i thought it funny that Dudek "acknowledges that phone service sucks" at Social Security. When would he have ever had occasion to call for help? I have, to medicare, social security, and the IRS. I was astounded every time by the caring professionalism of the respondents. My wait times were negligible. What made me even more admiring was when I found out recently that they have been chronically understaffed for decades, because republicans won't allow adequate funding for things that help people or bring in tax dollars.

As I've noted before, the republican party is a terrorist organization that promotes violence to resolve poliltical differences. The republican party is a terrorist organization that abjures, rejects the rule of law. The republican party is a terrorist organization that uses bribery, extortion, intimidation, lies, mis and disinformation to achieve political ends. the republican party is a terrorist organization that promotes violence against women, children, minorities, and any "other" of the moment to scapegoat. the republican party is a terrorist organization that uses surveillance technology to root out and punish opposition to their terrorist agenda. an important adjunct to this terrorist organization is the rogue6 on the supreme court, who have set their seal of approval on this cabal of coup d'etat organizers and implementers.

it will be difficult to restore what we've lost. i hope i see it in my lifetime, but i'm not hopeful for that as I'm convinced that the 2026 elections will be for show only.