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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee US nuclear arms

by sklargh on 2/15/25, 1:59 AM with 13 comments

  • by inverted_flag on 2/15/25, 2:23 AM

    > Political officials at the Energy Department told its non-political HR administrators to cite poor performance personnel files as a justification for firing the employees, the source said

    Illegal as fuck

  • by FrankWilhoit on 2/15/25, 2:10 AM

    They're running the government like a business. What that means is that they are not running the country. They are *miming* running the country. And that is what their voters want.
  • by duxup on 2/15/25, 2:15 AM

    US opponents couldn't do this much damage if they tried.
  • by jeffbee on 2/15/25, 2:30 AM

    Biden should have trucked the nukes to Mexico anyway.