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May 12, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Replaces First Black Librarian of Congress With His Idiot Lawyer
Anyone who has heard a complete sentence out of Todd Blanche’s mouth knows what a disaster he is.
May 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Chaos Breaks Out at Copyright Office With Supposed Trump Appointees
Two men claiming to be Donald Trump appointees were blocked from the newly gutted office.
February 24, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
President Obama has nominated the first woman and African American as Librarian of Congress.
October 6, 2015
Meredith Farkas
The Next Librarian of Congress Should Be an Actual Librarian
September 23, 2014
Danny Vinik
Chart: It's True, Congress Hates Working Before Midterm Elections
They're working more after the midterms—but it's not an even tradeoff

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