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Passages

(4,011 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2026, 04:27 PM 12 hrs ago

Anna Kramer: Six months before the Trump admin began bombing Iran, the Department of State fired its oil and gas experts

State’s energy division got completely DOGE’d. And with it went the people who knew how to plan for a global energy crisis.

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Anna Kramer: Six months before the Trump admin began bombing Iran, the Department of State fired its oil and gas experts (Original Post) Passages 12 hrs ago OP

Who needs experts when you have Stable Genius & Rubio on drums in command? bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #1

We're so lucky. Passages 11 hrs ago #2

bucolic_frolic

(54,917 posts)

1. Who needs experts when you have Stable Genius & Rubio on drums in command?

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 04:43 PM

11 hrs ago

Passages

(4,011 posts)

2. We're so lucky.

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 04:55 PM

11 hrs ago

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