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Michelle King, the top Social Security official, resigned after refusing Elon Musk's request for sensitive records, including Social Security numbers and bank data.

Trump appointed Leland Dudek as acting commissioner and nominated Frank Bisignano for the role.

Nancy Altman of Social Security Works condemned DOGE’s request, warning, “I don’t think you can overstate how serious this breach is.”

DOGE’s similar attempts at the IRS and Treasury have sparked legal challenges over privacy concerns.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

sounds like Trump is coming after your social security cheque

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The boomers in denial as they lose their ss is pretty funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

They'll blame it on the deep state.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everyone complaining about this and calling them a coward: Trump and his crimes won't respect the law now, what makes you think this bureaucrat can obstruct anything? Trump will absolutely go over the heads of anyone refusing his orders.

Better to resign and not be complicit than sit by and let your name be anywhere near this shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

People tried staying and being an "inside" ally during Trump's first term. In the end, it just helped his administration maintain a veneer of competency.

Leave. Let the institution fall. Collapse of the systems people rely on is the only way to gather overwhelming popular support to contain Trump's destruction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Is disagreement the right word here?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why resign? Keep refusing the order. You can’t keep blocking it if you don’t work there anymore. They will eventually fire you, but that will slow things down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Or they go right over their head because Trump respects nothing of procedure that doesn't benefit him, they slow down nothing, and now they're also complicit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was probably a "you resign now after you tell me no, or we get you fired in an hour" or something along those lines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I'm gonna have to keep saying this, but if you know you're hours away from being fired, you can quit and make the first statement on the matter. That way, you control the narrative. If they got fired, they'd just be another static.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

This already has me very worried since I get SSD benefits along with Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP due to a mental health impairment, and someone really needs to step the fuck up and get the DOGE NAZIS the fuck out of there.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don’t we need more people to step the fuck up?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 days ago

No, it's far more important to step aside.
Remember there are always 2 parties involved in any bullying and it's on the victim to know when to step away, roll over, and let the bully do whatever they want cause otherwise it causes a scene.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Let's please stop pronouncing this piece of shit entity doge as "dozh" (doʒ), it's so ridiculous and we make fools of ourselves by parroting what we're told. We should deliberately "mispronounce" it, say something like dogie or dog-ee, I dunno--I'm sure you all can come up with something better.

Point is, I bet Musk gets a hard-on every time he hears reporters or democrats fall in line and repeat this ridiculous shit the way he likes it. "yes master dozh, dozh, tell me more about dozh master. 🤮 Disgusting. It's humiliating to cater to him like this. Fuck saying "dozh" like you're Musk's little bitch and stop running to serve to his every oligarchical whim like the lowly serfs he thinks of us as.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Normally you are not supposed to include the O for of in acronyms.

Technically it's the DGE, just as it's the FBI not the FBOI.

Actually FBOI is kind of funny maybe we can change that rule.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

"Cheese it, the FBOIs!" 😄

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I pronounce it "Nazi". Just saying.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I refuse to pronounce it at all. Fucking cringy. I just call them Elon’s Nerdtroopers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I've been calling them Hitler Youth

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Xitler Youth, and the inevitable Xitlergruupen when they are militarized. I would call the fascist nation, "Dogey America". Like 'Vichy', but made suitably stupid enough to accurately represent the Trump Regime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Is it pronounced dodgey as in seedy? Cause it works especially well then.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Oooh! That works too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been pronouncing it Douche

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I like that one

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