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Monday, May 12, 2025

AND JUST LIKE THAT, BLACKLISTING IS BACK IN DC!

 



MAGA Kennedy Center Boss Demands Anti-Trump ‘Les Misérables’ Stars Get Blacklisted 

 Ric Grenell lashed out at “vapid and intolerant artists” who won’t play at the MAGA-fied venue.

The Trump-backed head of the Kennedy Center has called for a blacklist of artists who choose not to perform at the Washington, D.C., venue. 

 Ric Grenell, reacting Wednesday to headlines about cast members of Les Misérables who are planning to boycott President Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance next month, demanded career-altering consequences for “vapid and intolerant artists.”

13 comments:

Les Carpenter said...

The intolerant ones are the FOTUS and the MAGA stooges of the Trumpublican party.

BB-Idaho said...

It seems the Kenney Center will feature only pro-trump talent. A lot of work for 3-4 people.

Joe Conservative said...

It's about time!

Thersites said...

Why would the Kennedy Center (or anyone else) employ people who refuse to perform for their clientel?

Shaw Kenawe said...

The performers are not government workers. They're just doing exactly what the people who won't bake cakes for gay weddings and who won't medically treat gays or trans because it goes against their religious beliefs. Maybe performing for a convicted criminal and sexual assaulter, liar, cheat, and fraud is against their moral beliefs.

It's called FREEDOM! And Grenell is nothing more than an enforcer for a criminal (Mafia-like) boss.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Yes. We knew you'd approve of McCarthy era blackballing. You're so predictable.

Les Carpenter said...

Trump and his fawning sycophants are far from ethical. Being ethical or moral is of little to no concern for either of them.

I actually find myself thinking a Mafia crime boss holds higher ethical standards than either Trump or his tRumpublican party.

The stain of Trump and his MAGA con will be with this nation for years.

Joe Conservative said...

They don't own the bakery. Trump does. :)

A bigot refuses to work... an employer refuse to hire. Sounds pretty tit-4-tqt.

Speaking of black-lists what about DEI and affirmative action white-lists? All for them, I know.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Trump doesn't "own" the Kennedy Center. And he certainly doesn't own the actors. He's a weak little tyrant who'll be gone in a few short years. His legacy will be about dishonor, cheating, bullying, and lying -- nothing honest and righteous people would celebrate . You know that, and so does this country and the world.

BB-Idaho said...

@Les - "The stain of Trump and his MAGA con will be with this nation for years." Forever, history is neutral, it is what it is and was and the current episode is rife with a chapter or two right up there with the Dark Ages.

Les Carpenter said...

Wouldn't argue that BB-Idaho. The Neanderthals naturally would see the Dark Ages as progress.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

No? In 2025, President Donald Trump was elected as the chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by the board...

He may not own it, but he surely controls it. The "employees" (actors) don't.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Trump doesn't control the actors nor what they will perform in. So far. But he is approaching the North Korean leader's idea of "culture." All praise the Dear Learder or die.