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Friday, April 25, 2025

Thousands of living Americans have been mistakenly declared dead at the Social Security Administration (SSA) under the leadership of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a federal worker. Rennie Glasgow, a claims technical analyst at the SSA's Schenectady office in New York state, told The Daily Beast that DOGE staffers have mistakenly moved the records of living people to the SSA's Death Master File, which holds information about individuals who had Social Security numbers and whose deaths have been reported to the federal agency.

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... "We have people who did not receive benefits come in every day with their ID and say, 'I'm not dead, I'm alive!" Rennie Glasgow, a claims technical analyst with 15 years of experience at the SSA's Schenectady office in New York. ...

The work began after Musk, who is spearheading President Donald Trump's vast federal spending cuts, claimed in February that millions of people " many who would be long dead " over the age of 100 could be collecting Social Security benefits.

The SSA clarified that the figures had been misinterpreted and the millions of records Musk referenced include individuals who, while not receiving benefits, have records lacking a recorded date of death. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-25 01:31 PM | Reply

Wait, I thought Mr Musk and DOGE were not supposed to have write access to the Federal computer systems?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-25 01:32 PM | Reply

According to reports DOGE "deleted" 4 million American citizens. Mortgages, paychecks, loans, etc, etc all ineffectual

Incarceration of DOGE seems to slipping further into "after they delete us all".

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-25 02:23 PM | Reply

DOGE has perpetrated a non-kinetic '9/11' on the US.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-25 02:29 PM | Reply

We should delete Musk.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-25 07:19 PM | Reply

@#4 ... DOGE has perpetrated a non-kinetic '9/11' on the US. ...

Looks that way, doesn't it?

So, the question that lingers like an unclaimed air biscuit ...

Was that the intent of DOGE all along?

Not the cost savings, but to cripple the Federal government?



#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-25 09:16 PM | Reply

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