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Martin O'Malley

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61st Governor of Maryland, former Mayor of Baltimore. Katie O'Malley fan. Celtic rock Singer/Songwriter.

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Join us tomorrow in Virginia! Let’s continue fighting to protect Social Security:
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01.08.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.

The most damaging 90 days in Social Security’s history. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

17.05.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are spreading big lies about Social Security.

It's not a Ponzi scheme, no matter what they say.

We need to protect this agency and this program from all of their attempts to destroy it.l

06.05.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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We’re taking the fight directly to Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Thank you to the hundreds who came out to our town hall in New York last nightβ€”we are fighting like hell to protect Social Security in America.

23.04.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Today, I am holding in my heart and my prayers those who lost their lives 30 years ago in Oklahoma City.

We must never forget their memories.

19.04.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you, Oklahoma!

Great to be with Oklahoma residents to talk about the future of Social Security in America and what we can do to stop Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

18.04.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Setting the Record Straight on Social Security | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Social Security’s payment accuracy rate is very high β€” well over 99 percent β€” and it has many safeguards against improper payments, including rigorous protocols to stop paying benefits to people who h...

No β€” there are not millions of dead people still receiving Social Security. Not 150 year old dead people. Not 30 year old dead people. There are multiple automated alerts from states and medicare whenever a person in pay status dies. www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

15.04.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security β€” even if they can’t collect from them in the future.

No β€” so called illegal immigrants DO NOT receive Social Security benefits; that is prohibited by law. But they do contribute $25 billion a year for the rest of us. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...

15.04.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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DOGE is disrupting Social Security DOGE's targeting of Social Security has already created challenges for one of the most important government departments.

🧡 FACT CHECKING ELON MUSK:

No β€” Social Security is not overrun with fraud. In fact, every Inspector General for 30 years has found fraud amounts to far less than even 1% of total benefits. www.brookings.edu/articles/dog...

15.04.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 726    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5
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Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown The tactic is aimed at putting pressure on undocumented immigrants to leave the country.

If without due process, Trump and Musk can unlawfully β€œdisappear” or β€œdigitally murder”anyone who legally entered our country, then they can do it to anyone already legally here. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

11.04.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6
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Trump’s Social Security Promise Under Strain as DOGE Cuts Take Toll President Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but as Elon Musk’s team trims staff and plans cuts to phone services, the system is groaning under the pressure.

Elon Musk and Donald are wrecking Social Security as we know it.

We must fight back.

This cannot be allowed to continue. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

09.04.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump are breaking Social Security "so then after wrecking it, they can rob it."

The people are standing up and fighting back.

Great to be with Councilman Izzy Patoka at today's β€œHands Off Social Security Rally” in Woodlawn.

05.04.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 684    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 7
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Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security Claims of massive fraud by Elon Musk and President Trump are at odds with reams of audits and reports on the agency’s spending.

And this is why the Musk/Trump eliminated the Inspector General and Office before they start their lies about dead people and immigrants defrauding Social Security. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

25.03.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8
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Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.

The Musk/Trump co-presidency has taken 90% of the actions necessary to drive Social Security into a total system collapse. Their nominee must have approved all of it, or he wouldn’t be going for confirmation. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

25.03.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret policy shift could overwhelm Social Security offices with millions of people On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) enacted a new policy that could impose massive demands on the agency's overburdened network of field offices, according to an internal SSA messag...

Musk and Trump want to wreck Social Security’s ability to function so they can rob it. Rise up and stop the steal of your Social Security. popular.info/p/exclusive-...

21.03.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 349    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 5
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Social Security Workers Say It Is Being Endangered by DOGE Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency’s ability to serve the public.

Social Security being dismantled β€œby a drunk with a wrecking ball” β€” great reporting by NY Times. People need to rise up. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/b...

17.03.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
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Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.

By the end of 2024 we had driven the speed to answer the Social Security 1-800# down from a 42.5 minute national average to 12.4 minute average. Now the Trump/Musk co-presidency wants to eliminate phone service for customers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

12.03.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 13
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β€˜A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse | CNN Politics Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissione...

This CNN piece today is really good clear succinct. In plain language with examples of impacts. Musk and his DOGE team at Social Security are driving the agency to total system collapse. www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/p...

08.03.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1461    πŸ” 671    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 35

Across Social Security right now: in addition to mass firings, elimination of Oversight Division, they are wasting taxpayer dollars by actually paying retirement eligible people FOR A WHOLE YEAR to leave now. Giving others cash incentives to leave now. Destroying Social Security so they can rob it.

07.03.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 367    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6
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Tuesday night, Donald Trump stood before the nation and, with the full backing of billionaires like Elon Musk, laid the groundwork for the biggest heist in American historyβ€”the rapid, systematic destruction of Social Security, disguised as β€œreform.”

This is why Musk/Trump are moving so fast to destroy Social Security’s ability to serve customers and answer the phone. Best piece I’ve seen newrepublic.com/maz/article/...

07.03.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 20

Running for Chair of the Democratic Party in these times has been a duty and an honor. Thank you, Democrats.

Congratulations to Ken Martin on your victory. All of us must work together to change our party so we can save our country.

01.02.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you, Wendy Davis, for your support in this race. Wendy is an organizer and champion for rural Georgia, and we are so glad to have her aboard Team O'Malley.

31.01.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thank you to DNC Member and IAFF President Ed Kelly of Massachusetts for your support in this campaign. Together, we will promote our labor unions, support our firefighters, and ensure our party partners with unions to rebuild our movement for working people at the DNC.

30.01.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

This is exactly why we need a new sense of urgency at the DNC right now.

As a former mayor and governor. I know the impact this will have.

We cannot sit on our hands while Trump snatches dinner off our families tables and strips our cities and states down to nothing.

28.01.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 489    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 5
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It is so great to have Steve Grossman aboard Team O'Malley! Thank you for your support and for the trust you have in our movement to rebuild the DNC.

21.01.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thank you to Bill Shaheen and David Blount for your support of our campaign! The number of DNC members supporting our campaign is growing with each passing day. Let's get to work together to get our party back on track.

20.01.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let's take a moment to honor and celebrate the legacy of Dr. King and recognize that, while we have made significant progress in the fight toward equality and justice, we still have much work to do. #MLKDay

20.01.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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House Republicans tried to lie about my record while serving as the head of the Social Security Administration.

Don't worry, I came with the receipts and set the record straight.

17.01.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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Note to Congresswoman Nancy Mace: The Democratic Party's platform is the economic security of every man, woman, and child in the United States of America.

15.01.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 534    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 6
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I am so excited to announce the support of two Marylanders who I am proud to have worked with for many years, Congressman Jamie Raskin and Congressman Kweisi Mfume.

Together, we are going to rebuild the Democratic Party and get back to winning again.

15.01.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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