Silly and serious closer looks at Trump taking over the Kennedy Center

I changed my mind since I asked "Awards season, anyone?" Instead, I have a story about Hoover Cleveland messing with Americans' entertainment. Watch Seth Meyers in Musk Slammed by Warren at Protest Over DOGE Cuts; Trump's Kennedy Center Takeover: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump shifting his focus from bringing down consumer prices to more pressing issues like arts programming at the Kennedy Center and banning media outlets who won't go along with his geographical name changes.

I'm repeating what I wrote in Stewart, Oliver, Meyers, and Kimmel take closer looks at 'Gulf of America Day' and Musk on the cover of Time: "'Gulf of America Day' — *snort* I don't think it will ever be bigger than National Pizza Day, let alone the Super Bowl!" I followed the AP style manual when I wrote for Examiner.com and sort-of follow it here, so when I refer to the actual body of water, and not Hoover Cleveland making a fuss over the name change, I'm calling it the Gulf of Mexico — no scare quotes around the real name!

Moving from bad geography to bad engineering and science, it seems Hoover Cleveland has something against magnets. People already ridicule his aversion to electric vehicles, sharks, and "windmills" (really wind turbines). Maybe they should make more fun of his feelings about magnets, too.

Seth found the comedy in Hoover Cleveland's takeover of the Kennedy Center board. It's time for some serious news about it, beginning with NBC 4 Washington reporting on Fallout as President Trump takes over Kennedy Center.

President Trump is officially the new chair of the Kennedy Center. News4 has reaction from audience members, performers and the Kennedy family.

As I wrote most recently in 'SNL' recaps the first week of Trump's second term plus Timothée Chalamet, "the surest way to get Americans to act is to mess with their entertainm­ent. As I first wrote in 2011, 'America is quite clear about its screwed up priorities­.'" This story is no exception. Watch Tara Hoot reappear in WUSA9's Protests rise over Kennedy Center leadership changes.

Members of the LGBTQ community march from Washington Circle to Kennedy Center in protest of President Trump's new decision.

I doubt Hoover Cleveland will listen to them; he has become even more homophobic thanks in part to following his base. Just the same, I'm glad they're demonstrating and making their voices heard.

I might have more to say about Hoover Cleveland tomorrow for (Not My) Presidents Day. Stay tuned.