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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 9, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Yellen: Social Security checks may not go out.

If they get their way, they will close Social Security offices, shut down Meals on Wheels programs that seniors rely on, and slash services for veterans. John, Today, President Biden is hosting a bipartisan meeting between leaders in the House and Senate about ending …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 9, 2023 at 6:13 PM

What winning looks like for Republicans

If they get their way, they will close Social Security offices, shut down Meals on Wheels programs that seniors rely on, and slash services for veterans. John, Today, President Biden is hosting a bipartisan meeting between leaders in the House and Senate about ending …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 8, 2023 at 7:21 PM

Treasury Secretary: Social Security payments could STOP

MAGA extremists like Kevin McCarthy are literally holding 40 million seniors hostage―and many of them don’t even know it. John, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made it as clear as she can on what happens if MAGA Republicans succeed in driving the United States in…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 7, 2023 at 8:32 PM

Re: For the first time in nearly a century Social Security checks might not go out

Social Security Works is on Capitol Hill every day, working to avert default and protect our Social Security benefits. John, I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss Michael’s message. This fight over the debt ceiling is very simple: MAGA Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants to c…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 7, 2023 at 3:11 PM

Re: For the first time in nearly a century, Social Security checks might not go out

Social Security Works is on Capitol Hill every day, working to avert default and protect our Social Security benefits. John, I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss Michael’s message. This fight over the debt ceiling is very simple: MAGA Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants to c…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 10:35 PM

For the first time in nearly a century Social Security checks might not go out

Social Security Works is on Capitol Hill every day, working to avert default and protect our Social Security benefits. John, For the first time in almost a century, Social Security checks might not go out next month. Why? Because Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA caucus is…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Kevin McCarthy’s false choice

Social Security Works is on Capitol Hill every day, working to avert default and protect our Social Security benefits. John, For the first time in almost a century, Social Security checks might not go out next month. Why? Because Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA caucus is…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 5, 2023 at 8:53 PM

Default is on the horizon

If Congress has not raised the debt ceiling by then, this won’t be some normal government shutdown John, The U.S. Department of the Treasury estimates that on June 1, it will have exhausted the extraordinary measures it has operated under to prevent default since …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 4, 2023 at 3:06 PM

George Santos is mad at Social Security Works for telling the truth

This billboard hasn’t even gone up, and it’s already getting under George Santos’s skin! John, George Santos is mad at Social Security Works:1 He saw our email raising money to let his constituents know that he voted for a 22% cut to the Social Security Admini…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 3, 2023 at 6:09 PM

What will they ask for next year?

We’re going to continue placing billboards from coast to coast, making the hostage-takers pay the price. John, With less than one month until the United States defaults on its debt, plunging the economy into chaos and leading to millions of Americans losing thei…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 2, 2023 at 8:08 PM

George Santos’s voters need to know this...

Santos represents a district that backed Biden by 9 points in 2020―and he just voted to cut Social Security. John, Yesterday we told you that our billboard went up in a California district that Republicans need to hold to keep the House in 2024. Our billboards are goi…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
May 1, 2023 at 5:55 PM

The billboard is UP

We’ve budgeted enough to keep this billboard up for two weeks. John, As of today, Social Security Works’s billboard is up in Rep. David Valadao’s California district. That’s the district right next door to Kevin McCarthy’s. McCarthy’s district is drawn to be n…
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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 30, 2023 at 3:10 PM

Home & Community Based Services

John, A lack of investment in our care economy has left seniors and people with disabilities without the ability to stay in their homes and stay active in their communities. At the same time, care workers have long been underpaid―disproportionately impacting women…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 29, 2023 at 2:02 PM

One cool trick to stop Fox News brain

If you subscribe to cable, you’re paying Fox News’s bills, even if you never watch. John, Fox News is an incredibly powerful propaganda network that sucks people into its world of imagined threats and holds on for dear life. It is shown by default in military bas…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 7:37 PM

Re: Gas up the billboard trucks...

If those 7 districts flip, so does the House of Representatives―and that would end Kevin McCarthy’s reign of economic terrorism. Yesterday, we told you about New York representatives who voted to cut Social Security. Now, we’re launching a billboard truck in Calif…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 27, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Gas up the billboard trucks...

If those 7 districts flip, so does the House of Representatives―and that would end Kevin McCarthy’s reign of economic terrorism. 217 Republicans just voted to cut Social Security, John. In passing their ransom demand, nearly every Republican in the House of Repre…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 26, 2023 at 3:53 PM

TODAY: McCarthy’s ransom demand

As of this morning, a number of members whose votes McCarthy needs are still on the fence. We need to keep up the pressure and BLOCK McCarthy’s ransom demand! John, Today, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning to put his ransom demand for holding the economy hostag…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 25, 2023 at 3:47 PM

Re: A 22% cut to Social Security

We cannot allow ransom demands over the global economy to be normalized. Even if Social Security is protected this time, Republicans will keep coming until they’ve dismantled our entire government. We must stand strong now before it’s too late. We have just 24 hou…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 24, 2023 at 8:31 PM

All hands on deck to defeat Kevin McCarthy’s plan

We cannot allow ransom demands over the global economy to be normalized. Even if Social Security is protected this time, Republicans will keep coming until they’ve dismantled our entire government. We must stand strong now before it’s too late. John, This Wednesd…
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  Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union via Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Jeff Bezos under oath

Getting dragged to testify for the illegal firings, intimidation campaigns, and other union-busting activities sends a message that big corporations are not above the law―and workers aren’t afraid anymore. John, Under threat of subpoena, Starbucks CEO Howard Schul…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 22, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Say NO to Kevin McCarthy’s default demands!

It’s extortion, plain and simple―and we need to stop it! John, This weekend could be make-or-break for Kevin McCarthy’s extortion-by-default scheme. He’s hoping to get a vote on his MAGA wishlist next week―but if we can get enough contacts into offices before th…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 21, 2023 at 6:09 PM

Tell Congress: Pass a CLEAN debt ceiling bill!

It’s extortion, plain and simple―and we need to stop it! John, Kevin McCarthy released his list of demands in exchange for not destroying the world economy through a forced default―and it’s the MAGA wishlist we expected. He would slash funding across the board, …
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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 20, 2023 at 3:31 PM

ICYMI: Kevin McCarthy wants to close Social Security offices near you

McCarthy's plan lets millionaires and billionaires cheat on their taxes and pays for it by making it harder for you to get Social Security. We wanted to be sure you didn't miss this, John: John, After months of steadfast refusal, Republican Speaker of the House Kev…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 19, 2023 at 8:02 PM

Ransom note:

McCarthy's plan lets millionaires and billionaires cheat on their taxes and pays for it by making it harder for you to get Social Security. John, After months of steadfast refusal, Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy just announced his ransom demands in exc…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 18, 2023 at 8:31 PM

Tell Kevin: Nope

What concessions does Kevin want? Let’s look: John, Time is running out before the United States defaults on our bond payments, potentially bringing down the whole economy. How do we stop this calamity? It’s simple: Congress needs to pass a one-line bill allowing…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 17, 2023 at 8:55 PM

2 1⁄2 hours

Our government works best when it keeps its promises, and doesn’t use bureaucracy as a wall between people and what they’ve earned. John, Our Social Security system works because it’s simple and universal. For years, Wall Street politicians have tried to complicat…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 16, 2023 at 1:00 PM

Taxes are the problem

The first step is to boldly fight for the rich to pay their fair share! John, Politicians have twisted themselves into knots trying to hand gobs of cash to the wealthy for the last 40 years. It was a plot: Make the wealthy even wealthier, starve the government,…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 15, 2023 at 3:37 PM

Re: AXIOS: There's chatter about forming a panel to look into Social Security and Medicare

Instead of betraying seniors, Republicans could just release the hostage and vote to allow the United States to resume issuing Treasury bonds without making outrageous, economy-threatening demands. John, I wanted to be sure you saw Alex’s email yesterday. After Repub…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 14, 2023 at 7:22 PM

AXIOS: There's chatter about forming a panel to look into Social Security and Medicare

Instead of betraying seniors, Republicans could just release the hostage and vote to allow the United States to resume issuing Treasury bonds without making outrageous, economy-threatening demands. John, Axios, a well-connected DC news site, just reported:1 Hou…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 13, 2023 at 7:16 PM

Back off our benefits!

On Monday, we’re holding a rally to deliver your signatures, demanding that Congress stop threatening default and protect our benefits! John, On Monday, we’re holding a rally to deliver your signatures, demanding that Congress stop threatening default and protec…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 12, 2023 at 6:59 PM

COMMENT: Tell CMS not to screw up Medicare drug price negotiation!

One-third of every Social Security check goes to pay for health care costs, with medication taking the largest share of that. John, The Biden administration made history when it ended the Bush-era giveaway to Big Pharma, preventing Medicare from negotiating lower…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 11, 2023 at 7:05 PM

The Republican idea that no one likes

Older Americans have the power to swing elections. They vote in every election, and they treasure Social Security and Medicare benefits. Everybody knows that raising the retirement age for seniors is political poison. That’s why, when Republicans talk about their…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 9, 2023 at 3:13 PM

The same politicians who want to make a volatile banking system that can wipe out our 401ks also want to dismantle our Social Security system and leave seniors with no choice but to sit at the mercy of the financial sector.

Over 100,000 people have already taken action to demand that Congress pass the Secure Viable Banking Act. Add your name today! John, In 2008, millions of seniors saw their retirement savings wiped out in the bank collapse that led to the great recession. 401ks tur…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 8, 2023 at 2:36 PM

What’s next in the fight to save the USPS

Like our Social Security system, the United States Postal Service is the product of generations of Americans working together to build a simple, universal service that unites the country. Tell the USPS Board of Governors: Stop to Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 7, 2023 at 5:50 PM

ICYMI: “with all due respect to Chuck, the man is a paid liar.”

Social Security is a simple, universal system that everyone puts money into, and is there for everyone when they need it. In case you missed it, I was on C-SPAN yesterday to lay out the facts about Social Security and Medicare…and things got a little spicy. Watch me …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM

Alex Lawson: Mythbuster

Social Security is a simple, universal system that everyone puts money into, and is there for everyone when they need it. John, This morning, Social Security Works’s Executive Director Alex Lawson was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, debunking myths and shedding light…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
April 5, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Republicans can’t find any Democrats to agree to raise the retirement age

Cassidy wanted a payday for his Wall Street paymasters, at the expense of American seniors. We said no way. John, In recent months Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and Maine Independent Angus King have been quietly shopping a plan to raise the retirement age to 7…
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  Ben Wikler via Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
April 2, 2023 at 1:51 PM

We can save democracy in 3 days

A hypothetical - but possible - scenario of 2024 if we lose in 3 days. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election will have a significant impact in 2024. Here’s why: Imagine a hypothetical scenario where the 2024 presidential election is extremely close. Wisconsin could make-…
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  Ben Wikler via Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
April 1, 2023 at 3:42 PM

We need your help

I understand if you’re short on time, but it would mean the world if you could read the whole email Hi John, this is Ben Wikler, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. I understand if you’re short on time, but it would mean the world if you could read the whole e…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 31, 2023 at 6:36 PM

Re: The only threat to our Social Security system is Republican politicians

Here’s what the Trustees Report will show: John, the Social Security Trustees Report is out, and it confirms everything we told you yesterday: Despite Republican attacks, our Social Security system remains strong. Yesterday, we asked for a donation. That’s still welc…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 30, 2023 at 5:17 PM

Tomorrow: The Social Security trustees weigh in

Here’s what the Trustees Report will show: John, Tomorrow, Social Security’s Board of Trustees will release its annual report on the health of our Social Security system. Every year, corporate friendly politicians use the report as fodder for calls to make “tough cho…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 29, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Day 69 of the debt ceiling hostage crisis

The worst thing about these hostage-takers is that they won’t come out and ask for their ransom. John, Today marks sixty-nine days since the United States Treasury Department began taking extraordinary measures to avoid a default that would crash the world econom…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 28, 2023 at 5:42 PM

UPDATE - Put your wallet away

Every month, our friends at CREDO donate thousands of dollars to progressive causes, and they allocate that amount based on an online vote. So we need you to vote for Social Security Works today! John -- I've got a quick update here. Because of the support of Soci…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 26, 2023 at 3:03 PM

Joe Biden’s budget is good

John, House Republicans still haven’t released an official demand for them to avoid a self-created default―one that would crush the global economy and endanger America’s standing in the world. But various caucuses have started releasing budgets for show―and to no…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
March 25, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Re: As I said in the hit movie Grease...

John, I wanted to be sure you saw Bowzer’s invitation below. Social Security Works doesn’t usually get involved in state court races. But over the past few years, it’s become clear that Democrats ignore downballot races at our peril. What happens in Florida or …
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  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
March 24, 2023 at 6:56 PM

Grease reunion for Wisconsin!

This Sunday, I’m getting the Grease cast back together to help protect and promote democracy. Chip in *any amount* to the Wisconsin Democratic Party to RSVP! (Most people are donating $23) On April 4th, Wisconsin is holding the biggest election of 2023―an electio…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Corporate greed will come back

If we’ve learned anything about greedy Big Pharma corporations over the years, it’s that as soon as they feel the pressure dissipate, they will go back to ripping off diabetics. John, Bowing to pressure from the White House and the public, the three main insulin …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
March 22, 2023 at 3:41 PM

Re: Dan Kelly compared Social Security to slavery

We can’t make this stuff up, John: John, I wanted to be sure you saw this message from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. MAGA extremists have lined up behind a right-wing extremist who believes our Social Security system is comparable to slavery. If he wins a seat on…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 21, 2023 at 8:12 PM

Re: Kevin McCarthy’s back yard

We’re going to protect the Social Security Administration from Republican cuts, just like we’ve protected our Social Security system. John, Republicans think it’s safe to resume calling for Social Security and Medicare cuts. Kevin McCarthy’s House majority is looking …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
March 20, 2023 at 8:56 PM

Taking the fight to Kevin McCarthy

We’re going to protect the Social Security Administration from Republican cuts, just like we’ve protected our Social Security system. John, As House Republicans prepare to release a budget that will undermine Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security Wor…
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