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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 11, 2020 at 8:28 PM

Re: BREAKING: Trump’s budget cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid!!

Here’s the truth: This latest budget contains cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. John, For the fourth time under his administration, Donald Trump's White House released a budget calling for massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Yet Trump…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 11, 2020 at 4:19 PM

Re: BREAKING: Trump’s budget cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Here’s the truth: This latest budget contains cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. John, For the fourth time under his administration, Donald Trump's White House released a budget calling for massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Yet Trump…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 10, 2020 at 6:54 PM

BREAKING: Trump’s budget cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Here’s the truth: This latest budget contains cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. John, Donald Trump just released his latest Presidential budget.[1] Like every other budget his White House has released, it includes massive cuts to Social Security, M…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 8, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Trump's plan: destroy Medicaid.

This Medicaid scheme has been a cornerstone goal of GOP policy for decades. John, It’s official: Right-wing extremists in statehouses around the country are plotting their requests to convert Medicaid’s guarantee of health coverage into a lump sum from the federal gov…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 8, 2020 at 3:56 PM

Trump's plan to destroy Medicaid

This Medicaid scheme has been a cornerstone goal of GOP policy for decades. John, It’s official: Right-wing extremists in statehouses around the country are plotting their requests to convert Medicaid’s guarantee of health coverage into a lump sum from the federal gov…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 7, 2020 at 7:10 PM

The media is waking up

“The more power Democrats have, the more likely it is that there will be action [to expand benefits].” John, Today’s New York Times finally takes notice of the danger to our Social Security system in this year’s election. What they detail is the movement we…
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  Linda Benesch, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 8:12 PM

Surprise! Trump lied in the State of the Union!

Insider code is necessary because cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is not only terrible policy but deeply unpopular even with voters who make up Trump’s base. John, This week, in his State of the Union address, Donald Trump told a great number of …
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  Linda Benesch, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Surprise! Trump lied in the State of the Union

Insider code is necessary because cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is not only terrible policy but deeply unpopular even with voters who make up Trump’s base. John, This week, in his State of the Union address, Donald Trump told a great number of …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 4, 2020 at 6:31 PM

Sign if you agree: Tell Congress to protect Medicaid funding from Trump’s cuts

Donald Trump isn’t waiting for Congress anymore. He’s doing an end-run on Congress and unilaterally trying to destroy Medicaid through a system of “block granting.” Tell Congress: "Stop Trump’s attack on Medicaid, which will hurt seniors and working famil…
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  Linda Benesch, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 2, 2020 at 4:56 PM

Social Security is an issue in the Democratic Primary. Here are the facts.

We need to remember Biden’s history on Social Security. John, Let’s be clear about something from the start: Joe Biden is currently running for President on a proposal to modestly expand Social Security, and not cut it. That’s good. But Vice President Biden’s r…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
February 1, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Re: While Trump is being impeached...

The Trump administration is saying they will be able to cut $2.6 billion from Social Security with this rule. But they won’t tell us how many lives that equals. John, Donald Trump sees his impeachment trial as an opportunity to distract from his war on seniors. …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 31, 2020 at 8:37 PM

While Trump is being impeached.....

The Trump administration is saying they will be able to cut $2.6 billion from Social Security with this rule. But they won’t tell us how many lives that equals. John, While all eyes are on the impeachment vote in the Senate, Donald Trump’s administration is pres…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 31, 2020 at 4:43 PM

While Trump is being impeached...

The Trump administration is saying they will be able to cut $2.6 billion from Social Security with this rule. But they won’t tell us how many lives that equals. John, While all eyes are on the impeachment vote in the Senate, Donald Trump’s administration is pres…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 30, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Um... we broke the federal registry....

With a deadline of midnight tomorrow, we’re keeping up the pressure. Can you chip in to keep the comments flooding in? John, Over the past month, Social Security Works has led an effort to drive more than 100,000 comments fighting back against the Trump administration…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 30, 2020 at 5:29 PM

Um... we broke the federal registry

With a deadline of midnight tomorrow, we’re keeping up the pressure. Can you chip in to keep the comments flooding in? John, Over the past month, Social Security Works has led an effort to drive more than 100,000 comments fighting back against the Trump administration…
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  Alex Lawson via Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
January 29, 2020 at 6:20 PM

Endorsement alert!

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings fought to expand Social Security before it was a mainstream Democratic idea. In Congress, she will be a powerful ally. John, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings was one of the earliest and most powerful voices calling for Social Security to be ex…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 8:21 PM

This is cruelty, plain and simple:

This proposed rule by the Trump administration is not some minor tinkering around the edges. It is cruelty that is intended to hurt some of our most vulnerable citizens. John, Social Security Works and our allies have delivered 125,000 comments to the Social Secu…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 25, 2020 at 4:38 PM

Lies lies LIES

Together, we will rally the American people against Donald Trump’s lies and attacks and protect and expand Social Security for current and future generations. John, How was your week? This was mine: First, in an interview from Davos, Switzerland, Donald Trump t…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 24, 2020 at 7:15 PM

The President’s latest lie

We can’t let Trump’s lies go unchallenged. John, Just days after telling a CNBC reporter on camera that he was considering Social Security and Medicare cuts later this year, Donald Trump tweeted a lie: Meanwhile, his administration is pushing a rule that would …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 3:52 PM

Re: Trump just said:

Donald Trump just went on TV and said that he’s targeting cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. John, The American people have a clear choice in 2020: Yesterday, Donald Trump announced plans to cut Social Security “toward the end of the year.” Mean…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 6:02 PM

“Entitlements on our plate?”

Donald Trump just went on TV and said that he’s targeting cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. John, Donald Trump just went on TV and said that he’s targeting cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.1 CNBC: One last question… [will] entitleme…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 9:45 PM

“adjustments”

It’s easy for people in a DC elite bubble, working for think tanks or newspaper editorial boards, to support cutting Social Security. They have no idea what it’s like to live on the average Social Security benefit of less than $18,000 a year. John, When Washingt…
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  Dr. Sanjeev Sriram, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 20, 2020 at 2:54 PM

All Means All.

John, Despite vehement opposition from the American Medical Association, Medicare and Medicaid were passed into law in 1965. Importantly, the federal government required participating hospitals to comply with the non-discrimination rules of the Civil Rights Act …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 19, 2020 at 3:36 PM

Re: Our next mobile billboard will hold this Senator accountable:

We’re ready to launch our next mobile billboard against…. Susan Collins, who chairs the Senate Aging Committee, has taken $1.4 million in campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical and insurance industries and appears more interested in protecting their profi…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 18, 2020 at 3:42 PM

Our next mobile billboard will hold this Senator accountable:

We’re ready to launch our next mobile billboard against…. John, Drug and insurance corporations control our political system not because they’re popular with the American people (far from it!), but because they’re quite happy to spend millions of dollars influen…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 17, 2020 at 8:32 PM

Re: NY Times: “Another Disability Disaster in the Making”

By adding burdensome reviews to 2.6 million beneficiaries, the administration’s intent is to demotivate and demoralize people from getting the disability benefits they’ve earned. John, Donald Trump is obsessed with cutting our earned benefits. He proposed $2.5 t…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 16, 2020 at 5:51 PM

NY Times: “Another Disability Disaster in the Making”

By adding burdensome reviews to 2.6 million beneficiaries, the administration’s intent is to demotivate and demoralize people from getting the disability benefits they’ve earned. John, The Trump administration is trying to kick hundreds of thousands of disabled …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 14, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Donald Trump wants to cut Social Security. We won’t let him.

Social Security is one system, and cuts to any part of it are cuts to the system as a whole. John, We launched our tool last week to deliver public comments directly to the Social Security Administration, in opposition to the Trump administration’s new rule that…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 11, 2020 at 4:20 PM

Re: TAKE ACTION: Oppose the Trump administration’s cruel plan to cut Social Security

We should be making it easier for workers to claim their earned Social Security benefits, not harder. John, Social Security is best known as a retirement program. But its disability and survivors benefits are just as important. Imagine that you are hit by a car…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 10, 2020 at 3:48 PM

TAKE ACTION: Oppose the Trump administration’s cruel plan to cut Social Security

We should be making it easier for workers to claim their earned Social Security benefits, not harder. Tell the Trump Administration: "I oppose the proposed rule change that will result in hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries losing their earned Social Se…
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  Linda Benesch, Social Security Works · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 6:19 PM

SIGN NOW: Demand a Social Security cost-of-living adjustment that reflects the real costs that we face

Medicare premiums and deductibles are rising by 7%. A 1.6% increase in Social Security benefits just doesn’t keep up. Tell Congress: "Pass the Social Security 2100 Act and give seniors a cost-of-living adjustment that reflects their real expenses!" …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 6:52 PM

Re: What can we do together

We are SO close to our goal John, Time is running out, and we're still a few donations short of our goal. Since we found out that one of our core funders fell through, SSW members have stepped up. We're SO close to our goal--can you chip in to put us over the to…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 4:09 PM

Re: What we can do together

John, Time is running out, and we're still a few donations short of our goal. Since we found out that one of our core funders fell through, SSW members have stepped up. We're close to our goal--can you chip in to put us over the top? Thanks, and Happy New Year. …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 6:03 PM

What we can do together

John, In 2020, we have the opportunity to elect a new president, and a new Congress. To protect our Social Security system, we’ve got a lot of work to do together. We’re launching a massive campaign to generate hundreds of thousands of public comments to stop …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 4:20 PM

We send a lot of emails. Here’s why:

By staying close to the movement, we’re able to do things that other organizations can’t, or won’t. John, We know, we send a lot of emails. Here’s why: Social Security Works is accountable to you, our grassroots supporters, and no one else. By staying close to the …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 28, 2019 at 4:20 PM

Re: BREAKING: One of our biggest funders isn't coming through this year

Social Security Works just heard: One of our biggest funders is unable to renew their donation in 2020. John, Just yesterday, Alex shared the news that a donation we had been counting on wasn't going to come through. Since then, grassroots donors have stepped u…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 27, 2019 at 3:11 PM

BREAKING: One of our biggest funders pulled out

Social Security Works just heard: One of our biggest funders is unable to renew their donation in 2020. John, Social Security Works just heard: One of our biggest funders is unable to renew their donation in 2020. We’re funded mostly by small dollar, grassroot…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 26, 2019 at 3:52 PM

Senseless budget cuts from the GOP

Congress needs to make it easier, not harder, for Americans to access their earned Social Security benefits. Tell Congress: "With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, the Social Security Administration has a bigger workload than ever. Budget cuts have…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 23, 2019 at 4:04 PM

Taxpayer funded Ivanka jewelry

She wants to cut your benefits, but thinks she should be reimbursed for $47,000 in jewelry John, In recent days, we’ve been shining a light on the Trump administration’s cruel new regulations that will deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of Social Security re…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 9:22 PM

Re: 21,176 people died the last time this was tried.

An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. John, I wanted to bump this again, because it's really important: Trump's new Social Security rule was previously tried and abandoned in the 1980s, a…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 4:06 PM

Re: 21,176 people died the last time this was tried

An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. John, I wanted to bump this again, because it's really important: Trump's new Social Security rule was previously tried and abandoned in the 1980s, a…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 8:48 PM

21,176 people died the last time this was tried

An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. John, American workers contribute to Social Security with every paycheck. When they do, they are earning comprehensive insurance protections. So…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 18, 2019 at 5:02 PM

Re: People suffered and died when Ronald Reagan tried this. Trump’s trying again!

We have until January 31 to stop this proposed rule put forward by Trump’s Social Security Administration. John, Donald Trump is trying to rip Social Security disability benefits away from hundreds of thousands of disabled Americans. This headline from Salon[1] …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 5:24 PM

People suffered and died when Ronald Reagan tried this. Trump’s trying again:

We have until January 31 to stop this proposed rule put forward by Trump’s Social Security Administration. Donald Trump’s administration just announced a new proposal to strip many people with disabilities of their Social Security benefits. We’re fighting back―ch…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 15, 2019 at 3:34 PM

This would make our health care system A LOT better.

The only thing stopping a vote are bought-and-paid-for politicians who bend to the will of Big Insurance and for-profit hospital lobbyists. It’s up to us to push Congress to act. Tell Congress: "Pass legislation that would end surprise medical bills before …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 13, 2019 at 7:21 PM

FAKE NEWS UPDATE: Facebook is allowing right-wing political operatives to run a Russian-style disinformation campaign

The American people used to live by a shared set of facts. We may have disagreed on the policy prescriptions, but the facts we could at least agree on. Tell Congress: "Investigate Facebook’s role in the right-wing disinformation machine. The American peopl…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 11, 2019 at 9:33 PM

Tell Congress: Pass legislation to make life-saving medicine affordable

We must end Big Pharma’s profits-over-patients business plan. Tell Congress: "Drug prices are outrageous―making many U.S. families choose between putting food on the table and paying for lifesaving prescription drugs. Pass the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (HR …
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  Michael Phelan, · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 7:53 PM

The Billionaires Strike Back

The same billionaires who want to cut our earned benefits are trying to buy the Presidency, and that’s why our movement is so important. John, Michael Bloomberg wants to buy his way into the White House. In the first week after he announced his run for President, he’…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 8, 2019 at 4:11 PM

Not another privatization “solution” from the GOP

The GOP has the same “solution” for pretty much every aspect of American life: privatize it. Tell the Postal Service Board of Governors: "Don’t privatize the U.S. Postal Service! The Postal Service is an essential part of the fabric of the country and a so…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
December 7, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Re: What do impeachment and Social Security have in common?

The nation is facing a looming retirement crisis, where too many workers know that they will be unable to ever retire without a drastic decrease in their standard of living. John, Congressional Republicans are afraid to debate the future of Social Security out …
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