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NonilexIt eventually helped lead to the physical removal last week of a top career executive, who had been warned he would be fired if he kept refusing to let <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a>’s systems.At the same time, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> *mistakenly* let one of the DOGE reps into a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> database last week, violating the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtOrder</a>…. That error led a federal judge to summon Dudek for a hearing Tues…, but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin said in a filing late Monday that he would no longer appear.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>

NonilexThe battle inside the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> led the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> to intervene to deny <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> access to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>, even as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin installed & promoted DOGE-friendly leaders to dramatically cut back services at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a>. It involved staff, from rank-&-file employees to senior leaders, including acting commissioner <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a>, who was appointed to his position after displaying public loyalty to DOGE.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>

NonilexWell, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is now just regularly ignoring court orders. On Friday, Judge Hollander asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> Administration Commissioner <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> to appear at a hearing on April 15, tomorrow.Tonight, the Trump admin says it will decline to make him available.<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321.138.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321.138.0.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> — the acting commissioner who was elevated from a low-level position after displaying public loyalty to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> — had qualms about the task, acc/to 2 people with knowledge of his thinking. He thought it was illegal, the people said.  Then <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> intervened — & Dudek agreed to move forward.On Monday, acc/to 4 people familiar with the matter, Dudek signed 2 memorandums with Noem allowing the database action.…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesSo, how ominous of a sign is it when the white nationalist government that's openly violating the US Constitution to facilitate fascist mass deportations, decides to declare thousands of immigrants legally dead for all intents and purposes? This week Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (aka Cracker Fascist Barbie) and acting Social Security commissioner (and gammon-y human thumb) Leland Dudek, got together and "terminated" the "financial lives" of 6,000 immigrants the regime claims are "convicted criminals and 'suspected terrorists,'" by moving their Social Security numbers into the agency's "death master file."<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-social-security-immigrants" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-social-security-immigrants</a>'Outrageous Abuse of Power': Trump Weaponizes Social Security for Deportation Spree"The Trump administration this week reportedly classified thousands of immigrants living in the United States as dead in a Social Security database in an effort to force them out of the country, a scheme that was met with furious uproar from advocates and lawmakers.By entering the names and Social Security numbers of roughly 6,000 immigrants into Social Security's "death master file," the administration has revoked their ability to legally work in the U.S. and receive benefits in a bid to get them to "self-deport," several news outlets reported Thursday."This is an outrageous abuse of power," Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy group Social Security Works, said in a statement. "It will not only create extreme hardship, but kill people. Imagine, in one Trump administration keystroke, losing your income, your health insurance, access to your bank account, your credit cards, your home, and more.""If they get away with this, it would be no surprise if they then move on to marking their perceived enemies as dead—citizens and non-citizens alike," Altman added. "This is a total misuse of the dedicated revenue that workers contribute to Social Security, with every paycheck. Though Trump claimed he wouldn't cut benefits, he essentially is by diverting dedicated monies from their intended purpose of paying Social Security benefits to the immoral purpose of maliciously ruining lives."First off let me start by noting that some, if not the majority of folks targeted by the Trump regime for financial termination are people with valid social security numbers, and while undocumented immigrants can pay into Social Security, they can't collect even when they reach retirement age anyway; so this has nothing to do with migrants stealing benefits, or preventing fraud. Additionally it should be pointed out that while we're being assured that those targeted are all "convicted criminals and "suspected terrorists," our source for that is the very same administration trying to deport student visa holders for traffic tickets and telling you anti-Tesla protestors are "domestic terrorists," so who the fuck knows what that assertion even means anyway; it appears that at least some of the targets are simply people "who were allowed to enter and remain temporarily in the United States under programs instituted by the US president’s predecessor Joe Biden" according to The Guardian. Finally, it should be understood that this is about a lot more than collecting Social Security benefits in your late 60's; in modern American society you typically need a Social Security number to open a bank account, get a credit card, rent an apartment, obtain health insurance, access car loans, and so forth, so when Dudek says they're trying to "exterminate" the "financial lives" of targeted immigrants, he's only partially employing a metaphor here; the opponents of the plan calling this "digital murder" are absolutely right to do so. This is definitely going to destroy lives and get people killed, and as the article notes the regime is reserving the right to expand the list of targets to "others in the country without authorization," which sounds rather ominous when we're talking about a government that's taken to having Marco Rubio instantly revoke visas and legal status for student protestors before ICE kidnaps them. All of which means that even if the regime's actions are taken in the best possible light, this is fascist bullshit designed to push a nativist, white nationalist agenda while harming folks the administration deems illegal primarily for their skin tone and place of birth. As both a target of the regime's ongoing anti-trans pogrom, and a student of history however, I can't help but notice an ominous déjà vu quality in all of this. Historically speaking, mass deportations have always lead to mass graves, and when a fascist regime declares you and folks like you legally dead, it's usually because they mean to eventually make that a literal reality. <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MigrantRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MigrantRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Nativism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nativism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DigitalMurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalMurder</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassDeportations</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesAs I mentioned in the post above, the Trump regime's war on the existence of trans people is clearly important enough to them ideologically and politically, to enact a series of punishments on the entire state of Maine, to cow their governor Janet Mills into submission. That's not just my interpretation as a trans woman, we literally just caught the acting Social Security Administration Commissioner admitting as much in writing:<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/leland-dudek-resign" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/leland-dudek-resign</a>"The top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills publicly defied President Donald Trump in support of transgender student athletes.The emails—which were obtained by House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)—show that Dudek ordered the cancellation of enumeration at birth and electronic death registration contracts with Maine, even though SSAd subordinates warned that such action "would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft."Dudek—who is leading the SSA while the Senate considers Trump's nomination of financial services executive Frank Bisignano—replied to the staffer: "Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child."He was referring to Mills, who stood up to Trump in February after the president threatened to suspend federal funding for Maine unless the state banned transgender girls and women from participating on female scholastic sports teams."I mean good on Connolly to call for Dudek's resignation, but are centrist party strategists even paying attention to what's going on here? I can't stress how degrading it is to keep having to remind powerful cis people who were happy to promote supporting trans rights as a brand eight years ago, that the fascist Trump regime's anti-trans pogrom is going to affect everyone who isn't a fascist negatively, not just trans people. But also, that's exactly what's happening, and even as we speak these same people point to opinion polling as an excuse for leaving trans people and their civil rights to the tender mercies of guys like Stephen fucking Miller.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GerryConnolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GerryConnolly</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JanetMills</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patriarchy</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revenge</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianNationalism</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Because Americans would have beaten his ass.Trump's Social Security chief backs down from 'shutting down' agency <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-social-security-chief-backs-down-shutting-down-agency-2025-03-22/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-social-security-chief-backs-down-shutting-down-agency-2025-03-22/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/POS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

S. Grisham<a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if <a href="https://union.place/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> and <a href="https://union.place/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data<a href="https://union.place/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PII</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSI</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSDI</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1929794/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1929794/</a> Judge Prevents DOGE From Accessing Social Security Information <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataSecurity</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FrankBisignano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrankBisignano</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MichelleKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichelleKing</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PYMNTSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PYMNTSNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SensitiveData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SensitiveData</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialSecurityAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurityAdministration</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/What" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#What</a>'sHot

MrWtr0102🧵 4/Table of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> members.(16 - 20) (of 68)From <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members</a>16) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StephenDuarte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenDuarte</a>, Expert (HR), <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OPM</a>17) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a>, Acting Commissioner, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a>18) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StephenEhikian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenEhikian</a>, Acting Administrator, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GSA</a>19) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MarkoElez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkoElez</a>, Expert (coding), <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDT</a>20) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LukeFarritor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LukeFarritor</a>, Executive Engineer in the Office of the Secretary, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOS</a>

DoomsdaysCW'Bloodbath': <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurityAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurityAdministration</a> Begins Mass FiringsWhat is being described as a "total annihilation" of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a>, say critics, proves that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s promises to protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> "are a sham."Jake Johnson, Feb 28, 2025"The Social Security Administration, now under the control of an official installed by U.S. President Donald Trump, began the process of gutting whole segments of the agency and firing a huge portion of its already diminished workforce, sparking alarm among advocates who say the move will almost certainly result in benefit delays and disruptions."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheAmericanProspect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheAmericanProspect</a>, which first reported earlier this week that Acting SSA Commissioner <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> was weighing staff cuts of up to 50%, obtained an email sent late Thursday indicating that the department has launched an 'agency-wide organizational restructuring that will include significant workforce reductions.'"'The email gives employees until March 14 to decide among a number of options,' the Prospect reported. 'They can seek voluntary reassignments, or 'separate from federal service through retirement or resignation.' All employees at least 50 years of age with at least 20 years of service are being offered an 'early out' voluntary early retirement; that's lower than the typical benchmarks for federal employees. Early retirees are typically eligible for an annuity.'"'In addition, between now and March 14 employees can take voluntary separation incentive payments of up to $25,000, depending on job classification. Employees are also encouraged in the email to resign and take the payout of their annual leave,' the outlet added."Trump [a known con-man and liar] has pledged that Social Security 'will not be touched,' but the progressive advocacy group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurityWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurityWorks</a> argued that the assault on SSA 'has only one goal: The total annihilation of Social Security by firing half of the workforce and closing the field offices.'"'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> want to destroy Social Security so they can give themselves trillions in tax handouts,' the group wrote on social media." Read more: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-administration-layoffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-administration-layoffs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StealingFromThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StealingFromThePoor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GivingToTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GivingToTheRich</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:'Collapse': Trump official blasted as he moves to 'demolish' Social Security Administration <a href="https://www.alternet.org/social-security-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.alternet.org/social-security-administration/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArrestTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArrestMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldKrasnov</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicansOwnThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPKakistocracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPWeirdos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoRepublicansEverAgain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Leland Dudek, a data analyst working in a small anti-fraud office, was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with representatives of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service and had been put on paid leave. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner, helping to take away your Social Security benefits.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurityKiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurityKiller</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPTraitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPTraitors</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicansOwnThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArrestRepublicans</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPCoup</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

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