Introducing This Week's Theme: 'DOGE Is Not An Official Government Department'
Beege Welborn 2:40 PM | February 18, 2025
Everyone is still howling about DOGE. Although with as many seemingly good things and astonishing finds coming out of them, it looks to be harder and harder for the opposition to come up with objections that will work anyone up into a lather over what the teams are doing.
For instance, the acting head of the Social Security Administration stepped down after butting heads with a DOGE team and a request for access to information she would have rather not granted.
The top official at the Social Security Administration, Michelle King, stepped down from her position this weekend after she refused a request from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government records at the agency, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
The agency oversees the management of payments for more than 70 million Americans. President Donald Trump has vowed not to enact cuts to retirement benefits.
One of the sources familiar with the situation, Nancy Altman, the president of Social Security Works, a left-leaning group focused on protecting and expanding Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, told NBC News she learned of the situation after speaking with several current officials at the agency. Altman said some of the information involved in the dispute included Americans’ bank information, social security numbers, earnings records, marital statuses, dates of birth and in some cases, medical records if a person has applied for disability benefits.
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