O’MALLEY: “.. At this rate, they will break it. And they will break it fast, and there will be an interruption of benefits.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

carlquintanilla.bsky.social • 5 days ago

O’MALLEY: “.. At this rate, they will break it. And they will break it fast, and there will be an interruption of benefits.”

@washingtonpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/17/doge-social-security-musk/

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marcosantana.bsky.social•5 days ago

Then there will be fighting lol

sarahbethg.bsky.social•5 days ago

Honestly grandpa not getting his check may be the only thing to wake this country up.

jvsylvester.bsky.social•4 days ago

The seniors largely have families, so that, while the number of elderly SS recipients is above 50 million, a disruption to SS would cascade through society. Would Mom & Dad move back in with children?

In addition, catering to seniors is big business in some states, like Florida.

rudybuick.bsky.social•4 days ago

When mom moves in will be a motivator as well.

caliblue.bsky.social•5 days ago

And you watch that will
be the straw that breaks
the camel’s back and then
America will start a Civil
War.

redwoodvibes.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sadly I think this is what needs to happen for certain members of our population to understand the gravof what's going on in Washington

vafer2k.bsky.social•4 days ago

Elon's look is very Gestapo-like, no?

newmexislosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

The repair of their hasty experiment will cost us way more than they’re saving.

Billionaires better get ready for the backlash.

artmajor.bsky.social•5 days ago

Pissing off the most heavily armed civilians in the world…

marcusrgby67.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don't think it will be an interruption of benefits it will be a complete removal of benefits.

davidjohnurban.bsky.social•5 days ago

We need to stop Musk and keep professionals who know what they are doing. How can we possibly save our country?

davidjohnurban.bsky.social•5 days ago

Elon Musk is stealing from you.

wraithtek.bsky.social•4 days ago

He wasn’t satisfied with being the richest person on the planet, billions in government contracts and CAFE credits, his companies paying $0 tax, buying one of the largest social networks to be the main character every day/so no one could tell him no. He had to take the next step and ruin *our* govt.

davidjohnurban.bsky.social•4 days ago

thanks

nancydr.bsky.social•4 days ago

IDK, but I expect the plan is to keep Social Security mostly intact until just after the midterms, then slash and burn.

desertloner.bsky.social•4 days ago

Midterms? Think they will pretend we are having another election?

nancydr.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think they will pretend. Even Putin still holds elections. It is easier to massage manipulation if the results are closer, so I think it's likely Soc. Sec. will mostly continue until then. At least that's how I'm doing my planning. Could it all end next month? Yeah, but then I have no plan

brklynmind.bsky.social•5 days ago

A quick breaking is probably best outcome one can hope for

marzenkaart.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not to me should exit. We must stand our ground. Bullies are bullies and this one has no business telling anyone they lost their job

lightmangibson.bsky.social•5 days ago

The minute that our security is shaken, I will personally sit at their offices and not leave until they write me a check for money collected over 60 years.

ricktaugher.bsky.social•4 days ago

Maybe a Democrat could do more than doomsaying. Say...fight back and call out the illegal takeover. Follow AOC's lead for god's sake.

jjsingh.bsky.social•5 days ago

A reminder: Please share gift articles.

conniedyg.bsky.social•5 days ago

So will this finally get the attention of Republican lawmakers?

jhwang25.bsky.social•4 days ago

People will only pay attention when they don’t get their checks and their healthcare. They’ll start to understand once it’s too late… sadly I wish I could still care but these people did this to themselves

deborahdavis.bsky.social•4 days ago

We need experience career civil servants, not a bunch of incompetent clueless computer programmers

deborahdavis.bsky.social•4 days ago

This dude is an idiot and has no idea of how departments within each agency support each other.

danamasse.bsky.social•5 days ago

Torches and pitchforks when benefits are interrupted.

desertloner.bsky.social•4 days ago

goodygoodytwoshoes.bsky.social•5 days ago

I and my disabled ass will be at the front of that crowd.

veritasrose.bsky.social•4 days ago

I bet a rollator mounted pitchfork could do some real damage! I should come up with a rig…

daphnedog.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh my God, these people are all resigning. 🤦🏻‍♀️It’s making it too easy for these criminals !

stellarbystarli.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s acting like a mad man.

jandbhere.bsky.social•5 days ago

Not acting, he is one.

seekingjustice.bsky.social•5 days ago

The country is currently run by men with serious personality disorders.

coreymalone.bsky.social•5 days ago

I hope so because maybe that will wake some people up

angryoldleftist.bsky.social•4 days ago

I, like millions of others, survive because of MY social security benefits. My earned benefits. Are they openly asking for revolution? Old folks and the disabled are such easy targets, but little do they know of the anger that is welling up within. Gods help them.

phin009.bsky.social•4 days ago

i'm disabled and furious also.

patteo.bsky.social•4 days ago

#parasiticfreak

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=cw0F8G4-dMw

mariathehorse.bsky.social•4 days ago

An article that affects 70 million people, people who are on fixed incomes, should not be behind a paywall.

doxy-cycling.bsky.social•5 days ago

thats the plan. break everything, piss ppl off cuz it doesn’t work. privatize everything. corporations make bank.

jamkam6969.bsky.social•4 days ago

And then when the dust settles —reconstituting these agencies will cost many fold more than any savings.

jcbrotherhood.bsky.social•4 days ago

There are no vampires collecting social security payments.

jcbrotherhood.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m not arguing there is no fraud in social security programs. What I’m saying is any fraud, which is bad, amounts to less than a rounding error on the entire system of payments.
Sharpening our pencils isn’t the same as sharpening an axe

jcbrotherhood.bsky.social•4 days ago

His claim of fraud that involves 150 + year old claims for ss payments is bullshit.
It’s a coding error that the SS auditors found too expensive to fix because the amount of money claimed was basically equivalent to a rounding error.

bob.pfled.org•4 days ago

They'll try to block payments for affected accounts and any others that appear fishy, right or not. Better make sure SSA has your correct birthdate.

jcbrotherhood.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of the 44000. People listed as over 100 years old on the SSA records, 266 are still receiving payments.
I’m pretty sure they are not vampires

get-real.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh there will surface a great number of Luigi’s in this event. No billionaire or Republican politician will be able again to eat a meal in peace or walk to their car/jet!

marthawt.bsky.social•5 days ago

And ALL HELL will rain down on the Gelded Old Party when that happens!

oregonfan.bsky.social•5 days ago

This probably has to happen to wake Americans up.

olddoxielady.bsky.social•5 days ago

They say they care, but their actions don’t support that when they vote against my interests as well as theirs.

olddoxielady.bsky.social•5 days ago

I hate to say it, but they will not see reason until it personally impacts them. Not their kids or grandkids - they have to feel it. I’m speaking from experience here - whole family is maga except for me and one uncle. They don’t care about what happens to me - a teacher, or my son a t1 diabetic.

leeleeuniteamerica.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, I’m pretty sure this will not go over big with a large number of Trump supporters.

relainemarvelous.bsky.social•4 days ago

Deport Elon Musk!

sherman989.bsky.social•4 days ago

Why ? He's saving the country hundreds of billions of dollars what problem do you have with that ?

ilias80.bsky.social•4 days ago

The part where he's not saving anything?

mamaburf.bsky.social•5 days ago

Just retired and applied for SS.
This
Really
Sucks!
@budget.senate.gov
@housegop.bsky.social

janeau.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yall are so busy talking about what you will do if he disrupts your payments, yall should revolt NOW! They’re trying to make sure you’re destitute. Revolt NOW!!!

kooshpacker.bsky.social•5 days ago

Begging them to break it

lisadiana.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sounds fair.

Copies of every billionaires tax returns for public viewing and analysis.
EVERY SINGLE ONE 👇🏼

https://billionaireconspiracy.com

jacquik63.bsky.social•4 days ago

watch out! Medicaid payments come out of social security checks before they are received. If Social Security checks are not issued, Medicaid is not paid and medical insurance will probably be canceled for non payment! Probably part of the plan!

scared66.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don't understand why Mr. Musk wants to see that we are left stranded without money to live. We have paid into SS since we were both 16 years old, neither of us had jobs that made us wealthy by any stretch of the means. Why does he want to hurt us? I think his mom and dad did not show him love.

wraithtek.bsky.social•4 days ago

The obscenely wealthy want control over our lives - even more than they already have. They want us poor and desperate, willing to grind ourselves into dust for their personal benefit.

wraithtek.bsky.social•4 days ago

They do not care about what’s fair or right or logical or legal. They’re the ones the law protects but does not bind, we’re the ones the law binds but does not protect.

danburyfciawaits.bsky.social•4 days ago

If ur gonna quit then at least take a small sledgehammer to DOGE's equipment on the way out the door!!

dao4570.bsky.social•4 days ago

This isn’t all Musk! This lands squarely on Trump!!

retirementedge.bsky.social•5 days ago

Dear Americans receiving Social Security benefits 🚨🚨🚨🚨
We have 2 choices

1 - wait for Trump/Musk/GOP to stop our benefits
2- take action NOW in the streets across America to demand Legal action and enforcement

Can you help us @50501movement.bsky.social

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

ntexasblue.bsky.social•5 days ago

They are out to see how far they can push us before we hit the 3.5% rule for protests. Let's get on with it.

wsgraeme.bsky.social•5 days ago

Credit to https://Alamy.com does look like anyone we know

justksmith.bsky.social•5 days ago

All Social Security recipients should login to your https://ssa.gov accounts to verify that Musk and his operatives haven't altered the records. Also, you should print out a copy of your data in case your record has to be reconstructed. You should assume that your data has been compromised.

desertloner.bsky.social•4 days ago

Safari can’t open the page because the network connection was lost

whowroteit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Just did and there are levels of security to get my own info. Why not for the Musk boys?

justksmith.bsky.social•5 days ago

We know who the criminals are.

justksmith.bsky.social•5 days ago

Any interruption to Social Security Benefits and the House will come down. The criminals shall be prosecuted.

maxmutant.bsky.social•5 days ago

Under no exception Musk and his doge minions should be accessing IRS or Treasury systems and data.

libshurtwomen.bsky.social•3 days ago

milsma.bsky.social•4 days ago

Seems like the specific names of the DOGE people could be revealed in these articles.

anthony-p.bsky.social•5 days ago

And then, there will be no more benefits, just wait and see.

campsdaddy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Will be interesting hearings in two years when the house flips back to the Dems...Musk will need a lot of K for those.

phin009.bsky.social•4 days ago

this! on cold, dark nights when the scary thoughts get loud, I think about all the investigations that are going to be held in 2 years.

patrickmrandall.bsky.social•4 days ago

Washington Post is trash.

sylvie-62.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://youtu.be/kvNAid29vv8?feature=shared

cram2025.bsky.social•4 days ago

Privatization is a potential outcome of all this turmoil.

unico10dfs.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well…. I logged in to see my statement and let’s just say that it has been stuck on “loading” for 3 full minutes

Maybe is broken

Maybe is 50 millions Americans logging in to see if it works

okie93.bsky.social•4 days ago

I pulled my statement yesterday just in case.

peg-texan.bsky.social•5 days ago

Today’s protests will pale in comparison to the gray army that will descend on DC and Congressional offices around the country if Felon47 allows ANYTHING or ANYONE to disrupt Social Security!

freshpeppers.bsky.social•5 days ago

Hate to say it, but interruption of benefits needs to happen so that tens of millions of people scream at the government to f*** off with all of this. Show them Musk is hurting them.

Only by continually aggravating and angering the population will enough Americans wake up to how absurd MAGA is.

lilylighthouse.bsky.social•4 days ago

That’s was always the plan.

kimberleelynn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Where shall we build the first Trumpville?

ltpowers.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why are all these patriots resigning, though?

lordblandings.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, that would have quite a ripple effect. Why am I saying “ripple”? More like a Tsunami to end capitalism, probably.

susanamounts.bsky.social•4 days ago

This farce has gone too far, it is high time for Republicans in Congress put an end to it. If they don’t Republicans will never win another election as long as they live.

simetre.bsky.social•4 days ago

Call this illegal office by it’s proper name : DOGGY
DOG -E

earthrising.bsky.social•3 days ago

fElon has psychopath eyes

susan415.bsky.social•4 days ago

I wish the people working would stay and fight. I get that it's hard, but some people who know the truth, need to stay and fight

moketchup.bsky.social•4 days ago

According to White House he has no legal status. Arrest him and Big Balls.

dudeitoldya.bsky.social•4 days ago

it won’t be an “interruption of benefits.” This is a destruction of your benefits. There will be no social security and all the money will suddenly disappear.

seekingjustice.bsky.social•5 days ago

Ok- and then people will realize they are in deep trouble and maybe realize he didn’t want to make America great again.

He just wanted to steal your money.

smlrun.bsky.social•5 days ago

it’s outrageous when americans from both parties stop getting their checks. watch all hell break loose.

4legsrgood.bsky.social•5 days ago

I feel like that’s their aim. To drive all the top people out so they can break everything.

keithmm.bsky.social•4 days ago

I hope they completely fuck it up & people don’t get checks for months. So normal people in America understand that this group of people running the government now is incompetent and also don’t care about average every day Americans. There’s going to have to be some pain for people to learn this.

desertloner.bsky.social•4 days ago

That would devastate innocent people who did NOT vote for the evil regime

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, and what’s your plan to get innocent people out of this unharmed?

Do you have one? Do you reckon the maga freaks have one? If the answers are “No,” then it’s time to accept “No innocent deaths” isn’t a possibility anymore. Blame the fascists about it.

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•4 days ago

Statistically, most of the people dying in plane crashes from the FAA being gutted right now didn’t vote for him either. This isn’t a fun game of monopoly where we move our little pieces around the board and then wrap it up and go home at the end. This is real, and it’s happening right now.

keithmm.bsky.social•4 days ago

Letting Trump continue to run the country like a dictator for four years, eliminate voting rights so that future elections can only be won by MAGA Republicans (which is what he’s going to do, watch) will kill many many many more people than having Social Security not work for a couple months. IMO.

libshurtwomen.bsky.social•3 days ago

TDS

amphigorey.bsky.social•4 days ago

That will kill people.

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•4 days ago

Unlike the other possible outcomes of this scenario????

If all the cards say “Moops,” don’t blame the guy who says “Next card’s gonna say Moops.”

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•4 days ago

Keith is saying an objectively true fact — when this thing results in mass casualty events, AS IT WILL, it would be best for that to be fast, immediate, and soon, if we want to have a chance of turning it around before more deaths happen.

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, people are gonna die. I have so, SO much bad news for you about what happened in the Weimar Republic when THEY tried this fun stunt we’re doing.

keithmm.bsky.social•4 days ago

yoclockface.bsky.social•4 days ago

Keith does not care and likely has votes that shame him. Do we smell bern it all down folk?
Yes folk will die and too many don't gaf, just like w Covid.

karencox1963.bsky.social•4 days ago

Elections have consequences. When I use to f up my daddy would say get in there and get your belly full

accadacca.bsky.social•5 days ago

All these MAGA clowns got played. FAFO. Feel for those who didnt support this, but this is the only way to stop these fascist twats. It needs to break.

yoclockface.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-flexed-dexterity-state-union-social-security-medicare-rcna68925 This fella, sharp as anything was called too old, he kept handing them their head and y'all barely paid a lick of attention. WaPo is unredeemable trash.

yoclockface.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sooo, I assume it is screaming outrage on CNBC every day now? His admin is fixin to f up much of our economy, when do the gop shills on CNBC finally speak up? When do the closeted Dems there speak out? Glad you post this here but we need more from our journalists than mere reporting.

rockjohn.bsky.social•5 days ago

Smelling salt event incoming

voyageinfini.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why are they all leaving instead of fighting? Doge has no actual authority, ffs!

everythingistolong.bsky.social•4 days ago

doggwon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Kernan is a Nazi sympathizer. He questions branaird because her comments sound like democratic talking points. He is so out of touch with everyday Americans it’s pathetic. Nazi sympathizer.

dantoshi-nakamoto.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why is a native born South African drug addict running our country? Not to mention the biggest welfare recipient in American history! This sure as hell isn’t making our country great! Quite the opposite.
Do you true republicans really support this?🤦🏻‍♂️

caligal28.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s the weirdest thing they allowed a non American to come into our country, take advantage of our system and then used it against us to fire us and collapse our economy Unbelievable!

rich-ingalls.bsky.social•4 days ago

An interruption of benefits, an interruption of civilization, president 💩🤡 doesn’t care…

happymiser.bsky.social•4 days ago

If this happens, there should be an occupation of every Tesla retail outlet and service center in the country. Shut it all down. Fuck with our payments, pay the price!

hari-tewari.bsky.social•5 days ago

😢🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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