News Trump weaponizes Social Security in Maine, putting newborns at risk

[UNCjigga]

Yeah—reread that post title two more times so that you understand the gravity of the situation we’re in.

Commentary: After Maine's governor publicly challenged him, Trump threw the state's Social Security into chaos

Maine Gov. Janet Mills upbraided Trump over his transgender policies. Was his cancellation of a key Social Security policy in her state a retaliation?

www.latimes.com

On Feb. 21, Maine's Democratic governor, Janet Mills, publicly upbraided Donald Trump over his transgender policies.

Here's what happened after that. Out of the blue, the Trump administration canceled a contract that allowed parents in the state to apply for Social Security numbers for their newborns by simply checking a box on a form at the hospital—the way parents in all 50 states have done for decades, as the Social Security Administration has said.

The change meant that new parents would have to bring their infants to one of only eight Social Security field offices in Maine, sometimes by traveling for hours, exposing the newborns to infectious diseases in public.

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“That nasty woman said some mean things about me. It’d be a shame if something happened to your state’s social security application process that forced parents with newborns to travel several hours and put babies at risk! Oh well, not my problem. Blue state governors better take note before you criticize me!”

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Well this is what approximately 45% of the people in Maine voted for. We need to continually remind people of this.
EC has to go, popular vote is the way.

 

[sandorski]

The Snowflake of the United States of America.

 

[mikeymikec]

pro-life, huh

 

[feralkid]

Trump will bury us, unless we ALL stop him.

 

[biostud]

The Snowflake of the United States of America.

You have so much technology and IT companies, but your public sector seems hugely ineffective.

Here in Denmark the midwife simply add the data of the child into the IT system and then the social security number is given to the child.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Well this is what approximately 45% of the people in Maine voted for. We need to continually remind people of this.
EC has to go, popular vote is the way.

That wouldn't have saved us from Trump 2.0. but it would have stopped 1.0 in its tracks.

 

[Brainonska511]

Well this is what approximately 45% of the people in Maine voted for. We need to continually remind people of this.
EC has to go, popular vote is the way.

People should take their civic responsibility of voting more seriously. Your voting choices ultimately matter, and a lot of people treat it more like a team sport than something that can have very serious outcomes.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

People should take their civic responsibility of voting more seriously. Your voting choices ultimately matter, and a lot of people treat it more like a team sport than something that can have very serious outcomes.

That wouldn't have saved us from Trump 2.0. but it would have stopped 1.0 in its tracks.

Correct

 

[Jaskalas]

Trump will bury us, unless we ALL stop him.

And anyone who stands in our way.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

You have so much technology and IT companies, but your public sector seems hugely ineffective.

Here in Denmark the midwife simply add the data of the child into the IT system and then the social security number is given to the child.

-NO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND WE CANT DO THE THINGS YOU GUYS DO OVER THERE OVER HERE BECAUSE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!

 

[Greenman]

Well this is what approximately 45% of the people in Maine voted for. We need to continually remind people of this.
EC has to go, popular vote is the way.

Trump won the popular vote.
Also, it appears that the decision has been reversed. People in Main can check the box again.

 

[Brainonska511]

Trump won the popular vote.

Trump won a plurality of the popular vote, he did not win the majority of all votes cast.

 

[Greenman]

Trump won a plurality of the popular vote, he did not win the majority of all votes cast.

So did Trump get more votes than Harris or not? Why do we suddenly need to redefine winning?

 

[fskimospy]

So did Trump get more votes than Harris or not? Why do we suddenly need to redefine winning?

Funny how the popular vote never mattered to you until one of the very few times a conservative won it.

 

[brycejones]

Trump won the popular vote.
Also, it appears that the decision has been reversed. People in Main can check the box again.

Doesn’t it bother you even a little bit that there was such a decision made in the first place?

 

[IronWing]

You have so much technology and IT companies, but your public sector seems hugely ineffective.

Here in Denmark the midwife simply add the data of the child into the IT system and then the social security number is given to the child.

Your system is flawed because it doesn’t provide the opportunity for the government to confirm that the baby is white and therefore worthy of a social security number.

 

[Lanyap]

Your system is flawed because it doesn’t provide the opportunity for the government to confirm that the baby is white and therefore worthy of a social security number.

Some people say trump is working on an EO to only give partial SS#s to non-white and female babys.

 

[brycejones]

Some people say trump is working on an EO to only give partial SS#s to non-white and female babys.

Like 3/5 of a number?

 

[BoomerD]

Like 3/5 of a number?

Just like our white christian Jeezus said it should be.

 

[Brainonska511]

So did Trump get more votes than Harris or not? Why do we suddenly need to redefine winning?

Does it ever bother you that you can never post in good faith and seem to like being a dishonest shithead?

 

[Greenman]

Does it ever bother you that you can never post in good faith and seem to like being a dishonest shithead?

So because you don't have an answer you resort to personal insults based on your own anger and stupidity.
I'll go ahead and answer for you, Trump got more votes than Harris, that means he won the popular vote. There is no ambiguity, there is no contrived logic that allows you to work around that fact, nor can you create some new definition of winning the popular vote. 50% + 1 makes the grade.

 

[Brainonska511]

So because you don't have an answer you resort to personal insults based on your own anger and stupidity.
I'll go ahead and answer for you, Trump got more votes than Harris, that means he won the popular vote. There is no ambiguity, there is no contrived logic that allows you to work around that fact, nor can you create some new definition of winning the popular vote. 50% + 1 makes the grade.

Still not a majority of the votes cast because plurality!= Majority. Words have meanings.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Trump won the popular vote.
Also, it appears that the decision has been reversed. People in Main can check the box again.

Correct and popular vote should equal win.
Point still stands this is what 45% of the people in Maine voted for.

 

[Greenman]

Still not a majority of the votes cast because plurality!= Majority. Words have meanings.

The only meaning here is votes cast for Harris or Trump. The 2% they didn't get were throwaway's, they don't count in the Harris/Trump race.
Trying to come up with some sort of logic that diminishes Trump is a foolish waste of time. He won the election, he's the President of the United States, get over it.