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Navigating the Nonsense

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 189: Navigating the Nonsense

The Kennedy Center Honors Will Be Moved

October 2, 2026 · 1:07 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be held at Washington’s Capital One Arena, not the riverfront building that’s been at the center of a legal fight over adding President Donald Trump’s name to the building,” the Washington Sun reports.

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