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Andrew Saul testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration on October 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Biden Must Fire Andrew Saul and David Black Immediately for Sabotaging Social Security

Just because a new president is in the White House doesn't mean these two holdovers have stopped acting as Donald Trump's agents.

Alex Lawson ·

"Our work is cut out for us," says PNHP president and Medicare for All backer Dr. Adam Gaffney. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc)

'Everyone In, Nobody Out': Jayapal, Dingell Introduce Medicare for All Act With 112 Co-Sponsors

"A system that prioritizes profits over patients and ties coverage to employment was no match for a global pandemic and will never meet the needs of our people."

Brett Wilkins ·

Raising the minimum wage doesn't just increase workers' current compensation," writes Lawson. "It also increases their future compensation: Social Security." (Photo: Getty Images)

Want to Strengthen Social Security? Raise the Minimum Wage—and Do It Now!

Social Security is extremely popular, effective, and efficient, but it has one major flaw—benefits are too low. Raising the minimum wage would be a big step towards fixing this problem.

Alex Lawson ·

Sherrod Brown Demands Biden Immediately Remove Two 'Key Agents' of Trump Agenda to Destroy Social Security

"No one has been safe from their path of destruction."

Jake Johnson ·

Activists participate in a rally urging the expansion of Social Security benefits in front of the White House on July 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Applause as Biden Withdraws 'Horrific' Trump Rule Attacking Social Security Disability Recipients

"Wonderful news," said one activist.

Jake Johnson ·

A man holds a sign reading "You're Fired" during a worker's rally in Copley Square in Boston just after Joe Biden was declared the president-elect in Boston on November 7, 2020.

'Clean House of Every Last Trumpist': Biden Urged to Keep Firing Spree Going by Sacking Social Security Holdovers

"The only thing that is acceptable at the Social Security Administration is a new commissioner and a new deputy commissioner who believe in the system, the movement won't accept anything less."

Jake Johnson ·

Joe Biden arrives for a meeting with a bicameral and bipartisan group of legislators with his Chief of Staff Bruce Reed on June 22, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Biden Taps Bruce Reed, Deficit Hawk and Longtime Enemy of Social Security, for Deputy Chief of Staff

"You cannot have Bruce Reed in your administration and pretend Social Security is safe."

Jake Johnson ·

Andrew Saul testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration on October 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

220,000+ Sign Petition Demanding Biden 'Clean House' of Trump Social Security Appointees on Day One

"Donald Trump's political appointees are undermining our Social Security system, and Biden must remove them immediately."

Jake Johnson ·

People wear face masks near Madison Square Park on September 29, 2020 in New York City.

Trump Launches 'Despicable' Last-Minute Attack on Social Security With Rule Aiming to Restrict Disability Benefits

"Joe Biden needs to undo these cruel regulations—and clean house at SSA—on day one."

Jake Johnson ·

Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, moderates a discussion on February 12, 2018.

Citing Past Calls for Social Security Cuts, Progressives Not Pleased With Biden Pick of Neera Tanden for OMB

"Everything toxic about the corporate Democratic Party is embodied in Neera Tanden."

Jake Johnson ·

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