Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.

  • NutWrench
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    397 days ago

    "Not realizing. "

    No. They absolutely realized it. Farking the country up is the entire point

      • @GroundedGator
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        107 days ago

        I could also see them being manipulated by outside powers so that weapons might mysteriously end up in foreign hands.

        They are both ignorant and pliable.

      • @[email protected]
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        87 days ago

        TBH it’s on message for them.

        The guy they had to lead the DOE last time had no idea what they did, either. It’s nice to see that at least some things don’t change.

      • @XeroxCool
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        47 days ago

        DOGE, but 25% more efficient?

    • HobbitFoot
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      26 days ago

      The US government is gigantic and does a lot beyond what most people see in a day to day basis.

      The visible part of DoE is energy conservation and developing alternative energy sources. It turns out the DoE does a lot more and they didn’t realize this before promising to destroy the department.