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(21,677 posts) Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:13 PM Mar 21

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I kind of think this actual threat to shut down Social Security [View all]

should be receiving at least as many screaming headlines as the anonymous "Joe Biden too Old" ones that we were subjected to for months.

It was a real threat. Made in public. By someone who has the power to do it.

Break the glass moment if you ask me.

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I kind of think this actual threat to shut down Social Security [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 21 OP

Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 21 #1

Haven't seen it senseandsensibility Mar 21 #2

Thx! SheltieLover Mar 22 #31

It would be great if BonnieJW Mar 22 #37

We've got our own problems coming Laha Mar 22 #54

For the heck of it I went to Fuxnews web site and could not find any mention at all about an hour ago. LiberalArkie Mar 21 #5

That was a pretty safe bet, hu? SheltieLover Mar 22 #32

They could have at least been warning their viewers how Biden was shutting down SSA to hurt the seniors voting for Trump LiberalArkie Mar 22 #36

I don't think they care at all about elders SheltieLover Mar 22 #44

Just proves like Trump FOX doesn't give a shit about their viewers. Bengus81 Mar 22 #56

Right! Faux will tell them homelessness & starvation are good for them SheltieLover Mar 22 #59

That bucket or rancid turds... GiqueCee Mar 22 #38

I agree with everything you wrote, except AverageJoe Mar 22 #41

Ah, but that's what they call themselves... GiqueCee Mar 22 #42

Agreed AverageJoe Mar 22 #43

I agree! SheltieLover Mar 22 #50

If I understand 3auld6phart Mar 22 #53

Heavily covered angrychair Mar 21 #20

Glad to hear, so long as they aren't attempting to normalize this. SheltieLover Mar 22 #33

Oh they are. They cover the admins response not their actions. FDRFTW Mar 22 #66

Gawd... sickening SheltieLover Mar 22 #67

+1 dalton99a Mar 22 #28

I find it speaks volumes that we need to look to Canada & SheltieLover Mar 22 #34

Of course they are... reACTIONary Mar 22 #47

Thanks for the links flamingdem Mar 22 #49

Can you give us further information about... reACTIONary Mar 22 #69

Here you go! flamingdem Mar 22 #70

Thanks!!! (nt) reACTIONary Mar 23 #71

It's called blackmail...... Butterflylady Mar 22 #55

If I try to steal a stereo I go to jail MadameButterfly Mar 21 #3

The goose and the common Cirsium Mar 21 #16

A little more recent... rubbersole Mar 21 #19

brilliant! MadameButterfly Mar 22 #30

You are right canetoad Mar 21 #4

This is a tactic of what Applebaum calls Autocracy, Inc. lonely bird Mar 21 #25

The "news" are not going to publish anything that will make trump look bad Blue Full Moon Mar 22 #27

I wonder if Schumer KT2000 Mar 21 #6

right? Skittles Mar 21 #15

Probably not Bettie Mar 22 #39

If there ever was a question of "Is Trump trying to destroy the U.S. and put us into a depression?" LiberalArkie Mar 21 #7

People disregard the effect this will have on everyone! Nt Hope22 Mar 21 #14

Do this if they cut off the checks Captain Zero Mar 21 #26

How do we "force" the "free" media to cover this threat to Social Security? elocs Mar 21 #8

Why in the world do you think this went unreported? The original reporting was from... reACTIONary Mar 22 #68

Kicking Mike 03 Mar 21 #9

feels like I'm in a movie stillcool Mar 21 #10

It's a nightmare. BarbD Mar 22 #46

Agreed Baron2024 Mar 21 #11

Massive theft threat from millions of Americans. Hope22 Mar 21 #12

We're in a Tony Soprano reality TV show; surfered Mar 21 #13

What's the threat? Tickle Mar 21 #17

Just google Trump administration threat to Social Security surfered Mar 21 #18

I just checked all mainstream news sites except FOX (CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC & MSNBC) Wiz Imp Mar 21 #21

Wow. senseandsensibility Mar 21 #22

I think this will happen monthly to keep people afraid. Turbineguy Mar 21 #23

All part of the psyop. rzemanfl Mar 21 #24

But for what? Other than to force Powell to decrease rates, that's all I can think about why these guys are tryna ... uponit7771 Mar 22 #29

This is what Steve Bannon called... GiqueCee Mar 22 #40

Think they will smarten up? Gary 50 Mar 22 #48

The hard-core MAGAts... GiqueCee Mar 24 #72

I think Dems should run with Martin O'Malley's message malaise Mar 22 #35

I do find it a little perplexing that other Dems senseandsensibility Mar 22 #60

Agree malaise Mar 22 #61

Yup. Martin68 Mar 22 #45

In all due respect, and to point you in the right direction... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 22 #51

And didn't musk just say civil war is inevitable because his cars were burned Eliot Rosewater Mar 22 #52

The same 100 million who didn't bother to vote because they were busy on TikTok Eliot Rosewater Mar 22 #57

It was a screaming headline in my morning newspaper (the paper version) - Ocelot II Mar 22 #58

If Biden or Democrats had tried to B.See Mar 22 #62

Absolutely senseandsensibility Mar 22 #65

He CAN'T shut it down, but he's trying to hobble the SSA anyway he can FakeNoose Mar 22 #63

Provoke them to act on every threat they make. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 22 #64

The problem is, trump is a clown. A carnival barker. So people don't understand the danger ecstatic Mar 24 #73