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Now confirmed: The Trump Administration will cut 7,000 staff from the Social Security Administration. That's enormous. See my thread below for what it means. 🚨 TL;DR: The Trump Admin's staff purge at Social Security will be equivalent to a government shutdown EVERY SINGLE DAY. 🚨

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MASSIVE reorganization at #SocialSecurity. socsecnews.blogspot.com/2025/02/even...

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www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Rumor that Appeals Council at Social Security to be eliminated. I don’t want to pass along rumors but anything seems possible. www.tiktok.com/@backwardsha...

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At least 5 of the 8 Regional Commissioners have resigned. This is an earthquake. www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

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Social Security RIFs employees who maintain agency website. www.govexec.com/management/2...

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On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.

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I'm seeing conflicting reports about imminent staff purges at the Social Security Admin. Here's what we know: The Trump Admin instructed each agency to plan for large-scale layoffs, starting with employees furloughed during gov shutdowns. What would that mean for SSA? www.opm.gov/policy-data-...

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50% staffing reduction coming to #SocialSecurity? prospect.org/health/socia...

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Trump just said "millions" have been killed by fentanyl. Not so. About 70K annually in past few years. Tragic number, indeed. But he's way off. Also claims US gave more than 3X in aid to Ukraine than Europe. Untrue. Says Soc. Sec. checks are going to people who are 200 y.o. Nope. It's a lie-a-thon.

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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a ...

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BREAKING: Federal Board Agrees With OSC Order to Halt Firings; Ruling Will Likely Apply to Many DOGE-Fired Workers talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-f...

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This is a full purge of every single LGBTQ employee at the NSA. Rufo is falsely mischaracterizing a LGBTQ employee resource group as a "sex chat" to create pretext to fire every single member in it. This is a playbook they will run to purge the entire federal government.

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Lots of stuff like this going on. Because they've managed to install a Trump/Elon super fan as head of SSA. I don't know the details here. But I do know that DOGE micro-bros have been canceling SSA office leases like crazy. Usually without the staff knowing. So this seems inevitable.

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SSA believes they can get out most WEP/GPO payments by end of March. How many are not in the “most” category? Where will the staff come from to handle all those manual calculations? www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

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Office of Civil Rights at #SocialSecurity being abolished. Employees placed on Admin Leave for 30 days and then fired. 150 employees now terminated.

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At least 21 members of the U.S. DOGE Service are planning to resign over Elon Musk’s takeover of their office, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Follow more live updates here:

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Complete, utter bullshit.

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Trump is SHUTTING DOWN all 8000 EV chargers at federal facilities These EV chargers were already bought, paid for with our tax dollars, installed, and operational THIS is what real government waste looks like And what does Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, think of this?

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DOGE claims it’s saving money by closing #Social Security office but closure was already scheduled. www.wowktv.com/news/west-vi...

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SSA Office of Transformation closed. Employees placed on administrative leave. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

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New — Employees at SSA just received an update saying it’s optional to reply to the 5 bullets email. Note to staff said, “Pursuant to updated OPM guidance, responses to the email are voluntary. Non-responses are not considered a resignation.” Like I said, the psychological warfare is the point.

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NEW: The Social Security Admin 800 line is being directly impacted today because 800 line staffers are being forced to spend a significant portion of their day writing Elon's email. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-p...

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A fake video of President Trump sucking the toes of Elon Musk briefly appeared on monitors at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Monday, according to department employees and others familiar with what transpired.

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THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired. “I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fift, the Countercheck Quarrelsome

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Some came with complaints about Elon Musk. Others chided the GOP to push back against President Trump’s moves to trample the constitutional power of Congress. In districts around the U.S. over the past week, Republican lawmakers faced a groundswell of fear and disaffection from constituents.

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Social Security tells staff to comply with that obnoxious email from DOGE demanding a weekly accounting of what they have done. socsecnews.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-me...

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Fascinating watching this. Seeing similar "ignore this shit" directives at State & Dept of the Navy (for civilian employees). Wild that DOJ seems odd man out. Mind boggling seeing department countermand instructions being allowed if not directed by POTUS and treating almost like insider threat.

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All federal workers will shortly receive an email asking what they did last week — and that if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation, Elon Musk wrote in a post on X Saturday.

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Unions file lawsuit to block DOGE’s reign of terror at #SocialSecurity. www.afscme.org/press/releas...

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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

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More on Dudek’s elevation at #SocialSecurity with a smallrole for Andrew Saul. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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SENT VIA HAND DELIVERY

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So I guess that Stool Pigeon they found deep in the org chart at Social Security is already taking a meat axe to the place at DOGE's direction on his first day running the place. Buckle up everybody.

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From @theathletic.bsky.social: Canada's 4 Nations win is bigger than hockey. Under immense pressure, the Canadian team delivered for their nation. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.’’ nyti.ms/4k5Qw3r

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#SocialSecurity ending external research. I think that money was specifically appropriated for this research which would make it impoundment which is almost certainly unconstitutional. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

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This is a big deal for Social Security: SSA has the majority of the government’s administrative law judges. They decide appeals on disability cases. More later… www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

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Glad to see that Elon Musk is taking his DOGE responsibilities so seriously. www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

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Around 40 probationary employees at Social Security have been given the option to transfer to other roles instead of facing termination. The agency’s move offers an alternative to the widespread firings happening across the federal workforce. Read more here:

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