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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 16, 2025, 07:24:00 AM »Do you know what a disgruntled employee is? Because I don't think ya do.QuoteOf course it wasn't really the Department of Energy that suddenly, independently decided to fire a large number of employees at the exact same time that Musk and Trump have begun their promised purge of the federal workforce. That's obviously just how they're dressing it up. They gave the orders, and everyone fired is told "(insert agency/department name here) has determined that your position is now redundant," blah blah blah. That's obvious. And of course career officials at the Department of Energy would know that nuclear weapons would fall under their own purview. They wouldn't make that mistake. The two famously arrogant and not particularly bright businessmen now running this country, both of whom have spent their whole lives thinking they know better than everyone else? They would.
Correct. There are many justly layoffs occurring in the federal government right now. The DOE gave the orders, and they likely know what the NNSA is, so they should know if they are actually putting the nuclear stockpile at risk with the layoffs.
NBC says that the NNSA does more than manage American nuclear stockpiles, and seems to suggest that a recent international incident might have had something to do with the reversal in layoffs:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-nuclear-safety-workers-cant-figure-rcna192345"The termination notices, which read “effective today,” came within hours of a Russian drone striking the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine. NNSA tracks nuclear risks in Ukraine, including through sensor systems."
Okay, so if this incident coincidentally involves them, the NNSA appears to be doing a lot more in the world than managing America's nuclear stockpiles. It is lunacy to conclude that the DOE firing 50 newhires actually put the nuclear stockpile in danger.