Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

January 1, 2021 at 2:31 PM

20 more days of Trump

Trump is ordering every one of his appointees to wreck everything they can on his way out the door. John, Happy New Year. Even with 2020 finally in the garbage, Donald Trump will still be president for 20 more days. And one thing that’s been clear since he lost the …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 9:26 PM

Before midnight tonight:

In 2021, we have an opportunity to stop playing defense and go on offense John, In 2020, Social Security Works members were critical in rallying older voters to defeat Donald Trump and elect a president who will join with us to protect and expand Social Security…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 2:45 PM

Special elections are coming.

Seniors swung hard toward Democrats in the 2020 elections. John, The Biden-Harris administration is bringing some key members of Congress with them to the White House. That means we’re in for a round of special elections, where Republicans will try to pick up s…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Social Security Administration mismanagement is a scandal

This money belongs to the American people―and it should be a scandal that Trump’s Social Security Administration (SSA) hasn’t even bothered to attempt to correct it! John, The Washington Post reported this morning:1 The report summarizes new findings from the…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 2:09 PM

Fight to expand Social Security by becoming a 2021 member of Social Security Works today

It wasn’t that long ago that even Democrats were calling for cuts to Social Security through the Bowles-Simpson commission during the Obama administration. John, Three weeks from today, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. And at tha…

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

December 29, 2020 at 1:42 PM

One Week: Can you call Georgia voters?

Together, let’s show the power of our movement for change. John, Thanks to you, older voters swung hard toward Joe Biden in last month’s election. Donald Trump’s negligence during the pandemic and attacks on our earned benefits were simply too much for seniors to…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 28, 2020 at 2:15 PM

2020 is headed to the dumpster of history.

This time last year, we had no idea what 2020 would hold John, We’re ready to throw 2020 in the garbage bin of history, where it belongs. With the end of this particularly dark year upon us, it can be worth remembering all of the wins we had this year: We launched…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 27, 2020 at 10:11 PM

Re: Trump’s Social Security trap:

This is exactly the trap we warned about John, The last time there was a Democrat in the White House, Republicans loved to sneak Social Security and Medicare cuts into any “must-pass” bills―the more important the better. Whether the bills were designed to avert…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 27, 2020 at 3:34 PM

Re: Trump’s Social Security trap

This is exactly the trap we warned about John, The last time there was a Democrat in the White House, Republicans loved to sneak Social Security and Medicare cuts into any “must-pass” bills―the more important the better. Whether the bills were designed to avert…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 26, 2020 at 2:15 PM

Remember when Donald Trump tried to defund Social Security?

This is exactly the trap we warned about John, In the middle of a pandemic that is killing seniors more than anyone else, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at raiding Social Security’s dedicated funding. It was a trap. Trump couldn’t unilaterally ta…

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  Michael, Alex, Nancy, and Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 24, 2020 at 2:15 PM

Our Social Security System

Times of great crisis must also be times of great ambition John, We built our Social Security system at the depths of the Great Depression, as President Roosevelt said upon signing the Social Security Act 85 years ago:1 It is a structure intended to lessen the force…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 23, 2020 at 10:51 PM

SIGN NOW: $2,000 checks in the stimulus bill

Your phone calls, petition signatures, and donations got us to this point. Let’s finish the job. Tell Congress: "We’re nine months into a catastrophic pandemic. Unemployment is through the roof. Families are going hungry. We need a lot more than $600 to su…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 23, 2020 at 1:30 PM

A fair trial for disability hearings

This is one more way that the Trump administration is trying to insert partisanship into programs that exist to serve the whole public. John, The blizzard of new regulations and policy changes that Trump’s appointees at the Social Security Administration are rus…

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

December 22, 2020 at 3:17 PM

Phonebank: Help Georgia voters make a plan to vote between now and Jan. 5th

With two weeks until Election Day, the #1 most important thing organizers on the ground in Georgia are asking us for is to call voters and help them make a plan to vote. John, What’s at stake on January 5th is nothing less than our policy agenda for 2021. Will we…

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  James Roosevelt Jr, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

December 21, 2020 at 3:42 PM

Georgia runoffs give voters a chance to protect Social Security

If Mitch McConnell stays in power, he will take every opportunity to demand cuts to Social Security and Medicare. John, When my grandfather, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, contracted polio in the early 1920s, he could have given into despair. Instead, he trave…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 20, 2020 at 3:10 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to pass a $15 minimum wage in the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration

One major boost that would invest in working people and Social Security’s future is a $15 minimum wage. Tell Congress: “Raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour in the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration.” ADD YOUR VOICE …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 19, 2020 at 4:14 PM

Re: Trump lost. He could still do serious damage to our Social Security system.

They want to make Social Security benefits so hard to get that people give up trying, and begin to resent the Social Security contributions we all make with every paycheck. John, Even in the twilight of the Trump administration, the cruelty continues. They’re ru…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 18, 2020 at 3:20 PM

We must fight against Trump’s cruel Social Security cuts.

They want to make Social Security benefits so hard to get that people give up trying, and begin to resent the Social Security contributions we all make with every paycheck. John, The Trump administration is in the process of finalizing a cruel change to the appe…

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  Team Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 9:07 PM

TODAY: Rock ‘n’ Doo Wop Party for Georgia!

We’re getting seniors fired up for the Georgia runoff! John, The Rock ‘n’ Doo Wop party is today! Older Americans swung hard towards Democrats in November. We’re working to keep them there in the critical Georgia runoffs, and build a pro-Social Security majorit…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 5:04 PM

Survival checks

People who rely on Social Security have had the highest burden because they have the most risk John, Throughout the pandemic, life has gotten more expensive. Delivery fees, curbside pick-up fees, and the additional steps to keep ourselves safe have come at a cos…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Tell Joe Biden: Fire everybody!

Trump’s appointees are so corrupt, and so incompetent, that America requires a serious housecleaning Tell President-elect Joe Biden: "Fire every Trump appointee who doesn’t resign on January 20th." ADD YOUR VOICE John, The Social Securit…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 14, 2020 at 8:52 PM

Executive Orders

Our Social Security system is built on a solid foundation, but when our country’s economics get out of whack, it becomes unsteady. Tell President-elect Biden: "Be bold in the first 100 days! Use executive action to strengthen American economic security." …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 13, 2020 at 4:55 PM

Re: Clean House on Day One

Social Security beneficiaries and SSA employees agree: Donald Trump’s political appointees are undermining our Social Security system, and Biden must remove them immediately. John, Donald Trump has stuffed what are normally apolitical federal agencies with highl…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 12, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Social Security Beneficiaries and SSA Employees Agree

Social Security beneficiaries and SSA employees agree: Donald Trump’s political appointees are undermining our Social Security system, and Biden must remove them immediately. John, This week, two unions representing Social Security Administration (SSA) employees…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Re: Lighting another fire on his way out the door

Headline: Social Security Administration is preparing to bar 500,000 Americans from getting benefits John, We can fix most of the damage Donald Trump has done to our Social Security system―especially the new regulations that he’s putting in place on his way out …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 10, 2020 at 9:42 PM

I, for one, am tired of Donald Trump’s Social Security Administration

These midnight regulations are just another mess that the Trump administration is leaving for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to clean up. John, I, for one, am tired of Donald Trump’s Social Security Administration’s attempts to gut our Social Security system befor…

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

December 9, 2020 at 5:48 PM

Raphael & Jon

Mitch McConnell has promised to push for austerity and cuts to Social Security and Medicare John, Don’t let the pundits writing premature obituaries for the Biden-Harris administration fool you: Mitch McConnell can’t veto Joe & Kamala’s cabinet picks. But he …

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  Rep. Rashida Tlaib via Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 6, 2020 at 2:38 PM

Your help urgently needed: Bipartisan COVID relief must include stimulus checks!

Our communities cannot wait for immediate, direct relief. John, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are surging across the country, along with poverty and homelessness rates. But with aid programs for renters and jobless Americans expiring at the end …

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

December 5, 2020 at 2:15 PM

Let’s keep Georgia blue!

With one month until Election Day, we need to Get Out the Vote John, New polling out of Georgia puts Democrats ahead in two crucial U.S. Senate runoff elections. But let’s not get cocky. Last month Democrats lost Senate races in Maine and North Carolina after l…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 4, 2020 at 7:55 PM

2021

Social Security Works’ member-supported PAC accomplished some incredible things: John, 2020 is almost over. Thank goodness. Together, we turned back a tide of fascism, saved Social Security and Medicare from Donald Trump, and elected Joe Biden president with a mandat…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 3, 2020 at 4:31 PM

Re: Fire these people.

This is exactly the kind of senseless bureaucracy that Republicans criticize the government for. John, As Donald Trump smashes our democracy and institutions on his way out the door, it’s critical that we keep the country’s eye on the damage he has done to our …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 2, 2020 at 8:34 PM

Fire these people.

This is exactly the kind of senseless bureaucracy that Republicans criticize the government for. Tell the incoming Biden-Harris administration: “On the first day of your administration, rescind the Trump administration’s rule change that will kick hundred…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 28, 2020 at 1:45 PM

The vaccine must be free.

We need global solidarity to crush the coronavirus. Bottom line thinking and Big Pharma profits will let the coronavirus continue to crush us. Tell Congress: "Make coronavirus vaccines free for all Americans because we can't put a price on immunity." …

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

November 26, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Here’s At Least One Thing to Give Thanks For in 2020

Our Social Security system is government at its best. John, This year’s Thanksgiving is far from normal. COVID is raging across the country, millions are out of work, and many of us are seeing our loved ones on a screen instead of across the table. Yet we can …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 25, 2020 at 1:56 PM

The deficit hawks are already circling the Biden administration

The last thing the Biden administration should consider is empowering the voices who have sought to undermine the vital economic security programs that Americans are counting on during these difficult times. Tell the Biden-Harris Transition Team: "Bruce Re…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 24, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Wall Street needs to step back

With the Biden administration on the way, it’s critical that he appoints a cabinet that will work for the people, not corporate America. Urge President-elect Biden: "You must appoint an administration that will immediately address the issues of the nation, …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM

Re: Donald Trump wants to throw at least 200,000 people off of Social Security before he leaves office

With just weeks left in the Trump administration, they’re preparing to throw hundreds of thousands of people off of Social Security. John, Donald Trump is evil. With just weeks left before he’s dragged out of the White House, he’s implementing a rule that would …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 21, 2020 at 1:30 PM

TAKE ACTION: Stop Trump’s scheme to throw 200,000 people with disabilities off of Social Security

With just weeks left in the Trump administration, they’re preparing to throw hundreds of thousands of people off of Social Security. Tell the incoming Biden-Harris administration: "On the first day of your administration, rescind the Trump administration’s…

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

November 20, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Drug prices are too high

She thinks the problem isn’t Big Pharma price gouging―it’s that Big Pharma can only gouge Americans! John, Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler released a health care plan this week in an effort to get some good press as she heads into the critical runoff election tha…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 18, 2020 at 8:18 PM

Re: Trump lost. He’s taking it out on Social Security.

If Joe Biden doesn’t take action, the architects of this dangerous policy will remain in power, undermining our earned benefits every step of the way. John, Donald Trump is a sore loser who doesn’t give a damn about our country. COVID numbers are skyrocketing, …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 17, 2020 at 6:17 PM

Trump lost. He’s taking it out on Social Security.

If Joe Biden doesn’t take action, the architects of this dangerous policy will remain in power, undermining our earned benefits every step of the way. John, Last year, the Trump administration announced it was considering a policy that would force people receivi…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 15, 2020 at 4:28 PM

Re: Even Ronald Reagan knew this about Social Security...

When Democrats acceded to the right’s demand for austerity in the wake of the Great Recession, the consequences were devastating. John, Ever since Joe Biden officially became our President-elect, Wall Street’s favorite politicians and pundits have crawled out o…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 14, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Even Ronald Reagan knew this about Social Security...

When Democrats acceded to the right’s demand for austerity in the wake of the Great Recession, the consequences were devastating. John, Odds are you spent last week watching election workers count ballots and network news anchors gesture frantically at maps. Bu…

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

November 13, 2020 at 8:32 PM

How to save Social Security from Mitch McConnell

Talk among Wall Street’s favorite politicians and pundits turned to a “grand bargain” to cut Social Security and Medicare the moment Joe Biden won Arizona on Election Night. We can shut it down on January 5th. John, Mitch McConnell believes that divided governme…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 12, 2020 at 6:19 PM

[Sign] Keep corporate lobbyists out of the Biden-Harris administration

We need an administration that puts the American people first―that means hiring from a pool of people who didn’t have a hand in creating the broken economy we’re living in now. Tell Congress: "No more conflicts of interest that benefit big business! No mo…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM

Re: John Kasich can shut it.

Here's some total crap from Republicans: John, Republicans are pros at talking out of both sides of their mouth. Somehow, they refuse to admit that Joe Biden is the President-elect while at the same time they insist that the incoming Biden administration priorit…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 10, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Shut up, John Kasich

John, Joe Biden is going to be sworn in as President in January after receiving what will likely be the largest share of eligible voters in 50 years. But Republicans are already trying to spin this round repudiation of Trump and his party into somehow being int…

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

November 7, 2020 at 5:18 PM

Re: Joe Biden won. We need him to be able to govern.

Social Security was on the ballot this year―and it won. John, It’s clearer than ever that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will need a Democratic Senate to deliver on any of their campaign promises. Fortunately, the race for the Senate is not over―there are two runof…

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

November 5, 2020 at 5:02 PM

Don’t let our voices be denied

Let’s be clear: The votes will be counted. This is a legitimate election. The President doesn’t decide what counts, the people do. John, Donald Trump can feel the Presidency slipping from his grasp, and he’s not happy about it. Trump is flinging spurious charge…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 3, 2020 at 10:09 PM

What the election can’t change

We need to organize now to oppose the forces of austerity, and demand that Congress expand our earned benefits, not cut them. John, We don’t know who won the election yet. But here’s what we do know: Whether Joe Biden is elected as the 46th President of the Uni…

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