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Zoë Schiffer @ Wired 1 place · 04/11/2025 13:39 EDT

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X

The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

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