Cat
@catjacks0n.bsky.social
Appellate law. Literature enthusiast. Mom. Dog mom. Girl Scout leader. Science of Reading advocate. Law Dawg/Stormy Petrel.
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UPDATE: EVERY Republican on the Senate Finance Committee voted to continue The DOGE destruction of Social Security
They voted to advance the nomination of Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s choice to lead Social Security.
They voted to advance the nomination of Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s choice to lead Social Security.
April 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
UPDATE: EVERY Republican on the Senate Finance Committee voted to continue The DOGE destruction of Social Security
They voted to advance the nomination of Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s choice to lead Social Security.
They voted to advance the nomination of Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s choice to lead Social Security.
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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
Isaiah 10:2
BREAKING: Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek says he is consulting with the Justice Department about shutting down the agency.
Dudek told the Washington Post: “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here.”
Dudek told the Washington Post: “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here.”
Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on whether to close agency
Leland Dudek argues that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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
Isaiah 10:2
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Now’s a good time to remind everyone that OVER 99 PERCENT of all Social Security payments are made accurately and on time.
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Now’s a good time to remind everyone that OVER 99 PERCENT of all Social Security payments are made accurately and on time.
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Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit
March 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit
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Everyone needs to read this.
Musk and Trump are breaking Social Security so they can turn it over to Wall Street.
Musk and Trump are breaking Social Security so they can turn it over to Wall Street.
Here’s how I think the Social Security attack plan works: 🧵
March 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Everyone needs to read this.
Musk and Trump are breaking Social Security so they can turn it over to Wall Street.
Musk and Trump are breaking Social Security so they can turn it over to Wall Street.
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Is he effing kidding me?
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?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
March 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is he effing kidding me?
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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
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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
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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?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
March 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
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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...
thehill.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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...
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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. 🧵
March 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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. 🧵
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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
Musk: "The waste and fraud in entitlement spending -- that's the big one to eliminate. That's the half trillion, maybe 600 or 700 billion a year. That's also the mechanism by which Democrats attract & retain illegal immigrants by essentially paying them to come here & then turning them into voters."
March 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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
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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
March 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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
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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/...
Tuesday night, Donald Trump stood before the nation and, with the full backing of billionaires like Elon Musk, laid the groundwork for the biggest heist in American history—the rapid, systematic destruction of Social Security, disguised as “reform.”
newrepublic.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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/...
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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.
March 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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.
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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.
Spread the word.
March 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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.
Spread the word.
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Once again I am saying: what’s happening rn is a federal attack on *LABOR*. apnews.com/article/coll...
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections
A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Once again I am saying: what’s happening rn is a federal attack on *LABOR*. apnews.com/article/coll...
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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.
March 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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.
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"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
Make no mistake: Trump has broken that promise."
–Nancy Altman, President, Social Security Works
The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History - OtherWords
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are planning to utterly demolish Social Security’s workforce to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
otherwords.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"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
Make no mistake: Trump has broken that promise."
–Nancy Altman, President, Social Security Works
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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.
March 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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.
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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.
That's less than 400 bucks a week.
So for me, not a dime to be cut from Social Security, not a dime.
March 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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.
That's less than 400 bucks a week.
So for me, not a dime to be cut from Social Security, not a dime.
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Ahh selling off real estate to buy cryptocurrency, definitely a brilliant move. No notes.
March 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ahh selling off real estate to buy cryptocurrency, definitely a brilliant move. No notes.
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Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
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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.
Musk has recently begun the wholesale dismantling of our Social Security system.
Elon Musk is Dismantling Social Security
(Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works: “Elon Musk slandered Social Security over the weekend by calling the vital and beloved program a ...
socialsecurityworks.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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.
Musk has recently begun the wholesale dismantling of our Social Security system.
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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!
DONT DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
March 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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!
DONT DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
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Start saving now, says former SSA chief www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Start saving now, says former SSA chief www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...