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   Chris Adams (acdha@code4lib.social)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 11:26:41 JST Chris Adams

   House Democrats have disclosed that Trump has told the #LibrarianOfCongress that she’s fired, but there’s no stated reason or clear authority to do so:

   http://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-firing-librarian-congress-dr-carla-hayden

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     Chris Adams (acdha@code4lib.social)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 11:26:41 JST Chris Adams

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     AP is reporting a possible motivation:

     “The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids,” the group, American Accountability Foundation, said on its X account earlier Thursday, just hours before the firing was made public. “It’s time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!”

     https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef

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