No snark, I genuinely don’t get it. Trump is one of the least masculine, most juvenile public figures out there. He’s needy, whiny, defensive, terrified of strong women, and visibly intimidated by powerful men. How does his base spin this into the ultimate “strongman” image?

Gotta admit, I’m glad they’re stripping Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center while he’s still alive and coherent enough to feel the burn.

Pilots are having to file safety reports because this light is blinding them.

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

More aerial footage of the celebration in New York: You see people out on their fire escapes, on their balconies, clinging on the side

HISTORY.

NEW: Workers are now putting up a curtain to hide the actual removal of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. The crowd is booing and screaming, "SHAME!"

About 150 people are waiting for a 14-member crew to build the scaffolding needed to remove the 18 offending letters. The atmosphere is festival-like: People have brought their dogs, their partners and their kids. They oohed as lightning spidered across the sky and ahhed at a double rainbow. They cheered when a one-wheel rider zipped through the center's horseshoe driveway in a rainbow crop top and shorts, waving a bisexual pride flag. The Foo Fighters' "My Hero" blasted, followed by a request from a guy shouting to the workers above. "Remove the 'T' first!"

There’s a rainbow outside the Kennedy Center right now as a crowd awaits Trump’s name to be pulled off the arts venue

BREAKING: another stay denied in Trump's desperate effort to keep his name on the Kennedy Center So far today he's been rejected by the trial court and the DC Circuit We are standing by for whatever may come next but he's losing & just making the spectacle worse for him

BREAKING: In a shocking maneuver, Senate Republicans just BLOCKED a Democratic effort to BAN federal troops from entering polling stations or seizing ballots or voting machines. Makes you wonder what they’re planning this November…

EXCLUSIVE: A commercial airline pilot filed safety reports after nearly being blinded by lights from Donald Trump's UFC structure when flying into Washington, D.C.'s Reagan airport. My latest with @MeidasTouch: meidasnews.com/news/white-ho…

Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REINSTALL SIGNS, EXHIBITS IT REMOVED FROM NATIONAL PARKS DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, CLIMATE CHANGE

"This Sunday night’s UFC spectacle on the South Lawn...captures something about this moment in our history. It's vulgar, violent, commercial, grandiose, tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebul…

NEWS: Judge REJECTS last minute attempt to keep Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center. The name is expected to be torn down in the coming hours. Watch our live feed at the link in reply.

NEW: Epstein survivors release statement blasting Todd Blanche following the revelation that he worked alongside the White House to protect Trump from the Epstein files. "We deserve better. We deserve truth, transparency, and accountability. We deserve to be taken seriously when we come forward."

BREAKING: Rep. Garcia has formally requested the Oversight Cmte. call in the following Trump officials in the wake of that new NYT report on Epstein: J.D. Vance Susie Wiles Tyler Budowich James Blair Karoline Leavitt Steven Cheung Kash Patel Dan Bongino Stanley Woodward, Jr. oversightdemocrats.house.gov…

👇🏼 We’re entitled to know about the president’s health.

the thrill of extremely unlikely victory (Al Bello/Getty)

SPEECHLESS. LFGK.