Also a valid point. The Library of Congress is in the legislative, not executive, branch. RE:
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Brandon Knows Nothing (@bibliotekki.bsky.social)
Why is the President being allowed to fire the Librarian of CONGRESS, of the Library of CONGRESS. Where is CONGRESS in all of this?
Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible. RE:
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Senator Martin Heinrich (@heinrich.senate.gov)
BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
DOGE's big contribution to efficiency was apparently to make everyone waste time every week and ignore the results. RE:
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Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social)
CDC leadership just told staff on Monday that they could stop sending their "5 things I did last week" emails. Finally. Per source, people were m...
Oh hey, what did I write two years ago? Yup. [www.techdirt.com/2023/05/24/s...](
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Sam Altman Wants The Government To Build Him A Moat
For my final post of last year, I wrote about the many reasons to be optimistic about a better future, one of which was that we were seeing the cru...
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darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social)
man those critics who called out altmans call for regulation in 2023 as cynical posturing to protect his lead in AI and he would change course once...
 [Sam Altman Wants The Governmen...](
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Sam Altman Wants The Government To Build Him A Moat
For my final post of last year, I wrote about the many reasons to be optimistic about a better future, one of which was that we were seeing the cru...
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Wrote about just how insanely quickly the ODNI responded to this FOIA request from [@freedom.press](
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Freedom of the Press Foundation (@freedom.press)
Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century. Subscribe to our ne🦋sletters: https://freedom.press/newsletters/ Staff,...
 ), contradicting Trump *and* their own boss, Gabbard. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Intelligence Community Demolishes Trump’s Venezuelan ‘Invasion’ Claims In Record Time… Almost Like They Want Us To Know He’s Lying The ...
So wait. Will the pope keep tweeting?
Kind of incredible how the GOP just keeps killing incredibly useful and popular programs and people just shrug. [arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...](
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Senate passes “cruel” Republican plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids
Senate vote nullifies FCC hotspot-lending program for kids without broadband.
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Senate passes “cruel” Republican plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids
Senate vote nullifies FCC hotspot-lending program for kids without broadband.
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Land of the free... [www.capitalgazette.com/2025/05/08/n...](
Naval Academy appears to change how non-U.S. citizens can visit – Capital Gazette
Non-U.S. citizens are prohibited from visiting the Naval Academy without being accompanied by a U.S. citizen with military credentials and escort ...
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Naval Academy appears to change how non-U.S. citizens can visit – Capital Gazette
Non-U.S. citizens are prohibited from visiting the Naval Academy without being accompanied by a U.S. citizen with military credentials and escort ...
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* censorial. But, otherwise, yes, everything Ari says here. Remember when people tried to claim that Mike Lee was "libertarian"? RE:
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Ari Cohn (@aricohn.com)
So, uh. first of all...Mike Lee can't just wave a magic wand and change the definition of obscenity. That's not how the First Amendment works. Sec...
Not only did Ed Martin have his nomination pulled, he's also had quite the ethics complaint filed against him: [demandprogress.org/wp-content/u...](📄.pdf ) https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreid5z36oifzpdjg26z5vi2bfwef4j7iyowspw3dqvkwx7etsqx7spq