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The Social Security Administration's chief data officer Charles Borges involuntarily resigned because the SSA Commissioner made Borges’ duties “impossible to perform legally and ethically”. Donald Trump and Commissioner Bisignano are trying to BREAK the SSA.
🚨UPDATE: Last week, a whistleblower revealed a DOGE operative copied the private Social Security data of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud. The whistleblower was Charles Borges, and he resigned due to a “culture of fear” at the Social Security Administration.
Yes, it is.
That part!
And immigrants work and contribute to our social security.
This isn’t an ordinary time—we’re fighting for the soul of our country. Fortunately, labor is leading the way. Proud to stand with @aflcio.org, AFGE & @socialsecurityworks.org for dignity, fairness & respect for all, incl. @socialsecurity.govmirrors.com civil servants who are patriots, not waste.
Labor Day is a time to honor workers- and to fight for them. A strong workforce makes a strong Social Security system.
Life is better in a union. Unions helped build our Social Security system. Strong unions make a strong Social Security system.
🚨RED ALERT: One of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s henchmen at Social Security “copied the Social Security numbers, names, and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.” No one voted to hand over our personal data to DOGE!
5 Alarm Fire at SSA. This involves every citizen's data & the regime has handled it incompetently, insecurely, and illegally. SSA's Chief Data Officer resigning involuntarily because he's not allowed to do his oversight job.
A brave whistleblower revealed that DOGE stole the American people's Social Security data. The Trump administration forcibly removed him. This is illegal.
#Wisconsin is representing! W00t!
Incredible photos from the protest outside of the Eau Claire Mayo Clinic in Wisconsin today. Constituents are holding Derrick Van Orden accountable for voting for Trump's Big Ugly Bill while knowing the damage the Megabill will do to healthcare in the state.
Social Security is a simple, universal program that is part of the fabric of American life, connecting all of us, and guaranteeing a life of dignity for everyone. And Wall Street would kill to privatize it.
In its 90-year history, Social Security has never faced a bigger threat than Donald Trump and Elon Musk in their attempts to undermine the system we built with our contributions. Congress must take swift action to defend and protect our earned benefits.
NO ONE voted for an unelected oligarch to get access to our private data. Elon Musk’s DOGE henchmen copied full names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth―everything that a hacker would need to steal our identities.
DOGE 👏 is 👏 a 👏 scam. After the courts refused to stop DOGE and Administration staff from hacking your private Social Security data, DOGE’ers uploaded the entire database to an unsecured server. This is why we filed the Hands Off Our Social Security Act.
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED BENEFIT!
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
We must fight to uproot DOGE from the Social Security Administration and restore the service we’ve paid into for generations. HANDS OFF.
Derrick Van Orden voted to gut Medicaid and close hospitals. Now, he's hanging out with JD Vance and wealthy donors — while refusing to hold a town hall with voters. If you're in Eau Claire area, join the protest tomorrow at 10am!
It’s about damn time Congress stood up to the Wall Street billionaires who want to steal our earned benefits! Can you dig it?
Trump and his DOGE minions didn’t just make it harder for people to access their Social Security benefits — they also compromised sensitive data for millions. They took a chainsaw to the Social Security Administration and Americans are paying the price.
Reup: John Roberts gave Ed "Big Balls" Cositine live and unaudited access to every Americans' social security data. www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
They specifically uploaded the 'NUMIDENT' file. This record includes your name, social security number, your birth date, your birth place, your parents' names and social security numbers, gender, and immigration status. The security threat is profound.
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! DOGE uploaded a crucial Social Security database in June to a cloud server putting personal information of 100's of MILLIONS Americans at risk of being leaked or hacked, according to whistle-blower complaint filed by the SSA chief data officer. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Social Security and Medicaid aren’t red or blue—they’re dignity or despair. HANDS OFF these life-saving programs!
"Elon Musk and his DOGE minions stole the American people's private Social Security data. This was no accident. They come from Silicon Valley, where tech bros are furiously competing to see whose AI can gobble up the most data." - @alaw202.bsky.social
Never trust anyone who proposes cutting Social Security instead of making billionaires pay their fair share.
DOGE staff at Social Security have put the sensitive data of hundreds of millions is at "high risk," which could have “catastrophic impact,” according to internal SSA docs. This was not only foreseeable, but widely predicted. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Don’t let Van Orden hide from this. Help us hold him accountable: www.mobilize.us/chippewavall...
SHAME: Hospitals are closing in Wisconsin thanks to Republican Derrick Van Orden’s vote to destroy Medicaid. Trump’s Big Ugly Bill included a record-breaking $1 TRILLION in cuts to Medicaid and a massive tax handout to billionaires.
If Donald Trump is trying to build a wall between Americans and their Social Security benefits. We must take down that barrier brick by brick!
Thanks to the 60 or so warriors who turned out for the HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY rally outside the Social Security office in Bridgewater today!
Supporting Social Security by the road in Reston, Virginia @socialsecurityworks.org
90 years of Social Security. 90 years of dignity. With @socialsecurityworks.org, we showed the power of people coming together to #ProtectOurChecks — with 60 events in 17 states! Social Security is our right. It’s a promise. And together, we’ll protect it. protectourchecks.com
New MAHA draft report leaked! On #CareTalk live @mirandayaver.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social talks about it w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answer your health ins q’s.
WOSU — Rep. Joyce Beatty sounds alarm on Social Security staffing cuts 🎙️Listen to this clip for more. 🗞️Read the full WOSU story now here! bit.ly/47e07RQ
"DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server. It includes individuals’ full names, addresses and birth dates, among other details that could be used to steal their identities."
Daily reminder: Social Security is an EARNED benefit.
BINGO!
We make contributions with EVERY paycheck. Without a doubt, we EARN Social Security!
They call your Social Security & Medicare 'Entitlements' so you don't call them something silly like 'Earned Benefits.'
Wanna guess how many checks Social Security has missed in its 90-year history?
The right to a secure and dignified retirement is one of the bedrock principles of American life. Social Security is a sacred trust.
No matter where you live, in a red state or blue state, in a swing district or not, Social Security is a universal promise of economic security.
"Social Security is even more important for my generation, which is facing crippling student debt and skyrocketing housing costs, than it is for older generations. Social Security provides stability and a guarantee as we approach retirement." Read the full article here:
It’s no surprise what President Trump and the GOP are doing to Social Security
Frank Bisignano is just like the man who hired him: A big liar.
Frank Bisignano is just like the man who hired him: A liar.
"[Republicans] have hated Social Security ever since Franklin Roosevelt created it in 1935 and taxes started to be collected two years later. Now they think Donald Trump has finally given them the weapon needed for the program’s destruction."
Social Security can continue to help Americans by lifting the cap.
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
Americans pay for top-tier customer service every time they make a payroll contribution. Don’t be fooled, remember that cuts to the Social Security Administration are Social Security CUTS.
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security on 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security on less than 1% of their income. I think it’s time to scrap the cap.
We must demand that Congress and the White House protect Social Security for current and future generations!
If Trump thinks we’re going to roll over and let him hand our earned benefits over to Wall Street, he’s got another thing coming. We will always stand up and fight back when someone tries to attack our Social Security benefits.
Trump and DOGE’s goal is to break Social Security, then say it isn’t working so they can hand it over to Wall Street.
Social Security works because it gets contributions from EVERY generation. EVERY generation EARNS benefits for when they retire, become disabled, or lose a family breadwinner.
Trump and DOGE’s mismanagement of Social Security is intentional. They want to throw the agency into chaos to justify privatizing our earned benefits. HANDS OFF.
Make no mistake, Republicans know EXACTLY how we can protect and expand Social Security benefits. They refuse to do so because it would require making their billionaire paymasters pay their fair share!
Democrats are fighting to uphold FDR’s legacy by protecting and expanding Social Security, paid for by requiring millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. Republicans are undermining Social Security with backdoor cuts.
Social Security benefits around 70 million Americans each year. That includes over 8 million people who receive Social Security disability benefits and almost 6 million people who receive survivor benefits.
Privatization of any part of Social Security — the benefits or the administration — would be a betrayal to Americans who worked to earn their benefits.
Evelyn DeJesus: This is important. This is about who we are as Americans, how we have worked hard for this, and we deserve this.
"It's past time for this Congress to protect our checks and to save Social Security. But they're not doing that. They're giving billionaires a tax break."
State Representative Bridget Kosierowski: Social Security for countless families across this country is not just a government program– it is a lifeline. It is one of the most vital sources of income for retirees, people with disabilities, survivors of deceased loved ones.
Sean Riley: We're asking our government to protect families today like mine and yours. Congress must protect financial security for working people, not billionaires. This is not a handout. Don't let anyone deceive you. This is not a handout. It is a hard-earned lifeline for millions of Americans.
Jessica LaPointe: These are our demands: ✅ Fully staff our local offices with skilled federal unionized workers–not robots, not contractors ✅ Protect your private data ✅ Protect our unions ✅Make the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share so we can expand Social Security for another 90 years.
Jessica LaPointe: The [Social Security] workers that remain are not backing down. We refuse to abandon you. They'll have to pry this agency out of our cold grip!
Jessica LaPointe: For 90 years, we've kept America's greatest anti-poverty success story alive. We serve widows, orphans, the elderly, disabled, every vulnerable soul in your families and in your communities because you deserve respect and dignity when you apply for your earned benefits.
Jessica LaPointe: For 90 years, Social Security workers have had this country's back. Through wars, depression, recessions, 9/11, pandemics, through every struggle Americans have faced, we have been there for you!
Jennifer Higgins: [Frances Perkins] understood that pooling resources to level the economic playing field for our most vulnerable–the elderly, the disabled, unemployed, and their families–was vital to achieving the American dream.
Merv Turner: This is our fight for Social Security, for Medicare, for the right to live with dignity in the richest nation on earth. Let's make our voices so loud that they cannot be ignored, not now, not ever, because this is what democracy looks like.
Josh Haimson: For 90 years, Social Security has made sure that most seniors and people w/ disabilities don't become destitute. We pay into Social Security in our working years. and then when we retire or become disabled they pay us back. Pretty amazing, right?
Gil Garcia: If it wasn't for Social Security... I would have never had the opportunity of having Medicare to take care of me; my children would have had to pay for it. That's not the America that we want. That's not the stress and burden that we want.
Gil Garcia: We pay for Social Security, although the current administration unfortunately. wants to twist the narrative. Again, why would they do that? Why would they impact 65 million Americans who rely on Social Security?
Tania Salinas: Social Security is not just a program. It is a promise to our citizens. We must advocate for the preservation of its integrity, ensuring that it remains accessible and effective for future generations
Sam Hardman: The VA has also helped me get my first home and Social Security is allowing me to stay in it, as I'm retired now. All these benefits are commitments to the country that made to me, and I very much appreciate that.
Jon "Bowzer" Bauman: Do you know how many checks Social Security has missed sending out in its 90 years? The answer is ZERO
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Jon "Bowzer" Bauman: We should be here celebrating the birthday of Social Security. In normal times, that's all we would be doing... We're also protesting here in front of the Social Security Administration office the massive cuts to SS that have been instituted just in this past few months
Social Security turns 90 years old this week. If we make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share, we can keep it strong for decades to come. Instead, Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill passed tax cuts for his rich friends — and weakened Social Security.
Social Security is an economic necessity: The median household nearing retirement has only $10,000 in retirement savings—and nearly half of families have none at all. The Trump administration is putting these essential benefits in danger. We need to protect our checks!
90 years strong 💪Social Security is a promise — not charity. @warren.senate.gov is fighting to protect it. Trump and Republicans in Congress want to cut it to fund billionaire tax breaks. Join us, @socialsecurityworks.org, and Sen. Warren to #ProtectOurChecks → ProtectOurChecks.com
90 years ago today, America made a promise: that we could retire with dignity & wouldn’t be left behind. That promise is Social Security. Now, it’s under attack. Join us & @socialsecurityworks.org as we hold events across the country to protect what’s OURS. 📍 Visit: protectourchecks.com
Today marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security — the most successful anti-poverty program in U.S. history. As Trump and Republicans try to tear down all of our country’s safety nets, I’ll keep fighting back and making sure every American is able to retire with dignity.
1/ Today marks 90 years since Social Security became law—providing generations of Americans with the benefits they’ve earned. Congress should be working to protect and expand Social Security, not cutting the staff that administer it, like the Trump administration has done.
For 90 years, Social Security has paid out every benefit owed to every eligible American. Now Trump is working overtime to dismantle it. We won’t let them privatize Social Security. Instead, we must expand benefits and its solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share.
What’s the best way to celebrate Social Security’s 90th birthday? Fighting to protect it for all generations!
Donald Trump is desperate to hide the truth: His administration is wreaking Social Security's customer service. When people can't access their hard-earned benefits, that's a Social Security cut.
90 years of Social Security—and Republicans still want to wreck it? This isn’t just policy—it’s a promise to working people. And we’re here to fight for it. Join the movement to Protect Our Checks. protectourchecks.org
90 years ago today, FDR signed Social Security into law. Now nearly 69 million Americans rely on it. It’s time we expanded these benefits for millions of seniors and disabled people, not slash care for working folks.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY. On the 90th birthday of one of the best federal government programs in history, we must preserve, protect, and EXPAND Social Security.
Thank you @kim.senate.gov!
90 years ago, Social Security became law. Today, billionaires like Zuckerberg and Bezos pay into it at a lower rate than police officers and truck drivers. It’s time they pay their fair share so we can expand Social Security and every senior can live and retire with dignity.
Take ACTION: ProtectOurChecks.com
On Social Security’s 90th birthday, Republicans want to destroy it. They’ve proven it by: ❌Using DOGE to cut customer service ❌Forcing out thousands of hard working Social Security staff ❌Appointing an unqualified billionaire to lead Social Security
The average Social Security benefit is only about $1,850 per month. That’s simply not enough to live on. As Social Security turns 90, we need to protect and expand benefits by making billionaires pay their fair share.
Right now, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are quietly creating problems for Social Security so they can later hand it off to their private equity buddies.