The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/institute-museum-library-services-layoffs/

My brain today...
#sleepdeprived #CheckedOut

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

Residential Hotels Got Contracts Under the Los Angeles Mayor’s Homelessness Program Despite Violations

https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-residential-hotels-got-inside-safe-contracts-despite-violations

#CheckedOut

Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Used for Temporary Homeless Housing

https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-mayor-orders-residential-hotels-to-be-temporary-homeless-housing

#CheckedOut

LA Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists

https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-housing-department-demands-residential-hotels-stop-renting-rooms-to-tourists

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How We Found What the City of Los Angeles Didn’t: Landlords Renting Low-Cost Housing to Tourists

https://www.propublica.org/article/we-found-los-angeles-landlords-renting-residential-hotels

#CheckedOut

They #CheckedOut #Pride #Books in #AntiLGBTQ #Protest. It #Backfired.

Two #SanDiego #residents cleared out the #PrideMonth display at their #library and said such #materials shouldn’t be available to #children, one of several recent #clashes over #LGBTQIA #issues in #California.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/us/pride-books-library-protest.html

Man, every where I turn I'm being bombarded to register to vote. Or constant reminders to actually vote. #NoThanks #CheckedOut