I read late last night that Trump administration officials had fired more than 300 staffers on Thursday at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency charged with managing the U.S. nuclear stockpile — as part of cutbacks in the Department of Energy (DOE).

It seems they didn’t know that the agency oversees our nuclear weapons. [Rene Marsh and Ella Nilsen, CNN, February 14, 2025.]

According to the DOE, the number of affected personnel is in dispute; fewer than 50 people were discharged, and they held “primarily administrative and clerical roles.” The terminations were being rescinded as of Friday morning. [Id.]

But I don’t give a flying fig if we’re talking about 300 or 50 people; that they got their jobs back the very next day; or how many apologies are offered for the screw-up.

I do care that an army of total incompetents has been brought in to take charge of our government — people with little or no experience, and obviously no conscience; who have been neither elected nor, apparently, properly vetted; but who have sworn allegiance to Donald Trump and/or Elon Musk. Because that’s all it takes to get a job in Washington these days, while thousands of loyal, experienced workers are being given the boot.

I didn’t sleep last night, and I may never again have a good night’s rest. How about you?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/15/25