DOGE Is Coming for Your Social Security, States Prepare to Sue
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Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency continues to tear through the federal government like a virus. DOGE has moved from one bureaucratic organ to the next, stopping at each juncture to fire people, seize data, and generally cause mayhem and distress. Now, as various legal challenges begin to pile up, Musks pro-corporate, anti-government organization is turning to two agencies that directly impact millions of Americans: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Social Security Administration. On Thursday, an anonymous source communicated to Semafor that DOGE would soon be training its sights on the Social Security Administration. At least one DOGE staffer is preparing to work with the agency, the outlet reported. While theres little information available as to what Musks group plans to do to Americas popular public benefits program, DOGEs whole modus operandi has been to take a butchers knife to the agencies it works with, so its difficult to imagine that the changes will be helpful to the average American. Its going to depend on what we find, an anonymous source with knowledge of DOGEs plans told Semafor. Theres going to be reworks across the government, every agency. Another person interviewed by the outlet said, of DOGEs general strategy towards the government: I think theres an impulse to clean house, and to maybe freeze funding now. And then, if somethings really important, it will distinguish itself, and well bring it back online Youve got to just move fast, integrate fast, and then fix it as you go. During a news conference Friday, President Trump said that Americans social security would remain undisturbed by DOGE. Social Security will not be touched, it will only be strengthened, he said. This week, DOGE also landed at the CFPB, which protects consumers against scams and financial malfeasance. In a press release, the agencys union announced DOGEs arrival, describing Musk as a professional Twitter poster and Jeffrey Epstein confidant and identifying the DOGE members who had stormed its offices as Chris Young, a lobbyist for Big Pharma and past field organizer for former Gov. Bobby Jindal, and Elon fanboys Nikhil Rajpal and Gavin Kliger. It says that Rajpal led a libertarian students group at public land-grant university UC Berkeley, and worked at auto-lender Tesla and wannabe-payment-processor Twitter. Of Kliger, the release notes that his lawyer daddy works at Experianwhich is the same companyCFPB sued in January for covering up errors on credit reports with sham investigations.The press release continues: The unelected Musk recently announced plans for a new payments platform run jointly by Visa and X (formerly Twitter). Now, hes moved his power grab to the CFPB, in a clear attempt to attack union workers and defang the only agency that checks the greed of payment providers, as well as auto lenders like Tesla. CNN also reported on Thursday that one of DOGEs minionsa 23-year-old former SpaceX internhad shown up at the Department of Energy, whereagainst the advice of the agencys general counselhe was given access to the departments IT systems. God only knows who thought that was a good idea.DOGE is now weathering multiple lawsuits and, on Thursday, it was announced that attorneys general for over a dozen states were readying a collective litigation effort against the organization over its access to U.S. Treasury data. An announcement related to the suit notes that DOGE staffers access to payment systems containing Americans private information, bank account information and other sensitive data is unlawful. The states involvedincluding New York, California, Nevada, Arizona, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and otherssay they want to ensure those responsible are held accountable. As the richest man in the world, Elon Musk is not used to being told no, but in our country, no one is above the law, the statement reads. This level of access for unauthorized individuals is unlawful, unprecedented and unacceptable.
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