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.

  • @[email protected]
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    1317 days ago

    Ah, the willy nilly style of leadership… Oh wait, this is coming from the Russian puppet rapist pants-shitter. In that case it’s exactly what Russia needs. It’s deliberate. It’s expected.

  • @[email protected]
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    1207 days ago

    Reminds me of when I would root my phone and then go through stripping out anything I didn’t understand assuming it was bloat or spyware. I’d typically end up frustrated that my device didn’t seem to run very well.

    • @ceenote
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      637 days ago

      Making the government unable to operate is the point.

      • @frunch
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        267 days ago

        “government doesn’t work!!”

        /proceeds to cripple any/all functionality of gov

        “See?! I told ya it doesn’t work” 🥴

        • Rowan Thorpe
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          187 days ago

          Just like the playbook against NHS in UK:

          “NHS doesn’t work, it must be privatised (and contracted out to companies owned by my friends)!!”

          /proceeds to starve funds and undermine NHS at every turn

          “See?! I told ya it doesn’t work” 🥴

    • IninewCrow
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      217 days ago

      lol … idiots are trying to root the US government and don’t know what they are doing. Hopefully they won’t brick everything and go out and buy an overpriced brand new iphone.

      • @Sterile_Technique
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        467 days ago

        Bricking it is their goal. They aren’t stupid, they’re malicious, which is orders of magnitude worse.

        They act stupid, cuz their base are fucking morons and find it relatable, but don’t assume any of the damage they’re doing isn’t 100% intentional.

        • @Soup
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          107 days ago

          I mean, c’mon, maybe that was a case a while ago but a) yes they fucking are, the most selfish thing you can do is take care of others because that’ll come back around into a support system no one can take from you, either, and b) all the “smart” ones created all these dumb as rocks ones and now the idiots they created have come to be in charge.

          They absolutely are stupid, and it’s a huge fucking problem.

          • @Sterile_Technique
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            Part of the problem with Trump and the other Trumpanzees following in his his footsteps is that we constantly give them the village-idiot pass and fail to hold them accountable.

            When it comes to politics, world leaders, CEOs - it’s the the opposite of Hanlon’s Razor. Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.

            If their actions cause damage, I’m going to assume it was calculated and intentional, especially when it’s a pattern that repeats itself on a daily fucking basis.

            And honestly, you’re probably right. Especially as you go lower and lower down the Nazi chain of command, the spectrum slides from evil to stupid. But if there’s even an inkling of a chance that that any one of those Nazis has the self awareness to realize that they are in fact the badies, but stay the course anyway cuz they’re fucking evil, then that’s the assumption I’m rolling with.

            Treat these traitors like the threat they are, regardless of their motive or capability.

            • @Soup
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              97 days ago

              It’s absolutely both, and I never said that they should not be held accountable. They are unclever gorillas smashing the place up and yes, it is absolutely for evil, evil reasons but that doesn’t mean these are deep, well thought-out schemes. It’s basic garbage for garbage people, a idiot’s genius. Yes, it’s calculated, but the math is of a grade one level and even then they don’t always get it right but you bet they’re still trying to be as evil as possible.

              Being a conservative almost requires one to be dumber than a bag of hammers. The only reason most of them get anywhere is because other idiots like the useless centrists refuse to hold them accountable so we all act like they’re clever when really they’re just shielded from consequences. Elon Musk is as dumb as they come and we all know exactly what he’s doing it’s just that when he buys Twitter for way too much money and blows it up he doesn’t have to deal with any fallout and can keep that shitstorm running out of pure spite and lighting billions of dollars on fire.

              • @Sterile_Technique
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                37 days ago

                I never said that they should not be held accountable.

                Oh, that bit wasn’t meant to refute something you said. I’m mostly just bitching into the void right now - it looks like we see eye-to-eye on pretty everything here except perhaps splitting hairs over when to use the label ‘stupid’ vs ‘evil’. I do try to avoid the former cuz it detracts from establishing intent, but not a single thing you’ve said so far is wrong.

                But yeah, I don’t mean to be argumentative or anything, I’m just pissed off.

                • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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                  you just reminded me i didn’t buy last year’s annual belt buckle, and I should have my belt buckle lady do this

  • @[email protected]
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    987 days ago

    Get hired back as private consultants at 5x the pay. Firing me was your fuckup. You deserve to pay for it.

        • @breakingcups
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          317 days ago

          I’d have more faith in him than any of the idiots they will actually pick.

          • @Fergie434
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            26 days ago

            Yeah at least deep down homers actually a good prrson

            • Laurel Raven
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              16 days ago

              And, unlike their other picks, he actually has relevant experience

      • @straightjorkin
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        86 days ago

        This is exactly the Curtis Yarvin RAGE plan. Remember a few years ago when that lady got sued for not issuing a marriage license to a gay couple, despite the law? She’s the ideal for them, someone who will fulfill their fascists will even when real adults take over.

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    536 days ago

    Oopsie, accidentally lost some nukes.

    What’s that? israel mysteriously found some nukes? Guess we’ll never know where they got them from, its a mystery…

        • @PugJesus
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          56 days ago

          Stole them from the US*

          fucking what

          Israel’s nuclear program development was dependent on French and British support

  • NutWrench
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    396 days ago

    "Not realizing. "

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

      • @GroundedGator
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        106 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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        86 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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        46 days ago

        DOGE, but 25% more efficient?

    • HobbitFoot
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      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.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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    didn’t he have this problem of not understanding what the department of energy did last term?

    • FlashMobOfOne
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      Yep. His ‘bull in a China shop’ philosophy of governance comes with a lot of collateral damage.

      • ivanafterall ☑️
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        philosophy of governance

        Just feels wrong in a sentence about the diaper, even after “bull in a China shop.”

        • FlashMobOfOne
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          No doubt it does, but I think ‘bull in a China shop’ is a fairly accurate characterization.

  • @[email protected]
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    126 days ago

    Lol, ok, I can see why this is called NOT THE ONION. Geeze, and this is the most powerful country in the world. Maybe they don’t actually know where Canada is, ha.

  • Mayor Poopington
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    427 days ago

    They must have consulted the guy in charge of the twitter layoffs

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    246 days ago

    It seems funny until you realize that we actually do need some serious people running government, and instead, our president has staffed it with 20 year-old morons and idiotic TV personalities that he probably secretly uses for fap fodder.

    • @Goodmorningsunshine
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      15 days ago

      Yeah, President Musk isn’t going for serious or for a running government.

  • @some_designer_dude
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    146 days ago

    The guy who did his fireworks on the campaign trail will be heading NORAD.

  • @[email protected]
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    66 days ago

    When they beg you to come back, Dean and a contract for 10x your previous salary or no deal.

  • @TexasDrunk
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    107 days ago

    So a hair under 20 years ago I was offered a position similar to this after leaving the Navy. I’m so glad I went into private industry in another field entirely.

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      Spy novel themed porno plot moment.

      Edit: Russian porno