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On X · @nicksortorProtesters Rally Outside Kennedy Center Against Trump Renovation PlansConservative reporter Nick Sortor posted video of demonstrators protesting Trump’s private-funded renovation of the aging Kennedy Center, calling the protest pathetic and claiming protesters want the venue to collapse. The post trended with high engagement amid partisan debate over funding, naming, and board decisions. Reactions heavily favored Sortor’s anti-protester framing.850 likes · 11mMatt Suhey, fullback on 1985 Bears championship team, dies at 68 — Sep 7, 2026Matt Suhey, the 1980s Chicago Bears fullback and longtime lead blocker for Walter Payton, scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl XX and was a durable, versatile contributor for a dominant Bears run, dying at 68. His death, confirmed by the Bears and reported across outlets, marks the passing of a key figure on the 1985 championship team who helped define the era with 2,946 rushing yards and 260 receptions in a Bears career spanning 1980–89.
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On X · @slayyyterPop artist Slayyyter posts photo with director Richard Linklater using song-lyric punSinger-songwriter Slayyyter (@slayyyter) shared a backstage photo with filmmaker Richard Linklater after her Austin show, captioned “richard we should linklater.” The line is a direct callback to a lyric in her music (“he wanna fuck slayyyter / richard, we should link later”), which has long been a fan meme tying her work to Linklater (director of *Dazed and Confused*, the film that inspired her stage name). It is circulating as light fan celebration of the real-life meetup fulfilling the pun.945 likes · 13m 
