DOGE Catch-All
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ZenMode
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It was accurate and the linked article calls it out.
This reporter spent a year investigating the agency a decade ago, and I found egregious and self-serving violations of hiring, pay, contracting, and purchase card rules.
The story is incomplete in that it doesn't relay the changes that were made.
ChileG
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Yeah, I said it was full of shit.
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ZenMode continues to make a strong argument for continuing DEI. Chantel Wong had the title of "ambassador" but that's just nomenclature; her actual position was to head the Asian Development Bank. Here's a brief description of her resume:
She served in a number of positions in the US government. Under Barack Obama, she served as vice president for administration and finance, and CFO, at the Millennium Challenge Corporation from 2011 to 2014. Previously, she was budget director at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 2011–12, acting budget director at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and as the chief of staff to the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under Bill Clinton, Wong represented the United States on the board of directors of the Asian Development Bank.
In 1989, Wong co-founded the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership.
So if DEI was responsible for getting this position, then DEI did a great job because she's super-qualified.
She served in a number of positions in the US government. Under Barack Obama, she served as vice president for administration and finance, and CFO, at the Millennium Challenge Corporation from 2011 to 2014. Previously, she was budget director at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 2011–12, acting budget director at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and as the chief of staff to the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under Bill Clinton, Wong represented the United States on the board of directors of the Asian Development Bank.
In 1989, Wong co-founded the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership.
So if DEI was responsible for getting this position, then DEI did a great job because she's super-qualified.
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Of the 47 SSA field offices listed for closure on the Department of Government Efficiency website, 26 are slated for closure this year, with some taking effect as early as next month, according to an Associated Press analysis of the data.
That change, in addition to the impending closure of field offices across the country, and a plan to reduce the agency workforce with mass layoffs, could result in massive delays to services, advocates say.
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The end of phone service identification could be dramatic for some recipients, including families with children who will be required to visit an SSA office, since children can't open online accounts through the "my Social Security" online service.
Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, said "this will make it far harder for the American people to claim their earned benefits. It could even cause major delays, and ultimately collapse the system, by overwhelming the field offices." …”
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ChileG
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Of the 47 SSA field offices listed for closure on the Department of Government Efficiency website, 26 are slated for closure this year, with some taking effect as early as next month, according to an Associated Press analysis of the data.
That change, in addition to the impending closure of field offices across the country, and a plan to reduce the agency workforce with mass layoffs, could result in massive delays to services, advocates say.
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The end of phone service identification could be dramatic for some recipients, including families with children who will be required to visit an SSA office, since children can't open online accounts through the "my Social Security" online service.
Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, said "this will make it far harder for the American people to claim their earned benefits. It could even cause major delays, and ultimately collapse the system, by overwhelming the field offices." …”
Doesn’t sound very efficient.
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Evil Deep Stae folks that help people on Soc Sec
Fire them all
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There is zero chance Elon is deleting any data he’s obtained.
Tarheeljoe
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He’s a “moderate” pro-life Republican who supports Trump. He opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or life of the mother or whatever.
He’s from Rockland County - one of the white flight suburban counties outside of NYC. It’s 78% white. Rockland might be home to more NYC cops than any other county. Fifteen percent of Rockland is Orthodox and/or Hasidic Jewish.
He won a plurality in 2022 and won by 0.9 percent. He won a majority in 2024 with Trump on the ballot and won by 6.3%.
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Let them eat freedom.
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I didn't want to start a new thread and couldn't find a more appropriate thread so I" going to put this here.
Keep in mind this the president of the United States of America
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Keep in mind this the president of the United States of America
'She owes me a Pulitzer': Trump loses it on 'Maggot Haberman' as his Musk denials unravel
Donald Trump has doubled down on his assertion that there is nothing to worry about as top adviser and billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly headed to the Pentagon on Friday for a China briefing.Late Thursday the president took to his Truth Social platform to rage at the New York Times over the...
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I get the game is to scare people for views but this one has gone off the deep end. I have this theory that there is a cabal of twitter/bluesky creators that are making bets on what is the most absurd thing we can get people riled up about. DOGE stopping social security payments and shutting down the agency is running neck and neck with the guy saying there is an alien invasion fleet just picked up on our sensors.
Tarheeljoe
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Oh yeah that definitely goes on, but in this case she is directly quoting a Bloomberg article that directly quotes the acting director:
"Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek said the temporary restraining order issued Thursday is so broad in blocking access to data by “DOGE affiliates” that it could apply to any Social Security employee.
“My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,” Dudek said. “As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems.”
He said he would ask the judge to immediately clarify her order. “Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency,” he said."
So maybe the aliens have landed.