SSA takeover going down

 

Is anybody telling MAGA?

Michelle King, who spent several decades at the agency before being named its acting commissioner last month, left her position Sunday after the disagreement.

  WaPo

That's how they do it so they don't have to fire you.

President Donald Trump appointed Leland Dudek, a manager in charge of Social Security’s anti-fraud office, as acting commissioner while Frank Bisignano, the president’s nominee for permanent commissioner, is vetted by the Senate.

I bet Trump didn't choose the person he appointed. He just sits at the desk and signs the papers.

In selecting Dudek, Trump bypassed dozens of other senior executives who sat higher on the agency’s leadership hierarchy, touching off alarm in and around the agency, which has already faced years of budget and staffing difficulties.

“At this rate, they will break it. And they will break it fast, and there will be an interruption of benefits,” said Martin O’Malley, the Social Security commissioner under the Biden administration and former Maryland governor.

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The White House declined to comment on the developments. However, White House officials have said that Musk’s associates are being properly vetted before they are appointed to official roles in the agencies they are helping.

The Musk associates. Sure. Sure.  Definitely Trump didn't choose.

“What I know is that DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, a left-leaning group, citing conversations with several current officials at the agency.

Musk has increasingly turned his attention to Social Security in recent days, arguing that the program is rife with fraud and erroneous payments without offering evidence for his claim.

UPDATE 02/18/2025: "Tens of millions."

Always with the big numbers.