Congress failed to reach an agreement on funding beginning October 1, 2025. As a result, the federal government is shut
Down.
Just got this email from SSA, nothing else but that the government is shut down, no reassurances that will still get our Social Security.
Since MAGA scum now control SSA this email is obviously meant to scare people into thinking they won’t be getting their Social Security checks.😡 so they can scream at their Democratic Congresspersons of course and Democratic senators cause they’re to blame didn’t you know. 😡
God dammit every time I think back to 2016 I fucking get really angry.
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