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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

submitted 6 days ago • 1571 comments

Too many people would be homeless before it course corrected. Some landlords are less than tolerant of any gaps. Missed meds due to copays. Empty gas tanks for cancer treatments. There are lives literally in the balance & the pro life party is hard at work. Isaiah 10:2

submitted 7 days ago • 19 comments

Now’s a good time to remind everyone that OVER 99 PERCENT of all Social Security payments are made accurately and on time.

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit

submitted 9 days ago • 62 comments

Everyone needs to read this. Musk and Trump are breaking Social Security so they can turn it over to Wall Street.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Is he effing kidding me?

submitted 13 days ago • 69 comments

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 13 days ago • 746 comments

Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security. JD's response: "Don't you all have jobs?"

submitted 14 days ago • 1104 comments

Former Social Security Admin economist David Weaver says that within two years a staffing shortage will leave 2.5 million people waiting to hear whether they're eligible for disability benefits. The current backlog leave applicants waiting 240 days for an initial decision thehill.com/opinion/whit...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Natl Academy of Social Insurance just hosted a panel w/ former Social Security Commissioners Martin O'Malley (Biden) & Michael Astrue (Bush) along w/ experts from AARP, CBPP etc. I'll post a recording when available, but in the meantime here's a quick recap of the extreme dangers they warn of. 🧵

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen

submitted 17 days ago • 384 comments

My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

submitted 21 days ago • 257 comments

This is why Musk/Trump are moving so fast to destroy Social Security’s ability to serve customers and answer the phone. Best piece I’ve seen newrepublic.com/maz/article/...

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

Across Social Security right now: in addition to mass firings, elimination of Oversight Division, they are wasting taxpayer dollars by actually paying retirement eligible people FOR A WHOLE YEAR to leave now. Giving others cash incentives to leave now. Destroying Social Security so they can rob it.

submitted 21 days ago • 19 comments

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to make you believe that they are cutting “waste,” but they’re actually reaching into your wallet to fund tax cuts for their “rich as hell” friends. Spread the word.

submitted 21 days ago • 244 comments

Once again I am saying: what’s happening rn is a federal attack on LABOR. apnews.com/article/coll...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Former SSA Commissioner @martinomalley.bsky.social: The truth is, Social Security for 90 years has never missed a monthly payment, but given the wrecking ball and the people they are driving out of this agency, we are going to see several things happening in the very near term future.

submitted 23 days ago • 17 comments

"During the presidential election, Donald Trump blanketed swing states with campaign flyers pledging that he wouldn’t touch Social Security. Make no mistake: Trump has broken that promise." –Nancy Altman, President, Social Security Works

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

Former SSA Commissioner @martinomalley.bsky.social: It's interesting to me that the people that are going after waste, fraud, and abuse would do away first with the division, whose job it was to guard against improper payments, waste fraud and abuse... This is totally irresponsible.

submitted 23 days ago • 28 comments

Rep. Richard Neal: The average benefit is $24,000. That means half the people who get Social Security get less than $24,000 a year. That's less than 400 bucks a week. So for me, not a dime to be cut from Social Security, not a dime.

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Ahh selling off real estate to buy cryptocurrency, definitely a brilliant move. No notes.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.

submitted 24 days ago • 461 comments

Elon Musk slandered Social Security over the weekend by calling the vital and beloved program a criminal Ponzi scheme, the same lie Donald Trump used before he decided to run for president. Musk has recently begun the wholesale dismantling of our Social Security system.

submitted 25 days ago • 25 comments

Did you know that public schools serve over 50 million students in the US? Defunding them would have far-reaching consequences for our nation's future. DONT DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

submitted 25 days ago • 64 comments

Start saving now, says former SSA chief www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

submitted 25 days ago • 80 comments

Elon Musk wants to gut Social Security. He does not care about you or your family — or really anyone else. He wants to make himself richer while working people suffer.

submitted 25 days ago • 36 comments

Just incredible reporting from @makenakelly.bsky.social once again on #DOGE, getting incredible detail on just what they are up to. This time? Modifying a piece of software that automates the mass firing of federal workers www.wired.com/story/doge-a...

submitted 31 days ago • 53 comments

I literally reported this Wednesday.

submitted 34 days ago • 157 comments

New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government. The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...

submitted 27 days ago • 67 comments

Musk, who doesn't have to ever face voters, will do what he can to undermine Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Will be interesting if that leads to conflicts with Republicans who worry about the electoral perils of screwing Americans whose lives depend on these programs.

submitted 27 days ago • 56 comments

Through war and peace, boom and bust, thanks to its dedicated workforce, Social Security has withstood it all.

submitted 27 days ago • 11 comments

Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA. Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social

submitted 27 days ago • 38 comments

The latest from our rogue regime. Screwing with a popular program that works. Receiving SSA benefits? According to MarketWatch, as many as 30,000 out of 60,000 SSA employees face the axe. Not happy? NOW might be a good time to give your reps a piece of your mind. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

🔥 50% CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY STAFFERS WOULD CAUSE ABSOLUTE CHAOS. THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED. CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. NOT ONLY DO THEY WANT TO STEAL OUR MONEY & PRIVATE INFORMATION, ELON MUSK, DONALD TRUMP & THE GOP WANT TO DESTROY THE PROGRAM! 📞202-224-3121

submitted 30 days ago • 14 comments

Trump's KGB Codename: Krasnov

submitted 35 days ago • 48 comments

Amazing information on Social Security & its safeguards & self-audits. REAL INFORMATION, not made-up fake news. www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

submitted 36 days ago • 28 comments

The US Government isn't a business and shouldn't be run like one. It's not a profit earning entity. I'd rather have a surplus than a deficit, but in an ideal world with perfect math that surplus is $1.

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Just learned from NPR that the federal government is the largest employer in the great Kansas City area, for example. I found it helpful to be reminded that, of course, this isn’t just about people who work and live in DC. Federal employees are in all of our communities.

submitted 48 days ago • 262 comments

Cole Escola recreating the first Thanksgiving. #MacysParade

submitted 120 days ago • 3 comments

Article explaining the benefits of writing by hand. www.npr.org/sections/hea... #DitchtheChromebooks

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments