Memo to President Trump and Elon Musk: If you keep messing with Social Security, Seal Beach Leisure World is coming for you. Members of two groups, Seniors for Peace and the Democratic Club, gathered Tuesday outside a clubhouse on the 500-acre property to plan a weekend demonstration and distribute flyers that warned: “Hands Off Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid!” Most of the 15 rabble-rousers, ranging in age from 60s to 80s, raised a hand when I asked if their monthly budgets rely heavily on Social Security checks. And they’re ticked off that Musk, a gazillionaire, has called Social Security a ponzi scheme and orchestrated the elimination of thousands of jobs in the agency.
But is a there a genuine threat to the preservation of a sacred, 90-year-old American promise, given majority support for entitlement programs across party lines? “Yes, it’s absolutely real,” Dan Larkin said. “Right now we don’t have but one branch of government, and that’s the executive branch. [Trump is] able to do whatever he wants with impunity. … It’s terrifying.” “It’s our money,” said Shel Magnuson, noting that employees contribute to Social Security through payroll deductions during their working years.
The story of a leader of the most powerful nation playing golf while the stock market crashes.
LIV has made a stop at the Trump National Doral Golf Club for all four of its seasons, and this is the sixth time the circuit has used a Trump Organization course. This is the first time, though, that it has happened with Trump as a sitting president.
On Thursday night, he attended a charity dinner for LIV’s players at the club. He told reporters earlier on Thursday that he planned to give a speech and said he was working to combine the LIV and PGA tours.
The ritzy tournament comes after Trump had one of the most significant weeks of his presidency, implementing his much-awaited tariff plan and causing U.S. markets to suffer their steepest declines since 2020. The president said he implemented the plan to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.
JPMorgan has raised its likelihood of the US economy entering a recession before the end of the year to 60% as President Donald Trump’s tariff plans upend markets worldwide.
The nation’s largest lender, led by Jamie Dimon, had previously put the chances of a recession at 40% before the commander-in-chief’s “Liberation Day” announcement of tariffs on Wednesday.
“Disruptive US policies have been recognized as the biggest risk to the global outlook all year,” JP Morgan’s chief economist Bruce Kasman wrote in a note to clients on Friday. “The latest news reinforces our fears, as US trade policy has turned decisively less business-friendly than we had anticipated.”
The president competed in the second round of the Senior Club Championships at his Trump National Jupiter club and won.
A White House briefing revealed Trump is now through to Sunday's Championship round. It is the first time he has visited his Jupiter course since starting his second term in the White House.
Miller joined Friday’s America Reports as stocks cratered for the second day in a row after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on virtually all imports. At a Rose Garden event on Wednesday, Trump cited bogus data to falsely allege that other countries were slapping massive tariffs on U.S. exports. As Miller spoke, a graphic on the screen indicated the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped more than 2,100 points on the day. The index closed down 2,231, or 5.5%.
“I’ve only got a few seconds left. People are throwing around the R-word,” host Sandra Smith told Miller. “And they see the Dow down 2,100 points, and people are worried about a recession, worried that we can’t do this without sending this economy into such a deep dive that we can’t come back from it. And I know you guys are all about growth, I know you’re about lowering taxes, rolling back regulations, and seeing that growth. Are you concerned that this is going to put us into a recession?”
Miller responded by saying, on the contrary, things are going great. He even falsely claimed the administration inherited a “depression”:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) wasn’t concerned enough about President Donald Trump’s steep international tariffs to vote against them Wednesday — like some of his GOP colleagues — but did scold staunch supporters of the policy with a dire warning to multiple outlets.
“In the long run, we’re all dead,” he told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill for “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Wednesday. “Short run matters, too. Nobody knows what the impact of these tariffs is going to be on the economy.”
Office closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral”, according to workers at the agency.
The SSA operates the largest government program in the US, administering social insurance programs, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits.
Dudek was appointed acting commissioner after he reportedly secretly shared information with Doge staff. He has threatened to shut down the agency in response to a court order barring Doge from accessing the data.
“It’s just been a lot of craziness, a lot of foolishness. Until they get rid of Doge and the person in office right now, and the Republicans actually get a backbone and stand up for something for once in their lives, things are just going to be complete chaos. That’s really the best word to describe SSA right now, just complete, utter chaos,” the worker added. “They couldn’t understand the coding, so everything they said SSA was doing illegally, they weren’t. Common sense is something they lack. They don’t know what they’re doing.”
Rich Couture, a spokesman for the American Federation of Government Employees’ Social Security Administration general committee, the union representing roughly 42,000 social security workers, said Doge’s public targets for cuts make no sense.
The current state of things might be unsettling, but that doesn't mean I care to hear the unions opinion on the matter. It seems to me we can use some more bodies to get the job done. However, we also do have a union problem as an agency. They are far too powerful and have their nose in things that serve no benefit to getting the job done. Furthermore, they spew distrust to workers of some very dedicated management folks. Is it a mystery why just a small percentage of employees seek management positions. Management is a tough place to exist. An Operations Supervisor makes less than a Claims Technical Expert yet supervises, evaluates their performance, and potentially disciplines them if necessary. In addition to that management often struggles to do their job as intended due to low staffing levels. Management positions at SSA are better described as hole plugging positions. It's a thankless role, and the pay grades don't support the additional level of responsibility. The union's approach to management is disgusting. They should be with us rather than against us or they should go away. They defend poor performers that nobody likes. They fight and make up EEO complaints. They guide employees to file completely unjustified harassment complaints. There is a reason the current administration is going after unions. I don't believe they'll be very successful, but we'd be a far better agency without the union causing unnecessary drama.
As the human reviewing those complaints for litigation, may I say, hey, Lele!!! You or anyone on the who planet even wants to glance with assurance at this trash, falsified take better hope there is no audio, video, or other evidence of their malfeasance at SSA, and they need only to gander through every court filing ever submitted about SSA.
Please. 99% of SSA mgrs are a single op-ed away from being shunned from public life, and they just pissed off the whole ass world. Good luck, kiddos!
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The picture sums up this administration’s performance to date… crashing.
By the way, Newsmax rang the opening bell and the stock cratered.
Liberation Day has been a big time success for me. It has liberated my money from my wallet.
I guess it is symblomatic. Dudek ran rampant over SSA and Bisignano won't be able to unring that bell.
Memo to President Trump and Elon Musk:
If you keep messing with Social Security, Seal Beach Leisure World is coming for you.
Members of two groups, Seniors for Peace and the Democratic Club, gathered Tuesday outside a clubhouse on the 500-acre property to plan a weekend demonstration and distribute flyers that warned:
“Hands Off Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid!”
Most of the 15 rabble-rousers, ranging in age from 60s to 80s, raised a hand when I asked if their monthly budgets rely heavily on Social Security checks. And they’re ticked off that Musk, a gazillionaire, has called Social Security a ponzi scheme and orchestrated the elimination of thousands of jobs in the agency.
But is a there a genuine threat to the preservation of a sacred, 90-year-old American promise, given majority support for entitlement programs across party lines?
“Yes, it’s absolutely real,” Dan Larkin said. “Right now we don’t have but one branch of government, and that’s the executive branch. [Trump is] able to do whatever he wants with impunity. … It’s terrifying.”
“It’s our money,” said Shel Magnuson, noting that employees contribute to Social Security through payroll deductions during their working years.
On the road to stagflation? I think the penguin tariffs will make up the difference.
Boy, I bet he's proud. *eye roll*. I'd have skipped that if I were him...certainly doesn't make him look any better. *double eye roll*.
The story of a leader of the most powerful nation playing golf while the stock market crashes.
LIV has made a stop at the Trump National Doral Golf Club for all four of its seasons, and this is the sixth time the circuit has used a Trump Organization course. This is the first time, though, that it has happened with Trump as a sitting president.
On Thursday night, he attended a charity dinner for LIV’s players at the club. He told reporters earlier on Thursday that he planned to give a speech and said he was working to combine the LIV and PGA tours.
The ritzy tournament comes after Trump had one of the most significant weeks of his presidency, implementing his much-awaited tariff plan and causing U.S. markets to suffer their steepest declines since 2020. The president said he implemented the plan to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.
The best and brightest in Wall Street?
Jamie Dimon raises concerns about tariffs two months after his now-famous ‘get over it’ line
JPMorgan has raised its likelihood of the US economy entering a recession before the end of the year to 60% as President Donald Trump’s tariff plans upend markets worldwide.
The nation’s largest lender, led by Jamie Dimon, had previously put the chances of a recession at 40% before the commander-in-chief’s “Liberation Day” announcement of tariffs on Wednesday.
“Disruptive US policies have been recognized as the biggest risk to the global outlook all year,” JP Morgan’s chief economist Bruce Kasman wrote in a note to clients on Friday. “The latest news reinforces our fears, as US trade policy has turned decisively less business-friendly than we had anticipated.”
Young vibrant people will hate trump/republican guts unless the tariffs are rescinded. Why? Because now they have no future except for poverty.
Priorities…
The president competed in the second round of the Senior Club Championships at his Trump National Jupiter club and won.
A White House briefing revealed Trump is now through to Sunday's Championship round. It is the first time he has visited his Jupiter course since starting his second term in the White House.
Great material department!
Miller joined Friday’s America Reports as stocks cratered for the second day in a row after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on virtually all imports. At a Rose Garden event on Wednesday, Trump cited bogus data to falsely allege that other countries were slapping massive tariffs on U.S. exports. As Miller spoke, a graphic on the screen indicated the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped more than 2,100 points on the day. The index closed down 2,231, or 5.5%.
“I’ve only got a few seconds left. People are throwing around the R-word,” host Sandra Smith told Miller. “And they see the Dow down 2,100 points, and people are worried about a recession, worried that we can’t do this without sending this economy into such a deep dive that we can’t come back from it. And I know you guys are all about growth, I know you’re about lowering taxes, rolling back regulations, and seeing that growth. Are you concerned that this is going to put us into a recession?”
Miller responded by saying, on the contrary, things are going great. He even falsely claimed the administration inherited a “depression”:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) wasn’t concerned enough about President Donald Trump’s steep international tariffs to vote against them Wednesday — like some of his GOP colleagues — but did scold staunch supporters of the policy with a dire warning to multiple outlets.
“In the long run, we’re all dead,” he told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill for “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Wednesday. “Short run matters, too. Nobody knows what the impact of these tariffs is going to be on the economy.”
Office closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral”, according to workers at the agency.
The SSA operates the largest government program in the US, administering social insurance programs, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits.
Dudek was appointed acting commissioner after he reportedly secretly shared information with Doge staff. He has threatened to shut down the agency in response to a court order barring Doge from accessing the data.
“It’s just been a lot of craziness, a lot of foolishness. Until they get rid of Doge and the person in office right now, and the Republicans actually get a backbone and stand up for something for once in their lives, things are just going to be complete chaos. That’s really the best word to describe SSA right now, just complete, utter chaos,” the worker added. “They couldn’t understand the coding, so everything they said SSA was doing illegally, they weren’t. Common sense is something they lack. They don’t know what they’re doing.”
Rich Couture, a spokesman for the American Federation of Government Employees’ Social Security Administration general committee, the union representing roughly 42,000 social security workers, said Doge’s public targets for cuts make no sense.
The current state of things might be unsettling, but that doesn't mean I care to hear the unions opinion on the matter. It seems to me we can use some more bodies to get the job done. However, we also do have a union problem as an agency. They are far too powerful and have their nose in things that serve no benefit to getting the job done. Furthermore, they spew distrust to workers of some very dedicated management folks. Is it a mystery why just a small percentage of employees seek management positions. Management is a tough place to exist. An Operations Supervisor makes less than a Claims Technical Expert yet supervises, evaluates their performance, and potentially disciplines them if necessary. In addition to that management often struggles to do their job as intended due to low staffing levels. Management positions at SSA are better described as hole plugging positions. It's a thankless role, and the pay grades don't support the additional level of responsibility. The union's approach to management is disgusting. They should be with us rather than against us or they should go away. They defend poor performers that nobody likes. They fight and make up EEO complaints. They guide employees to file completely unjustified harassment complaints. There is a reason the current administration is going after unions. I don't believe they'll be very successful, but we'd be a far better agency without the union causing unnecessary drama.
What a clown. Like the orange felon, everything he touches turns to cow excrement.
As the human reviewing those complaints for litigation, may I say, hey, Lele!!! You or anyone on the who planet even wants to glance with assurance at this trash, falsified take better hope there is no audio, video, or other evidence of their malfeasance at SSA, and they need only to gander through every court filing ever submitted about SSA.
Please. 99% of SSA mgrs are a single op-ed away from being shunned from public life, and they just pissed off the whole ass world. Good luck, kiddos!
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