Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM

¡No, Gracias!

John, Today, Elon Musk announced that he was ending his time as a “special government employee.” During his 120-day tenure at the helm of his so-called “DOGE,” he spread wild anti-Social Security conspiracy theories, gutted the Social Security Administration’s st…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Donald Trump’s war on veterans

John, Donald Trump has declared war on America’s veterans and military families. His attacks on the federal workforce, which is made up of nearly one-third veterans, are devastating, and have even triggered PTSD for some workers.1 And his attacks on Social Securi…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Re: They can’t escape us

If this bill passes the Senate, it would be the largest Medicaid cut in history AND the largest tax cut for the wealthy in history. Then as it goes into effect, it would trigger the largest across-the-board Medicare cut in history too. John, I think there’s a reason …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Members of Congress are back in their district

If this bill passes the Senate, it would be the largest Medicaid cut in history AND the largest tax cut for the wealthy in history. Then as it goes into effect, it would trigger the largest across-the-board Medicare cut in history too. John, The House of Representati…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Re: They did it. Now they own it.

John, members of Congress from both the House and Senate are heading back into their home districts today, following the House's passage of its bill to further-enrich the ultra-rich and destroy Medicare and Medicaid in the process. Now is the time to make our voices h…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM

They did it. Now they own it.

Early this morning, House Republicans jammed through a bill to rip health care away from at least 13.7 million Americans and use the money to give massive tax cuts to billionaires. If this bill becomes law, it will end Medicaid as we know it. Private insurance will g…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM

🚨✂️🚨$500 billion CUT from Medicare 🚨✂️🚨

We already knew that this bill contained the destruction of Medicaid. But now we know that there are $500 billion in cuts to Medicare as well! John, In the dead of night, while Republicans were holding their 1am hearing on their big ugly bill to cut Medicaid to p…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM

Social Security isn’t political.

John, One of Project 2025’s most frightening policies was to reclassify tens of thousands of federal workers as “political employees.” Instead of dedicated experts who are loyal to their agency’s mission, Donald Trump could fire those workers and replace them wit…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Care, not billionaires

The attack on Medicaid is part of the Republican war on seniors that includes their attacks on Social Security and Medicare, and their schemes to make us pay more for prescription drugs. John, On Friday, right-wing Republicans revolted and failed to advance the …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Re: Efficiency!

Seniors who counted on their Social Security checks to pay for rent or groceries were out of luck. John, Did you see? Elon Musk’s claims of Social Security fraud turned out to be their own fraud―and they slowed down Social Security payments by 25%! That’s why Social …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Elon’s Social Security lies have consequences

Seniors who counted on their Social Security checks to pay for rent or groceries were out of luck. John, Elon Musk’s Social Security lies have consequences. As part of his blizzard of lies to discredit our Social Security system, Musk claimed that millions of de…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM

Re: Republicans Plan to Rip Medicaid Away from Millions of Seniors — All to Give Tax Cuts to Billionaires

John, House Republicans are in their second long day of hearings aimed at defining exactly how they will cut $880 billion from Medicaid to pay for their multi-trillion dollar tax cuts for the rich. Republicans are still pushing forward. But we’re not making it easy fo…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM

Does Elon Musk need a tax cut more than 13.7 million people need health care?

John, Republicans are preparing to give trillions in tax handouts to millionaires and billionaires. How do they plan to pay for these tax handouts? By stealing health care from 13.7 million Americans, including destroying Medicaid as a functioning system for mill…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Re: We won’t let them dismantle Social Security and steal from seniors who worked hard all their lives.

John, I wanted to be sure you saw this message from Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees. AFGE workers are the ones who staff Social Security field offices. They make sure veterans get the health care they need. If Trump gets aw…

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  Everett Kelley & Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM

It’s retaliation

John, My name is Everett Kelley, and I am the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees. I represent 820,000 federal and DC government workers―and we are being attacked by Donald Trump and Elon Musk in retaliation against AFGE members …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Re: There is only one Social Security system.

To punish the governor of Maine, the Trump administration decided to punish the parents of newborns. John, Donald Trump and Elon Musk see Social Security as another weapon to punish their enemies. It sounds extreme, but the more we look at this, the truer it seems. Re…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM

Social Security is not a weapon

To punish the governor of Maine, the Trump administration decided to punish the parents of newborns. Trump & Musk are weaponizing Social SecurityFor nearly 90 years, the Social Security Administration has stood above the fray of partisan politics. The agency …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM

Re: BREAKING: Senate confirms Elon Musk’s inside man at Social Security

The Senate just voted along party lines to confirm a self-described “DOGE person” as the Commissioner of Social Security. SHAME ON THEM. I wanted to be sure you saw the news, John: Elon Musk and Donald Trump's hand-picked Social Security commissioner, Frank Bisignano, …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM

SHAME: These senators just voted to put a “DOGE Person” in charge of Social Security

The Senate just voted along party lines to confirm a self-described “DOGE person” as the Commissioner of Social Security. SHAME ON THEM. John, The Senate just voted along party lines to confirm a self-described “DOGE person” as the Commissioner of Social Security. SHA…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM

Re: The vote is TUESDAY

Social Security needs a commissioner whose loyalty is to beneficiaries, not Elon Musk. John, We’re just 48 hours out from the Senate vote on Donald Trump’s hand-picked Social Security Commissioner, Frank Bisignano. The night before the vote, we’re hosting a rally in …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM

The Senate will vote on Trump’s Social Security Commissioner this Tuesday

Social Security needs a commissioner whose loyalty is to beneficiaries, not Elon Musk. John, Tuesday morning, the Senate will hold its vote on whether or not to confirm Donald Trump’s nominee as Social Security Commissioner, Frank Bisignano. For months, we’ve se…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Unelected judges are making Republican dreams come true. Is Social Security next?

Eventually, they’re going to come for our Social Security system. John, The Supreme Court spent last year alternating between issuing unpopular, undemocratic rulings and dodging credible accusations of blatant corruption. In the past decade, the Supreme Court ha…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Rally against Trump’s Social Security Commissioner!

Join us near the Capitol on Monday, May 5th at 6pm John, Will you be near DC on Monday? Can you join Social Security Works and our allies to rally against Donald Trump’s nomination of Frank Bisignano as commissioner of the Social Security Administration? Bisigna…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

May 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Want a strong Social Security system? We need strong unions.

John, Right now, Republicans led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to destroy the union that represents the workers who make Social Security work. But that’s not the only union they’re coming after―Senator Rand Paul has introduced a bill that would devast…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Re: Trump’s next move to destroy Social Security:

Millionaires and billionaires have wanted to get their hands on Social Security’s trust fund for decades. John, Donald Trump's attacks on Social Security aren't always overt--but they're a constant feature of his first hundred days. He denies that he will cut benefits,…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Trump’s next move to defund Social Security

Millionaires and billionaires have wanted to get their hands on Social Security’s trust fund for decades. John, In his first term, Donald Trump tried to defund Social Security by cutting off its dedicated funding. Now, as he prepares his next actions against our reti…

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  Alex Lawson Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM

INVITE: Address by Leader Hakeem Jeffries on April 30, 2025

Good afternoon, You are invited to attend an Address by Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The location is forthcoming, but will be in Northeast Washington, D.C. RSVP HERE: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mYITktAiSU2NMHFw1…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM

RE: I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees and I need your help.

AFGE workers are the ones who staff Social Security field offices. They make sure veterans get the health care they need. If Trump gets away with gutting that union, it will damage everything we care about. John, I wanted to be sure you saw this message from Ev…

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  Everett Kelley via Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM

I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees and I need your help.

My name is Everett Kelley. I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and I need your help. John, My name is Everett Kelley. I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and I need your help. Presi…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Re: MSNBC covered our rallies

Social Security is facing the greatest threat of its nearly century-long existence. But we are fighting back and it is working! John, I wanted to be sure you saw Rachel Maddow’s segment about our Social Security rallies this week: Elon Musk and Donald Trump have te…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM

SSW on Rachel Maddow

Social Security is facing the greatest threat of its nearly century-long existence. But we are fighting back and it is working! John, Social Security is facing the greatest threat of its nearly century-long existence. But we are fighting back and it is working! …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Don’t be fooled

John, Yesterday afternoon, I saw a headline that made my heart skip a beat: Unfortunately, Business Insider’s headline seems to overstate the truth. Musk’s remarks came during a call with investors in Tesla, whose stock price made Musk the richest man on Earth…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM

The billionaires want you silent

Billionaires see Social Security’s $2.7 trillion trust fund and want to take it for themselves. It’s really that simple. John, Our country is on the line. The Supreme Court has waged a two-pronged assault on our voting rights and our ability to rein in corporate…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM

RE: I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees, and I need your help.

AFGE workers are the ones who staff Social Security field offices. They make sure veterans get the health care they need. If Trump gets away with gutting that union, it will damage everything we care about. John, I wanted to be sure you saw this message from Ev…

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  Everett Kelley via Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM

Elon Musk wants to bankrupt us

My name is Everett Kelley. I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and I need your help. John, My name is Everett Kelley. I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and I need your help. Presi…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM

RE: Public outrage makes a difference

At hundreds of rallies at Social Security offices around the country, we told Elon Musk and Donald Trump to keep their hands off our earned benefits. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Michael’s email from yesterday, recapping the April 15th Hands Off Social Security…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM

RECAP: Hands Off Social Security Day of Action!

At hundreds of rallies at Social Security offices around the country, we told Elon Musk and Donald Trump to keep their hands off our earned benefits. John, On April 15th, Americans came together with one voice to say: Hands Off Social Security! At hundreds of rallies…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Re: Do you watch Rachel Maddow?

I recently went on the Rachel Maddow Show to talk about the mess Donald Trump and Elon Musk are making of the Social Security Administration. John, Did you watch Alex on the Rachel Maddow Show? Social Security Works is working around the clock to get the word out abo…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Do you watch Rachel Maddow?

I recently went on the Rachel Maddow Show to talk about the mess Donald Trump and Elon Musk are making of the Social Security Administration. John, I recently went on the Rachel Maddow Show to talk about the mess Donald Trump and Elon Musk are making of the Social Sec…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM

Re: Get in the streets!

Trump and Musk have laid off 7,000 Social Security workers, with plans to lay off thousands more. I wanted to be sure you saw Alex’s message, John. Social Security Works already played a key role in the nationwide Hands Off rallies that hosted more than 5 millio…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Hands off Social Security!

Trump and Musk have laid off 7,000 Social Security workers, with plans to lay off thousands more. John, Since Inauguration Day, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been taking a sledgehammer to Social Security. Every week, we’ve seen another brazen attempt to destroy…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Re: Are you dead?

We have stood up to Trump and Musk before, and we’ve won! We can do it again! They have backed down when we pushed back on stealing our sensitive data and on slashing services Social Security allows you to access over the phone. We can win this too. John, First, Donal…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM

The Death Master File.

We have stood up to Trump and Musk before, and we’ve won! We can do it again! They have backed down when we pushed back on stealing our sensitive data and on slashing services Social Security allows you to access over the phone. We can win this too. John, The Social S…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Are you dead?

We have stood up to Trump and Musk before, and we’ve won! We can do it again! They have backed down when we pushed back on stealing our sensitive data and on slashing services Social Security allows you to access over the phone. We can win this too. John, The Social S…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM

Re: Victory! At the Social Security Administration

We've still got our work cut out for us, John. Even after we got Donald Trump and Elon Musk to back off their plan to cut off phone access for some people who need to contact the Social Security Administration, this is still the greatest threat Social Security has fac…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Victory! At the Social Security Administration

John, Progressives like to say that when we fight, we win. It’s more than a slogan―it’s the truth. Here’s the proof: Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been working to dismantle our Social Security system. They pretend that they won’t bend to public pressure. We jus…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM

They make sure your benefits are paid on time. Trump wants to fire them.

John, Dedicated workers have spent decades at the Social Security Administration to make sure that your benefits are paid in full and on time. Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to fire them. The SSA workers’ union, the American Federation of Government Employees (…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Why?

Trump’s Commerce Secretary has already warned Americans that for the first time in 90 years, we could see payments not go through. John, Millions of Americans came together in the streets to demand that the Trump administration keep its HANDS OFF our government. …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Re: We are so close to breaking the Musk-Trump alliance

Republicans are trying to run away from Musk’s Social Security-sabotaging DOGE project―but the Washington Post just reported on how Musk and Social Security are tied together: John, Today is the day of the big Hands Off rallies around the country. The resistance that…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM

We are so close to breaking the Musk-Trump alliance

Republicans are trying to run away from Musk’s Social Security-sabotaging DOGE project―but the Washington Post just reported on how Musk and Social Security are tied together: John, Donald Trump invited Elon Musk into the White House, and the two billionaires immedia…

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