Walter Olson<p>Jeanine Pirro churned out untruths about Dominion voting machines and <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23StopTheSteal" target="_blank">#StopTheSteal</a>, glorified Jan. 6 rioters and called them hostages. She belongs nowhere near the powerful office of U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C.<span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hwwhgkz456voj2kyj5ispch2/post/3ltwqdc6apk2p" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hwwhgkz456voj2kyj5ispch2/post/3ltwqdc6apk2p</a></span></p>
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as-i-see-it<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is preparing to steal the next elections....<br>And the cowards in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> are helping him.<br>So much for their oath to protect the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> from enemies external and internal....</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/197809/trump-doj-local-election-officials-scare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/197809</span><span class="invisible">/trump-doj-local-election-officials-scare</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Via Josh Gerstein:</p><p>JUST IN: Justice Kagan has denied an emergency appeal by 4 current and former Seattle cops who attended the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/J6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>J6</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stopthesteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stopthesteal</span></a> rally and don't want their identities disclosed. Appeal: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A1285/363911/20250625173045998_2025.06.24%20EMERGENCY%20APPLICATION%20FOR%20A%20STAY%20OF%20MANDATE%20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/</span><span class="invisible">24A1285/363911/20250625173045998_2025.06.24%20EMERGENCY%20APPLICATION%20FOR%20A%20STAY%20OF%20MANDATE%20.pdf</span></a></p>
nanowiz<p>keep reading ppl here really can't wait to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> in the next election</p><p>Do you really believe there will be <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/midterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterm</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> ???</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>projection</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitulation</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/stopthesteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopthesteal</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/avelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avelo</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/IllegitimateSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegitimateSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/disappearedinamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disappearedinamerica</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/alligatoralcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alligatoralcatraz</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/concentrationcamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concentrationcamps</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/delusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusion</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/illusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illusion</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/whatruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whatruleoflaw</span></a> ???</p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>“It is no longer enough for elections to be secure − voters must also perceive them to be secure.”</p><p>Cyberattacks don’t need to break voting machines to break democracy. Just the idea of a breach is enough to shake public trust. </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/cyberattacks-shake-voters-trust-in-elections-regardless-of-party-259368" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/cyberattac</span><span class="invisible">ks-shake-voters-trust-in-elections-regardless-of-party-259368</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stopthesteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopthesteal</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>'Red flashing warning': Expert says Republicans are perfecting 'sabotage' of elections<br /><a href="https://www.alternet.org/gop-judicial-sabotage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/gop-judicial-sabo</span><span class="invisible">tage/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansMustGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RepublicansMustGo</span></a></p>
Techdirt<p><strong>Cops Who Attended ‘Stop The Steal’ Rally Ask US Supreme Court To Keep Their Names Out Of The News</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/22/cops-who-attended-stop-the-steal-rally-ask-us-supreme-court-to-keep-their-names-out-of-the-news/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tech</span><span class="invisible">dirt.com/2025/04/22/cops-who-attended-stop-the-steal-rally-ask-us-supreme-court-to-keep-their-names-out-of-the-news/</span></a></p>
`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest" class="u-url mention">@<span>PrivacyDigest</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@juliewebgirl" class="u-url mention">@<span>juliewebgirl</span></a></span> Because they know Seattle will kick them to Texas. Read: They're Afraid.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stopthesteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stopthesteal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/j6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>j6</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scotus</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> officers who joined <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> rally ask <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> </p><p>Four officers sued to prevent the disclosure of Seattle’s investigation into their attendance at the pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on Jan. 6, 2021.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/stopthesteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopthesteal</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/j6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>j6</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/20/jan-6-seattle-police-anonymous/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/20/jan-6-seattle-police-anonymous/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage</span></a></p>
ONC News<p>Ousted President Yoon's Historic Exit Amid Constitutional Crisis<br><a href="https://oncnnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/ousted-president-yoons-historic-exit.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oncnnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">ousted-president-yoons-historic-exit.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PresidentYoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentYoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seoul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/candlelight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candlelight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impeachment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/martiallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>martiallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YoonSukYeol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoonSukYeol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/turmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turmoil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%EA%B3%84%EC%97%84%EB%A0%B9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>계엄령</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%ED%83%84%ED%95%B5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>탄핵</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%EC%A0%95%EC%B9%98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>정치</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%EC%9C%A4%EC%84%9D%EC%97%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>윤석열</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> </p><p>Clapback to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> with sign that says <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a>, alluding to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> instead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/votes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>votes</span></a> </p><p>Another good one: "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30 Billion"</p>
Kees N ✅<p>> "Over the past few months, instead of working on our priorities at SourceHut, I have spent anywhere from 20-100% of my time in any given week mitigating hyper-aggressive LLM crawlers at scale. This isn’t the first time SourceHut has been at the wrong end of some malicious bullshit or paid someone else’s externalized costs – every couple of years someone invents a new way of ruining my day."<br>2025-03-17 blog Drew DeVault</p><p><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2025-03-17-Stop-externalizing-your-costs-on-me.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/202</span><span class="invisible">5-03-17-Stop-externalizing-your-costs-on-me.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/crawlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crawlers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Martin O'Malley to Steph Ruhle: </p><p>The only way to stop Elon Musk & Trump from cratering <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> & looting the fund that was built up especially to account for baby boomers is for people to rise up to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>.</p><p>Also: Avert insolvency by lifting the cap on income for contributors.</p><p>And migrant workers without legal papers are paying into Social Security to the tune of $22B [$24.7B now] every year, but cannot and do not withdraw from it. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MuskTrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuskTrumpPurge</span></a></p>
Ika Makimaki<p>Rumour is a late surge from the blobfish might have overtaken the mighty Orange Roughy in the last few hours. </p><p>Official results are out tomorrow.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> <br>🐟 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FOTY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOTY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/fishOfTheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fishOfTheYear</span></a></p>
Kees N ✅<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@chartier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chartier</span></a></span> <br>Aha, "fair use". To me, that means max 10 seconds of a music track, and half a page of a book or article. More == pay, like anyone else.<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p>
Raglan Niall :lk: :tinoflag:<p>This looks believable and fits my belief that there can't have been that much of a shift to Trump. But is it correct?<br><a href="https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote</span><span class="invisible">-suppression-won/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/VoterSuppresion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppresion</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a></p>
Jack (🚫Trump)<p>**The Borowitz Report is NOT the News**
I'm beginning to think The Borowitz IS the news.
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Whasdah :mastodon:<p>Fake or not ? Words just fail. And it's definitely not funny. Leader of the world 🙄 <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/50501protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>50501protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moscowmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moscowmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/5milliongoldcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5milliongoldcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deranged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deranged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crazy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bizar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bizar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stupid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notfunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notfunny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unpresidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unpresidential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocrazy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitednations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitednations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stopthesteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopthesteal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reckoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reckoning</span></a></p>
emeritrix<p>Musk Is Lying About Waste and Fraud in Social Security to Have an Excuse to Kill It <br>[<br>excerpts]<br>....Again, no one born 150 years ago is still receiving benefits. But here is where Musk is showing his ignorance: Let’s take the example of a person who is issued a Social Security card as an infant and dies at age 10, never having received a penny of benefits. Social Security doesn’t waste taxpayer dollars finding that information and cancelling their Social Security number—this would be prohibitively expensive and wasteful.</p><p>Moreover, most adults who die leave behind spouses and children, including adult disabled children, who may be eligible for benefits for many years based on the decedent’s earnings record. Therefore, that record may remain active for a very long time. For example, the last person to receive a Civil War pension was a veteran’s disabled daughter, who died less than five years ago—in 2020.</p><p>Disturbingly, the reason Musk was able to assert the ignorant claim about 150-year-olds is that he has accessed our personal data. Because Musk has access to the Treasury’s payments system, he has the Social Security numbers of every worker and Social Security beneficiary. He also has our bank account numbers, and other sensitive, private information....</p><p>What is going on should be obvious. Musk wants to cut off your benefits and then have Congress use the savings to give himself a gigantic tax cut. But Social Security is incredibly popular, so he can’t be open about his intentions. Instead, he is trying to convince Americans that our Social Security system is overrun with massive fraud. The truth is the opposite.</p><p>Less than 1% of Social Security payments are improper. And remember, that already-low percentage includes all the beneficiaries who die immediately before their benefit is due.</p><p>Given that these and all other improper payments constitute less than 1% of all payments made, those that are the result of fraud are vanishingly small. This is in sharp contrast to private insurance. Indeed, the American Academy of Actuaries issued a report just last September about private insurance and concluded that “insurance fraud is widespread.”</p><p>Ironically, the best way to stop improper payments—including those vanishingly few that result from fraud—is to adequately staff the Social Security Administration. Face-to-face transactions at your local Social Security field office will catch fraudsters. Online transactions generally won’t.</p><p>Unfortunately, your local Social Security office will be closing. Musk has instructed the General Services Administration to terminate all federal office leases, including every Social Security office and every post office.</p><p>Musk will do whatever it takes to avoid paying his fair share and enrich himself at our expense. He has his eyes on our Social Security. Lies about fraud might shake people’s confidence, but they are unlikely to shake people’s support for Social Security....</p><p>We can stop Congress from cutting our benefits. We must demand that every member of Congress stand up to Musk’s cynical efforts to steal our earned Social Security benefits while giving himself and other billionaires a hefty tax cut....</p><p>Every member of Congress must tell Musk and Trump: Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopMusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p>https:// www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/musk-is-lying-about-waste-and-fraud-in-social-security-to-have-an-excuse-to-kill-it.html</p>
JustKathy<p>I wondered how long it would take Felon 47, the GOP, and Musk to target the gold in Fort Knox. Oh, well, we knew how tremendous Trump is at bankrupting his businesses--now he gets to bankrupt the U.S. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StopTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/02/20/trump-joins-elon-musk-in-targeting-fort-knox-gold-what-we-know-about-its-400-billion-supply/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/202</span><span class="invisible">5/02/20/trump-joins-elon-musk-in-targeting-fort-knox-gold-what-we-know-about-its-400-billion-supply/</span></a></p>
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