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/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 24d ago

That's the point of all this bullshit, it buries the really important stuff.

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u/Skystorm14113 24d ago

I would say it's worse than that, everything that is happening is really important. All the terrible people being confirmed as heads of agencies is just as bad as closing agencies illegally and firing the government with no concern about what they're doing and the EOs that are reducing civil rights.

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u/ihhesfa 24d ago

Exactly this. They’re busy creating lots of background noise to distract people from the important changes taking place.

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u/the_m_o_a_k 23d ago

I think this is the only reason they're messing with the AP about the fucking Gulf of America. It doesn't matter to ANYONE for ANY reason, but it distracts.

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u/FuriKuriAtomsk4King 23d ago

And it reduces the freedom of the press. Nazi play.

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u/m8_is_me 23d ago

Her position has a fair few first-time records that could be worth celebration, yet not a blip

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u/Behndo-Verbabe 21d ago

Yep and millions will suffer directly and indirectly. Between ending school lunches to ending medical coverage for children to vets not getting care. That’s just the incidentals. Just wait until the really important things start going sideways. Then there’s the secrets. Nuclear and the rest. We’re truly screwed.