Weingarten: We didn't vote for Elon Musk to call Social Security a Ponzi scheme. We didn’t vote for Howard Lutnick to say, oh don't worry, no elderly people, including my mother, would care if they don’t get their checks from Social Security.
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Also, it is utterly tone-deaf for Lutnick to tell people not. to complain because his mother-in-law wouldn't. She lives in a Manhattan townhouse. She doesn't need social security. https://youtu.be/PW5BGwcse7M
Her name is Vivian Wilson and I think we should use it. She has more than demonstrated that she is her own person and she deserves to be respected as such.
In fact from now on I think I will refer to Musk only as "the radiant Vivian Wilson's disappointing father".
Interesting that there has been no comment from Lutnick nor the WH regarding his comments on social security that is creating a huge backlash. I thought they would walk it back but maybe Trump will say Rubio will answer. Rubio the fall guy 😂 They love scapegoats when things are so unpopular.
“Unacceptably, Cantor's growth came at the expense of compliance with the law, and as a result Cantor Gaming became a place where at least two large-scale illegal bookmakers could launder their ill-gotten proceeds.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/howard-lutnick-sports-gambling-00202692
Lutnick pushed lawmakers to pass a gambling law allowing people to pool money on sports bets as part of their 'investment portfolios.' He partnered with illegal gambling rings to minimize company losses. Fined $22.M, illegal gambling and money laundering. VP indicted
This is a crisis that demands action. The consequences of inaction are devastating, and the time to act is now. Cutting or eliminating SS, and the ground will shake as people rise up in protest. The masses will not stand by silently while their lifeline is jeopardized. We must push back now.
You know, we never hear about people, until a certain woman arrives. Maybe this was her moment.
Maybe she’s a down and dirty trench fighter. The decorum of the chamber never her allowed her to be her full self. And this time, we need people like her.
She’s quite an accomplished fighter, even got arrested protesting. Majorly important in teachers’ unions for decades- I know that as a teacher I benefited from her work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Weingarten
Seriously this fuckbags are so far removed from society they are actually going to fuck up social security, Medicaid/care AND the USPS AND the effects will ALL be felt within a month. You want to unite Americans!?! It’s coming. When it personally fuxx people across the board USA FAFO⏰
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Here’s what I want to know today: how much money did Howard Lutnick get from the US Congress to put Cantor Fitzgerald back together after 9/11? And, if it was a loan, has he paid back the funds yet?
Saw one the other day in his gas-guzzling, lifted, diesel. He was flying his flags, trying to catch the eye of everyone, while waiting at traffic lights. Obviously, he was just looking to start shit. When the civil order breaks down, I hope he gets the attention he so clearly needs.
Lutnick is slime on his own, though. When most of the New York employees of Cantor Fitzgerald were killed on 9-11, he cancelled their pay. It was only after public outcry that he reinstated that pay to their survivors.
Trump & Musk
yucking it up w/
their Cabinet of
billionaire oligarchs,
take grandma & grandpa's
Social Security checks:
Yoink!
Angry @ all the "waste."
Filling their pockets,
to make America "great,"
& showing us all
what real "fraudsters"
look like.
The gull of this so-called human being. He fails to mention that his 95 year-old MIL lives in a downtown Manhattan. Of course she won’t miss an SS check… She doesn’t need one. Just like 1% of America doesn’t need a SS check, but for some reason the 1% feel they are qualified to speak for us.
Especially , if his MIL lives in downtown Manhattan… People like that don’t need a SS check. But the rest of the population (est. 98%) needs their SS check. It just shows that the ultra rich don’t have a clue nor do they care.
Billionaires running the government. What could go wrong? Absolutely everything as billionaires are selfish creeps who got obscenely wealthy by screwing everyone over.
So those who need their Social Security checks on time, and complain if they don't get them on time are “fraudsters...?” And his example of a woman who wouldn't complain has a billionaire son-in-law?
A high school band director’s mega phone is being used to get the message out that our SS$ is being stolen by DOGE. Dems continue to fail in messaging.
People forget you've not only contributed to social security your entire career, but your employer ALSO paid an EQUAL amount on your behalf. Working in HR, that was factored into an employee's total compensation from an employers' perspective, affecting your hiring salary and raise decisions.
What I am praying for is a mass demonstration, millions of us old folk, IN DC UNTIL these assholes are removed. BUT many of us do not drive, and hoping some would be able to organize, busses, carpools, SOMETHING to get us all there and supplies to help us stay! LIKE MAIDAN, Ukraine!
I just started a new page to share protest photos that the mainstream media won't cover. Help me build this page, so we can see the strength in our numbers across the nation! My other account is @DawnieFish for verification https://bsky.app/profile/shareprotestpix.bsky.social/post/3lklloelpmk2h
We The People did not vote for Musk! We The People did not vote for the destruction of Medicare/caide, VA, USAID, Dept. of Education and Social Security!
It is up to We The People to fight against Fascist GOP & Putin loving tRUmp!
They did vote for this though. The Project 2025 playbook was public. Trump's love of Putin was on full display in his first term. Elon was openly funding the campaign.
Votes have consequences. You can say "they did not know", but to say that's not what they voted for is factually incorrect.
I made no reference or mention of "they did not know". I am stating We The People do know! And, that we can not be complacent and take our democracy for granted.
The foundational values of The Constitution is anti-authoritarianism. It's We The People who will determine if we will protect them.
Howard Lutnick’s mother died when he was a teenager, so him saying that his mother wouldn’t care about her Social Security should be taken in that context.
Mother-in-law. I would hope a billionaire's mother-in-law doesn't need her Social Security. I would hope he's got a grain of concern for his mother-in-law.
Yes, that is what US citizens voted for! That includes the ones that stayed at home because they did not want to vote. Staying at home is also a vote, a vote for whatever is coming! They were warned Project 2025 was coming!
Why isn't anyone pointing out the hypocrisy of Lutnik's statement? The guy is worth billions. Of course his mother-in-law isn't worried about a small social security check.
Agreed, but the other point that should be included, that reducing fraud was what you really wanted to do — you wouldn’t start by firing 18 Inspector Generals who were literally tasked with doing that job. They had already saved Hundreds of Billions.
Dear Younger Generation:
Don't believe these politicians when they say there won't be money for you when you retire.
They have been saying that for decades, I heard the same when I started working.
When properly managed we can all benefit from Social Security. This isn't a older generation issue.
All of this needs to be framed as the Trump admin destroying the rule of law and the GOP Congress being complicit for the oligarchs they serve. The rule of law is the fundamental thing we must fight for. Without it, we have nothing.
How darn this entitled useless human spew lies that ur a fraud if u complain abut not receiving ur SS. Maybe he shud spend 24 hrs with someone who depends on that money to survive.
With a strong man in charge, there’s no interface, no mediation between the people and the guy on top. All of the other institutions that you rely on, either Congress or the mayors, the governors, the courts -everything is subservient to the big guy.
Is this in White Plains, NY? Big SS rally because they're closing the only hearing office in the Hudson Valley. I think this is Mike Lawler's district. NY17.
I think so. I know he’s been out 1st complaining and pushing back against a closure in his district. Then 2nd he posted some nonsense about it being Biden’s fault. Changes that happen on your watch are on your watch.
We were able to get the Poughkeepsie office off of the DOGE hit list. Hopefully, we can save the hearing office, too. Although, when I had my hearing, the judge came to Poughkeepsie.
Question: so if my SS payment is late, does that mean that the Medicare “contribution“ is unpaid? So then my Healthcare payment is unpaid? So then multiply that by millions and the Health Insurance companies lose money? 
We didn't vote for any of that. But we let Biden pretend he could run until it was too late to have a primary, and then pretended it was just fine that he anointed the least popular VP in history, who couldn't think of one thing she'd have done differently or answer one question in a CNN town hall.
Pls keep it going! Let's bury the Nazi Muskrat. In addition to Tesla, he also own SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), the Boring Company, Neuralink, xAI, and Starkink
Blue states need to prepare for a lack of federal oversight and subsidies of their social programs. That means safety and regulatory agreements between states and strong social safety nets within states.
Speeches are fine but what’s stopping the Dem Senators and Representatives from just walking en masse into the White House, forcing their way into the Oval Office, and demanding that Not President Musk be removed. Better yet, stage a sit-in at the WH.
They have no idea what it's like to be "normal"; worse yet, they think normal working people aren't worth anything...and people not working due to age or disability are "non-productive parasites".
They use social issues like gender and race to strategically anger and distract, so we ignore that they are robbing us and our country blind.
It's 100% always wealth inequality, and they will do whatever they can to keep it that way. We see our moral obligation and livelihood, but they see a game.
It’s definitely about wealth inequality but it is sprinkled with a side of bigotry, racism, homophobia and misogyny. Women are a threat to the status quo. Some of them definitely want us to stay home and do their laundry or just look pretty.
I definitely think they are all those things, but they view them as a tool to be divisive and an easy distraction from giving themselves a tax break and buying up all the assets. They really don't think about things like the general public bc it will never affect them, they only deeply care about 💰
Republicans appearing on Sunday morning shows are gonna be lying even more than usual when addressing this tomorrow. Luckily for them, Welker and most of the others won’t push back.
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In fact from now on I think I will refer to Musk only as "the radiant Vivian Wilson's disappointing father".
-GOP on Social Security, basically.
“Unacceptably, Cantor's growth came at the expense of compliance with the law, and as a result Cantor Gaming became a place where at least two large-scale illegal bookmakers could launder their ill-gotten proceeds.”
Lutnick pushed lawmakers to pass a gambling law allowing people to pool money on sports bets as part of their 'investment portfolios.' He partnered with illegal gambling rings to minimize company losses. Fined $22.M, illegal gambling and money laundering. VP indicted
BE TOGETHER, #AMERICA!
REPORT "VOTE BRIBERY"!
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"Off Our Butts; Back Onto The Streets; And Back Into The Voting Booths!"
#VOTE RID OF HATE!
Decent America Is Still In Charge!
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Maybe she’s a down and dirty trench fighter. The decorum of the chamber never her allowed her to be her full self. And this time, we need people like her.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Weingarten
Thank you for her Wikipedia link!
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Republicans are under the spell of a madman and Nazi sympathizer.
Better angels must keep speaking out. There’s more good in us than doom in them.
https://youtube.com/shorts/2B2L37aelb4?si=G2GNcAAdGbpvOzaH
This statement is 'Elon' talk for sure.
This is the shit that Elon is spreading throughout the administration.
Cold.
Lutnick sued his way into leadership at a company. That company’s office was in the World Trade Center.
By the end of the week on 9/11… Lutnick had kicked all his missing employees off payroll. Cutting their families off from their income.
yucking it up w/
their Cabinet of
billionaire oligarchs,
take grandma & grandpa's
Social Security checks:
Yoink!
Angry @ all the "waste."
Filling their pockets,
to make America "great,"
& showing us all
what real "fraudsters"
look like.
Okay.
https://bsky.app/profile/shareprotestpix.bsky.social/post/3lklloelpmk2h
It is up to We The People to fight against Fascist GOP & Putin loving tRUmp!
Votes have consequences. You can say "they did not know", but to say that's not what they voted for is factually incorrect.
The foundational values of The Constitution is anti-authoritarianism. It's We The People who will determine if we will protect them.
Billionaire who hocks Tesla stock,
Says stopping SS checks would rock,
Since if he caused that much pain,
Only fraudsters would complain.
Don't believe these politicians when they say there won't be money for you when you retire.
They have been saying that for decades, I heard the same when I started working.
When properly managed we can all benefit from Social Security. This isn't a older generation issue.
He is Musk funded. 🤬
Musk money could backfire. Just my theory.
Let's tank the Mother Fawwker! 💪
It's 100% always wealth inequality, and they will do whatever they can to keep it that way. We see our moral obligation and livelihood, but they see a game.
Every hour you work you are paying into Social Security. If that money is not going to come back to you, that is involuntary servitude.
The net worth of the USA is like 140 trillion
Quit pissing us off . Stay in your lane. I don’t like your chances if you don’t
Just a friendly heads up