- Hey. I'm not saying that the person who posted about a standoff between the Capitol Police and DOGE at the Library of Congress can't be right. But no one has independently confirmed it, as far as I can tell. Which would be wild, because Congress connects to the LOC via tunnel.
- Here's the Post article www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- So, two points: (1) There wasn’t the same kind of stand off we saw with the US Institute of Peace. Rather, they were turned away at the door. (2) this wasn’t DOGE. It was appointees (both from DOJ) to replace the fired personnel - both who (via the verge) come from the anti tech end of MAGA.May 14, 2025 04:33
- DOGE having access to the library of congress raises different issues given their data harvesting operations and Musk’s stake in AI.
- Here’s the verge piece
- Yikes. Actually, here is The Verge piece. It’s late, and I’m ham-fingered at cut and paste even when I’m wide awake.
- the weirdness at the Copyright Office intensifies, with both Dems and MAGA pointing fingers at Elon Musk for the firing of Shira Perlmutter, and identifying the AI report as the reason www.theverge.com/politics/666...
- So, a lot of this hinges on how you read “a standoff with DOGE.” Based on how I read it, there’s a substantive difference, but based on how a lot of other people read it, it’s more of a pedantic difference. In conclusion, “a standoff with doge” is a land of contrasts.
