The modern world offers up some weird entertainment at times. For example, this weekend a judge ordered the administration to take his name off of everything related to the Kennedy Center, including the building. And so the live stream extravaganza began.

I tuned in for a while, and then kept checking back, because it was going to be so easy to witness that glorious moment. Then the scaffolding began to go up. And up. And up. And then the tarp was added. He knew we were all watching as part of our Friday night activities, and he and henchmen decided to ruin our fun.

I actually am enjoying it more because the tarp is still up. Oh the administration is lying about it at full speed:

Both will stay up while crews evaluate how to repair the exterior marble and, while they’re at it, the slabs on the underside of the overhanging roof, center spokeswoman Roma Daravi said in a statement. She did not give an estimate for when that work would be finished and the tarp and scaffolding removed.

I’ll guess:  January 2029.

Leaving it up is perfect—it’s a clear sign that he knows he lost and that he knows we’re all waiting to laugh at him once it’s unveiled.

Last week New York City was joyously anticipating a Knicks championship, and the area around the arena was set to be part of the celebration inside. He ran away from New York because he is afraid of legal consequences in states who are not governed by his lickspittles, but he had a friend who would keep him safe in a luxury box so he announced he was going. And so his friend called off all of the activities outside of the arena.

A chunk of the city was inconvenienced because a turd saw a punch bowl and needed to jump in it. He got booed during—and over—the national anthem. And then he fell asleep and left us with another thing to laugh at him about.

Then on Sunday he had the big birthday party he had to throw for himself. My colleagues Adrastos and JamieO posted their thoughtful takes on the event. Now last year his Big Birthday Parade was on TV and it was disarming to see all of the service people riding in tanks smiling and throwing goodies to the crowd. And then there was this wonderful moment:

Squeaky tanks and empty bleachers and he knew back then too that we hate him. But this year it wasn’t televised and the excuse was that it was going to be complicated:

There will not be any traditional TV broadcast of the event, and you may be asking yourself why Paramount+ is the only option when this thing is ostensibly a celebration of the country. That might have something to do with the fact that every corporate entity involved in the fight is run by a close ally of President Trump.

CEO of UFC Dana White? Good buddy of Trump. Chairman and CEO of the recently merged Paramount-Skydance David Ellison? You bet that’s a Trump guy. In fact, Ellison is currently eroding CBS News and its venerable news magazine 60 Minutes to make their content more palatable to Trump. So it’s no wonder that Ellison’s Paramount+ will be the exclusive home of this event, in line with UFC’s relatively new streaming deal. The event will not be available on CBS.

And if he had wanted some of it to air on broadcast TV, of course something could have been worked out. But he’s finally beginning to really understand:  we hate him.

I’ll leave you with this: