I'm not aware of a database, but I did a quick search for which libraries retain the largest digital collections and that returned results pretty easily. It seems like the Los Angeles Public Library has the largest Overdrive/Librista collection in the US, for instance. Their nonresident fee is $50, which applies to all applicants who are not CA residents.

Usually there is no limit except that you be within the country, though I can't definitely speak for every single library. Certainly for the larger libraries at least there isn't. Most of them are very, very used to having members who live quite a distance away.

As a librarian I'd like to respectfully say that I don't think that's a stellar idea. But you're entitled to your viewpoint (that is, after all, what libraries are for...) as well.

It depends on which library you get a card from; you get access to that library's entire digital catalog. My library is a pretty small library, so it's not vast but definitely still a good collection. We have manga and comics, and update our collection monthly with new titles that come out as well as requested titles. I recommend doing some research to find out which libraries are good values in terms of the cost of their out of county fee versus the size of their collection.

It may reassure you to read the American Library Association Code of Ethics, by which public libraries abide. Therein you can read that libraries following said code strive, as organizations, to be as apolitical and neutral as possible. Their only goal is to make all viewpoints available to all people, so that those people can make informed decisions on their own on whatever they choose to access.

If you have the means to read using Hoopla, Librista or any of the other myriad apps libraries use for eBooks, there's very little stopping you from being able to procure an out of county library card from a library in another state to use their digital services. I myself am a librarian and we do have patrons who are out of the area and just use those services... we charge $15/year in out of county fees at my library, but the amount varies.

I've seen some articles calling into question the safety of the liners too, although I haven't done any research to see if there's any veracity to those claims since I use neither a crockpot nor liners.

Don't a lot of these have lead?