“Approximately 3.2 million…Have Now Been Marked as Deceased”: Elon’s DOGE Cracks Down on Fraud, Clears Millions Off the Social Security Rolls

The Department of Government Efficiency( DOGE) issued a new update in its ongoing audit of the Social Security Administration (SSA). This program has been a significant focus for the department, and DOGE has issued weekly updates on its findings on X. In a post about Social Security made on March 18, 2025, DOGE announced a massive update on the number of active Social Security accounts DOGE posted a table of active social security numbers with extremely old ages. According to this table, DOGE has slashed almost 3.2 million active numbers over 120 years old. Before the change, millions of people...