Dan Adcock

Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force

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Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country

“Should they (doctors) still feel proud of and committed to the work of giving comfort to the lonely, poor and elderly, when their country’s leaders have decided that more money for the most fortunate is a higher priority?” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...

Dueling U.S. Efforts Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans

There is no bottom to the incompetency and venality of the Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...

Honoring Center for Medicare Advocacy founder Judy Stein at CMA’s annual #Medicare Summit with Senator Chris Dodd, Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney and John Larson. @ncpssm.bsky.social

Profiles in Courage: Michelle King Refused to Hand Over Your Data to DOGE. Then She Lost Her Job. Profiles in Courage is a new series honoring the extraordinary women and men who have transformed American institutions through principled public service. At a time when trust in government is fragile...

We need more heroes like Michelle King at the #SocialSecurityAdministration @ncpssm.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2025/05/05/p...

Social Security to reduce overpayment clawbacks to 50%, down from 100% The Social Security Administration said it will now seek to recoup less money from beneficiaries. Advocates say the revised policy is still burdensome.

I was quoted by @cbsnews.com @aimeepicchi.bsky.social about #SSA partial walk back of their overpayment claw back. It's better, but a lot of #SocialSecurity beneficiaries will have difficulty paying for basic living expenses. @ncpssm.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...

Man on the street interviews about the plan to cut #Medicaid and #SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations. Good job, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social @ncpssm.bsky.social

Excellent column, @joycewhitevance.bsky.social Thank you.

'Trump Just Caved to Big Pharma—Again': New Order Aims to Delay Drug Price Negotiations | Common Dreams "Extending negotiation delay periods is nothing but a total capitulation to the demands of drug corporation lobbyists," said one advocate.

#IRA says biologic Rx wait 13 year before #Medicare can negotiate their price w/ pharma, but small-molecule #Rx need only wait 9 years 2 b negotiated. Rather than lower wait 4 biologics, Trump EO encourages #Congress to increase s-m RX to 13 years. #PharmaGreed
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Trump and DOGE Claim Power to Falsely List Living Persons as Dead in Social Security Records | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The Trump Administration has made a shocking claim: that it can declare living people dead to cut off their access to government benefits and the broader U.S. financial system. According to reporting....

The latest deeply disturbing and unlawful action taken by #DOGE at #SSA: www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a... @ncpssm.bsky.social #SocialSecurity

Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks as taxes after Trump cuts – report As president proposes new cuts, data shows 11 corporations collectively recorded nearly $500bn in profits since last cuts

Stands in sharp contrast to #GOP saying on the #HouseOfRepresentatives floor during the #BudgetResolution debate that corporations spent the 1st #TrumpTaxCut to raise wages. What a load of #BS www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Part of the long term Fox/GOP campaign to portray cities as urban hellscapes. I am riding a DC Metrorail train as I write this! Much faster commute to/from work + no traffic.

Thanks, Julie!

At the #HandsOff protest in DC today. #SocialSecurity #Medicare #Medicaid #OlderAmericansAct @ncpssm.bsky.social

NCPSSM Joins Lawsuit Against Trump/Musk/DOGE Disruption at Social Security Administration - NCPSSM The National Committee to Preserve Social Security has joined a federal lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA), Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek, […]

Proud that @ncpssm.bsky.social have signed on as co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit with other groups that represent #SocialSecurity beneficiaries to stop #DOGE from the mayhem they are creating at the #SocialSecurityAdministration. www.ncpssm.org/documents/la...

#SocialSecurity insolvency will be accelerated if #Trump cuts revenue to Social Security.

#Trump tells complete lies — no surprise — about fraud in #SocialSecurity. The data base he cherry picks is not tied to Social Security payments. Clearly he lies about not wanting to cut Social Security.

Trump and Musk set their sights on Social Security by spreading rumors | CNN Politics Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the contrary, that most of them never went into the office.

Shows the phony fraud claims #Musk has made regarding #SocialSecurity are part of a campaign to undermine popular support for the program & cut benefits: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Trump blames Ukraine for war after U.S.-Russia talks President Donald Trump suggested Ukraine was to blame for Russia's invasion and argued Kyiv could have stopped the war with negotiation, during a press conference in Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 18.

The ultimate #gaslighting. #Ukraine www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...

OPM’s “deferred resignation” email to federal employees this week triggered more chaos & uncertainty. If it hollows out the civil service, it will harm ppl’s ability to access benefits & services-even those the Trump Admin purports to protect.

Case in point: the Social Security Administration. 1/

Overwhelming majorities of Americans of all political affiliations oppose #GOP plans to cut #Medicaid, #Medicare and roll back #Rx price reform. @ncpssm.bsky.social

Cutting Medicaid will kick grandparents out of nursing homes.

Cutting Medicaid will throw people with disabilities off insurance.

Cutting Medicaid will threaten coverage for 2 in every 5 births in America.

This is what Republicans want to do to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

Federal Policy Debates in 2025 Carry High Stakes | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The decisions that policymakers make could leave many millions of people much worse off while extending and increasing tax breaks for wealthy households.

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Our President, Max Richtman, was at the White House yesterday when President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law... repealing the unpopular WEP & GPO provisions that prevented some public sector retirees from collecting full benefits! #WEP #GPO #SocialSecurity

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul #WEP reform amendment to #HR82 #GPO #SocialSecurity

Seven Falsehoods in Senator Mike Lee's Social Security Post - NCPSSM Earlier this week, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) posted an extensive – and patently ridiculous – diatribe against Social Security on X (formerly Twitter).  The thread is full of falsehoods and misleading as...

Trump's billionaire crony, Elon Musk, seems to have it out for #SocialSecurity. He amplified Sen. Mike Lee's falsehood-filled rant on X about seniors' earned benefits. Here is what Lee & Musk are getting wrong. READ MORE HERE: www.ncpssm.org/entitledtokn...
#Trump #Musk #SenatorLee

President-elect Trump has nominated financial software CEO and #GOP donor Frank Bisignano to head the agency that administers #SocialSecurity benefits for some 70 million Americans. If confirmed, Bisignano will be accountable to — not corporate boards or stockholders — but to the American people.

If Donald Trump opposes cutting #SocialSecurity, why is his chief government spending guru (and billionaire) Elon Musk spreading anti-Social Security propaganda? Read more in @newrepublic.com . #elonmusk
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Fox Business reports that cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is "on the table" for Republicans. See what Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) says::: #SocialSecurity #Medicare #Republicans @democrats.org

A Spike in Anti-Social Security Propaganda from the Right You Earned This: The Social Security & Medicare Podcast! · Episode

Elon #Musk and other right-wing figures are spreading anti-Social Security propaganda. Our government relations director, @danadcock.bsky.social, tells us what it may mean for Americans' earned benefits. LISTEN TO #PODCAST HERE: open.spotify.com/episode/79qD... #SocialSecurity #retirement