". On the right side of the image "Reassured relatives" are smiling and crying beneath an arch that reads, "America First Cemetery". Above the arch, Jesus is giving it all a thumbs up as he smiles and cries. On the bottom right is an old white man in glasses and suit saying, "Crypt-o you can trust." Watermark: Kelly, 2026 Onion Syndicate
Political cartoon with the headline, "Guarantee your loved ones entry to heaven when you bury them with *new* Trump Tombstones" Smaller text reads, "Each includes: face of Donald Trump, classy gold adornments, engraved cause of death", and off to the side, "Plus: Free patriotic flag" Below that is an image of Trump as Death in black robes and holding a scythe labelled, "entrepreneur presidents". Beside him are three graves with tombstones and little flags flying above the tombstone. The tombstones read, "Kept Iran from getting a Nuke", "Honest ICE mistake", and "Previously eradicated disease". The flags read, "Build the Ballroom", "2020 was stolen", and "Pass the SAVE Act". On the right side of the image "Reassured relatives" are smiling and crying beneath an arch that reads, "America First Cemetery". Above the arch, Jesus is giving it all a thumbs up as he smiles and cries. On the bottom right is an old white man in glasses and suit saying, "Crypt-o you can trust." Watermark: Kelly, 2026 Onion Syndicate
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Meme showing political journalist Jon Karl speaking on television. A text block has been added with the following text: “The Intelligence Community in the very documents that Trump himself declassified assessed that one of the most damaging things a foreign adversary could do would be to falsely convince the American people that their elections had been rigged. And here’s the irony. The person who has attempted to do exactly that over and over again, for nearly 6 years, and most dramatically on Thurs night, is Donald Trump, who, against the very evidence that he himself presented, tried to tell millions of Americans that foreign powers had corrupted an election, specifically the one election he lost.” - Jon Karl, political journalist https://www.threads.com/@setiodkaiba/post/Da_ilalkSgm
Meme showing political journalist Jon Karl speaking on television. A text block has been added with the following text: “The Intelligence Community in the very documents that Trump himself declassified assessed that one of the most damaging things a foreign adversary could do would be to falsely convince the American people that their elections had been rigged. And here’s the irony. The person who has attempted to do exactly that over and over again, for nearly 6 years, and most dramatically on Thurs night, is Donald Trump, who, against the very evidence that he himself presented, tried to tell millions of Americans that foreign powers had corrupted an election, specifically the one election he lost.” - Jon Karl, political journalist https://www.threads.com/@setiodkaiba/post/Da_ilalkSgm
Meme showing political journalist Jon Karl speaking on television. A text block has been added with the following text: “The Intelligence Community in the very documents that Trump himself declassified assessed that one of the most damaging things a foreign adversary could do would be to falsely convince the American people that their elections had been rigged. And here’s the irony. The person who has attempted to do exactly that over and over again, for nearly 6 years, and most dramatically on Thurs night, is Donald Trump, who, against the very evidence that he himself presented, tried to tell millions of Americans that foreign powers had corrupted an election, specifically the one election he lost.” - Jon Karl, political journalist https://www.threads.com/@setiodkaiba/post/Da_ilalkSgm
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Text from article: … Meidas economist Justin Wolfers: “For 9 out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, ‘How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?’ I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said 9 out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.” … “There’s literally no question about the cause of the current oil price spike. We decided to go to war in Iran on an open-ended, ill-defined mission, and we’re not quite sure what to do. The Iranians took over the Strait of Hormuz, and now the global economy is substantially fractured and global energy markets are in disarray. There’s no question about what caused that. We know that because we actually saw things get a little bit better in June during the ceasefire, but those happy days are behind us.” … “There’s also no question that tariffs are a complete own goal. They’ve led to higher prices paid by Americans. And that, I think, explains why, if you look at the US compared to our peers in the G7, the US right now has higher inflation than any of them. We’re number one, but it’s not one of those good number ones.” … “And let me just add: it really does hurt my heart because we know how not to screw things up. Any economics textbook, anyone who’s taken introductory economics, would know that there are large economic costs to going to war. They would know that starting a global trade war in a chaotic and incoherent fashion is all downside and no upside.”
Text from article: … Meidas economist Justin Wolfers: “For 9 out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, ‘How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?’ I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said 9 out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.” … “There’s literally no question about the cause of the current oil price spike. We decided to go to war in Iran on an open-ended, ill-defined mission, and we’re not quite sure what to do. The Iranians took over the Strait of Hormuz, and now the global economy is substantially fractured and global energy markets are in disarray. There’s no question about what caused that. We know that because we actually saw things get a little bit better in June during the ceasefire, but those happy days are behind us.” … “There’s also no question that tariffs are a complete own goal. They’ve led to higher prices paid by Americans. And that, I think, explains why, if you look at the US compared to our peers in the G7, the US right now has higher inflation than any of them. We’re number one, but it’s not one of those good number ones.” … “And let me just add: it really does hurt my heart because we know how not to screw things up. Any economics textbook, anyone who’s taken introductory economics, would know that there are large economic costs to going to war. They would know that starting a global trade war in a chaotic and incoherent fashion is all downside and no upside.”
Text from article: … Meidas economist Justin Wolfers: “For 9 out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, ‘How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?’ I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said 9 out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.” … “There’s literally no question about the cause of the current oil price spike. We decided to go to war in Iran on an open-ended, ill-defined mission, and we’re not quite sure what to do. The Iranians took over the Strait of Hormuz, and now the global economy is substantially fractured and global energy markets are in disarray. There’s no question about what caused that. We know that because we actually saw things get a little bit better in June during the ceasefire, but those happy days are behind us.” … “There’s also no question that tariffs are a complete own goal. They’ve led to higher prices paid by Americans. And that, I think, explains why, if you look at the US compared to our peers in the G7, the US right now has higher inflation than any of them. We’re number one, but it’s not one of those good number ones.” … “And let me just add: it really does hurt my heart because we know how not to screw things up. Any economics textbook, anyone who’s taken introductory economics, would know that there are large economic costs to going to war. They would know that starting a global trade war in a chaotic and incoherent fashion is all downside and no upside.”
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Text from article: … President Zelenskyy: “I will instruct our intelligence to share with our partners the info we have regarding Russia’s new assistance to the Iranian regime. Since the beginning of July, we have recorded active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and US military facilities located there. These images subsequently appear in Iran. At the same time, there is a clear correlation between Russia’s satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes – both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted.” … “On July 19 and 20 alone, 4 air bases fell within the area of interest of Russian satellites – two in Bahrain, one in Jordan, and one in Kuwait. The purpose is clear. None of us in the world should turn a blind eye to one very simple fact: evil always seeks ways to make things worse and spread further. Russia must be stopped. This war must be stopped. Pressure on the aggressor must work.” … This is what Trump said on Friday in the Oval Office about this subject: Q - “You said today Russia and China are not helping. Earlier this week, Pete Hegseth said they are enabling. Trump: President XI said he’ll not partake, and President Putin said the same thing. I trust them. I don’t think they would want to have me disappointed.” … Russia is helping Iran kill US troops. But Trump said Putin told him that he wasn’t. US and Ukraine intelligence proves that he is. Trump says he believes Putin. Where have we heard this before?
Text from article: … President Zelenskyy: “I will instruct our intelligence to share with our partners the info we have regarding Russia’s new assistance to the Iranian regime. Since the beginning of July, we have recorded active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and US military facilities located there. These images subsequently appear in Iran. At the same time, there is a clear correlation between Russia’s satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes – both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted.” … “On July 19 and 20 alone, 4 air bases fell within the area of interest of Russian satellites – two in Bahrain, one in Jordan, and one in Kuwait. The purpose is clear. None of us in the world should turn a blind eye to one very simple fact: evil always seeks ways to make things worse and spread further. Russia must be stopped. This war must be stopped. Pressure on the aggressor must work.” … This is what Trump said on Friday in the Oval Office about this subject: Q - “You said today Russia and China are not helping. Earlier this week, Pete Hegseth said they are enabling. Trump: President XI said he’ll not partake, and President Putin said the same thing. I trust them. I don’t think they would want to have me disappointed.” … Russia is helping Iran kill US troops. But Trump said Putin told him that he wasn’t. US and Ukraine intelligence proves that he is. Trump says he believes Putin. Where have we heard this before?
Text from article: … President Zelenskyy: “I will instruct our intelligence to share with our partners the info we have regarding Russia’s new assistance to the Iranian regime. Since the beginning of July, we have recorded active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and US military facilities located there. These images subsequently appear in Iran. At the same time, there is a clear correlation between Russia’s satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes – both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted.” … “On July 19 and 20 alone, 4 air bases fell within the area of interest of Russian satellites – two in Bahrain, one in Jordan, and one in Kuwait. The purpose is clear. None of us in the world should turn a blind eye to one very simple fact: evil always seeks ways to make things worse and spread further. Russia must be stopped. This war must be stopped. Pressure on the aggressor must work.” … This is what Trump said on Friday in the Oval Office about this subject: Q - “You said today Russia and China are not helping. Earlier this week, Pete Hegseth said they are enabling. Trump: President XI said he’ll not partake, and President Putin said the same thing. I trust them. I don’t think they would want to have me disappointed.” … Russia is helping Iran kill US troops. But Trump said Putin told him that he wasn’t. US and Ukraine intelligence proves that he is. Trump says he believes Putin. Where have we heard this before?
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