Anyone can claim they’d make the tough choices to lower the price of eggs. But a real American hero like Donald Trump actually made those choices. The National Nuclear Security Administration,the agency responsible for managing the national nuclear stockpile, fired hundreds of employees:
“The NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Despite having the words “National” and “Security” in its title, it was not getting an exemption for national security, managers at the agency were told last Friday, according to an employee at NNSA who asked not to be named, fearing retribution from the Trump administration. Just days before, officials in leadership had scrambled to write descriptions for the roughly 300 probationary employees at the agency who had joined the federal workforce less than two years ago.
It was a tall order for the relatively obscure civilian agency that conducts a wide variety of nuclear security missions, including servicing the nation’s nuclear weapons when they’re not on missiles and bombers, and making extensive safety and security upgrades of the warheads. Some workers were responsible for making sure emergency response plans were in place at sites like a giant facility in Texas, where thousands of dismantled warheads are stored. Others worked to prevent terrorists and rogue nations from acquiring weapons-grade plutonium or uranium. Many had “Q” clearances, the highest level security clearance at the Department of Energy.
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In the final days leading up to the firings, managers drew up lists of essential workers and pleaded to keep them.
In the end, it didn’t matter. On Thursday, officials were told that the vast majority of the exemptions they had asked for were denied by the Trump administration. Multiple current and former employees at the agency told NPR that scores of people were notified verbally they were fired. Many had to clear out their desks on the spot.”
Just look at what these employees do: protect us from nuclear terrorism, cleanup after accidents and maintain our nuclear warheads. The scum of the earth, indeed.
Their crimes against the egg supply will not go unpunished!