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74. He did do some damage the first time-- with the insurrection on 1/6 being perhaps the most serious

Sat Feb 15, 2025, 10:44 PM

Feb 15

because of the unpredictable ramifications that have and will follow. As for Covid, he has a mixed record, from counterproductive actions like his ridiculous suggestion to inject disinfectant that some folks actually followed, to Operation Warp Speed which helped see that vaccines were developed with federal backing and expedited FDA clearance.

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NBC News: Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them [View all] Dennis Donovan Feb 15 OP

OMG, these clowns. tanyev Feb 15 #1

Send a clown to the White House, he doesn't become presidential... Wounded Bear Feb 15 #4

Trump is indeed a clown. A John Wayne Gacy type clown. Vitruvius Feb 18 #83

They should have contact information in their personnel files underpants Feb 15 #16

It is typical when leaving a governmental entity Ms. Toad Feb 15 #21

Okay. Good points. underpants Feb 15 #31

Mr 'Big Balls' and his barely-shaving contemporaries in Elon's Squad of Juvenile Delinquent Vandals are beyond stupid Attilatheblond Feb 15 #36

More than likely the HR personnel had already been fired, so no one really had any rules to go by. LiberalArkie Feb 15 #43

True underpants Feb 15 #53

"DOGEbags"! PatSeg Feb 15 #50

Just like he lost brakester Feb 15 #56

Chaos seems to be the objective PatSeg Feb 15 #67

Exactly! brakester Feb 15 #68

Yes, you paint a pretty accurate picture of PatSeg Feb 16 #79

Excellent, PatSeg! brakester Feb 22 #85

Yes, that childhood home sounds like a nightmare PatSeg Feb 23 #87

Probably brakester Thursday #88

They would fuck up a free sample. Give Peace A Chance Feb 15 #55

Agreed. These trump/Musk a-holes don't know what they're doing. brush Feb 15 #76

I hope these workers insist on a nice raise before coming back Walleye Feb 15 #2

And iron clad contracts Attilatheblond Feb 15 #38

Shoot first; ask questions later. Intractable Feb 15 #3

Ready, fire, aim...that's how the big boys do it... Wounded Bear Feb 15 #5

I'd laugh but... Solly Mack Feb 15 #6

This information is 100% correct. LiberalLoner Feb 15 #7

I take it your husband works for the fed govt? Amaryllis Feb 15 #58

Yes, NNSA. LiberalLoner Feb 15 #63

The strongest attack against Trump's first term was that he was incompetent andym Feb 15 #8

Clustertrump. This was a colossal F up. No one bothered to figure out what they do underpants Feb 15 #14

So is this Trump appointed DOE person a syncophant, ignorant, or an incompetent ideologue? DBoon Feb 15 #33

Yes. n/t Attilatheblond Feb 15 #39

Much more sinister than your guesses. LiberalLoner Feb 15 #51

I have always contended he did damage the country the first time. yellow dahlia Feb 15 #59

He did do some damage the first time-- with the insurrection on 1/6 being perhaps the most serious andym Feb 15 #74

Kick dalton99a Feb 15 #9

Idiots..... Lovie777 Feb 15 #10

Remember during term 1 when the idiots separated children and parent migrants. badhair77 Feb 15 #11

I have always suspected some of the children were taken by child sex traffickers. summer_in_TX Feb 15 #32

With Betsy DeVos having her hands in the 'adpotions' of many of those kids, it's a given Attilatheblond Feb 15 #41

Oh, I am almost sure of it. OldBaldy1701E Feb 15 #49

Several hundred, I believe, last I read. summer_in_TX Feb 15 #62

I believe that was the number I heard as well. OldBaldy1701E Feb 15 #64

The Biden worked hard to find and reunite children and parents. In many cases they were successful. summer_in_TX Feb 15 #65

That was my thought, too ybbor Feb 15 #46

FULL SPEED brakester Feb 15 #60

Pissing off a bunch of workers holding our nuke secrets plus taking their income away is a "yuge" security risk alone yaesu Feb 15 #12

Unprecedented speed obviously led to an unprecedented mess karynnj Feb 15 #13

Fire Elon and... Attilatheblond Feb 15 #42

Did they get permission from the doge team of professional auditors? rubbersole Feb 15 #15

A Valentine for Vlad. BidenRocks Feb 15 #17

Ray Patterson vibes Prairie Gates Feb 15 #18

LOL! If someone fired me I would freshen up my resume' and find a new job. Jacson6 Feb 15 #19

How can they "not know how to reach them?" Didn't Elon hack everyone's data? malthaussen Feb 15 #20

I hope these people get compensated for KPN Feb 15 #22

That's because they are all at the range shooting their guns Submariner Feb 15 #23

i dont get it pimpbot Feb 15 #24

Obviously, in these troubled times, ascertaining the truth is difficult, but... Girard442 Feb 15 #29

You're assuming these folks want to be contacted Arazi Feb 15 #35

definitely pimpbot Feb 15 #54

Most if not all managers just call that company provided cell phone to contact an employee. However LiberalArkie Feb 15 #47

Not with Dogebags and hacks as their new "managers" . . . . hatrack Feb 22 #86

Not to worry. When Kash Patel gets confirmed, he'll find 'em. Even if they're hiding. nt allegorical oracle Feb 15 #25

Arrogant G.O.P. dipshits, is what everyone is saying BoRaGard Feb 15 #26

Trump is a traitor... GiqueCee Feb 15 #27

SMGDH The_Counsel Feb 15 #28

Why would you come back if you bronxiteforever Feb 15 #30

If you are a nuclear safety worker for the DoD, overseeing nuclear weapons ... DBoon Feb 15 #34

Wondering what Iran, China, North Korea might be offering. Attilatheblond Feb 15 #44

Fed benefits and retirement are pretty good from what I understand underpants Feb 15 #57

Too. Fucking. Stupid. To. Govern. Karasu Feb 15 #37

Morans being Moran's. Get a brain Morans! madinmaryland Feb 15 #40

This just keeps getting better and better doesn't it? B.See Feb 15 #45

Dangerous Dufus.... Impeach this man! Joinfortmill Feb 15 #48

Huh? Speaks2 Feb 15 #52

The DOGEbags have already shown that they don't know how to read Fed spreadsheets underpants Feb 15 #61

His dipshits also claimed people 150-years-old were receiving SS benefits because they didn't understand COBOL. W_HAMILTON Feb 15 #70

Yep I saw that. underpants Feb 15 #72

It does make sense when you realize only the dumbest of dumb mother fuckers are still associating themselves with Trump. W_HAMILTON Feb 15 #69

It's Trump's job to break America and our spirits. Once he's done that, he'll be gone. mucholderthandirt Feb 15 #66

Story doesn't really make sense madville Feb 15 #71

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Stupid goddamned motherfucking morons Blue Owl Feb 15 #75

"We love you, Vlad! We'll do absolutely anything for you, Vlad! Please don't release the pee tapes" struggle4progress Feb 15 #77

5th Ave Pee Speaks2 Feb 16 #78

LIE live love laugh Feb 16 #80

Big balls dude fucked up again. Nice bro Evolve Dammit Feb 16 #81

Did the Incel Tech Bros delete all the data? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 16 #82

I assume they know where the nuclear warheads are located? kentuck Feb 18 #84