The #SocialSecurity Administration is gutting regional staff and shifting all #public #communications to X

https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/

#PSA #FYI #SSA #communication #media #PressReleases #twitter #policy #labor #PublicRelations #DOGE #government

#MAGA - The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X

> The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent,
https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/ #ElonMusk #X #SSA

Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Personal Data

Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if #Musk & #DOGE can’t access #Americans’ most sensitive #data
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/

"Dudek’s threat to block #SSA employees from using the agency’s #IT systems — a move that could halt #SocialSecurity payments — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Tech #News #US #USA

Musk’s Attack on Social Security Takes Ugly Turn With New Leak Stunner

As Trump officials move to cut Social Security & startling new info emerges about Elon Musk’s involvement, an advocate for social insurance explains how #Trump & #Musk are headed for deep political trouble.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192458/musks-attack-social-security-takes-ugly-turn-new-leak-stunner

"Trump’s admn gears up to cut #SocialSecurity... a top official at the #SSA privately admitted that Musk’s so-called #Doge is in charge of the cutting"

#ElonMusk #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA

Social Security Chief Privately Admits Musk’s DOGE Will Wreck Things

The acting head of the Social Security Administration told his staff that Elon Musk’s DOGE is bound to make mistakes soon.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192412/social-security-chief-warn-doge-mistakes

"He described Musk’s cronies as “outsiders who are unfamiliar with nuances of #SSA programs,” and warned that their aggressive approach could hurt the some 73 million #Americans who receive #SocialSecurity benefits"

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

"Federal workers at the Social Security Administration (SSA) learned Wednesday that a plan was in motion to cut 50% of staff. ...

Once checks stop arriving on time or at all, the full force of this administration’s destruction will be felt by millions. It is no exaggeration to say this will kill people—mainly people who are elderly, disabled and/or poor. Society’s most vulnerable sit in the crosshairs of our nation’s wealthiest people who have absolutely everything, but somehow always want more.

In a press conference earlier this month, President Trump said, 'Social Security will not be touched,'"
#coup #corruption #SocialSecurity #SSA https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/government-destruction-ssa-doge

When birthdates aren't known - which was common in the 1930s when Social Security began & can still sometimes be the case, the system automatically gave the year of birth as 1875, in accordance w/a standard known as ISO 8601, or Convention du Mètre, established in 1875
(https://usma.org/laws-and-bills/metric-convention-of-1875#locale-notification), according to which a missing value for a date is automatically coded as May 20, 1875 (https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/feb/17/are-150-year-old-americans-receiving-social-securi/).

Additionally, #SSA's use of COBOL programming - in ways I do not, as a non-programmer,
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Seems Trump is wallowing like a pig in mud, doubling down on what he by now knows are lies that 150yo and even 200yo people are claiming #SocialSecurity benefits.

Obvious hogwash to anyone over the age of 3, but there's also been lots of reportage exposing the fact that there are various explanations for these numbers, including the fact that no $ is being distributed to or on behalf of any such account.

Anyone with institutional knowledge of #SSA would know that.
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DOGE follows longtime Musk pattern — and turns attention to Social Security Administration

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2025/inside-doges-march-with-the-social-security-administration-soon-to-come

Musk’s DOGE shuttered USAID. It has searched Medicare payments and gained access to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system.

And it’s just getting started.

The Social Security Administration is an upcoming focus...and one person involved in DOGE is currently preparing to work with the agency that provides benefits to the elderly and disabled.

#Musk #SSA #privacy #press