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The two officials—Paul Perkins, an associate deputy attorney general, and Brian Nieves, a deputy chief of staff and senior policy counsel—were seeking access to the U.S. Copyright Office but were denied entry at around 9 a.m., sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity told The New York Times.

Despite Trump’s appointment of Blanche as acting librarian of Congress, library staff have reportedly been recognizing Robert Newlen as their interim replacement instead, according to The Times’ sources. Newlen was principal deputy librarian and Hayden’s second-in-command.

Staff seem to be waiting for direction from Congress, with Newlen additionally sending an email to employees saying he did not recognize Blanche’s appointment as valid, according to Politico.

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Wow, I didn’t have the Library of Congress pegged as the one government agency that would actually tell orangeboi et al to go fuck themselves. But I’m not disappointed that they are.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 109 points 3 days ago

Libraries are more radical than skateboards, this is just how libraries be

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 87 points 3 days ago

Librarians are interesting folk. I’m not surprised.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Freaky-deaky is a more accurate description.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

My mom was a librarian and can confirm, librarians are weird badasses.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 72 points 3 days ago

These are the last people between the curated knowledge of the nation and fascists who want to burn it. And they know it.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago

Park rangers aren't taking this lying down either.

https://ourparks.org/altnps

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Disagree, sure there are occasional leaks but I can promise you that the leadership is moving forward quickly in following orders as they come down. There is no real resistance coming from the park service unfortunatly

[-] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 days ago

Intellectuals are usually the most willing to resist authoritarianism.

That's why they are usually one of the very early targets.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 78 points 3 days ago

I take issue with the title.

The term "new MAGA bosses" says "these ARE their new bosses and the staff aren't letting THEIR NEW BOSSES in"

Ajent Ornj doesn't have the authority to place these goons into the library of congress, therefore THEY ARE NOT BOSSES, new or otherwise. They are THUGS trying to break into a library after being told to leave, because they are there to ruin any positive thing there and burn half the contents. Figuratively or a literal bonfire, doesn't matter.

Suggested new title: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS STAFF TURN AWAY MAGA THUGS WHO CLAIM AUTHORITY WHERE NONE EXISTS

[-] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 52 points 3 days ago

Not "New Bosses". They have not been legally appointed to the position. They are intruders posing as officials to gain unlawful access

[-] Natanael@infosec.pub 7 points 2 days ago

Separation of powers - they literally can not be legally appointed by the executive.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

Librarians when some maga chucklefuck demands to see the records

Well done, these guardians of knowledge are fighting a battle for history itself.

[-] AliasVortex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] mr_jawa@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Who could have guessed a group of educated intellectuals would know the laws? Also. These assclowns are not officials. They were never confirmed by congress.

[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Perlmutter was laid off from the Copyright Office after publishing a report on the contentions between artificial intelligence and fair use.

Oh, of course it's ultimately about trying to do an end-run around Congress in order to enable the AI grift. Everything is always in service of one of the grifters providing Trump with a slush fund.

I'm so tired of all this.

[-] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Librarians fucking rule.

[-] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

It checks out that the people that read the most know the book the orange is trying to follow.

[-] Neuromorph@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago

They turned away unlawful access requests.

[-] griff@lemmings.world 32 points 3 days ago

Push em back Push em back Waaaaay back!

[-] Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fuck yeah. Love this resistance to President Cheetos merry band of dipshits. And Capitol Police backing it up is even better. They answer to congress, not the fucking cheeto!

[-] RelativityRanger@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Fucking metal

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

That guy looks like he's ready to murder some brown people's history books right about now!

[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Congress: "Yeah whatever, do what the orange guy says."

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Mr. Bookman would be proud.

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