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applegrove

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Tue Jan 20, 2026, 04:23 PM Yesterday

(No proof yet) Trump Officials Admit DOGE Misused Social Security Data

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* Later - agreement to share data found between SS person and DOGE, not yet proof it happened WP

Trump Officials Admit DOGE Misused Social Security Data

January 20, 2026 at 2:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 170 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/20/trump-officials-admit-doge-misused-social-security-data/


Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls, the Justice Department revealed in newly disclosed court papers, Politico reports.
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(No proof yet) Trump Officials Admit DOGE Misused Social Security Data (Original Post) applegrove Yesterday OP
Consequences? Baitball Blogger Yesterday #1
Exactly, why hasn't Musk been indicted for stealing our data? nt ShazamIam 23 hrs ago #10
K&R UTUSN Yesterday #2
In Related News... Fire will burn you and Water is Wet, Steven Miller is a Nazi and.... Radical Lutheran Yesterday #3
CORRUPTION... GiqueCee Yesterday #4
The Republicans and the Democrats to a lesser extent have always had a certain background level of corruption, but the Fil1957 Yesterday #5
Every single one of us knew slightlv Yesterday #6
I may be paranoid, but more and more I'm having doubts that DeeDeeNY Yesterday #7
With Elon's help, they cheated knowing he was going to lose. KS Toronado 23 hrs ago #9
NSS niyad Yesterday #8
Thank SCOTUS too! Mad_Machine76 22 hrs ago #11
I really hope someone is keeping track of all these crimes for the future........... Takket 22 hrs ago #12

Radical Lutheran

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3. In Related News... Fire will burn you and Water is Wet, Steven Miller is a Nazi and....
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:11 PM
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In Related News... Fire will burn you and Water is Wet, Steven Miller is a Nazi and.... ICE is Unconstittutional, Evil and Gestapo....

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Fil1957

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5. The Republicans and the Democrats to a lesser extent have always had a certain background level of corruption, but the
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:29 PM
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current incarnation of the Republican party is almost entirely a criminal organization.

slightlv

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6. Every single one of us knew
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:38 PM
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as soon as DOGE touched the SS databases that they'd be misused in every way possible. The fact they wanted to use them to compare voter rolls to overturn election results is a no brainer. Musk paid for this damned presidency, and damn it! he's gonna get what he paid for! /snark

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