A Night to Build Community will feature concert with Bette Midler, Patti Smith and Rufus Wainwright streaming nationwide Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The No Kings movement has announced a nationwide event on 14 June, directly counter-programming Donald Trump’s 80th birthday celebrations and a Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bout on the south lawn of the White House. The centerpiece is a 90-minute concert at New York’s Town Hall featuring entertainer Bette Midler, songwriter Patti Smith, actor Jane Fonda, musician Rufus Wainwright and commentator Joy Reid – streaming free nationwide, while local groups host watch parties across the country. The event is co-presented by the Committee for the First Amendment, a coalition of artists and cultural figures, and frames the US’s 250th anniversary as a moment of democratic reckoning. The plans put two very different visions for the occasion in direct competition. The US president is billing UFC Freedom 250 as a historic national celebration: a star-spangled octagon arena on the south lawn of the White House, with 4,000 ticketed guests, and a fan festival on the Ellipse expected to draw up to 100,000 people. The weig
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking over swaths of the nationâs capital, with the headline cage matches set to take place at the White House on Sunday. A massive arched lighting grid, which the UFC calls âThe Claw,â has been…
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking over swaths of the nationâs capital, with the headline cage matches set to take place at the White House on Sunday. A massive arched lighting grid, which the UFC calls…
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking over swaths of the nationâs capital, with the headline cage matches set to take place at the White House on Sunday. A massive arched lighting grid, which the UFC calls âThe Claw,â has been…
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