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DOGE goons physically drag social security worker from desk (www.thedailybeast.com)

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A senior executive at the Social Security Administration was physically dragged from his office this week after clashing with DOGE, according to The Washington Post.

Greg Pearre, a career civil servant who led an IT team working on the agency’s data systems, was removed over his opposition to a DOGE plan to cut off immigrants from key financial services, three people told the Post.

The scheme cooked up by Elon Musk’s DOGE squad falsely lists thousands of migrants as dead in a Social Security database known as the “death master file.”

Being entered into the death database cuts a person off from crucial financial services, like the ability to receive government benefits and access a bank account or credit card.

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[-] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Correct. For criminal acts. As Mitt Romney said, "Corporations are people, my friend." (Yes, I know corporate personhood makes no sense, but this is the messed up world we live in.)

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 0 points 2 weeks ago

I understand that. And as you noted we're well past the point of law and making sense. 2 plus 2 is now fish because the Supreme Court said so.

I hope we have some legal sense remaining to where what you're saying makes sense. It would be a small confirmation law is still a thing.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

We're not past the point of law, there's just an executive-in-chief who thinks he is. Law still applies to everyone else.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

He's openly defying the SCOTUS, and nothing is happening. The law doesn't apply to him, therefore it doesn't apply to us. We are all already dead in the US. Stay armed. If they come for you, make them pay with their lives. Make them fear "just following orders."

If you're in the US, you're already dead. Your body just hasn't gotten the message yet. Fight like the cornered badgers we are.

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Think of it this way, you're going to be disappeared either way, at least make them pay a price. I'd probably rather die on my front porch than rot in some black site in El Salvador.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

What?? No, you're not likely to get disappeared. Jesus fucking christ the people on this site. Have yall ever talked to an organizer? Ain't nobody on this forum Fred Jackson. We're not the Panthers.

Jesus fucking christ touch grass and talk to activists in your area people

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