Musk’s DOGE descends on Social Security Administration
Musk and his DOGE operation eye the Social Security Administration
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Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on administrative leave for cooperating with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and asked for help finding another job.
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Michelle King, the top official at the Social Security Administration, left her position this weekend after she refused a request from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government records at the agency,
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The IRS is fighting to keep Elon Musk and his merry men access to the sensitive personal data of American taxpayers. Meanwhile, the acting head of the Social Security Administration has stepped down in the face of further overreach by Musk.
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Musk warned federal employees over the weekend that non-responses to the email would "be taken as a resignation."
Elon Musk Responds to Social Security Concerns
Musk first made the claims that benefits are being claimed by people who appear to have died long ago while speaking from the Oval Office with President Trump last week. He said that DOGE has performed a "cursory examination of Social Security, and we got people in there that are 150 years old."
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