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"Trump and Musk's team want to destroy what makes Social Security such a lifesaver: reliability."

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Exclusive: The SEC has pushed back on a request by a member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team to grant read and write access to some agency data

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Alliance members showed up in Racine today to tell the Trump administration and DOGE "#HandsOff Our Social Security!" #SocialSecurityDayOfAction

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Social Security is built BY workers and FOR workers!

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Over 4.6 million Texans rely on Social Security. Republicans keep trying to gut the program you paid into your entire life—but protecting Social Security isn’t up for debate. They stay trying it — but I’ll keep fighting back against their attacks on our communities. #SocialSecurityDayOfAction

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Wanted to pitch in today and have some union and community members get together to talk about saving Social Security!

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Hands Off SSA protest outside the Frederick, MD Social Security Administration office today (April 15th). A small but committed group showed up. A DHS (Homeland Security) officer was also on hand monitoring the situation. #HandsOff #Resist @maddow.msnbc.com

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TODAY: We’re mobilizing with @socialsecurityworks.org to (once again) say Hands Off! Trump, Musk, and Republicans are attacking Social Security, firing staff, closing field offices, and making it harder for Americans to access their hard-earned benefits. Fight back by finding an event near you. 👇

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Rep. Brian Mast after a constituent mentioned increased hold times at DOGE-impacted Social Security: “If you don’t like that you have to wait more than one ring on the phone …call my office.”

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Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA! “Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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On Social Security Day of Action, I hosted a rally highlighting Trump's attack on SSA. Slashing SSA isn’t meant to improve the system—it’s meant to break it. 73M deserve their hard-earned benefits. We can't sit by as Trump cuts them to fund the uber-wealthy's tax cuts.

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On today's Democratic Daily Download, @frankel.house.gov explains how seniors like Linda in her community count on Social Security. With today’s Save Social Security Day of Action, House Democrats are standing up to Trump, Musk and Republicans to protect this earned benefit.

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They are doing the same thing to Social Security that the did to USAID. Smear it with lies and exaggerations about fraud then undermine faith in the system..and shut it down. My latest post lays it out.

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Rahna Epting: Look, we know Trump and Musk and the Republicans have been launching an all-out flood the zone strategy to overwhelm us... They want us to be hopeless. They want us to feel alone in our concerns. Are we alone? Crowd: No!! Are we helpless? Crowd: No!!!! Hell no!! #HandsOff

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Our co-founder Nancy Altman with former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley: Elon Musk is CREATING “waste, fraud & abuse.” thehill.com/opinion/5248...

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Trump's new memorandum bolsters Musk's DOGE-related efforts to eliminate Social Security fraud, about which he has continually exaggerated and promoted conspiracy theories.

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“In all of those 90 years, there has not been a bigger threat to Social Security than Donald Trump and Elon Musk. But they have met their match! We are going to win this fight. We must win this fight. And we will.” -- Nancy Altman at Social Security HQ. #HandsOffSocialSecurity

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Biden: By the way, those 300-year-old folks on social security, I would like to meet them. Helluva thing, man. I'm looking for longevity. Because it is hell when you turn 40 years old

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On #SocialSecurityDayofAction saying loud and clear to President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE — keep your hands off hard-earned Social Security benefits. Social Security is a lifeline for more than 67 Million Americans including more than 178,000 across NW Ohio.

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Protestor with a “Jail 4 Insider Traders” sign removed from Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall

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Biden: Why are these guys taking aim at social security now? They are following that old line from tech startups. The quote is move fast, break things. Well, they are certainly breaking things… They want to wreck it so they can rob it

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Gutting Social Security isn’t "efficient" — it’s a broken promise. Democrats and Republicans should stand up and fight back to protect it. My op-ed in Fox News:

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30 people rallied at SSA in Frederick, MD April 15 in support of the dept. One tried to gift Penzey’s spices to the workers. Security said packets could only be given to outside. People not only showed support for SSA but also for each other, sharing their contact info. DHS Off. Dean documented.

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Protesting in front of the Social Security office in La Mesa CA Small but proud

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Social Security's website is crashing, wait times are skyrocketing, and field offices are being closed. Trump and Musk's cuts will mean delays and disruptions to your EARNED BENEFITS. We took to the Middletown field office to tell them - hands off Social Security!

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Without Social Security, 1 in 3 Americans would end their lives in poverty. We’re not going to let Republicans rob seniors of their earned retirement and leave you on the side of the road. Hands off!

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Biden: One called it a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme? What the hell are they talking about? People earned these benefits. They paid into that benefit. They rely on that benefit.

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This is an unprecedented assault on Social Security. That's why all across America, Democrats are holding a Social Security Day of Action with hundreds of events like this one. - @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

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"My father relies solely on Medicaid and Medicare...it would greatly impact him and other seniors + people w disabilities if [Republicans] strip our Medicaid and Medicare. How do these people sleep at night? Do they have a conscience?"

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I'm 75 years old, and [Republicans] want to snatch my Social Security away. We can't let that happen. I'm not letting it happen! - Wayne Starks

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Watching Royal Tennenbaums and painting. It’s been a rough few months. I’ll take the little moments of joy

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People are pushing back even in the deepest red districts possible

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This gives me hope

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Every thing the light touches are women and girls that I have assaulted.

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🚨NEW: Trump ordered staffers to kill Elon Musk’s planned top-secret Pentagon briefing on China after word of it leaked, Axios has learned. "What the f**k is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn't go," Trump said, a top official recalled. www.axios.com/2025/04/16/t...

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What if these were your neighbors, friends, family, colleagues? Remember as you work today, scenes eerily similar to this one are taking place right now in our country.. Which side are you on?😒 #FuckNazis

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 113. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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One House Dem called deportations a “soup du jour,” telling @axios.com Trump is “setting a trap for the Democrats, and like usual we're falling for it." “Rather than talking about the tariff policy ... we're going to go take the bait for one hairdresser.” www.axios.com/2025/04/16/d...

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He’s going to be fired because he outed the fact that Musk arranged with Hegseth to get a top secret briefing at the Pentagon. Trump and his Chief of Staff didn’t even know about it. As usual, in Trump World, the person who does the right thing is the one who is punished.

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TODAY: We’re helping dozens of Members of Congress host events for Social Security Day of Action. 95% of voters are concerned about DOGE/Musk cutting Social Security. Voters need an outlet for voicing their concerns. Democrats are showing up while Republicans hide. @dataforprogress.org

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Let’s be clear: closing Social Security offices, cutting staff, and making it harder for seniors to get information and help IS a benefit cut. We cannot let two billionaires take away Americans' hard-earned benefits.

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On our Save Social Security Day of Action, Democrats are setting the record straight: Social Security isn’t a luxury—it’s an EARNED benefit that millions rely on to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.

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NEW OP-ED from our President Nancy Altman and Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley: "Social Security has survived wars, recessions and pandemics. But Elon Musk and Donald Trump are doing their very best to kill it."

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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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