Missouri Action Alliance

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

Kimmel and Colbert, Joined in New York, Show a United Front

“Mr. Kimmel said he had learned of Mr. Colbert’s cancellation while at a “No Kings” demonstration, a protest against the Trump administration, with his family.”

He’s trying to get her killed…

10 million free school lunches. Governor @katiehobbsaz.bsky.social is putting Arizona’s kids first so they can thrive.

As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.

Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

🔥 “If I’m willing to drive three hours to come here and talk, I’m gonna ask you to get off your phone and listen to what I have to say.”

Life comes at you fast

This is what a Social Security champion looks like!!

Bessent says new Trump child savings accounts are 'back door for privatizing Social Security' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the Trump administration was committted to protecting Social Security hours after he described a children's savings program in President Trump's recent tax p...

Trump’s Treasury Secretary even admitted that their Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill opened a “backdoor for privatizing Social Security.”

The average Social Security benefit is only about $1,850 per month. That’s simply not enough to live on.

As Social Security turns 90, we need to protect and expand benefits by making billionaires pay their fair share.

Thank you @kim.senate.gov!

…to reverse the damage Trump and Musk under DOGE have done to the Social Security Administration and fight to protect benefits for all Americans.
 
Everyone deserves to retire with dignity and I'll fight to make that possible. 2/2

Billionaires have no business making decisions about the care our parents and grandparents receive in retirement.
 
On the 90th birthday of Social Security, I am proud to co-sponsor the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act… 1/2

90 years ago today, FDR signed Social Security into law. Now nearly 69 million Americans rely on it.

It’s time we expanded these benefits for millions of seniors and disabled people, not slash care for working folks.

Trump & Bisignano claimed that callers to SSA's 800 number are getting through in minutes, even though their own statistics show that it takes most callers over 2 hours to speak to an agent. www.ssa.gov/ssa-performa...

Social Security Administration to Resume In-Person Services at Local Social Security Offices | SSA I am pleased to announce that local Social Security offices will restore in-person services, including for people without an appointment, on April 7, 2022. To avoid waiting in line…

Then Trump & his Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano started in on falsehoods about SSA customer service.

In fact, after closing during the early stages of the pandemic, Social Security offices reopened to the public 5 days/wk years ago, during the Biden Admin. blog.ssa.gov/social-secur...

Immigrants Contribute Greatly to the Social Security Trust Fund’s Solvency | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Immigrants are a critical part of the U.S. workforce and play a key role in strengthening Social Security’s finances. Like all other workers, immigrants contribute to the trust fund through payroll...

In fact, like all other workers, immigrants contribute to Social Security.

Even if they will not become eligible for benefits, immigrants improve the solvency of a program that provides almost all workers with a foundation of income for their retirement.

www.cbpp.org/blog/immigra...

Then Trump started up on immigrants and Social Security--another well-worn tapestry of falsehoods.

In fact, only U.S. citizens and some lawfully present non-citizens may receive Social Security benefits. And only lawfully present immigrants can get SSNs. (See link above.)

Setting the Record Straight on Social Security | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Social Security’s payment accuracy rate is very high — well over 99 percent — and it has many safeguards against improper payments, including rigorous protocols to stop paying benefits to people who h...

Then Trump started spouting widely debunked lies about dead people.

In fact, 0.1% of Social Security benefits are paid to people over age 100, exactly the share of centenarians you'd expect. SSA has long had rigorous protocols to stop payments to beneficiaries who die.

www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

Contrary to Administration’s Misleading Claims, New Senior Deduction Doesn’t Help Low- and Middle-Income Seniors, Does Deplete Social Security Trust Funds | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The Trump Administration has been peddling false and exaggerated claims about the harmful Republican megabill’s effects on the taxation of Social Security benefits, including in a blast email from...

Back to the Republican megabill . . . Trump falsely claimed once again that it repealed taxation of Social Security benefits. It did not.

The senior deduction doesn't help low- and middle-income seniors at all and in fact they're harmed by other parts of the bill.

www.cbpp.org/blog/contrar...

Another way Trump is hurting Social Security's finances is driving up inflation. Contrary to what he said in the Oval, government figures just revealed inflation is steadily rising & the CPI is 2.7% higher than it was a year ago.

This will cost Social Security in the form of higher COLAs.

By reducing immigration and deporting immigrants, the Trump Administration is further hurting Social Security’s finances.

Net migration hit zero this year--again, meaning fewer workers contributing to Social Security.

The uncertain economic environment caused by Trump's tariff scheme weakens Social Security’s outlook. Many economists say the risk of higher unemployment has risen because of the tariff chaos — possibly leading to a recession. That would mean fewer workers contributing to Social Security.

Social Security Trust Funds Would Be on Stronger Footing If Not for Trump Economic, Immigration Policies | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The 2025 Social Security trustees’ report projects that the Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability trust fund reserves will be depleted in 2034, one year earlier than last year’s...

Trump tried to shift blame for Social Security's worsening long-term financial outlook. In fact, his Administration's actions are weakening the trust funds.

Just last week, Social Security's actuaries showed that the Republican megabill hastened insolvency.

www.cbpp.org/blog/social-...

Donald Trump is desperate to hide the truth: His administration is wreaking Social Security's customer service.

When people can't access their hard-earned benefits, that's a Social Security cut.

What’s the best way to celebrate Social Security’s 90th birthday?

Fighting to protect it for all generations!

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Why Is Social Security So Popular? | Sen. Bernie Sanders

For 90 years, Social Security has paid out every benefit owed to every eligible American. Now Trump is working overtime to dismantle it.
 
We won’t let them privatize Social Security.
 
Instead, we must expand benefits and its solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share.

Today marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security — the most successful anti-poverty program in U.S. history.

As Trump and Republicans try to tear down all of our country’s safety nets, I’ll keep fighting back and making sure every American is able to retire with dignity.