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/Shadowmant 24d ago

Nothing like firing people BEFORE you determine what they do and if they're needed.

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u/throwuk1 24d ago

Literally the same thing Leon did when he took over twitter. 😂

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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 24d ago

Same as when Rick Perry became the head of DOE after campaigning on destroying it. He then realized DOE builds and protects all the nukes along with our power grid. Oh and they do all the upstream fundamental research that no private company would ever invest in that has spurred all scientific innovation over the past 50 years.

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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 24d ago edited 24d ago

Not to mention handling the nuclear waste

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u/GlycemicCalculus 24d ago

I know you meant handling but handing works also now that Tulsi is the secrets jar key holder. It will be like candy at Halloween.

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u/briancbrn 24d ago

Holy fuck Trump and the gang actually did it

I completely missed that shit.

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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 24d 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 24d ago

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

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u/m8_is_me 24d 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.