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DOGE flags $370B in waste: Social Security purges 12.3M phantom accounts aged 120+
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DOGE flags $370B in waste: Social Security purges 12.3M phantom accounts aged 120+

By Hannah Knudsen | Breitbart Social Security has removed from its rolls 12.3 million individuals listed as 120 years old or older, according to the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The discrepancies in the Social Security figures and the alarming ages of some of the individuals listed have garnered national attention over the last several months. As a result, in March DOGE began to update the American people on the massive cleanup begun by Social Security. In a March 18 update, DOGE said Social Security had marked 3.2 million social security number holders aged 120 or older as deceased, warning that there was still more work to be done. https://twitter.com/DOGE/status/1901882509463630073 Over one month later, on April 24, DOGE provided another update, reve...
DOGE: Criminal aliens paroled by Biden took in $1.3 Million in taxpayer handouts  
Approved, National, The Federalist

DOGE: Criminal aliens paroled by Biden took in $1.3 Million in taxpayer handouts  

By M.D. Kittle | The Federalist While the left goes about its little “Hands Off!” temper-tantrum, their leaders have forced Americans to pick up the tab in government benefits for “paroled” illegal immigrants convicted of crimes — even suspected terrorists.  The Biden administration paid out at least  $1.3 million in Medicaid, student loans, tax refunds, and other federal government benefits and payments to thousands of paroled aliens with criminal or terrorist records, according to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “Under the Biden administration, it was routine for [U.S.] Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening,” the government fat trimmer said Friday in an X post.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE...