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Laura Mattingly
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Hobby family historian and historic preservationist. 🌳
Current President of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society NSGS.org
Oldtrunkintheattic.blogspot.com
DAR member
Doing my best to stay humble and kind in this world. ❤️🤍💙
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April 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down
Screenshot of a reddit post on r/fednews that reads: DOGE is at the Institue of Museum and Library Services right now, AM 03/20, to shut down the agency The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and the new Acting Director (also somehow DepSec of Labor) Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down. Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby of the office building (955 L'Enfant Plaza) and they are proceeding with quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. There is no major reporting on the death of IMLS. There are Deparment of Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries. IMLS offices are on the 4th floor of 955 L'Enfant. There is no media present to document this efficiency saving of .004% of the federal budget. Every library system in the country receives these grants. Museums in every state depend on them. Every penny disbursed is American tax dollars back in American communities. This is one of the 7 federal agencies offered up as a needless sacrificial lamb in the catastrophic resolution and last week's EO.
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries

Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
Late Friday night, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to dismantle the institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services. This order would harm communities across the country. Millions of people rely on library services and programs supported by IMLS.
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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This is ridiculous! 😡
March 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I don’t like being asked “how far back have you gotten?” Because it doesn’t take into account the details I’ve uncovered. I like being asked “who is the most interesting person…” but that’s hard to answer. 🤣
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Right?! As in Ancestry hints leading to a Find A Grave memorial I created.
December 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM