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T Lee Horne III

Male. Lives in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Is single.

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I retired when I turned 50 years old. I am working again at 72 years old.

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CSA II: The New Confederate States of America

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🚨At 4:30pm, Leland Dudek's boss put him on leave for helping DOGE find fraud. “They want to fire me,” he wrote. "I confess. I helped DOGE understand SSA." Within hours, it was his boss who was fired, ... View More🚨At 4:30pm, Leland Dudek's boss put him on leave for helping DOGE find fraud. “They want to fire me,” he wrote. "I confess. I helped DOGE understand SSA." Within hours, it was his boss who was fired, and the longtime SSA waste-watcher was elevated to lead the whole agency. Leland Dudek’s Stunning Comeback at the SSA: Leland Dudek was a name few knew—a quiet, determined bureaucrat who’d spent over three decades in the shadows of the Social Security Administration (SSA), waging a relentless war against fraud. For years, he toiled in relative obscurity, his expertise honed on the front lines of protecting taxpayers from waste and abuse. But in a twist of fate, his career nearly ended in disgrace when he dared to collaborate with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a bold initiative spearheaded by Elon Musk and championed by President Donald Trump to slash government inefficiency. The partnership put him in the crosshairs of a resistant bureaucracy—Dudek faced the very real threat of being fired for aligning with DOGE’s mission to root out the same fraud he’d fought against his entire career. “Leland Dudek was an obscure bureaucrat at the Social Security Administration who dedicated his career to stopping fraud. But when he worked with the Department of Government Efficiency to do just that, he came close to being fired — only to later be tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the agency as acting commissioner after Michelle King stepped down over the controversy surrounding DOGE’s requests to access sensitive data, The Washington Post reported.” The odds were stacked against him. His predecessor, Michelle King, resigned under pressure as tensions flared over DOGE’s push to access sensitive SSA data, leaving the agency in chaos. Dudek, however, refused to back down. His deep knowledge and unwavering commitment caught the eye of the right people at the right time. In a stunning reversal, President Trump handpicked him to step into the spotlight as acting commissioner, thrusting him from the edge of ruin to the helm of an agency serving 73 million Americans. What once seemed like the end of his story became the beginning of his triumph—a classic underdog tale of grit, loyalty, and redemption. Now, Dudek stands poised to reshape the SSA, proving that sometimes the quiet warriors, battered but unbroken, are the ones who rise to lead when the stakes are highest.

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