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applegrove

(131,339 posts)
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 04:40 PM Sunday

Ronan Farrow on your Social Security data:

One of the most basic tenets of election security is to avoid creating a Single Point of Failure (SPF). Unfortunately, it appears that SCOTUS created a potential SPF by sanctioning DOGE’s access to SSA databases, which are now a key component of Trump’s voter purge election strategy. 1/

Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) 2026-02-15T21:35:03.566Z
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Skittles

(170,473 posts)
3. and Trump.2 gave it to him
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 05:02 PM
Sunday

WHY isn't this a major news story? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Irish_Dem

(80,525 posts)
5. Trump sold it to him for a price.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:34 PM
Sunday

And also Trump owed him for stealing the election.

The media doesn't care.
They work for the Trump Crime Syndicate.

Irish_Dem

(80,525 posts)
10. None of them seem to care that they are in danger too.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 08:03 PM
Sunday

I guess they think they are immune from any fall out.
The billionaires and Trump will save them.
Cowards and idiots.

yellow dahlia

(5,352 posts)
14. The data breach from DOGE is on a couple of the signs at a weekly vigil,
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 11:53 PM
Sunday

which I attend at the local Social Security office.

applegrove

(131,339 posts)
4. Yup. The right wants a database they can cross match with
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 05:07 PM
Sunday

voter rolls and have data on every voter in the country including their political affiliation. That way they can microtarget people with specific messages to vote if they are republicans or to be afraid to vote if they are democrats. AI could spew articles in front of you in social media with the latest gaslighting or threat or attack on a minority targeted to your age, postal code (which are have marketing descriptions of the residents). I can see a white father, an independant, with teen daughters, targeted with photos and stories of mixed race marriages with young white women marrying black men. Like that.

Chemical Bill

(3,141 posts)
11. I wonder if the data makes for more sophisticated targeting...
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 08:50 PM
Sunday

of the purges of Democrats and left voting independents.

applegrove

(131,339 posts)
12. I think I saw a graph/diagram of all the nihilistic parties
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 08:58 PM
Sunday

grabbing power and under the techbros they mentioned data being a goal. I'll look for that link.

But yeah most people agree it is about purging right now which is why they are so desperate to get the voter rolls from blue states that Noem tried to blackmail Walz.

Maru Kitteh

(31,473 posts)
13. Kind of off topic but I'm still sad he and Lovitt broke up.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 09:28 PM
Sunday


I dunno. I just thought they were a cute couple.

BidenRocks

(3,029 posts)
9. maga/gop love spof!
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 07:58 PM
Sunday

It creates monopolies which they exploit!

Look at the old Ambassador Bridge and the new Gordie Howe crossing.

Volume alone demands a second span, but rich fucks only care about their self interests.

What did chump receive to deny the Gordie Howe opening? (Illegally)

Don't be a Moroun!

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