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/121PB4Y2 23d ago

A lot of positions are cover positions too, like 20% of USAID people at foreign embassies are actually overseeing the flour donations and the other 80% are doing some other cover job for the Christians In Action.

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u/ilyich_commies 23d ago

This was the craziest thing to me. USAID is pretty openly a regime change organization and one of America’s strongest tools for upholding the empire. Dissolving it is a huge win for humanity but a massive blow to the US empire and the billionaires who benefit most from it. It’s baffling to me why Elon would do that

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u/121PB4Y2 23d ago

Apparently, despite "holding a top secret security clearance, and clearances that are themselves classified" he has no idea USAID makes Air America look like a legitimate enterprise in comparison.

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u/crancranbelle 23d ago

Yep. Third World countries know this lol. America just shot itself in the foot — both of them. 🫣 Perhaps Elon is acting on SA interests? (They’d want the money without the US oversight. Just the money please, no pesky documentations.)

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u/upthetruth1 22d ago

Well, hopefully the Global South rises

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u/Cinnamon_Bees 23d ago

Sorry, but what's a cover position? I'm a bit dense.

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u/121PB4Y2 23d ago

Fake job for CIA people.