Maijaliisa
maijaliisa.bsky.social
Maijaliisa
@maijaliisa.bsky.social
Retired librarian, poodle mom.
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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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PBS NewsHour story on the impact of the destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). youtu.be/-0Bi9dXqA-g?...
PBS News Hour full episode, April 1, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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April 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics.
In a video posted by Elon Musk’s PAC, a $1M check recipient linked voting to receiving the money:

“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”
March 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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youtube.com/shorts/rSIc0.... I am in a packed auditorium in Duluth Minnesota for a Town Hall meeting. Over 700 people from CD8 are here. Congressman Pete Stauber is a no show. @rachelmaddow.msnbc.com.
March 29, 2025
YouTube video by Joan Peterson
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March 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Beautiful display of northern lights tonight.
March 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Good rule of thumb for determining who are the good guys and who are the bad guys is “which side is eliminating libraries” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries
The president signed an executive order that repeals several Biden-era labor and environmental policies, and another that severely cuts various independent agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Elon Musk speaks of cuts to “entitlements.” Ronald Reagan said when you pay in to Social Security, that makes benefits a contractual obligation. My thoughts in @ContrarianNews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Elon Musk's social insecurity
The billionaire's reckless claims seem intended to manufacture outrage to justify an end to what he refers to as an “entitlement program.”
open.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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guys they're going to stop feeding TSA's bomb-sniffing dogs, per Fox News nat security correspondent:
March 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup for their 10-year-old U.S. citizen daughter, who has pediatric brain cancer. Parents were detained at an immigration checkpoint and deported. Their American children were removed to Mexico too. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer removed to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Pete Doocy coming up with a better one-line talking point for Democrats than 90% of Democrats. You don’t have to always speak in run-on paragraphs to try and fail to make your point. Voters remember lines like this, they don’t remember verbal policy essays.
March 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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He's being crystal clear, folks.

Elon says it's time to cut your Social Security.

www.ajc.com/news/nation-...
Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk pushed debunked theories about Social Security on Monday while describing federal benefit programs as rife with fraud, suggesting they will be a primary target in his crusa...
www.ajc.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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AARP has created an easy way to contact your lawmakers and tell them Social Security must be protected. Learn more.👇
AARP Urges Outreach to Congress to Protect Social Security
Older Americans continue to raise concerns about payments, customer service
www.aarp.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Please share this with people in your life who care about social security!
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
apple.news
March 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Noem’s confused—51 is her IQ
Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.
March 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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“As Gretzky’s image flashed onto the screen during the Canada-U.S. final at the 4 Nations Face-Off last week, people around [Edmonton] found themselves—in living rooms and bars and at gatherings with friends—doing something almost unfathomable: They booed him.”
Trouble in Gretzkyville: For the first time, The Great One finds himself shunned by Edmonton fans
Edmonton’s deep connection and allegiance to Wayne Gretzky endured for decades, but his close friendship to Donald Trump has lifelong fans calling him a disgrace
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Emergency Video: will Congress do to itself what they are demanding of other departments?

Cut congress’ budget and shrink THEIR staff now!
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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DO YOU THINK you and Minnesota 8th District Congressman Pete Stauber share the same goals and values? Now, that he and the US Congress are on another vacation, do you think Stauber will hold any local town hall meetings to hear what we think?
Here's the interview: justthenews.com/videos/rep-p...
February 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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404 continues to absolutely kill it.
Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:

www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM