The Kennedy Center Archives

The Scum Abides

June 18, 2026 Buck Banks

As building continues, resistance rises against Trump’s ballroom,
And his name on the Kennedy Center has been judicially doomed.
Seems the only things he’s really good at
Are boldfaced lying and wearing his MAGA hat,
Oh, and filling the Reflecting Pool with scummy green algae blooms.

Kimmel: Trump Said He Would Step Down Over Low Ratings

January 6, 2026 Buck Banks

“After boasting about what a great host he is and how much better he is than I am and how huge his ratings would be, Trump hosted the lowest-rated Kennedy Center Honors telecast of all time. … You know, as I recall, he said he’d step down if this happened. He said, ‘If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel, then I don’t think I should be president.’ Hey, a deal is a deal. Back to Mar-a-Lago you go.”

— Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night after his winter break and he used his first monologue of the year to taunt President Trump about his low ratings, Variety reports.

The Show Won’t Go On

December 31, 2025 Buck Banks

Donald Trump slapped his name on the Kennedy Center because he’s an arse,
So musicians are canceling appearances, even some from the top of the charts.
The center is (unironically) suing them for “political acts,”
But really, Trump needs to face the overwhelming facts —
If artists won’t perform there, it’s no longer a “Center for Performing Arts.”

Nobody Watched Trump’s “Kennedy Center Honors”

December 31, 2025 Buck Banks

3.01 million

“Ratings for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors sunk to its lowest numbers ever as President Trump hosted the once-prestigious event from the renamed Washington, D.C. performing arts center, which he altered to include his name weeks after its taping,” The Wrap reports. “The awards ceremony drew in just 3.01 million viewers as it broadcast on CBS and live streamed on Paramount+ on Tuesday, Dec. 23… As preliminary ratings suggested, the 2025 ceremony marked the lowest audience for the Kennedy Center Honors, and even sunk lower than the Covid-restricted 2021 program, which gathered 4.1 million total viewers, its lowest viewership at the time.”

It’s Still the Kennedy Center

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 Buck Banks

“Perhaps the board isn’t aware that the Kennedy Center is the memorial to the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Would they rename the Lincoln memorial? The Jefferson? That would be an insult to great presidents. This too is an insult to a great president. Notwithstanding their short-sighted action, it is and will remain the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.”

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The Scum Abides

Kimmel: Trump Said He Would Step Down Over Low Ratings

— Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night after his winter break and he used his first monologue of the year to taunt President Trump about his low ratings, Variety reports.

The Show Won’t Go On

Nobody Watched Trump’s “Kennedy Center Honors”

3.01 million

It’s Still the Kennedy Center

— Tim Shriver, nephew of President John F. Kennedy, quoted by Deadline.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

“I think it’s embarrassing, still, even more so. I mean, sure, like, take care of yourself, get healthy, but who gets to take four months off of work because they’re sad?”

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called Rep. Tom Kean Jr’s (R-NJ) explanation on Tuesday for his prolonged absence from Congress “embarrassing” in an interview with TMZ, Mediaite reports.

Numerati

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.

$3.81 billion

53%

A new Cato Institute poll found that only 53% of Americans could correctly identify the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as the historical event marked by July 4. And 46% said they did not know what the day commemorated, including 61% of Gen Z respondents.

$26 million

“President Donald Trump said he had earned at least $26 million in income from an array of new real estate ventures abroad, illustrating how his fortune has grown as his family embraces foreign deal-making in his second term,” Bloomberg reports.