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President Donald Trump's mass purge of federal workers from the civil service accidentally swept up safety inspectors on the front lines of containing a bird flu outbreak — and his administration is struggling to rehire them.

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

This is not at all surprising when they're firing workers in charge of nuclear weapons and nuclear safety.

No thought or consideration given. They are, as Vivek Ramaswamy puts it, taking a chainsaw to the federal civil service, to the detriment of all of us.

[–] Absaroka@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

"Mistakenly"

[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When it it the third or fourth "mistaken firing" it isn't really a mistake.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 1 points 9 months ago

"Move fast, break things."

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Won't he think of the eggs?????¿‽

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure that's exactly what they were thinking.

"We need this bird flu thing to go away so the egg prices come down"

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not a mistake. The billionaires want the useless eaters removed off the planet. Bird flu will genocide us for them.