alt Hacker NewsThe people behind Login.gov were “deleted” in February 2025 per DOGE’s leader at the time.
The current U.S. government would prefer to privatize it, not expand socialist federal programs.
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Current administration only has ~900 days left, midterms approach, ~2M voters 55+ age out every year. Perhaps not now, but the capability exists for the future. Pendulum will swing back eventually. Silver lining is there are going to be lifetimes of work ahead for those who come back to fix what was broken during this time window on the timeline. This too shall pass. Speedbumps happen.
NY Times: The Race for Congress: Latest 2026 Polls - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/congressional-vote...
Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters in CNBC’s All-America poll - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-ma... - July 17, 2026
(think in systems, "skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is")
How does this relate to socialist programs? Any sufficiently large org basically ends up looking the same way.