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if social security is gone, people will die.
I agree that trump means to kill social security. :x 63%  63%  [ 5 ]
I don't believe he will stoop that far. :o 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I am not sure what the no-good-nik will do at this point. :shrug: 38%  38%  [ 3 ]
where's my borscht ice cream? :chef: 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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Yesterday, 12:06 am

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-03-21-trumps-attack-on-social-security-backfires/
dear leader is having yet another mad cow and threatening via his stooge Social Security Administration commissioner Dudek to shutter the social security administration. this is after he repeatedly promised to not touch social security.



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Yesterday, 1:49 am

I do think that it's worth noting that Florida has a couple of house seats up for grabs next month and I think the same is the case for one of their Senate seats. It's hard to say what the result will be, but threatening social security is unlikely to help him out at all with those special elections and would put the Democrats in the position where they could block legislation.

Whether he's serious or not, I have no idea. it's really hard to know what he's serious about other than trying to own the libs and retribution. And whatever it is that Elon thinks he wants that week. Neither of them are particularly stable and having an entire party that seems willing to go along with the madness is deeply disturbing, especially without an opposition party that's going to actually oppose any of it.



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Yesterday, 12:51 pm

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“Today, the Court issued clarifying guidance about the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) related to DOGE employees and DOGE activities at the Social Security Administration (SSA). Therefore, I am not shutting down the agency. President Trump supports keeping Social Security offices open and getting the right check to the right person at the right time. SSA employees and their work will continue under the TRO.”

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Yesterday, 3:52 pm

The system has been broken for a long time. Long before Trump or Biden. Now they are gutting everything because economics and disinformation are so bad. My hope is that a new era of technological leadership will emerge to radically change the entire government system for the better. My God, it can’t be worse. It really can’t.

All of this reminds me of a Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares show except it’s world governments that need to be overhauled to run more efficiently, not restaurants. And this isn’t a game or a competition. It’s reality. With real people who need help.