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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] 22 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So, either 90% of our admin is in on the coup and just doing little grand standing actions like "refusing DOGE", or they refused and the Russians found out about their families and sent a strongly worded letter saying it'd be a shame if something happened to their family.

I can see option two being the more likely case, but the cynic in me is saying these people are all in on it and there will be no one but the peasants to fight for their rights.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Americans: please stop stepping down. Have some backbone, stay in your place and do the fucking right thing? All you do with stepping down is making it easier to put some trump loyalist in place

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Genuine Question, why step down and not hold the fort and be a massive pain to them?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

DOGE is doing a great job!

The record breaking speed at which they are transferring money from the poor to the oligarchs is unprecedented in American history. Remember everyone to work hard, we have to make sure those poor billionaires get the money the deserve .

~/s~

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Great. Soon they will have teenagers directing all money into oligarch's pockets while people are homeless, starving and committing crimes against other subjects, all under the rule of a stupid, mob boss dictator.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Why are all you mfs resigning stand your ground come on. If you leave they just appoint some yes man fuck.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah I'd rather stay in place and use my knowledge to resist and work from within.

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

Hmmmm I'm conflicted

Americans in general: stop quitting, stand your ground, do the right thing

Also Americans: I can't be bother voting, it's all the same after all

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

Also americans: second highest voter turn out in history for a US presidential election.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago

If you're hours away from being fired, you can control the narrative by quitting and making the first statement.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I had no idea how fragile the US was until trump retook office. Imagine if the Democrats did something like this? There would be outrage, riots, maybe even people storming the capitol. The police and law would get involved.... But this time not a sole is stopping Elon

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

Hey man. They’re posting on social media that they’re sorry. You know. Thoughts and prayers! Must mean something cause they get lots of likes. Seems to be a small handful in each city that care enough to actually go outside and protest.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

Elon needs a sole or 50 to the face.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why, why do they keep stepping down IT MAKES IT SO MUCH FUCKING EASIER FOR THEM. This is such bullshit and spineless behavior. They can't protect the American people if they FUCKING RESIGN. Like how does this in any way help us.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It can be that they can't stop something, but their position makes them responsible, so all they can do is step down and refuse to be implicated. Or they are ordered to do a thing and can't refuse to do it, so they step down. Maybe it then turns out no one can do the thing due a few days while the person is replaced.

We never get the nuance of these resignations unless they make their resignation letters public (and even then...). Could even be they have 30 years of service or whatever and would like to step down with some benefits for their families before they get fired and lose everything. Yeah it would be nice if they fought, but I can't begrudge a bureaucrat putting their family first in a losing fight.

So I tend to give them the benefit of doubt. In the end, they aren't doing the easiest thing, which would just be to cooperate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Very well put.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

There's also a lot of situations where there could be real legal implications via arcane administrative laws if they decide to sick the DOJ on them... We have seen already with Adams thing that they have no intention of the DOJ being impartial.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All Americans should freeze their credit immediately.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Should have after many credit leaks from credit companies

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

The best time to freeze your credit was 10 years ago.

The second best time its right now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (6 children)

It's too bad all these brave lemmings didn't work their way up to high positions in the government. They would have fought the good fight but instead are relegated to talking big on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

They were so close to being heroes. The same people, I assume, who could never join the military because they would punch out the drill instructor.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago

I used to play Battlefield 4 back in the day. If you abandoned your vehicle for any reason the enemy could come in and steal it for the enemy team. This means that instead of having 2vs2 tank fights, you might be able to force 3vs1 or even 4vs0 tank fights. There was an unwritten rule that if you are in a vehicle then you die in that vehicle to avoid that from happening. Your vehicle will not respawn if they are actively being used, even by the enemy. Today it feels like all the "pilots" are abandoning their "vehicles" while our "tickets" get drained.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

I'm so mad! Here! Here's everyone's most important data! If you reveal it in a hacking attack, you better say sorry to every single American!

[–] [email protected] 250 points 5 days ago (4 children)

STOP GETTING OUT OF THE WAY

Stay at your post for fuck's sake. Make them fight you. Drag it out, make it slow and expensive, make them look bad.

Don't just offer them your chair and the keys to the kingdom and tell them here let your stooge take over, have fun

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's seriously upsetting to see how many in leadership want to save their bacon instead of doing what's right.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Our leadership sure ain't courageous... Like at all. Pretty dang spineless.

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

This is what makes the people who do stand up, like Vindman, heroes. Most people won't. And the ones who do are generally made examples of.

[–] [email protected] 124 points 5 days ago (4 children)

She's likely worried about repercussions, about her family. I wouldn't doubt that she already received threats.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Well letting these fools keep doing whatever they want will put her family in much bigger trouble in the long term. Pathetic

[–] [email protected] 73 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I 100% believe that's what's happening, and is part of the reason he's going after everybody's most personal details first. He wants blackmail material, for anybody who doesn't accept his buyouts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Russia's tactics

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago

There are always very good reasons for pulling up stakes in the current climate but we can and should put social pressure on these people until they share those good reasons. And maybe they can't right now but don't let them off the hook because you can imagine a reasonable scenario.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago

I wouldn't put death or rape threats past the MAGA/DOGE team

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