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applegrove

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 03:54 PM Mar 2025

Acting Social Security Chief Threatens to Shut Agency [View all]

Acting Social Security Chief Threatens to Shut Agency

March 21, 2025 at 4:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/21/acting-social-security-chief-threatens-to-shut-agency/

"SNIP..........

“Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek said Friday that he is consulting with agency lawyers and the Justice Department as he threatens to shut down the agency in response to a court ruling blocking Elon Musk’s team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data,” the Washington Post reports.

“Such a dramatic move would be unprecedented in the agency’s history and would immediately begin halting benefit payments for millions of Americans.”

.............SNIP"

Applegrove: holding the people of America hostage is trending with the MAGA/Trump administration

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