Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration. Scammers, he said, were making 40 percent of all calls to the agency’s customer service line. - ThreadSky

urocklive1.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration. Scammers, he said, were making 40 percent of all calls to the agency’s customer service line.

Reposted from Don Moynihan

Nearly half of 140 senior SSA administrators have been forced out or left the agency. A decimation of hundreds of years of administrative expertise at the insitence of the ignorant. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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nanabing.bsky.social•3 days ago

So distressing - and mean and hurtful. Honestly, can we not send him to jail for this??? 🤬

urocklive1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Social Security employees knew the billionaire’s claim had no basis in fact. After journalists followed up, staff members began drafting a response correcting the record.

Then there were angry calls from the White House.

urocklive1.bsky.social•3 days ago

“The number is 40 percent,” insisted Katie Miller, a top administration aide who was working closely with Mr. Musk, according to one of the people familiar with the April 1 call. President Trump believed Mr. Musk, she said. “Do not contradict the president.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/politics/doge-social-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.ClrE.qsKlf5CCAZz6&smid=bs-share

pqpolitics.bsky.social•3 days ago

it is illegal to tell the truth under serial liar, and serial Gaslighter republican fascist Trump’s dictatorship

His last term CNN documented 20, 30,000 Trump lies
how many lies have documented now?

or are there too many to count?

urocklive1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Musk’s deputies became so intent on their work at Social Security that they pushed employees to continue giving them access to sensitive agency data even after a federal judge demanded that DOGE’s access be cut off. Then the Supreme Court ruled this month that DOGE’s access can resume.

urocklive1.bsky.social•3 days ago

The agency has encouraged specialized professionals like lawyers, human resources staff and technologists to take reassignments in customer service jobs — often at higher pay than what the people they’re replacing had made. Workers have said they felt pressured to volunteer or risk being fired.

adayinmylife64.bsky.social•3 days ago

It will take a decade before we get back to before trump if that’s even allowed or possible.

dolorosasantos.bsky.social•3 days ago

For some reason, I doubt Musk will ever enjoy retirement.

monoelnana.bsky.social•3 days ago

That Katie Miller🤮

trumpisnazi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Elons also got a guy they call ‘big balls’ blowing lines of ketamine up his asshole though.

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