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Elisabeth Veltman
@elisabethveltman.bsky.social
Writer, gardener, former musician. Between gigs was a senior data analyst and researcher on the Street, those skills remain. Find some of my heart here: https://www.patreon.com/c/elisabethveltman
Courage is contagious. I miss her.
Welcome !
Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.
April 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
WIRED reported:
DOGE to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits & System Collapse. Musk plans to SWAP OUT ALL THE SOFTWARE that makes our Social Security system run, and roll it out w/o adequate testing. When your Social Security check doesn’t show up, this is why. Capitol (202) 224-3121.
March 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Witkoff in Russia (mtg w Put*n) while signed into Signal war chat. Timing TBD. Claims his govt issued phone was secure (but used a public app on it?) Meanwhile, an exec order signed to restrict voting rights, refusing election funding for states that don't comply. WTF.

fortune.com/2025/03/26/t...
Top Trump aide in Signal chat was in Russia while the text stream was active—but denies he had personal or government-issued phone with him
Special envoy Steve Witkoff was scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 13, at the same time he was in an active Signal group of about a dozen U.S. officials.
fortune.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Some light at the end of the dogey tunnel. Halting access by legal ruling is just the start, though. The phone # is removed from the SSA website. NJ i.e. has 2 offices "open" but no in person visits, phone calls only, but phone removed. Temporary claims? I dunno.

www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud...
US judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Social Security records
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security records as part of its hunt under President Donald Trump for fraud and waste, calling the effort a "fishing expedition."
www.reuters.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you care about people on Social Security and Disability, or care about your future on it, this peition is from the reputable Social Security Works. If he keeps going, Musk will destroy SSA in 30-90 days acc. to former SSA Comish. Read, and Sign it to stop.

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Stop Musk and Trump from Destroying Social Security!
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are breaking our Social Security system — and Congress must act now to save it. In mid-February, Musk fired Social Security’s acting commissioner and replaced her with a D...
actionnetwork.org
March 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Every word of this is a gem. He always, always seems to be a humble, wise, man.
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When DOGE found a loophole in the banking systems and took $80.5 million from NYC's Citibank account, retroactively, including funds spent; it was a big red flag that they could do that to any of us through SSA, SSDI, Medicare or the IRS. And now, here we are. Harrass your Congress peops!!
March 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposted by Elisabeth Veltman
Must listen. Some excellent information and actions we can all take right now, to help bring DOGE to court.
March 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If you think this is as wrong as i do, cancel your WaPo subscription. I didn't subscribe, b/c I felt they were already biased, but got their email headlines. Not anymore.
WaPo readers need to realize that every opinion piece they read is now the product of Bezos' rightwing censorship rules. Whether the author self censors or Post management does it after review, the result is the same.

This is what oligarch controlled media looks like.
In Ruth Marcus' new column for The New Yorker in which she unveils the Washington Post column that was rejected and led to her resignation, she points out that the paper's media critic Erik Wemple also had a piece disagreeing with Bezos' new opinion mandate nixed.

www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
March 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Someone else to be grateful for, @marcelias.bsky.social and his tireless fight for justice, and accurate information on the rise of fascism in the U.S.
NEW: Unions representing career diplomats and federal workers filed an emergency motion against the Trump administration to prevent officials at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from violating federal law by destroying classified records.
Union Groups Ask Court to Stop Trump Officials from Destroying USAID Documents
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
As a writer and a citizen, Ruth Marcus's resignation letter is not just heartbreaking, but disturbing. More than ever, we need to find the qualified journalists who are leaving corrupted publications and support those publications who understand what "the integrity and independce of the press means.
Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So many unlawful acts from this admin, we could post non-stop. Grateful for reporters like Brett Murphy fr @propublica.org. He found that Inspector Generals cell phones were cut off world-wide for 24hrs, bc the DOGE cut their AT&T contract /wo jurisdiction. Carelessness, lawlessness are dangerous.
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Watching the delectable show, "Recipes for Love and Murder." Delicious, beautifully written, intrigue. Acorn TV is a great escape during these ridiculous times.
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
No warning, no severence, sudden loss of health insurance, sudden loss of income... Is that leadership? is that good for the economy? No.
March 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM