Republican politicians know that to promote the elimination or even the privatization of Social Security is political suicide. Instead, the DOGE plan seems to be to render it dysfunctional, by shuttering field offices, massively reducing its workforce, thus abandoning the most vulnerable among us, who have the least political influence. This is what Trump and Musk clearly intend. The urgent work now is to stop them.
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Republican politicians know that to promote the elimination or even the privatization of Social Security is political suicide. Instead, the DOGE plan seems to be to render it dysfunctional, by shuttering field offices, massively reducing its workforce, thus abandoning the most vulnerable among us, who have the least political influence. This is what Trump and Musk clearly intend. The urgent work now is to stop them.
The Daily News Digest
Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! to your inbox each morning.
Democracy Now! has conducted interviews about several films nominated for a 2025 Oscar: "No Other Land"; "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat"; "I Am Ready, Warden"; and "The Apprentice."