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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM

We need more grocery cards...

John, two weeks ago, we sent you this message about how you can help the workers who are making sure Social Security checks go out during the government shutdown, even as they are missing their own paychecks. On Friday, they missed their second paycheck. Can you s…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Re: Health Care Costs Are Devouring Social Security’s Cost of Living Increase

John, If you missed Nancy’s email yesterday, here’s the short version: Social Security benefits are going up by 2.8% next year. But Medicare premiums are going up by 11.6%. And the cost of food is skyrocketing, too. Trumpflation is stealing your hard-earned b…
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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM

Health care hikes are Social Security cuts. Here’s proof:

John, Today, the Social Security Administration announced that Social Security benefits will increase by 2.8% next year to keep up with rising prices.1 But at the same time, Medicare premiums are projected to rise by about 11.6%―swallowing almost half of the COL…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM

We need more grocery cards.

John, two weeks ago, we sent you this message about how you can help the workers who are making sure Social Security checks go out during the government shutdown, even as they are missing their own paychecks. Tomorrow, they will miss their second paycheck. Can you…
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  Everett Kelley via Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM

When we fight in court, we win

John, On Thursday, federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration’s attempt to take advantage of the government shutdown to fire federal workers who are already going without pay.1 I’m the president of the American Federation o…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM

RFK Jr. has got to go.

John, It has been weeks since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. led a mass firing at the CDC and was dragged before the Senate. At the hearing, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) told Kennedy that he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists conc…
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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM

TODAY: No Kings.

Today is the Day. FIND YOUR RALLY DONATE NOW Who We Are Social Security Works leads the fight every day to expand and protect our Social Security system. Become a member today. Social Security Works for E…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM

No Kings

John, No one voted to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. But Donald Trump has claimed the power to destroy the systems generations of Americans built single-handedly. He’s putting troops in the streets and terrorizing communities with masked ICE age…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Another week without paychecks

The workers who make sure Social Security checks keep coming don’t stop getting bills. Their rent is still due. They’ve still got to put food on the table, and fill their kids’ prescriptions. John, It’s been a week since federal workers missed their first paycheck, a…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM

No Kings.

We are going to show him that we will not be divided. In every corner of this country, Americans of all ages and all races are coming together to speak with one voice. We are here, and we will win. John, Next Saturday, millions of Americans will take to the stree…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Grocery cards

John, Since Congress shut down on September 30, federal workers have either been off the job or working without pay. Tomorrow, they will miss their first paycheck. Instead of negotiating an end to the shutdown, Donald Trump and his administration have threatened mass…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Re: No Kings

We are going to show him that we will not be divided. In every corner of this country, Americans of all ages and all races are coming together to speak with one voice. We are here, and we will win. John, We’re just days away from the biggest peaceful protest in Americ…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM

The biggest protest in history.

We are going to show him that we will not be divided. In every corner of this country, Americans of all ages and all races are coming together to speak with one voice. We are here, and we will win. John, One week from today, millions of Americans will take to the…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Re: Grocery cards

John, Today is the day. If the government wasn’t shut down, federal workers would have their paychecks right now. Their bills don’t stop. The rent is still due. They’ve still got to put food on the table, and fill their kids’ prescriptions. Our friends at The Labor F…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Grocery cards.

John, Since Congress shut down on September 30, federal workers have either been off the job or working without pay. Tomorrow, they will miss their first paycheck. Instead of negotiating an end to the shutdown, Donald Trump and his administration have threatened mass…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM

Federal Workers are missing a paycheck

John, Since Congress shut down on September 30, federal workers have either been off the job or working without pay. Tomorrow, they will miss their first paycheck. Instead of negotiating an end to the shutdown, Donald Trump and his administration have threatened mass…
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  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM

“Social Security is not a handout”

“Social Security is not a handout, it is a benefit earned with every paycheck, and it must be protected and expanded, not cut, privatized, or means-tested.” John, Republicans are keeping the government shut down, demanding that Democrats sign off on a budget plan that…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM

Re: Malign neglect

John, did you see this? Trump's hand-picked Social Security Commissioner is going to be splitting his time between the Social Security Administration and the IRS. It's a clear scheme to make both systems crumble due to malign neglect. We're demanding Bisignano r…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM

Malign neglect

John, This morning, Donald Trump issued his latest insult to seniors: Social Security’s Commissioner, billionaire Frank Bisignano, will now be helicoptering back and forth between Social Security and his new position as CEO of the IRS. It always takes less tim…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Re: Social Security checks, safe drinking water, and veterans care

John, I wanted to be sure you saw this message from Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees. AFGE workers are the ones who staff Social Security field offices. They make sure veterans get the health care they need. They make sure t…
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  Everett Kelley via Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM

Social Security checks, safe drinking water, and veterans care

John, The federal government shut down at midnight on September 30, leaving federal workers with another chaotic mess in a year that was already filled with them. I’m the President of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents many of those fede…
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  Rashida Tlaib via Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Bernie Sanders and I just introduced the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act

Coca-Cola’s CEO made 1,980 times that of their average worker who makes $14,144 a year. John, Greedy corporations and their CEOs have never had it so good. They’re price gouging consumers while CEOs are making 290 times that of their average worker. To put this …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM

Trump’s shutdown

Let’s be clear: Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. They have chosen this chaos. John, For months, Republicans have ransacked the government, forcing out thousands of dedicated federal workers―including 7,000 people from the Social Security Adm…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM

Trump’s threat

John, Donald Trump just threatened to hold your earned benefits hostage. With a propaganda piece on WhiteHouse.gov1 There is no legal requirement for this. The vast majority of Social Security Administration employees are still at work (without pay!) making sur…
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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Chaos! At the Social Security Administration

This will create chaos for 400,000 of the most vulnerable Americans who receive Social Security and SSI. They have no other option―that’s why they aren’t already connected to direct deposit. John, Barring a big surprise, the government will shut down at midnight …
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  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM

He wants to raise the retirement age to 69

Scott Perry wants to cut your hard-earned Social Security benefits. He supports raising the retirement age to 69 and reducing annual cost-of-living adjustments. John, Last November, Social Security champion Janelle Stelson came within a hair’s breadth of defeating far…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Re: What does the government shutdown mean for Social Security?

John, Did you see Nancy’s message yesterday? With Republicans taking no steps to avert a government shutdown in 48 hours, we’re focused on what it means for Social Security. The bottom line is, payments will still go out, but the workers at the Social Security Admini…
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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM

What does the government shutdown mean for Social Security?

John, Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Yet despite this unified control, they are steering us towards a wasteful, destructive government shutdown. Though Democrats don’t control the government, they are committed…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Replacing every Social Security number??

John, A new Senate report just dropped: This report, from the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), goes into detail about how DOGE risked all of our privacy when they put our private Social…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Re: Discharge petition

John, the discharge petition for a bill that would reverse Donald Trump's attacks on the federal workers who make sure our Social Security checks land needs 218 signatures from members of Congress to force a vote. There are 216 now, and with Adelita Grijalva's win…
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  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM

RE: She ran away from my questions — but she can’t outrun her voters

Show MAGA Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks that she can’t outrun her voters! John, I wanted to make sure you saw Alex’s email yesterday about Christina Bohannan’s campaign to defeat MAGA Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks. When Alex confronted Miller-Meeks…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
September 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM

She ran away from my questions — but she can’t outrun her voters

Show MAGA Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks that she can’t outrun her voters! John, Back in May, I asked Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) a few simple questions: “I’m wondering if you have any comment on the healthcare that 67,000 people in your district are…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM

It’s a coverup

John, A brave whistleblower from the Social Security Administration revealed that Elon Musk’s DOGE uploaded all of our private Social Security data to an insecure private server. We don’t know why they did it, and we don’t know where that data is now. And under…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Re: BREAKING: Trump administration considers raising retirement age

No one voted for Social Security cuts, but the Trump administration is preparing to break ANOTHER promise to Americans. John, Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano had to Google ‘Social Security’ when Trump offered him the job. Now, he’s contemplating slashing …
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM

BREAKING: Trump administration considers raising retirement age

No one voted for Social Security cuts, but the Trump administration is preparing to break ANOTHER promise to Americans. John, No one voted for Social Security cuts, but the Trump administration is preparing to break ANOTHER promise to Americans. Trump’s handpicked So…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM

What do you do when you lied to get elected? (The answer is fascism)

John, On September 17, 1787, our Constitution was ratified and signed by our nation’s founders. Today, 238 years later, one President is shredding that Constitution on a daily basis. It’s time to show Donald Trump that America has No Kings! That’s why in a mont…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM

The same people who want to privatize Social Security…

Generations of Americans built systems for all of us―not for greedy gatekeepers. This is all part of how America transforms into an oligarchy. We need to stop it. John, The very same people who have been trying for decades to privatize Social Security have their s…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Inflation

John, Last month, Donald Trump wasn’t happy with the economy, so he fired the person whose job it is to compile labor statistics. Now, he wants to install a MAGA loyalist who will only put out numbers that make him happy. This doesn’t just distort our sense of t…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Re: No Kings.

John, I wanted to be sure you saw Alex’s email about the next No Kings rally. It’s on Saturday, October 18th, and it’s going to be BIG. Will you be there? Find your nearest No Kings rally here. Thank you, Michael PhelanSocial Security Works -- ALEX'S EMAIL -…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM

No Kings.

John, On June 14, people from across the country came together to send a clear message to Donald Trump: America has no kings. Since then, Trump has mobilized the military on American streets, unilaterally executed people without due process, and continued his re…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Re: What Donald Trump learned from George W. Bush

John, I wanted to be sure you saw Nancy’s message. Nobody knows more about our Social Security system than she does — so when she warns that the program is being held together with shoestring and chewing gum, we need to sit up and listen. Social Security Works is fig…
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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM

They are holding Social Security together with shoestring and chewing gum.

John, picture this: Your monthly Social Security payment hasn’t arrived on time. You call Social Security’s 1-800 number, and a chatbot answers. The bot provides no helpful information. You repeatedly ask to be connected to an agent, until finally you are disconn…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM

Resign or be fired.

Secretary Kennedy’s vaccine policy threatens the lives of seniors. John, Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., testified before the Senate this week about his decision to restrict access to COVID vaccines―a decision that led …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Re: A Friday news dump for the ages

Just before a 3-day weekend, the Trump administration forced the Social Security whistleblower to resign: John, we need your help keeping this story alive. Two weeks ago, the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration came forward to warn Americans that E…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM

An “involuntary” resignation

Just before a 3-day weekend, the Trump administration forced the Social Security whistleblower to resign: John, Just before a 3-day weekend, the Trump administration forced the Social Security whistleblower to resign: This was no ordinary resignation―Politico re…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM

This Labor Day, we're standing with the workers who make Social Security work.

This Labor Day, we're standing with the workers who make Social Security work--and whose union is under attack by the Trump administration. He's trying to destroy the union that represents Social Security workers because they can credibly push back on his lies abo…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Re: Do you trust an AI chatbot with your retirement?

Donald Trump and Elon Musk forced out over 7,000 trained, experienced SSA workers, and have replaced them with an automated chatbot. John, Donald Trump is trying to break the Social Security Administration. He installed a commissioner who admitted that he had to Goog…
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Do you trust an AI chatbot with your retirement?

Donald Trump and Elon Musk forced out over 7,000 trained, experienced SSA workers, and have replaced them with an automated chatbot. John, If you need help with your Social Security, the Social Security Administration is there to help. …at least, it used to be. …
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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Another health care cliff

Republicans already passed a bill that will cut over $1 trillion from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). John, Republicans already passed a bill that will cut over $1 trillion from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Now, R…
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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Re: The government could have to reissue every Social Security number.

John, a Social Security whistleblower just came forward to reveal that Elon Musk and his DOGE minions stole the American people's private Social Security data. This was no accident. Musk and his cronies come from Silicon Valley, where tech bros are furiously competing…
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