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We're all gonna die: Adults scramble to rehire nuke experts after Musk's efficiency bros' mass firing

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 17, 2025
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Atomic Bomb Test during Operation Crossroads, by Army-Navy Task Force One (1946), Public Domain

DOGE has wasted taxpayer dollars firing dozens of nuclear security experts at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the agency charged with "designing, building and overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile," as reported by the BBC.

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