To rephrase a song from back in the day, 'The regime fought the law. And the law won.'
Library of Congress. (Library of Congress Website)
It was different on Monday. It happened at the Library of Congress.
When the regime previously tried to take over buildings, the regime was largely successful in the attempt. In the past, they came in large numbers accompanied by large men who said that they were "U.S. Marshals," but who did not show their badges or wear uniforms or carry ID, although they may have come in masks and balaclavas, some of them.
No, it was not like that on Monday, May 12, 2025 at the Library of Congress. The regime sent two lawyers to take over the U.S. Copyright Office. The Copyright Office is a part of the Library of Congress and so it is housed in that building.
When what has become known as the Battle at the Library of Congress began, the two lawyers apparently relied on attempted intimidation. Understandably, being lawyers they did not try to muscle their way in. Rather, they announced that they had come to take over the Copyright Office and they demanded the keys.
The Librarians working at the Library of Congress refused admission to the takeover lawyers and the Librarians declined to be taken over by the regime. They apparently pointed out that they work for Congress, not the regime.
Then the Librarians called the cops.
Before the cops arrived, the lawyers left. At the end of the day, Librarians were still in charge of the Library.
It is a pretty good guess that this will not be the end of the story. In fact, it is almost certainly not the end; the regime doesn't ever seem to stop trying despite its repeated failures. But the Librarians will be ready for them if they come back.
I hope that we will all be ready, when the time comes.
Things are looking brighter in general than they did in late January of 2025. We have a long way to go. Take the long view.
Be sure to celebrate successes along the way. And so, remember the example set by Librarians on Monday, May 12, 2025.
What follows is an article I previously published on Substack earlier this week. I have continued to try to find further information on this event, including on what steps if any the regime is taking to avenge their humiliation. I have nothing new to report. The article that follows is based on the latest -- and only -- information available, so far as I can find it.
LIBRARIANS ROCK.
When you rile up a librarian, you better watch out if you know what's good for you.
I do not know what happened after the librarians kept the regime's agents from taking over the U.S. Copyright Office.
The agents showed up on Monday, May 12, 2025 at the Library of Congress which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. The librarians stopped them from taking it over and called the cops. Then the agents went away.
I have looked over the whole Internet but I have not been able to find out what if anything happened since Monday (and certainly something has, we just haven't heard about it, yet).
I have asked for information on social media and here on Substack, but so far crickets.
All I know for sure is that librarians did not allow agents of the regime to take over the U.S. Copyright Office in the Library of Congress on Monday.
The reports I have read identify the two agents of the regime as "Department of Justice officials." Are you kidding me? Do you not know who runs the Department of Justice now? It's not the same Department of Justice that your mothers and fathers grew up with, you know.
Some reports have also mentioned Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the Copyright Office and Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress. The reports had it that both were "fired" by the head of the regime. I call BS.
I call BS because the head of the regime did not fire either person. He could only say that he fired them; he never had the actual power. Don't give it to him.
Relish instead the only facts we truly have, and they are good to know: Librarians turned away agents of the regime when they tried to take over.
We need more librarians. Or, at least we need more of the courage that inspired librarians displayed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Monday.
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