Musk and Trump eyeing massive cuts to the Social Security Administration—slashing up to half of the agency’s employees in a mass firing that could endanger life-critical support that Americans rely on: sowing. prospect.org/health/socia... - ThreadSky

benwikler.bsky.social • 20 hours ago

Musk and Trump eyeing massive cuts to the Social Security Administration—slashing up to half of the agency’s employees in a mass firing that could endanger life-critical support that Americans rely on: sowing.
https://prospect.org/health/social-security-administration-could-cut-half-its-workforce/

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retinco.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The first step in cutting Social Security.

benwikler.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Brad Schimel running for Wisconsin Supreme Court, saying, “Our donor base is excited about this chance to take this Court back,” to ensure that Musk, Trump, and the GOP have a rubber stamp on WI's highest court: sowing.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-brad-schimel-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-gerrymandering

dashingmd.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Schimel: Right for Elon Musk, Wrong for Wisconsin

cvan98.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Yeah, donor base of wealthy people backing him. Does he have the small donors that Crawford has?

benwikler.bsky.social•20 hours ago

And the whirlwind they’ll reap? That’s our job.

You can see the whirlwind in the furious crowd that confronted Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman at a town hall in his ruby-red Congressional District.
https://www.wpr.org/news/glenn-grothman-faces-hostile-crowd-at-oshkosh-town-hall

benwikler.bsky.social•20 hours ago

You can see the whirlwind in the similarly infuriated crew of constituents that confronted GOP Rep. Scott Fitzgerald at his town hall in West Bend, in ultraconservative Washington County.
https://www.tmj4.com/news/washington-county/west-bend-voters-raise-concerns-about-pres-trump-and-elon-musk-at-republican-congressmans-town-hall

benwikler.bsky.social•20 hours ago

You can see the whirlwind in the protests against Medicaid cuts at Ron Johnson’s office.
https://www.wpr.org/news/federal-budget-worry-wisconsin-medicaid-recipients-ron-johnson-protest

benwikler.bsky.social•20 hours ago

You can see the whirlwind in the rolling #TeslaTakeDown protests across the country. https://www.teslatakedown.com/

benwikler.bsky.social•20 hours ago

And you can see the whirlwind in the mounting fury at Brad Schimel and support for Susan Crawford—even as Elon Musk and his far-right billionaire friends pour money into Brad Schimel’s utterly cynical, dishonest scorched-earth campaign.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-money.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E4.OiNC.x0C2Bprt3cxo&smid=url-share

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