Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
The Trump administration fired the librarian of Congress, Carla D. Hayden, on Thursday, drawing swift outcry from Democrats. Dr. Hayden was the first African American and first woman to serve as the head of the institution.
Dr. Hayden, appointed as the 14th librarian of Congress by President Barack Obama in 2016, had overseen the library through President Trump’s first term. The library, the oldest government-run cultural institution in the United States, only rarely gets a new leader. Dr. Hayden was its first since 1987.
She was fired in a two-sentence email from Trent Morse, the deputy director of White House personnel. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately,” the email said, without citing a cause. “Thank you for your service.”
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 9, 2025 11:43 PM
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Dr. Hayden became the librarian of Congress after a lengthy run as the chief librarian in Baltimore, her longtime home, where she had overhauled the city’s struggling public library system.
She had known Mr. Obama since her early days as a librarian working in the Chicago Public Library. She started as a librarian in Chicago in 1973 and ultimately became the city’s chief librarian.
But she harbored a special appreciation for the Library of Congress, which she called a “treasure chest.”
“It’s like heaven,” she said in a video published by the Obama White House when she was nominated to be librarian of Congress. In the video, she reflected on her status as the first female and first Black librarian of Congress, saying that her selection showed “what a national library can be.”
“It’s inclusive,” she said. “It can be part of everyone’s story. I believe in what libraries can be for a civilized society, and a country that is open to all.”
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 9, 2025 11:18 PM
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This is some low, low shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 9, 2025 11:22 PM
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Might as well burn them damn books.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 9, 2025 11:26 PM
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So basically, it's because she's black, right?
And now she's going to be replaced by a white person?
Trump is really rolling back the clock on all the progress black people have made in the past 60 years.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 9, 2025 11:28 PM
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The felon prez is a total piece of shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 9, 2025 11:29 PM
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Are they giving this to Rubio too?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 9, 2025 11:30 PM
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[quote] And now she's going to be replaced by a white person?
Probably one who dropped out of high school.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 9, 2025 11:38 PM
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Next stop: their Gutenberg bible on display at Mar a Lardo.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 9, 2025 11:40 PM
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[quote] Probably one who dropped out of high school.
....and can't read or write.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 9, 2025 11:40 PM
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A straight white man -- that's all you need to be to get this job.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 9, 2025 11:42 PM
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Relax he's appointing another learned woman. Caitlyn Jenner
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 9, 2025 11:43 PM
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