@cstross
as bad as the epstein crimes are, keep in mind that it is a distraction.

The plan is to keep the media from talking about their plans to steal the #socialSecurity money and cut health care to the elderly and poor and destroy the education system.

Keep your eye on the ball or in this case the money.
#democracy is more than voting.

Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
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Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-security-disability-eligibility-trump-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SocialSecurity #Disability #Trump #USPolitics #Government

Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
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Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-security-disability-eligibility-trump-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SocialSecurity #Disability #Trump #USPolitics #Government

DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.

Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DHS #SocialSecurity #Vote #Data #Election #Privacy #Security #USPolitics

Republicans to force disabled seniors to work to get their Social Security
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/10/06/disability-social-security-age-benefits-republican-work-requirements/
#socialsecurity @GailWaldby

Republicans to force disabled seniors to work to get their Social Security
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/10/06/disability-social-security-age-benefits-republican-work-requirements/
#socialsecurity @GailWaldby

Over 70 million #Americans rely on #SocialSecurity for retirement and disability benefits. Without accountability and transparency, that future is at risk.
https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm3_aIiWeFKH7rgL9EHbPrcmSKjD8T2UwEDqDz1Tv9EuW1uPNAYg4l-TnVo8SFOHdwl4axfnDs-7Ixa2-j1TJmHvAczSXojYh48L9QgAbuWyoBAZzpjoWV5qYke6Ba3W9fNAaNohuC9RZDqwmTI40eaejO-uLnhyPAeUiZS6COWRblPp1GFXop1M6ygHMHWSFr5JjqjEvcHqiTdWzuIny9PJJJaxiwm0kkzZHgeNhHEtCw5UwJLQBXwtFy3vmXOWv4nDX61dzPT6aqTh9zPcWXatHzIU0FITw83Ys6O7xfwAgjdaxDyphtjmih7JKM3E2EgLM8U-uwM-jOXnhJwhOzMcRhMQ92LXYtL1U_8_XUxxNL8Pkj0FDQwQ66Yp0WVV9T3_bJ9Wfz9F5_15PE0XSwb1IvhkL2DETLYLHRzleRaxP-lhX1ZdXtLL173F2Zee7_0F9sxfcxYYNJVUL0DgUpkwLTe3--lJf3J9sAJfdPmd8a3qlXx2-VkbFNLC6GIfLSbgB40HVSbAZk9xcWLRMqjsvZX1XU2Wc2SWJSMkVkO446AjJ_cvIoq-gTY4lz0NppRBhBqF9w_zHPJNrFfjekfpCBN8GY9jpPPNjHIqd87XFrg/4k5/eF_jtjq4RJ2LT84vvMbD5w/h2/h001.SwO82pCBmuLt9xjesAPSIc5_U44RarSTtUgq-LZxdoI

Over 70 million #Americans rely on #SocialSecurity for retirement and disability benefits. Without accountability and transparency, that future is at risk.
https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm3_aIiWeFKH7rgL9EHbPrcmSKjD8T2UwEDqDz1Tv9EuW1uPNAYg4l-TnVo8SFOHdwl4axfnDs-7Ixa2-j1TJmHvAczSXojYh48L9QgAbuWyoBAZzpjoWV5qYke6Ba3W9fNAaNohuC9RZDqwmTI40eaejO-uLnhyPAeUiZS6COWRblPp1GFXop1M6ygHMHWSFr5JjqjEvcHqiTdWzuIny9PJJJaxiwm0kkzZHgeNhHEtCw5UwJLQBXwtFy3vmXOWv4nDX61dzPT6aqTh9zPcWXatHzIU0FITw83Ys6O7xfwAgjdaxDyphtjmih7JKM3E2EgLM8U-uwM-jOXnhJwhOzMcRhMQ92LXYtL1U_8_XUxxNL8Pkj0FDQwQ66Yp0WVV9T3_bJ9Wfz9F5_15PE0XSwb1IvhkL2DETLYLHRzleRaxP-lhX1ZdXtLL173F2Zee7_0F9sxfcxYYNJVUL0DgUpkwLTe3--lJf3J9sAJfdPmd8a3qlXx2-VkbFNLC6GIfLSbgB40HVSbAZk9xcWLRMqjsvZX1XU2Wc2SWJSMkVkO446AjJ_cvIoq-gTY4lz0NppRBhBqF9w_zHPJNrFfjekfpCBN8GY9jpPPNjHIqd87XFrg/4k5/eF_jtjq4RJ2LT84vvMbD5w/h2/h001.SwO82pCBmuLt9xjesAPSIc5_U44RarSTtUgq-LZxdoI

Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#DOGE#SocialSecurity#Trump#Government#USPolitics

Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#DOGE#SocialSecurity#Trump#Government#USPolitics

WOW!

Femicidio —the killing of women for being women— is treated here in USA as part & parcel of machismo that only applies to those guys south of the border. but machismo is just Spanish argot for patriarchy.

All across Latinoamérica, localities are passing laws to treat femicide as a hate crime and not a "crime of passion"; Puerto Rico included.

Brasil is going one step further: Lula just signed into law #UBI/ #SocialSecurity for children left orphaned by femicide

https://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online/emcimadahora/rss091/*https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/painel/2023/11/lula-sanciona-lei-que-da-pensao-para-orfaos-de-feminicidio.shtml

Workshopping a new #protest sign:

They’re cutting your SS
to fund their SS

I’ll do some font treatment or imagery to make it clear that the first is #SocialSecurity. The latter will use the lightning bolt letters of the Schutzstaffel.

#Resist #rally @renewedresistance

Workshopping a new #protest sign:

They’re cutting your SS
to fund their SS

I’ll do some font treatment or imagery to make it clear that the first is #SocialSecurity. The latter will use the lightning bolt letters of the Schutzstaffel.

#Resist #rally @renewedresistance

'Cover up': Social Security head accused of 'hiding' crisis after 7K job cuts
https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-2673174369/

#FrankBisignano#SocialSecurity#SSI #TrumpDidThis#RepublicansDidThis#GOPKakistocracy#Project2025#NoRepublicansEverAgain#USPol

'Cover up': Social Security head accused of 'hiding' crisis after 7K job cuts
https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-2673174369/

#FrankBisignano#SocialSecurity#SSI #TrumpDidThis#RepublicansDidThis#GOPKakistocracy#Project2025#NoRepublicansEverAgain#USPol

Over one quarter billion on #strike over Indian government's pro-employer attempts to bust unions and worsen working conditions

https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=666

#strikes #union #unions#UnionStrong#India#UnionBusting#BharatBandh#AllIndiaStrike#CTU#MinimumWage #pensions#SocialSecurity#PSU #privatisation #neoliberalism#INBCWF#WorkingClass #capitalism #exploitation#ClassWar

Over one quarter billion on #strike over Indian government's pro-employer attempts to bust unions and worsen working conditions

https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=666

#strikes #union #unions#UnionStrong#India#UnionBusting#BharatBandh#AllIndiaStrike#CTU#MinimumWage #pensions#SocialSecurity#PSU #privatisation #neoliberalism#INBCWF#WorkingClass #capitalism #exploitation#ClassWar