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Daily Dispatch 2/18/25: GOP And Musk Targeting Social Security And Medicaid, And More


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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Elon Musk and his team of hackers are zeroing in on Social Security: https://thehill.com/opinion/5148448-elon-musk-targeting-social-security/

...The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has resigned over Musk's attempts to gain access to its sensitive financial data on American citizens: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/social-security-musk-team-access.html

Meanwhile, House GOP members are pushing a budget resolution that features massive cuts to Medicaid: https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5149960-medicaid-concerns-threaten-gop-budget-resolution/

...Budget committee chair Jodey Arrington of Lubbock's office can be reached here: https://arrington.house.gov/

...Dallas retirees turned out in droves over potential Medicaid cuts at yesterday's Presidents' Day protest: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/retirees-protest-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-social-safety-nets-in-dallas/287-9244982c-c0d3-4b3f-bccc-3495520a2f0e

Dallas Police Department Interim Chief Michael Igo pledges that DPD is NOT helping ICE with their efforts to detain undocumented folks: https://www.latintimes.com/dallas-police-refuses-join-ice-immigration-raids-launches-outreach-meetings-migrants-instead-575548

...As many as half of the kids at one Austin elementary school have been staying home out of fear of ICE: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2025/02/16/austin-aisd-school-fear-ice-immigration-arrests-deportations/78473805007/

The Texas General Land Office is holding an essay contest for 4th and 7th graders - we suggest an essay on how the "Texians" decided to revolt because they wanted to keep their slaves: https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/texas-general-land-office-accepting-essays-for-save-texas-history-essay-contest/

We celebrate Black History Month throughout February! See a great essay on this year's celebration, happening amidst so much turmoil, and a listing of related events happening across Texas:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://progresstexas.org/blog/black-history-month-2025-celebrating-texas-culture⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

...Check out a terrific essay for Black History Month by Progress Texas Institute Board Chair Louis Bedford:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://progresstexas.org/blog/trickle-down-diversity-doesn%E2%80%99t-work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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