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MSNBC SAYS DOGE ARE THE "BARBARIANS" AT THE GATE. Michelle King, the acting Social Security Administration commissioner, resigned over the weekend as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project looks into the agency for fraud and wasted taxpayer money, The Washington Post reported.

According to three people who spoke to the Post, King resigned over her disagreement with DOGE’s push to access Social Security information. President Donald Trump tapped Leland Dudek, a pro-Elon Musk bureaucrat who had been leading the SSA’s anti-fraud office, to take over as acting commissioner. Trump’s nominee for SSA commissioner, Frank Bisignano, still faces Senate confirmation.

While the Trump administration waits for the Senate to approve Bisignano, it appears to have an ally in Dudek. The new acting commissioner has reportedly posted positive remarks about DOGE and its cost-cutting efforts on social media. Trump’s decision to tap Dudek set off alarm bells among other SSA leaders, according to the Post. Martin O’Malley, who served as SSA commissioner under former President Joe Biden, lamented DOGE’s interruption to the agency and said that Trump’s move “sends a message that professional people should leave that beleaguered public agency.”