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New details on little-known Obama Presidential Library, tucked away in Hoffman Estates
obamalibrary.gov ^ | August 29, 2023 | Lynn Sweet

Posted on 12/15/2024 5:07:11 PM PST by ransomnote

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Obama split the government records portion of his presidential library from the rest of his 'legacy' museum etc. and added a small public library to the latter. It saves him money and gives him more control. Adding the public library is a first, and it will possibly benefit the community. Obama is all ego so I assume he wanted guaranteed foot traffic.

In May 2017, Obama’s team made the surprise announcement that there would be no NARA federal presidential library at the center.

Not including an official NARA-run presidential library in the Obama Presidential Center saves the Obama Presidential Foundation, which is raising the money for the center, tens of millions of dollars.

NARA presidential library buildings are privately funded, and the agency mandates an endowment equal to 60% of construction costs of the library. NARA also has expensive design, security and structural requirements to meet its standards to store archival materials in perpetuity.


1 posted on 12/15/2024 5:07:11 PM PST by ransomnote
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Does it have his CPUSA Card?

His CCP Card?

Receipts on his kickbacks from the Iranian mullahs for all of the US Buck$ he sent them?


2 posted on 12/15/2024 5:13:35 PM PST by Paladin2
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One library I will never waste time visiting


3 posted on 12/15/2024 5:16:01 PM PST by goodnesswins (Don’t be REALITY PHOBIC!)
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““We are not throwing away the originals,” Shogan said. “They will be kept in a secure facility. “

Right next to the Ark of the Covenant?


4 posted on 12/15/2024 5:16:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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estimates that 90% of Obama’s records were digitally created.

I would think the function of the presidential library is to create paper copies of digital records and we can lease the records to other universities or government agencies when requested.

Over time, digital records may disappear but we'll have the copies on paper.

5 posted on 12/15/2024 5:16:59 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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The Obama library is the 14th NARA presidential library and first to be virtual. Once the processing work in Hoffman Estates is done, the Obama library won’t exist as a permanent, stand-alone building.

Let me guess: no one will have access to anything from the Obama years. Materials will be mysteriously unavailable for examination. What you’ll be able to see online will be only what they wanted you to see.

6 posted on 12/15/2024 5:23:45 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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7 posted on 12/15/2024 5:25:42 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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This is one library that shouldn’t even exist at all.


8 posted on 12/15/2024 5:27:07 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: BradyLS

That’s correct.


9 posted on 12/15/2024 5:27:22 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Paladin2

And the files on UFOs and extraterrestrials.


10 posted on 12/15/2024 5:28:01 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ransomnote

BTt


11 posted on 12/15/2024 5:31:08 PM PST by nopardons
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BTTT


12 posted on 12/15/2024 5:31:35 PM PST by nopardons
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No, but the rear entrance will be larger than the front.

It will also have the state’s only legal cigarette vending machine.


13 posted on 12/15/2024 5:35:09 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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An out house with a crescent on tecdoor would do nicely!


14 posted on 12/15/2024 5:46:30 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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Send the address and a box of matches to Antifa and tell ‘em that Trump’s stuff is inside.


15 posted on 12/15/2024 5:51:32 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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Maybe it will end up in a dung-heap in Kenya, where it rightfully belongs...


16 posted on 12/15/2024 5:58:21 PM PST by SuperLuminal
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When does the fundraising start for the Biden Library? Was that part of the deal for him to leave?


17 posted on 12/15/2024 6:04:37 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Ol’ Bathhouse Barry Boy knows every one of them.


18 posted on 12/15/2024 6:04:57 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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A signed Pittsburgh Steelers football.

Nothing from the Penn State Nittaly Lions or from Lambert Field in Green Bay? Nothing from the other seven states?


19 posted on 12/15/2024 6:05:08 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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I thought they were gonna say it had a bath house.


20 posted on 12/15/2024 6:07:24 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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