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The Supreme Court handed DOGE a pair of significant wins on Friday, allowing the entity to access sensitive Social Security data for millions of Americans while simultaneously pausing an effort to look into whether it is subject to a key transparency law.

In the first and perhaps more important decision, a majority of the court allowed DOGE to review data at the Social Security Administration in an ostensible effort to rout out fraud and “modernize outdated systems.” Critics and lower courts suggested DOGE was engaged in a fishing expedition through highly sensitive data.

“We conclude that, under the present circumstances, SSA may proceed to afford members of the SSA DOGE Team access to the agency records in question in order for those members to do their work,” the court wrote in an unsigned order.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago

trying to make it easier to identify D voters so they can purge them more easily, or harass them, plus identfy "brown people"

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Don't worry, your personal data will be perfectly safe with the agency with the comedy name, set up by the guy who did Nazi salutes, and which employs someone called "Big Balls".

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 12 points 1 day ago

The agency that so far, with all the prodding they have already done, found literally 2 cases of social security fraud. Literally two people.

What fruitful work theyre doing out there. At least by eliminating the security of our social security numbers, more people will be able to commit social security fraud, thereby increasing the amount of fraud they can find! Its genius really

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Love to live in a country where the highest court in the land is a regulatory captured tool of like 5 unfathomably wealthy fascists.

So awesome.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago

to a foreign WEALTHY FASCISTS too.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

50%+ of voters unironically do love it, tho.

[–] this@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago

Actually its less than 50%, they only won the popular vote by a plurality, not a majority. It was way closer to a majority than it should be though https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

Unprecedented victory, I heard.

Murca can't stop winning.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 92 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If they need access for work, why aren't they subject to records requests?? That makes no sense. Either they are working for US and are subject to telling US what they're doing on our dime, or they're not working for US and should be heavily restricted from OUR data!

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 day ago

Schrödinger's justice

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

They're special. It's in the name. SSA

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Those alt-right, unqualified, just graduated college 4channers are certain to benefit the country here. Don't see how this can go wrong at all

[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The trump vs. elon smokescreen was an attempt to obfuscate this, I bet.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

obfuscate the BBB, too. they did it the first time in 2017, with the net neutrality stunt, people were too tired by then to even care about that bill. also distracting from all the tariffs, and doge cuts that the MSM now doesnt report often anymore.

[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Their little feud was pushed a little too hard, it was more suspicious than any regular news story. I imagine facebook and instagram is awash in LLM generated memes of these two fighting.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

History will remember John Roberts' SCOTUS as a cornerstone in the USA's decline.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not when the Heritage Foundation is writing the history books.

[–] Bouzou@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I mean, a society under the heritage foundation would collapse, so at least they wouldn't be able to write the textbooks? 🤷‍♀️

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Would be a shame if they were all doxxed.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just so proud of our country! USA #1!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

god bless, america.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Froze my credit today. Be aware folks.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

the 3 beuarus made it easier to freeze this time around.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

desperately trying to give gop some wins, by hopefully targetting dem voters.