Randi, this article may give you some insight into Acting commissioner Lee Dudek shutting down the SSA (as of yesterday, he's not). (As an aside, an "acting" govt official isn't confirmed & doesn't have the same powers. I don't know if that's in play here.) www.cnbc.com/2025/03/21/s... - ThreadSky

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irishgawdess.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Randi, this article may give you some insight into Acting commissioner Lee Dudek shutting down the SSA (as of yesterday, he's not).

(As an aside, an "acting" govt official isn't confirmed & doesn't have the same powers. I don't know if that's in play here.)

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/21/social-securitys-lee-dudek-raises-concerns-following-judges-restraining-order.html

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rmayemsinger.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well aware of that order. It's from a different lawsuit - the one that is supposed to prevent them from accessing our data. There are two other egregious moves DOGE has announced - firings and shutting down physical locations. That's different than shutting down the agency.

irishgawdess.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe you could share those links?

madgrammy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Remember dRump 1.0 "I love 'acting'." Because most of his appointees couldn't get jobs on the janitorial crew, much less pass through a Senate confirmation. Those were the good old days.

irishgawdess.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes!! My "fave" was Chad Wolf, Former Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security under trump 1.0. He's someone Portlanders will remember from the 2020 #GeorgeFloydProtests.

Wolf got smacked down by the courts. His appointment was illegal, and so were the orders he gave.

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/chad-wolfs-desperate-attempt-to-rewrite-history

irishgawdess.bsky.social•5 days ago

In July, 2020, Chad Wolf met w/ his Border Security guards wearing camo w/ no identifiable markings, inside the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, OR. Their mandate was to protect the block surrounding the courthouse.

The article below tells how they exceeded their mandate. OR AG sued, too.

irishgawdess.bsky.social•5 days ago

"Fed agents from (DHS) were deployed in Portland on approx July 4, 2020, purportedly to “protect federal property.” It soon became clear, however, that their mission was much broader and that their tactics went far beyond permissible law enforcement behavior."
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/dont-shoot-portland-v-wolf-2/

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