4th Circuit hears case en banc on DOGE access to Social Security files. courthousenews.com/fourth-circuit…

Hearing Janis Joplin singing on an ad for Dior perfume is surreal.

Wyden, Senators Condemn Social Security Watchdog for Declining to Investigate Agency Abuse of Death Master File finance.senate.gov/ranking-member…

Commentary: The Trump administration's attack on Social Security is looking worse latimes.com/business/story…

Social Security is advertising the position of Chief of Disability Adjudication. usajobs.gov/job/846512000/

Do we really have to go back to this before every American realizes just how dangerous childhood infectious diseases are? I was only five when the Salk polio vaccine was released. Even then I realized how extraordinarily important it was for my parents.

BREAKING NEWS: TYLENOL RESEARCHERS FIND DISTURBING LINK BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN

NY Times has a long piece on customer service at Social Security. It turns out that unless you need to do the simplest thing — filing a retirement claim — you should expect problems and delays. nytimes.com/2025/09/24/bus…

Amid DOGE chaos, Social Security may have been shared outside agency in an irregular manner. nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/…

Senate Dems report on the DOGE reign of terror is more damning that the NYT implies. Here’s an excerpt: “An internal SSA risk assessment determined that the likelihood of a data breach with ‘catastrophic adverse effect’ is between 35 and 65 percent.” hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…

How will the Commissioner solve these payment error problems? That’s what he’s promised.

Never seen this before. Humongous pumpkins for sale at local grocery store for $99.99!

The first direct deposit paycheck federal workers will miss if the shutdown continues is on Oct 10, per GSA gsa.gov/buy-through-us…

Trump Administration plans aggressive action against disability claimants. wapo.st/4qa8yoq

In addition to his duties as Commissioner of Social Security, Frank Bisignano has been appointed “CEO” of the IRS. Just when you think things can’t get more absurd … thehill.com/business/55403…

I don't have the bandwidth to make this case explicit. But today, Todd Bessent put Frank Bisignano in charge of IRS, in addition to Social Security. Bisignano, at Social Security, gave Big Balls access to all our Social Security data. Now he's in charge of IRS.

BLS recalling employees to computer inflation numbers so SSA can compute COLA. cnn.com/2025/10/09/bus…

“The SSA has confirmed to Newsweek the COLA update will be announced on October 24.” newsweek.com/new-social-sec…

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.