Summary

Michelle King, the top Social Security official, resigned after refusing Elon Musk’s request for sensitive records, including Social Security numbers and bank data.

Trump appointed Leland Dudek as acting commissioner and nominated Frank Bisignano for the role.

Nancy Altman of Social Security Works condemned DOGE’s request, warning, “I don’t think you can overstate how serious this breach is.”

DOGE’s similar attempts at the IRS and Treasury have sparked legal challenges over privacy concerns.

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      3 days ago

      You think they won’t fire them? Take a look around. Now you could say they should force them to fire them instead of resigning where they have some control, but the result is the same. It’s going to be lackeys all the way down either way.

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        3 days ago

        Refuse. Sue. Demand arbitration. If you care, throw sand in the gears of their machine.

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          Lots of people who have been arbitrarily fire are suing. But that’ll take many months or years, and meanwhile they’re out. Not to mention that any of them Schmuck has called out on xitter are being harassed and threatened with violence.