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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say (www.cnn.com)

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Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago (3 children)

"Not realizing. "

No. They absolutely realized it. Farking the country up is the entire point

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

i could believe that they're too stupid to know what the DOE does

[–] GroundedGator 10 points 5 days ago

I could also see them being manipulated by outside powers so that weapons might mysteriously end up in foreign hands.

They are both ignorant and pliable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

TBH it's on message for them.

The guy they had to lead the DOE last time had no idea what they did, either. It's nice to see that at least some things don't change.

[–] XeroxCool 4 points 5 days ago

DOGE, but 25% more efficient?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fucking, the word is fucking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Swearing?! On my internet?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The US government is gigantic and does a lot beyond what most people see in a day to day basis.

The visible part of DoE is energy conservation and developing alternative energy sources. It turns out the DoE does a lot more and they didn't realize this before promising to destroy the department.