4mo ago

Leaked Emails Expose Trump’s Devastating Revenge Plot on Dem. Governor

newrepublic.com /post/193483/donald-trump-maine-governor-social-security-leaked-emails

Summary:

Lawmakers are calling on the Social Security Administration chief to resign after internal emails revealed that the administration shut Maine off from the late-age insurance program in retaliation for publicly defying the MAGA agenda.

Representative Gerry Connolly called Tuesday for the resignation of Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of social security. In a release, Connolly’s office shared emails sent by Dudek in which the DOGE acolyte inquired to his staff about which contracts Maine had with his agency and ultimately chose to cancel them, despite being aware that doing so would increase fraud and waste.

“Despite reinstating the contracts on March 7, 2025, and claiming that he did not intend to harm the people of Maine, the emails obtained by the Committee show that Acting Commissioner Dudek knew of the negative impacts of cancelling the programs and was willing to hurt the people of Maine and waste taxpayer money to avenge President Trump,” Connolly’s office wrote.

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Throw it on the ever growing pile of "shit Republicans accused Democrats of doing, when they really just wanted to do it themselves"
- throw it on the ever growing pile of justification for an armed uprising.
  
  Reminder for the upset but unarmed to get moving on becoming armed and competent. Legal immigrants are now being kidnapped and shipped to prisons outside of the US; how long before they start doing it to you? Defend yourself, your family, your friends, and your neighbors. It's no longer reasonable to wait to argue the point in court if their plan is to disregard your right to due process.
  
  This reminds me, I need to sharpen my guillotine.
- The bigger the pile gets, the faster it gets bigger.
Big difference between the Dems and the MAGAs, is that the Dems don’t actively try to hurt the people that didn’t vote for them. The MAGAs do.
- Or generally hurt people that are just living their lives. We never wanted to attack Christianity or masculinity or femininity or traditional values, we just think there is room for other points of view.
  
  We never wanted to attack Christianity or masculinity
  To those accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
- At this point I think we need to start.
- Yeah the Dems just hurt everyone by refusing to represent their electorate instead of their rich doners.
- Dems get hurt when people betray principles. Trumps get hurt when people betray the party.
  It's all just an extension of the "progressives fall in love, conservatives fall in line" adage.
Imagine the mountain of shit if Biden or Obama had done this to a red state.
Lawmakers are calling on the Social Security Administration chief to resign after internal emails revealed that the administration shut Maine off from the late-age insurance program in retaliation for publicly defying the MAGA agenda.
This really seems like it should be more "20-years in prison gen pop, without possibility of early release" territory than "resign and continue life as normal after likely causing unnecessary deaths for revenge".
It's unfortunate, but Leland Dudek is doing his job. Some people appear naive about what his job is.
Edit: Perhaps I should explicitly say that I'm not happy with the administration's agenda, and what I mean is that this guy won't be punished because he's doing what he was hired to do. I don't mean that this is what his job ought to be in some moral sense.
- I understood what you meant.
  
  Many didn't; maybe they didn't read the words. I'm sorry this clarification was apparently needed.

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