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choie

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32. The congress doesn't care.
Tue May 13, 2025, 01:15 PM
May 13

Most of this shit wouldn’t be able to be done without Congress’ silence.

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How better to burn the books? And the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, ... erronis May 12 #1
The theft of priceless American artifacts. Irish_Dem May 12 #2
The theft in many formats... slightlv May 12 #15
The scope and depth of the crimes is mind boggling. Irish_Dem May 13 #19
The crime spree keeps finding levels I couldn't have fathomed, yellow dahlia May 13 #30
I kept warning that Trump was a vicious, ruthless psychopath. Irish_Dem May 13 #34
Writers are going to have to up their writing game on crime novels slightlv May 13 #37
Except no one would believe a crime novel along the lines of the Trump Crime Family. Irish_Dem May 13 #38
Media critical of Trump and republicans will be off the shelves. And supportive DEI material. Norrrm May 12 #3
This is to let Elon steal copyrighted materials for his AI firm. SunSeeker May 12 #4
Not just Elon. All the AI bros. highplainsdem May 12 #6
it's all a joke Karch May 12 #5
Nothing is sacred, anymore. littlemissmartypants May 12 #7
Nothing is sacred - exactly. yellow dahlia May 13 #29
Can't wait to see who the next Poet Laureate is BaronChocula May 12 #8
OOOOH! Pick Kid Rock!! Pick Kid Rock!!! BurnDoubt May 12 #11
Oh my BaronChocula May 12 #16
The grift continues - he gets a justice department salary as well as the library of congress salary. And the MAGAts iluvtennis May 12 #9
It's like they meet every night just to decide bluestarone May 12 #10
I just read a post indicating this is a Legislative Branch Appointment... BurnDoubt May 12 #12
I saw the same thing about 30 minutes ago BumRushDaShow May 12 #13
this is what is being reported by Rachel NJCher May 12 #14
By statute the Librarian of Congress is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of Congress onenote May 12 #17
45 doesn't care, nor do the DOGE people, as none have a clue about the web of laws that created these agencies/Boards BumRushDaShow May 13 #22
No doubt, But my post wasn't directed at Trump or Doge onenote May 13 #24
"the president can't name the register of copyrights -- by law, that authority is vested in the Librarian of Congress." BumRushDaShow May 13 #31
We know Trump ignores the law. But that doesn't mean it isn't important to point out what the law actually is onenote May 13 #35
And his intransigence was my point BumRushDaShow May 13 #36
The congress doesn't care. choie May 13 #32
Yup BumRushDaShow May 13 #33
With respect to the Librarian, the post you saw is inaccurate. See post #24 onenote May 13 #25
It's like they're using AI to figure out how to break things fast. mahina May 13 #28
Congress is not executive branch department. Guess who's Library? (other than ultimately US citizen's in trust). . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 13 #18
The Librarian is a Presidentially appointed 10-year termed person though BumRushDaShow May 13 #23
The courts disagree onenote May 13 #27
Thanks. Iinterested to see who the Senate confirms -- Blanche or Newlen. ancianita May 13 #20
Have they hired someone to dust the librarian's chair? JustABozoOnThisBus May 13 #21
I actually gave a lecture and served on a panel lapfog_1 May 13 #26
No more Dewey Decimal System kskiska May 13 #39
The Library of Congress has its own classification system onenote May 13 #40
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