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NickB79

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1. I've had a running battle on Facebook with my old school librarian

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2025, 09:26 AM

May 18

She's conservative, from our very small town, but she taught my dad, uncles, and me to love reading as kids, and ran both the school and town library before retiring, so we're still friends. She assured me that the cuts wouldn't be THAT bad. I disagreed vehemently, because I remember all the fund raising drives she personally organized to keep our libraries funded.

I just posted this to Facebook to see her reaction.

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Libraries are cutting back on staff and services after Trump's order to dismantle small agency [View all] BumRushDaShow May 18 OP

I've had a running battle on Facebook with my old school librarian NickB79 May 18 #1

Unfortunately BumRushDaShow May 18 #2

In Nazi Germany, many Germans never thought Hitler would be what he became and when he did, it was too late AZLD4Candidate May 18 #3

We are literally living through BumRushDaShow May 18 #4

All part of the purposeful plan to dumb down the electorate so the will continue to believe what ever bullshit.... usaf-vet May 18 #5

I have been buying and collecting books k_buddy762 May 18 #6

I am so fortunate to have one of the top 10 national libraries in my county....... joanbarnes May 18 #7

I live near a great library and am frequently there. SupportSanity May 18 #8

There are 2 cases that I could find being tracked BumRushDaShow May 18 #9

Thank you very much for researching. So it looks SupportSanity May 18 #10

Most welcome! BumRushDaShow May 18 #11