Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 29, 2020 at 3:34 PM

Let me explain:

Republicans are racing through one of the hastiest Supreme Court confirmations in history, hoping to pack the court with one more partisan Justice in time for an election they plan to contest. John, Republicans are racing through one of the hastiest Supreme Cour…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

September 26, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Defeat Trump

Nebraska is one of two states that awards its electoral votes by congressional district―and Democrat Kara Eastman is neck-and-neck with her Republican opponent. John, With the pandemic and widespread voter suppression, no one can predict what the election will look l…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 25, 2020 at 6:17 PM

If Democrats can delay a SCOTUS vote until after Election Day, we have a chance to block Trump’s nominee

We need Democrats to stay strong and delay this nomination as long as possible. If Democrats are successful in both U.S. Senate special elections in Arizona and Georgia, there’s still a chance to block this nomination during the lame duck session. Tell the S…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 24, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Congress is listening to us

Nancy wrote the viral warning that alerted most Americans to this crisis: John, Today, the House of Representatives Social Security subcommittee convened a special hearing on the Social Security crisis that Donald Trump created. They invited Social Security Work…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

September 23, 2020 at 3:28 PM

Without Florida’s 29 electoral college votes, Trump has virtually no path to re-election.

Florida is full of seniors, and Donald Trump has declared war on them. John, Florida is the key to defeating Donald Trump. Without Florida’s 29 electoral college votes, Trump has virtually no path to re-election. Florida is full of seniors, and Donald Trump has …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 20, 2020 at 4:24 PM

Re: FDR warned us.

Donald Trump, who swears that he can eliminate Social Security’s funding without any effect on the benefits, is exactly the type that FDR warned us about. As the country braces for a fight against Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell's race to install another illegit…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 19, 2020 at 12:15 PM

Take Action: Save Social Security from Trump!

Donald Trump, who swears that he can eliminate Social Security’s funding without any effect on the benefits, is exactly the type that FDR warned us about. We are heartbroken at the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We will fight to honor her dying wish, to be …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 18, 2020 at 6:16 PM

Re: How Democrats can restore Social Security

Loyalty to Trump or loyalty to Social Security. John, The Democrats are working to overrule Trump’s plan to defund Social Security. Even if Democrats can’t repeal Trump’s plan, they will get Republicans on the record―right before the election. Republicans like …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 17, 2020 at 5:56 PM

How Democrats can restore Social Security

Loyalty to Trump or loyalty to Social Security. John, Donald Trump has ripped Social Security’s dedicated funding away, laying a trap for the next Presidential administration. Democrats have a way to fight back BEFORE the election: By passing a resolution of di…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

September 16, 2020 at 6:47 PM

Elect Joe Biden, save Social Security from Trump

After 2016’s devastating election―and the resulting four years―we can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. John, Make no mistake; Social Security is on the ballot on November 3rd. With early voting already underway in many states, and polls tightening in key battl…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 15, 2020 at 8:52 PM

Rep. Steve Scalise has got to go

Any politician who manipulates a video to discredit a political opponent has no place in public service. John, Ady Barkan lost his ability to speak due to ALS. Now, he uses assistive technology to be heard. You may have seen him at the DNC, where he spoke to Joe…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 13, 2020 at 4:43 PM

Re: Have fact checkers learned nothing??

Only a veto-proof majority in Congress would have the power to stop Trump. John, Shortly after tallying Donald Trump's 20,000th lie,[1] Washington Post fact-checker decided to take Trump's word that permanently eliminating our Social Security system's dedicated…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM

Have fact checkers learned nothing??

Only a veto-proof majority in Congress would have the power to stop Trump. John, Donald Trump’s nonstop lies, together with his endless cries of “fake news” and “hoax,” make the role of media fact checkers more important than ever. Unfortunately, on the crucial…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

September 11, 2020 at 7:56 PM

It is bad that Donald Trump is the President.

We desperately need to replace Donald Trump as President with Joe Biden. John, This Sunday is Grandparents Day. Because of Donald Trump’s failed leadership, far too many families won’t have grandparents to celebrate. We desperately need to replace Donald Trump a…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 10, 2020 at 4:47 PM

Republicans smell an opportunity to privatize Social Security

Wall Street wants nothing more than to get their hands on millions of private accounts that they can charge exorbitant fees to. John, Donald Trump and his advisors swear up and down that raiding Social Security’s finances won’t do anything to harm the overall S…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 9, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Mitch McConnell doesn't care about Trump's Social Security crisis

Democrats have a bill that would protect our Social Security contributions from Trump's scheme John, After a 25 day vacation, the Senate is finally preparing to do something about the economic crisis that Americans are facing in the wake of our utter failure to m…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 6, 2020 at 3:07 PM

The Trump administration’s failed response to the pandemic has cost nearly 200,000 lives in the U.S.

In order to combat the current pandemic crisis and be ready for what comes next, we need Congress to pass a robust Pandemic Prevention Plan. Tell Congress: "The Trump administration’s failed response to the pandemic has cost nearly 200,000 lives in the U.S…

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  Linda Benesch, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 5, 2020 at 2:16 PM

Donald Trump’s Social Security crisis

The funding crisis that Donald Trump is creating is sparking outrage that could cost him the election. Here’s the Washington Post on the reaction of some workers: John, If Donald Trump has his way, Social Security will stop paying benefits in 2023. It sounds ex…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 4, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Re: Social Security could come to a screeching halt.

Trump’s unilateral, unprecedented step of deferring the collection of payroll taxes, the backbone of Social Security, is the first step in his murder plot. John, We’ve made thousands of calls to Congress, urging action to stop Donald Trump’s plan to raid Social Securi…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 2, 2020 at 11:37 PM

Re: Defunding Social Security starts TODAY.

Every Senator who sits silent is complicit in Trump’s dismantling of our Social Security system. John, I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss this: As of yesterday, Trump’s attack on Social Security takes effect. Many employers―including the Federal Government―wil…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

September 2, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Joe Biden & Kamala Harris

Elizabeth Warren, Social Security Works and our allies are hosting a phone bank tonight! Elizabeth Warren, Social Security Works and our allies are hosting a phone bank tomorrow! Donald Trump has taken dead aim at our Social Security system. If Trump is re-e…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 1, 2020 at 8:33 PM

Trump is putting our Social Security system into crisis

Every Senator who sits silent is complicit in Trump’s dismantling of our Social Security system. John, Donald Trump’s assault on Social Security’s funding takes effect today. On Friday, the IRS issued guidance for corporations not to withhold Social Security c…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 29, 2020 at 2:44 PM

Here's proof

The choice on Election Day is clear: We have a president who is raiding Social Security’s dedicated funding and a presidential candidate in Joe Biden who will protect and expand Social Security. John, The choice on Election Day is clear: We have a president who …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 27, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Susan Collins is silent as Trump raids Social Security

Mainers deserve to know where their Senator stands―that’s why we’ve got billboard trucks driving around Maine, urging Mainers to call Collins: John, Sen. Susan Collins claims that she wants to “strengthen” Social Security. Yet Collins is silent as Trump has promised …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 26, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Re: The call is coming from inside the Social Security Administration

Let’s be clear: Social Security is on the ballot this November. John, Since Social Security’s Chief Actuary sounded the alarm that Trump’s plan to defund Social Security would eliminate benefits by the end of his second term, Social Security Works members have m…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 23, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Don’t give up on Medicare for All

That’s why it’s critical that our health care system brings everybody in, and leaves nobody out. Tell Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: "We haven’t given up on Medicare for All. With millions going uninsured during the pandemic-fueled downturn, it’s clearer tha…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 22, 2020 at 12:15 PM

This isn’t how you run the postal service.

Trump’s treason has impacts beyond our democracy―though we shouldn’t look past that. Tell the USPS Board of Governors: Louis DeJoy is utterly unfit to serve as Postmaster General. It is your responsibility to ensure that the USPS is functional, and DeJoy is…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Ending FICA contributions doesn’t help

In a crisis like this, we need pressure to come from everywhere. John, Need proof that Trump’s plan to defund and destroy Social Security is crumbling? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce―which represents many of the corporations who would benefit most from the suspension o…

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  Ady Barkan Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 8:40 PM

No matter what

We cannot be deterred by the fact that Medicare for All isn’t in the Democratic Party platform. The time to pass this law is now, and we’re not backing down. John, I’m honored to be speaking at the DNC tonight. Over the past four years, I’ve gone from being a h…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 3:43 PM

The mail is late

During the pandemic, the USPS has been a godsend for in-person services that carry risk of spreading COVID, especially for older Americans. John, The very first Social Security check was sent through the mail to Ida May Fuller, 80 years ago. Since then, millions…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 17, 2020 at 9:37 PM

Re: A big coalition fighting Trump’s attack on Social Security

Trump is exactly the “damn politician” FDR had in mind. John, When Donald Trump promised to defund and destroy Social Security in his second term, we pulled together a big coalition across the progressive movement to stand up an oppose him! Since then, Trump h…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 16, 2020 at 3:28 PM

Add your name! Congress must mandate affordable pricing for any new, taxpayer-funded COVID-19 vaccine

We are not going to let this happen. Tell Congress: "We demand that a future COVID-19 vaccine be made available to everyone, regardless of ability to pay." ADD YOUR VOICE John, Donald Trump has completely mismanaged the COVID-19 pandemi…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 15, 2020 at 2:56 PM

Kamala vs. PolitiFact

Failure and innocence aren’t the same thing. That’s why Attempted Murder is a crime. John, The corporate media establishment is lining up behind Donald Trump to obscure his real positions. First, they defended Trump’s calls for Social Security cuts, then they d…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Happy Birthday to Social Security - Crown Jewel of the New Deal

This momentous day did not happen without a fight. Eighty-five years ago, on August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. On that momentous day, he proclaimed:1 “If the Senate and the House of Representatives in thi…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

August 14, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Re: A no-brainer endorsement

Donald Trump made this one easy. Hope you can join us for this afternoon's event commemorating Social Security 85th birthday with Dr. Jill Biden! Sign up here. -Michael John, Donald Trump made this one easy. He proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare as Pr…

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  Team Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

August 13, 2020 at 5:58 PM

Social Security is on the ballot

Donald Trump made this one easy. John, Donald Trump made this one easy. He proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare as President, and has decided that a closing message for his campaign is to terminate Social Security’s dedicated funding completely. Joe Bi…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 4:44 PM

STOP Trump’s raid on Social Security funding!

Trump is exactly the “damn politician” FDR had in mind. Tell Congress: "Donald Trump’s executive order, instructing the Treasury Department to stop collecting payments into Social Security, raids Social Security’s dedicated funding and threatens the econom…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 11, 2020 at 5:33 PM

Trump & McConnell are a deadly combination

Trump would be fully unshackled from public accountability in a second term. Donald Trump reiterated his claim over the weekend: If re-elected, he will move to cut off Social Security’s funding permanently. Mitch McConnell supports this. Why? Because it creates a…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

August 10, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Donald Trump and Steve Daines want to defund Social security

Donald Trump and Steve Daines want to defund Social Security John, Over the weekend, Donald Trump promised to “terminate” Social Security’s dedicated funding permanently! Most Republican Senators have been mum about this cruel attack on our earned benefits, but…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 9, 2020 at 12:23 AM

Today, Trump promised to 'terminate' Social Security

In 2016, Donald Trump ran for President on the claim that he was ‘the only Republican that doesn’t want to cut Social Security.’ It was a dubious claim then―he had proposed privatizing it in a book published in 2000. Today, while running for reelection, he’s no…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 8, 2020 at 2:23 PM

Time bomb

That’s a mess that the next President will have to clean up John, More details are coming out about Trump’s plot to defund Social Security―and the trap he’s laying for the next President is clear. As we’ve said, completely eliminating FICA contributions―which he call…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 8, 2020 at 12:37 AM

UPDATE: EMERGENCY: Trump’s Executive Order defunding Social Security

Trump’s unilateral actions don’t just create a constitutional crisis―they’re a recipe for another Great Depression. UPDATE: Tonight, Donald Trump took the stage at a golf club he owns, before a crowd of rich people swilling wine and held a press conference threa…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Trump is shredding the constitution for THIS?

Trump’s unilateral actions don’t just create a constitutional crisis―they’re a recipe for another Great Depression. John, BREAKING: Yesterday afternoon, Trump announced that he was preparing an executive order asking the IRS to stop collecting Social Security an…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 8:12 PM

BREAKING: Donald Trump announced his plan to defund Social Security by fiat

The only way to stop this is if enough members of Congress speak up against this unconstitutional power grab. John, Over the weekend, one of Trump’s senior advisors proposed that Trump ignore Congress and stop collecting Social Security funding unilaterally. To…

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  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman , Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Re: This is how Democrats should act

Porter and Kim both flipped districts that had been Republican-held for a decade or more. But instead of cowering and signing on to weaselly deficit scaremongering, they’ve stood up for Social Security and Medicare at every turn! John, Hey there―I’m President of…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 4:13 PM

Katie Porter

Porter and Kim both flipped districts that had been Republican-held for a decade or more. But instead of cowering and signing on to weaselly deficit scaremongering, they’ve stood up for Social Security and Medicare at every turn! John, There are two kinds of fir…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 3, 2020 at 6:49 PM

Trump eyeing defunding Social Security by fiat

With Congress unwilling to do his dirty work, Trump advisors are looking for a way to defund Social Security by fiat John, Together, we mobilized and defeated Trump’s plan to force Congress to defund Social Security in the next round of COVID-19 relief. But his …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 2, 2020 at 3:27 PM

Re: The worst

We will defeat every attack on our Social Security, every single time. But special emphasis will be given to any lawmaker who attempts to do so under the cover of this deadly pandemic. John, Wall Street has its hooks into members of both parties. Last month, 60 of Wal…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 1, 2020 at 3:48 PM

The worst

We will defeat every attack on our Social Security, every single time. But special emphasis will be given to any lawmaker who attempts to do so under the cover of this deadly pandemic. John, For most of us, Covid-19 is a devastating crisis. But for some politicians in…

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  Nancy J. Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Republicans want to cut Medicare during a pandemic that’s killing seniors (seems bad)

Imagine how much worse off we would be right now if Medicare and Medicaid did not exist. John, On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. 55 years later, on July 30, 2020, as an unprecedented pandemic grips the nation, R…

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