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Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety officials but can't figure out how to reach them

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Can't make this shit up.

Next level recklessness and ineptitude.


 
Can't make this shit up.

Next level recklessness and ineptitude.


Every day we get a glimpse at just how broken our gov is - we saw it first hand with the hit piece the NYT did on the cdc. Neglected labs. Just inept and slow moving at every level. DOE doesn’t have records for these people? Were they not paid?

Go musk! Tear it all down. Our gov is a total disaster
 

“To order the firing of employees without knowing that NNSA is responsible for maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile while also preventing, countering, and responding to a terrorist or other adversary with a nuclear or radiological device is utterly callous and dangerous.”

And the message from DOGE is “just trust us.” My ass.
 
Every day we get a glimpse at just how broken our gov is - we saw it first hand with the hit piece the NYT did on the cdc. Neglected labs. Just inept and slow moving at every level. DOE doesn’t have records for these people? Were they not paid?

Go musk! Tear it all down. Our gov is a total disaster
I doubt very many people do not believe that the gov is fat, bloated, slow and inefficient. A "disaster".

Doge sounds perfect

Trump has/had the opportunity to be a hero and win over a lot of thinking moderates by reshaping and resizing the gov.

Sadly he is going about it in his usual blundering, boastful and divisive way that ruined any opportunity for him to be effective or appreciated by anyone but the sheep.

You know who could do Doge and do it well?

Cuban.
 
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I doubt very many people do not believe that the gov is fat, bloated, slow and inefficient. A "disaster".

Doge sounds perfect

Trump has/had the opportunity to be a hero and win over a lot of thinking moderates by reshaping and resizing the gov.

Sadly he is going about it in his usual blundering, boastful and divisive way that ruined any opportunity for him to be effective or appreciated by anyone but the sheep.

You know who could do Doge and do it well?

Cuban.
Cuban fell bassackwards into wealth. To his credit but I don’t think he’s anywhere in the same orbit as Musk. I don’t like Cuban at all to be honest. Dumb enough to support Harris.

As for Trump fumbling. Definitely. Right idea awful execution
 
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Cuban fell bassackwards into wealth. To his credit but I don’t think he’s anywhere in the same orbit as Musk. I don’t like Cuban at all to be honest. Dumb enough to support Harris.

As for Trump fumbling. Definitely. Right idea awful execution
Cuban is anti Trump far more than he is pro Harris.

Cuban created his own wealth by creating a new market...he "fell into" nothing. He built it while sleeping on the floor and eating white castles.

Cuban is a DEI guy...but only the DEI that is reasonable and positive for everyone...DEI that starts in elementary school by encouraging minorities to look at different career pathways... not the DEI shitshow that the left turned it into.
 
Cuban is anti Trump far more than he is pro Harris.

Cuban created his own wealth by creating a new market...he "fell into" nothing. He built it while sleeping on the floor and eating white castles.

Cuban is a DEI guy...but only the DEI that is reasonable and positive for everyone...DEI that starts in elementary school by encouraging minorities to look at different career pathways... not the DEI shitshow that the left turned it into.
He created that 40 years ago. He deserves immense credit. And I like what he’s doing with the pharmacy. But he’s nothing compared to the breadth and consistency of musk
 
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He created that 40 years ago. He deserves immense credit. And I like what he’s doing with the pharmacy. But he’s nothing compared to the breadth and consistency of musk
Cuban called Musk the greatest entrpreneur of our time.

Musk's primary busineses rely heavily on taxpayer subsidies.
 
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“To order the firing of employees without knowing that NNSA is responsible for maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile while also preventing, countering, and responding to a terrorist or other adversary with a nuclear or radiological device is utterly callous and dangerous.”

And the message from DOGE is “just trust us.” My ass.
That article is a mess.

Leads of with(emphasis mine)-

WASHINGTON − The Trump administration rescinded firings of hundreds of employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons, in a reversal that has fueled scrutiny over Elon Musk's efforts to cut the federal workforce.

Followed by-

A spokesman for the Department of Energy, which the semi-autonomous NNSA falls under, told USA TODAY less than 50 workers had their jobs terminated. About 325 NNSA workers initially received notices late last week that they had been laid off, according to Reuters

So which is it. Were “hundreds fired” or were 50 fired and 350 laid off?

Then there’s this-
The Associated Press reported about 30% of the cuts were at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. Some of the fired NNSA employees worked on areas that aren't priorities to the Trump administration such as energy efficiency and climate change, according to the AP, but others dealt with nuclear issues, though not directly with the agency's weapons programs.

I’m not sure we’re in mortal danger because of this.
 
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