The former head of the Social Security Administration just issued a grave warning to the American people:

“You’re going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits. I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days.”

Why is former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley sounding the alarm?

• Because of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) being “run” by Donald Trump’s presidential stand-in Elon Musk.

• DOGE is infiltrating critical information systems, closing dozens of offices all across the country, and forcing through massive staffing cuts at the Social Security Administration.

• Social Security started sending monthly benefits in January 1940. In the 85 years since, payments have never failed to go out.

• Today, 73 million Americans depend on Social Security every month.

• And at the risk of stating the obvious, they have earned those benefits. Social Security is not a government handout. (Unlike the numerous tax breaks and subsidies that billionaires like Elon Musk and giant corporations get courtesy of American taxpayers.)

• People pay into the system throughout their working lives, then get money back once they reach a certain age.

By the way, Elon Musk recently said this on the mega-popular Joe Rogan podcast: “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”

Why are we letting someone who thinks that way mess with any part of the federal government, much less one of the most important and successful programs in our nation’s entire history?

Tell Congress:

If Social Security misses payments even once, millions upon millions of Americans — who have already paid into the system — will suffer. Not just Democrats. Not just people in supposedly blue states. Not just the “coastal elites” Republicans have convinced themselves are some kind of all-powerful bogeyman. You must work together to prevent the so-called Department of Government Efficiency from interrupting Social Security payments and to undo whatever damage DOGE has already done at the Social Security Administration.

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