Just your daily reminder that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% which is FAR lower than private sector retirement programs.

For 200yrs conservatives despised Paine & scorned his memory.One can understand why. Endowing us with democratic impulses & aspirations, Paine turned Americans into radicals—and we have remained radicals at heart ever since. Tragically the Dems - for whom I vote - refuse to engage that spirit….

A federal judge nominee admitted today that he said during a sermon that disabled people shouldn't get married. As I wrote for @motherjones.com, in fact, many can't out of risk of losing their benefits. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Y'know this wouldn't be a problem if the districts had funding to provide teachers with supplies bought in bulk. But apparently this is what "efficiency" looks like

Want to DEVASTATE rural America? Cut Social Security. The truth is that Social Security isn't "waste" -- it goes RIGHT BACK into our communities and local economies! @socialsecurityworks.org

@warnock.senate.gov expands on an idea he introduced in his speech at CAP last week: "We suffer not from a poverty of resources, but a poverty of moral imagination."

Social Security was a lifeline in Appalachia as GREEDY PHARMA EXECUTIVES ravaged Appalachian communities @socialsecurityworks.org

With the Trump administration’s backing, an emerging industry could start mining minerals from the bottom of the sea—and risk turning the ocean into a free-for-all. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...

Another place you can find the paraphrased transcript of my conversation with @hartmannreport.com from earlier this week! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump's FTC leaders bad-mouthed Lina Khan when they dropped this lawsuit, claiming that they were cleaning up her mess. Now that it's been unsealed, we can see that was a total lie. This was a coverup to protect Pepsi and Walmart.

Will Trump CRUSH domestic opposition with this one weird trick?? (it worked for Reagan and Bushes!) As America teeters on the brink between tyranny and what remains of our Republic -- there's an old playbook that the Trump admin may be drawing from. Link to full convo with @hartmannreport.com vvv

In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.

But Fox News said...

BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc

This is the second discharge petition that has successfully led to House passage of legislation in the last 6 weeks. There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it. prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...

ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters.

Elon Musk stops paying into Social Security faster than you can say "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Social Security isn't going BROKE... and if the mortally rich like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos paid in at the same rate as everyone else, we can EXPAND it for generations to come! @socialsecurityworks.org

Elon Musk stops paying into Social Security faster than you can say "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Social Security isn't going BROKE... and if the mortally rich like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos paid in at the same rate as everyone else, we can EXPAND it for generations to come! @socialsecurityworks.org

Translated: If you can't afford health care, you should die.

Rep. John Larson says it's past time for Congress to look into DOGE mischief at the Social Security Administration. "Where is all this supposed fraud, waste, and abuse that they used as an excuse to cut 7,000 workers???" WATCH HERE::: @repjohnlarson.govpeeps.us #doge #SSA #socialsecurity #musk

New from me at @motherjones.com: Senate Republicans blocked the Democratic plan to extend ACA tax credits while trying to pass (and failing too) health saving accounts plans, which @mirandayaver.bsky.social told me, are not useful for poor and middle-class folks. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Today is critical for health coverage affordability. Republicans need to stop playing political games with our lives and extend the ACA subsidies!

Wall Street wants YOU to give THEM all your money and HOPE for a good retirement Before Social Security seniors faced poverty rates of more than 50%! People worked until they died in the streets or in the poorhouses that closed after Social Security was introduced. @socialsecurityworks.org

Americans across all political backgrounds want to see their costs go down, their local hospitals stay open, and keep their access to health care.

Had a great conversation with @hartmannreport.com earlier today about WHY the US constantly needs to FIX our healthcare system when every other developed country in the world seems to have figured it out! Premiering over on YouTube NOW. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTGX...

Life Comes At You Fast -- That's Why WE ALL NEED Social Security! @socialsecurityworks.org

Even small premium payments make it more difficult to enroll in and maintain health coverage, especially for people with low incomes. If the enhanced tax credits expire the cost will hurt millions of families. Via @CenterOnBudget: momsrising.org/CBPPpremiumplans #TrumpInflationCrisis

Greedy liars on Wall Street, Billionaires who will never have enough, and paid shills all want Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha to GIVE UP on Social Security. Sabrina Davis of @socialsecurityworks.org lays out how Social Security IS there for us and WILL BE there for us.

The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest. The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care. wapo.st/4o48J24

When we say HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY, we mean it!

NEW from me: the proposed executive order to block states from regulating AI is indicative of the purchase of our government by tech overlords, & likely to spread to shield any business able to persuade Trump that because they use an algorithm or a computer, they're part of the AI revolution too.

There are more than 13,000 students experiencing homelessness in West Virginia, according to data from the West Virginia Department of Education. A separate document from the department said the number of homeless students for the 2024-25 school year was 15,101, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.

On the radio show this week we dive into the ongoing fight over the release of the Epstein files, their political implications, and the push for survivor justice w/ @ultraviolet.bsky.social.

does the President know that he is in charge of the DoJ?

Jail 'em all. Seize all associated assets. No need for tariffs -- just confiscate all assets of anyone known to be associated with all the crimes. This ain't hard, folks.

yah this is why the airlines love him, because he lets them hose you

make child labor great again

Sam Petsonk highlights how @jamestalarico.bsky.social is right! Forget about 'LEFT' vs 'RIGHT'... THIS is the REAL DIVIDE in #America Find the whole conversation at the link in the comments!

wow that'd almost be flinching at an appropriately punitive and deterrent fine if this were 20 or 30 years ago

I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents. I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.

wait ballot initiatives aren't required to be unintelligible?

Yes and it also sounds to me like he's also queuing up to put himself on the ballot again.

I'm a little suspicious now that part of the reasons the Republicans have allowed this shutdown to drag out now is because it gives cover to the new SNAP rules going into effect because of the OBBB. People may not notice that their benefits are being taken away because of the OBBB vs shutdown

Americans LOVE this program. Here's a FAIR way to EXPAND it. Watch the whole interview w/ Nancy Altman of @socialsecurityworks.org at the link in the comments.

If you knew you could pay 100% of your bills for the next 10 years and then still have enough to pay 80% of your bills *forever* at current revenue rates -- would you call yourself bankrupt? Hell no. Link to full convo with Nancy Altman of @socialsecurityworks.org in the comments.

Project2025? May as well be Project1975. Republicans never gave up on destroying the American Dream Link to the full conversation with @hartmannreport.com in the comments

THIS Founding Father was the most popular author in 19th century #Appalachia? #history #America #books Link to the whole conversation with @harveyjkaye.bsky.social

West Virginia is America's future -- if Wall Street and Silicon Valley get their way #ai #economy Link to the whole conversation in comments.