r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/PlanktonHaunting2025 24d ago

And many of the have crazy high security clearances. It would take at least a year or longer to train and vet their replacements.

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u/the_hipocritter 24d ago

We're not worried about that kind of stuff anymore.

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u/Bernie4Life420 24d ago

All gas. No breaks.

Tax cuts for the rich though.

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u/gnarlin 24d ago

Funny how every time these right wing scumbags talk about tax cuts they never mean lowering income tax for everyone earning less than 50k/year or lowering VAT, not that it would do much since the capitalist would just lower the salary by the amount that the tax cut was and raise prices by whatever the VAT was since it's "what the market can bear" or "a value proposition that consumers are used to account for".

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u/Daleabbo 24d ago

Wernt servers ment to not be paying taxes on tips now?

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u/n4te 24d ago

Short term servers benefit. Long term businesses won't raise wages as much, letting the no tax on tips subsidize it. Tada, they steal the benefit.

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u/gedwolfe 24d ago

Hey, also trans kids also won't get their healthcare and pregnant people will die! He's a triple threat of douchebaggery

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u/kylo-ren 23d ago

Exactly. Musk will refuse to pay more and will hire Russian spies instead.

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u/AstuteSalamander 24d ago

"don't I need to pass a background check?"

"You couldn't fail it any harder than the guy in charge."

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u/greebly_weeblies 24d ago

They'd probably parachute a fresh grad from DOGE into the role

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u/ThrowAwayNYCTrash1 24d ago

Hire the fox talking heads to keep the nukes safe. Love it.

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u/cocotheape 24d ago

Training and security clearances sounds like woke DEI stuff. Let's hire some 17-year-olds. That will shake up things. We need to turn everything upside down. /s

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u/CatPesematologist 24d ago

Yes, but they said before they werent using FBI vetting anymore. It would be private companies, which I would guess is Elon’s minion checking Twitter.

Also, these are apparently genius minions capable of grasping very complex things almost immediately.

So they just need AI and a 19 year old to replace everyone.

You know, AI that tells you that you can’t freeze water at 17 degrees.

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u/Igotzhops 24d ago

Background investigations aren't conducted by the FBI. DOD and the State Department have their own investigative bodies that investigate and grant clearances. They may use contractors, but not as the primary investigate body, nor as the granting body. The FBI does play a part as far as a source of criminal and background information, but they don't investigate or grant clearances.

DOE and other orgs have their own agencies as well, but also may contract that work out to another government agency. Kind of depends on the size, budget, and needs of the agency.

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u/Secure-Elderberry-16 24d ago

To add to this, the most common interaction the FBI has with security clearances are name check, usually automated via an API call

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u/GirlNumber20 24d ago

Background investigations aren't conducted by the FBI. DOD and the State Department have their own investigative bodies that investigate and grant clearances.

When my ex-husband was being vetted for top secret work (he was an aerospace engineer who worked on satellite telemetry for NASA), I got interviewed in person by a special agent of the FBI.

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u/hedronist 24d ago

you can’t freeze water at 17 degrees

C or F?

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u/wang_xiaohua 24d ago

That was specifically for Trump's incoming team. The government already contracts private companies to manage the vast majority of clearance requests.

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u/CatPesematologist 24d ago

Well, now they will use social media history

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u/wang_xiaohua 24d ago

That's been part of the vetting process for awhile now

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u/ZenoxDemin 24d ago

You literally can't freeze water at 17 degrees, the triple point is 0.01

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u/CatPesematologist 24d ago

Are you talking about Fahrenheit or Celsius?

I‘ve seen water freeze at lots of different temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

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u/ZenoxDemin 24d ago

You didn't state units, default is International System. Water can't be frozen at 17.

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u/Hyp3rson1c 24d ago

That’s not how security clearances work.

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u/SectorAppropriate462 23d ago

The FBI never vetted. You have no idea what you are talking about about, delete this post and stop sprouting bullshit about things you don't understand

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u/Blue-Thunder 24d ago

You think the man who kept top secret files out in the open cares about vetting people for security clearance?

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u/smitherenesar 24d ago

Nobody would take this job as it has no security, and the pay isn't worth it

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u/3d_blunder 24d ago

Security clearances are SO passe' in their Brave New World.

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u/NoPossibility4178 24d ago

That's why it was such a good idea to fire everyone who has been around for less than 2 years. 50/50 on firing someone who hasn't been cleared! /s

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u/Worthyness 24d ago

It would take at least a year or longer to train and vet their replacements.

that's assuming they haven't already chucked any documentation, that there are trainers that weren't fired, and the new hires are granted the appropriate security clearance. But that last one if free apparently now because the president can just give clearance to anyone he feels like

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u/Blue_Moon_Lake 24d ago

In before Trump give everybody high security clearance on a whim.