#Via Dave Jorgenson / davejorgenson12:20 PM · Jun 12, 2026

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

OKAY. Damnatio Memoriae preview is back on the menu, boys!

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Joanne Freeman
@jbf1755
10:46 PM · Jun 12, 2026

"There are currently 55,000* people on MSNOW's YouTube channel watching scaffolding get put into place in preparation for tearing down DJT's name from the Kennedy Center.

55,000 watching.
And a lot of people on site
Cheering in anticipation..."

[*Now ~75K]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm880quUg

[devorars@mastodon.online]

@_L1vY_ @jbf1755 the joy I felt in being with others for something this banal but also important was thrilling

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

@devorars The solidarity is real

[dbaplanb@mastodon.sdf.org]

@_L1vY_ @jbf1755
71,034 at 11:08 pm eastern
scaffold seems to be almost done

[tc_morekindness@c.im]

@_L1vY_ @jbf1755

A friend sent me this link at 5:18 pm EDT and said it was cracking him up. I saw his message a half hour later, and nothing was happening -- there was just the scaffolding. I was a bit puzzled. Now I understand, though.

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

SO tired (and cranky at the constant jerking around rollercoaster) Just want to see one letter come down! And then I can finally go to bed content.

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

These workers have never had such an appreciative audience

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas
11:10 PM · Jun 12, 2026

"i hope media executives are taking note of the tens of thousands of people who for several hours on a friday night have stayed glued to livestreams of scaffolding being built just so they could witness his name getting knocked off a building."

[dbaplanb@mastodon.sdf.org]

@_L1vY_
They are likely going to hang a tarp before taking the letters down. I wonder who pays the fine for this not to be done by midnight. Though I guess if they remove just one letter, it is technically not his name anymore...
Commenter on YT makes a very good point: @jongillard7606
​​Why do they need scaffolding to remove it when they were able to use cherry pickers and scissor lifts to install it.