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Friday, May 16, 2025

Procedures implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency suggested that just two out of 110,000 calls to the Social Security Administration this spring had a "high probability" of being fraudulent, Federal Computer Week reported.

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"Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud." www.commondreams.org/news/a-huge- ...

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-- Common Dreams (@commondreams.org) May 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM

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"That is a far cry from the 40 percent figure that was parroted by MAGA in recent months, including by DOGE's recently departed leader, Elon Musk, and Vice President JD Vance.

The real figure is about .0018 percent.

Musk, who has been notably quieter the last month, did not immediately address his department's face-palm on Thursday."

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How embarrassing for all Trumpers everywhere.

Well, it would be were they capable of it

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-16 12:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

".0018 percent"

So 4 in 10, once translated into Republican Math.

#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-05-16 12:41 PM | Reply

Send Musk back to Africa in a box

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-16 05:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Too late...Russell Vought is in charge of DOGE.

And POTUS.

It's his show now, anyone thinking otherwise isn't paying attention.

Buckle up boys and girls, MAGATs are gonna get everything they thought they wanted.

#4 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-05-16 08:00 PM | Reply

DOGE tried assigning a team to the Government Accountability Office. It refused
May 16, 2025

www.npr.org

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-16 10:10 PM | Reply

Whoever came up with the 40% figure sounds precisely like the incompetent worthless federal employee who should be fired.

#6 | Posted by TenMile at 2025-05-16 10:27 PM | Reply

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