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UPDATE: EVERY Republican on the Senate Finance Committee voted to continue The DOGE destruction of Social Security

They voted to advance the nomination of Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s choice to lead Social Security.

Too many people would be homeless before it course corrected. Some landlords are less than tolerant of any gaps. Missed meds due to copays. Empty gas tanks for cancer treatments. There are lives literally in the balance & the pro life party is hard at work.
Isaiah 10:2

Now’s a good time to remind everyone that OVER 99 PERCENT of all Social Security payments are made accurately and on time.

They also plan to reduce the ten nationwide regions to four. FOUR.

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit

Everyone needs to read this.

Musk and Trump are breaking Social Security so they can turn it over to Wall Street.

Is he effing kidding me?

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security.

JD's response:

"Don't you all have jobs?"

Former Social Security Admin economist David Weaver says that within two years a staffing shortage will leave 2.5 million people waiting to hear whether they're eligible for disability benefits. The current backlog leave applicants waiting 240 days for an initial decision thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Natl Academy of Social Insurance just hosted a panel w/ former Social Security Commissioners Martin O'Malley (Biden) & Michael Astrue (Bush) along w/ experts from AARP, CBPP etc. I'll post a recording when available, but in the meantime here's a quick recap of the extreme dangers they warn of. 🧵

Lord of the Wings

musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen

My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

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 history—the rapid, systematic destruction of Social Security, disguised as “reform.”

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/...

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.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to make you believe that they are cutting “waste,” but they’re actually reaching into your wallet to fund tax cuts for their “rich as hell” friends.

Spread the word.

Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”

Once again I am saying: what’s happening rn is a federal attack on *LABOR*. apnews.com/article/coll...

Former SSA Commissioner @martinomalley.bsky.social: The truth is, Social Security for 90 years has never missed a monthly payment, but given the wrecking ball and the people they are driving out of this agency, we are going to see several things happening in the very near term future.

The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History - OtherWords Donald Trump and Elon Musk are planning to utterly demolish Social Security’s workforce to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

"During the presidential election, Donald Trump blanketed swing states with campaign flyers pledging that he wouldn’t touch Social Security.

Make no mistake: Trump has broken that promise."

–Nancy Altman, President, Social Security Works

Former SSA Commissioner @martinomalley.bsky.social: It's interesting to me that the people that are going after waste, fraud, and abuse would do away first with the division, whose job it was to guard against improper payments, waste fraud and abuse... This is totally irresponsible.

Rep. Richard Neal: The average benefit is $24,000. That means half the people who get Social Security get less than $24,000 a year.

That's less than 400 bucks a week.

So for me, not a dime to be cut from Social Security, not a dime.

Ahh selling off real estate to buy cryptocurrency, definitely a brilliant move. No notes.

Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.

Elon Musk is Dismantling Social Security (Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works: “Elon Musk slandered Social Security over the weekend by calling the vital and beloved program a ...

Elon Musk slandered Social Security over the weekend by calling the vital and beloved program a criminal Ponzi scheme, the same lie Donald Trump used before he decided to run for president.

Musk has recently begun the wholesale dismantling of our Social Security system.

Did you know that public schools serve over 50 million students in the US? Defunding them would have far-reaching consequences for our nation's future.

DONT DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.

Start saving now, says former SSA chief www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

Elon Musk wants to gut Social Security.

He does not care about you or your family — or really anyone else.

He wants to make himself richer while working people suffer.

DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.

Just incredible reporting from @makenakelly.bsky.social once again on #DOGE, getting incredible detail on just what they are up to.

This time? Modifying a piece of software that automates the mass firing of federal workers

www.wired.com/story/doge-a...

I literally reported this Wednesday.