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Officially they are still re-writing the software that runs Social Security. Back in May, they said re-writing >1 millions lines of COBOL would only take a few months.

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-adm...

Unofficially, they are the worst people so they are probably doing the worst things you can imagine.

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Wired also had this recent update, on "DOGE 2.0".

> But without flashy leadership, DOGE technologists are now quietly cycling into federal agencies, spending days or weeks building products and cutting contracts before cycling out once again. This is all done with little oversight from the White House or the United States DOGE Service (USDS), which these technologists purportedly represent.

Big Balls for example is officially no longer a GSA employee of the United States DOGE Service (USDS) but an SSA employee https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

It's unspeakable how these goons get to fuck up everything without any accountability.

If people value accountability, then voting for a felon to become president isn't the smartest move.

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