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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>This is what is expected to happen when you put a billionaire with a severe drug addiction problem in charge of monitoring the Federal Government spending of the world's largest economy</p><p>"“DOGE Has 10 Staffers at Social Security in Hunt for Dead People,” the headlines read this past week.</p><p>I found a dead person on Social Security. Right here in Seattle, on Capitol Hill.</p><p>Of course the circumstances of Ned Johnson’s death were completely the opposite of what Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency had claimed was rampant.</p><p>“You wake up one day and discover you’re dead,” Johnson told me. “It’s been truly surreal.”</p><p>That’s the biggest difference — my deceased guy turns out to be very much alive. Musk is contending that hordes of dead people are listed as alive in the Social Security databases, and are fraudulently still drawing benefits (which the Social Security director disputes).</p><p>Johnson is 82 and still kicking. Yet sometime last month, someone or something led Social Security to both tag him as dead and start clawing back his benefits.</p><p>Johnson’s strange trip through the netherworld began in February, when a letter from his bank arrived addressed to his wife, Pam."</p><p><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seattletimes.com/seattle-news/</span><span class="invisible">politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>DAYUM! I predicted it would take AT LEAST a year for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonTheCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonTheCon</span></a> to try to turn the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> scam into a National Currency (from which he and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> would turn themselves into instant mega-billionaires.)</p><p>It didn't even take 44 DAYS! 😞 </p><p>(REMINDER: This is right after Musk blasted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> as a "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PonziScheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonziScheme</span></a>.")<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-old-fashioned-simple-scam-trump-hypes-strategic-crypto-reserve-233757253835" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/</span><span class="invisible">-old-fashioned-simple-scam-trump-hypes-strategic-crypto-reserve-233757253835</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Social Security &amp; Sex Robots: Musk Veers Off Script With Joe Rogan</p><p>Elon Musk’s 3-hour interview with “The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JoeRogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeRogan</span></a> Experience” offered a window into his worldview that was by turns crude &amp; contradictory.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/elon-musk-joe-rogan-podcast.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/elon-musk-joe-rogan-podcast.html</span></a></p><p>“ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time,” Musk declared...</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> defended his efforts with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a>, alternatively casting it as existential &amp; downplaying its scope, while expounding on not-safe-for-work matters like <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> sex robots."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>AOC calls Elon Musk a ‘leech’ on the public as their tit-for-tat feud continues</p><p>‘No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> contracts, it will never be enough for him’...<br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-elon-musk-leech-doge-b2707377.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-elon-musk-leech-doge-b2707377.html</span></a></p><p>“Now he’s going after the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elderly</span></a>, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> &amp; orphaned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> so he can pocket it in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> cuts for himself... It’s disgusting.”</p><p>“If you want to start with waste, start with Elon’s defense contracts at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Social Security has never missed a payment. </p><p>DOGE actions threaten ‘interruption of benefits,'...<br><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/social-security-has-never-missed-a-payment-doge-actions-threaten-interruption-of-benefits-ex-agency-head-says/3686242/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcchicago.com/news/business/m</span><span class="invisible">oney-report/social-security-has-never-missed-a-payment-doge-actions-threaten-interruption-of-benefits-ex-agency-head-says/3686242/</span></a></p><p>"recent actions at the US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Admn by Elon Musk's so-called <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> are putting monthly benefit checks for more than 72.5 million <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> at risk...</p><p>"Ultimately, you're going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits," O'Malley said. "I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Covidiocracy<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are ready to make cuts to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> benefits — and now they want to raise the eligibility age, too.</p><p>We can’t trust the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> to be in charge of anything.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-budget-raise-age-retirement-social-security-medicare-rcna144341" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/congress/</span><span class="invisible">republican-budget-raise-age-retirement-social-security-medicare-rcna144341</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VoteOutEveryRepublican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteOutEveryRepublican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a></p>
Mark Gardner-uspol
George Merl<p>What pisses me off about a good portion of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> is that they will say things like "Neither party represents the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a>, they only will differ in bullshit <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/culturewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culturewar</span></a> talking points."</p><p>For one, that is only partially true. Only one party wants to cut/defund/privatize <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> and other <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> programs.</p>