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As an alternative to 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'

I present: 'salt, vinegar, and everything sinister'

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Trump’s Social Security Scam: The MAGA Magic Trick That’s Robbing You Blind

If you’re still holding onto the illusion that Donald Trump “loves” America’s seniors, let reality hit you hard. His latest stunt—dressed up as “efficiency”—isn’t about fixing government waste. It’s about making your hard-earned Social Security benefits vanish. They disappear like some sleazy Vegas magician shuffling your retirement into thin air. And the worst part? He’s counting on you not noticing until it’s too late.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t reform. It’s sabotage.

Trump’s puppetmasters and tech billionaires are gutting the Social Security Administration (SSA) from the inside out. They’re shuttering field offices and slashing staff. They are also throwing up digital walls. This makes it nearly impossible for the most vulnerable Americans to access the benefits they spent a lifetime earning. It’s not just a cruel trick. It’s a masterclass in bureaucratic gaslighting.

The Disappearing Act You Didn’t Ask For

According to Salon’s bombshell article, the Trump administration is playing a dangerous shell game. They say your benefits are safe—but they’re systematically destroying the infrastructure that delivers them. Over 47 SSA field offices have already been shuttered, with 26 more on the chopping block in 2025. That’s not a trim. That’s a limb being hacked off with a rusty axe.

Who gets hurt? Not the rich. Not the connected. But Grandma on the South Side who can’t drive anymore. Or the disabled vet in rural Iowa who doesn’t have reliable internet. Or the cancer survivor who can’t navigate Trump’s new Orwellian online-only system.

But don’t worry, Trump says. The benefits are still there. You just can’t access them. What a joke.

Elon Musk Is Not Your Caseworker

Oh, and guess who’s been unleashed to overhaul the SSA like it’s a broken Tesla factory? Elon “free speech absolutist” Musk. That’s right. The guy who can’t keep his rockets from exploding. His social media site has turned into a hate-filled dumpster fire. Now he is in charge of making sure seniors get their disability checks. Spoiler: it’s going about as well as you’d expect.

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—yes, that’s a real thing now—is supposedly cracking down on fraud. But their idea of fraud? Overworked SSA employees. Longtime civil servants. Elderly applicants who can’t navigate the maze of Trump-era bureaucracy. It’s like putting a fox in charge of the henhouse, then blaming the hens for disappearing.

And the hits keep coming.

The Magic Word? Disenfranchisement

This isn’t just about slowing down checks or making people wait in line. This is voter suppression by another name. Millions of disabled and elderly Americans vote by mail. They vote early. They tend to vote against authoritarians who threaten their benefits. But if they’re tied up in red tape, they may not have the time or energy to vote. They could be stressing over denied claims and vanishing caseworkers.

This is a strategy. A cruel, calculated one.

Don’t Fall for the “We’re Just Streamlining” Lie

The administration wants you to believe this is all about modernization. They’re digitizing services! Reducing redundancy! Saving taxpayer dollars! Except what they’re really doing is creating a bottleneck so tight that people give up.

Imagine calling the SSA and hearing:

“Due to high call volume, we recommend you go online.”

Then imagine you’re 86, legally blind, and don’t own a smartphone.

This is what disenfranchisement looks like in the digital age. It does not involve batons or ballots. It occurs through “service interruptions” and disappearing offices.

Death by a Thousand Budget Cuts

Social Security isn’t just a government program. It’s a promise. A social contract. You paid into it with every paycheck. Trump’s slash-and-burn approach is breaking that promise in slow motion.

He didn’t have to kill the program outright. He just had to gut its infrastructure. Then, install a team of billionaires, yes-men, and chaos agents to make it unusable. That’s how the benefits disappear. Not with a bang, but with a shrug.

And like every bad illusion, the audience (that’s you) is meant to be too stunned. You are not expected to realize what happened until it’s over.

Where’s the Outrage?

Where’s AARP? Where are the cable news think pieces? Why isn’t every single Democrat in America screaming into a microphone about this betrayal? Because Trump didn’t declare he was cutting Social Security. He outsourced the dirty work to bureaucratic termites—and the media took the bait.

But we don’t have to. Not anymore.

This is your wake-up call: if you’re silent while this sleight of hand happens, you’re complicit. If you vote for candidates who talk big about “draining the swamp,” they may gut your benefits in the process. You’re not just a mark. You’re the magician’s assistant, helping him hide the trick.

Do Not Be Fooled!

Donald Trump isn’t protecting Social Security. He’s hollowing it out. He hopes you won’t notice the collapse until you’re standing knee-deep in paperwork. You are unable to get a callback and wondering why your disability claim’s been pending for 18 months.

This is not about policy. It’s about cruelty. It’s about creating an invisible wall between you and the programs you’ve paid for your whole life. And it’s about making sure the people who need help the most are the ones most likely to be denied.

Don’t be fooled by the shiny red hats or the empty promises. The only thing Trump and his cronies are making great again is the ability for rich people to hoard more. Meanwhile, you are getting less.

Share this post. Email it to your rep. Tattoo it on a forehead if you must. But do not stay silent.

If this is what Social Security looks like under MAGA, we are at risk. We are all just one sleight of hand away from vanishing.

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Trump’s Social Security sleight of hand: MAGA’s magic trick will make your benefits disappear

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Source: Trump’s Social Security Scam: The MAGA Magic Trick That’s Robbing You Blind

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To the tune of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso“:

🎶 im working late🎶

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Y’all ever noticing how Roman came up with these cute pet names, calls Neo ‘doll’, the whole shabang, and Neo just calls him what can either be interpreted as a lollipop or a pissed off Gordon Ramsey finding out something is more raw than the way my parents conceived me

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EVERYBODY STFU WHY DIDN’T YOU CALL THIS THE GENDERATOR

Edit:

My gender is tired motherfucking bastard and I have never felt more seen

i made a generator for yall to see what ur genders are

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Roman’s nickname for Neo: Doll <3

Neo: F A W K I N I D I O T

FINALLY DONE!! this was just for fun, i MIGHT do a Cloqwork one too?? but judging by how long this took that may be a bit ;>3>

anyways Gelato fans ate this volume so i had to celebrate THE ship ever :) obsessed with their ride or die mentality they're so good together

closeups under the cut

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This meme I made- 😭