Summary

Trump’s interim Social Security chief, Lee Dudek, threatened to halt Social Security payments if Elon Musk’s DOGE cannot access sensitive personal data.

A court order blocked DOGE from accessing non-anonymized information, citing privacy violations. The judge criticized DOGE’s unlimited data access and demanded compliance with existing privacy laws.

Dudek claimed the ruling could force SSA system shutdowns. The move aligns with Musk’s controversial claims of widespread Social Security fraud, despite no evidence.

Critics warn of severe disruptions for 71 million beneficiaries.

40 points

Go ahead, asshole. Do it.

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29 points

You don’t have enough bullets fucktard.

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9 points

Don’t tempt the US military with a good time. Killing civilians is the only thing a lot of them have field experience doing.

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16 points

Go ahead and immediately piss off the staunchest age demographic you’ve got pulling for you.

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6 points

That doesn’t matter if you’re not going to have elections anymore.

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7 points

You mean the ones least able to do anything about it?

When have you ever known a Republican to not punch down? This is just them aiming even lower.

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Good luck, I’m sure the retirees wishing for the good-ol-days putting this shit show on would be so happy…

Of course then again those same people are the ones that would put their whole personal life up on Facebook and say ‘what do I have to hide?’ so they may just say let him do whatever he likes.

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Do it. See what happens.

It won’t hurt me at all. I know that. There will be splash damage. I know that.

It will, though, disproportionately affect a lot of the demographic groups (predominantly: old people) who voted for this shit show. So by all means, kill your own voters. I see it as two birds with one stone at this point. I certainly can’t stop you, and I’m morbidly curious to see what happens when you realize the implications of what you’re doing.

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