Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2025-06-06-054
DOGE reaches into Social Security files
After a Supreme Court emergency order, DOGE gains access to Social Security records—Social Security numbers, medical and mental-health data, and family court information. Reporting later indicated the data may have been improperly used, including an effort to match Social Security records against state voter rolls.
What happened
After a Supreme Court emergency order, DOGE gains access to Social Security records—Social Security numbers, medical and mental-health data, and family court information. Reporting later indicated the data may have been improperly used, including an effort to match Social Security records against state voter rolls.
Why it matters
Linking identity, biometric and commercial data expands the government's ability to identify, monitor and act against people at scale. It is tracked here under “Fuse government data into one system”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Build a surveillance machine
- Fuse government data into one system
