This really moved me:
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...

So apparently the Social Security website is only available during business hours.
#doge

So my mistake was thinking I would be okay if I just had my SS benefits in place before the inauguration. I underestimated the possibility that he could fark everything up before he even took office, or that somehow an unelected drug addled billionaire would be running the country via social media.