Twelve or more grand jurors did not concur in finding an indictment against James Comey as to Count I. Lawyers of Blue Sky: What does the attached filing mean? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Meanwhile…

Trump & Vought are using federal workers as hostages in this shutdown and SCOTUS has given them the pathway to do so. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

[email protected] and @mwcog.bsky.social have launched DMV Monitor, which will assess the impact of cuts to the federal government on the Washington area. So far: fed jobs down, unemployment up, more homes for sale, more households showing signs of financial distress: www.brookings.edu/articles/dmv...

My father-in-law made me earrings. Nothing if not on brand.

The money -- and the potential bill savings!-- is in the wires! Just like @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and I discussed on Shift Key here heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

Per NGS: "Eagles defensive tackle Jordan Davis, who blocked a potential game-winning field goal and returned it for a touchdown as time expired, reached a top speed of 18.59 mph on the return, the fastest speed by a player over 330 pounds since at least 2017."

“.. Their roundup and the .. video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.” @apnews.com #Hyundai apnews.com/article/sout...

The highest court in the EU just reaffirmed that nuclear energy meets the scientific and environmental standards to be included in the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.

Our Polish friends deserve much better from us.

Seeing Golden performed live at the Oscars is my new superbowl. Going 2.5 octaves in a song and then belting an A5 is professional athlete level.

The oaths taken by U.S. lawyers in order to practice law should be expanded in every state to include a "commitment to upholding democracy and the rule of law" an American Bar Association task force said on Wednesday.

"Samsung Heavy Industries has obtained Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping and the Liberian Registry for a 174,000-cubic-metre liquefied natural gas carrier powered by a small modular molten salt reactor." #nuclear #news […]

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

This entire article is worth the read.

LOL(ed)

There’s so much more to say about SCOTUS, but one thing I hope came through in this convo is what a winning streak Trump is on at SCOTUS right now - & how insane it is that the court is blessing many of his assertions of executive authority w/o a word of explanation @strictscrutiny.bsky.social

At least nine instances of grand juries refusing to sign off on charges now. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

To be clear, the Board of Immigration Appeals has upheld grants of bond to people in this situation THOUSANDS of times in the past. NO ONE previously put forward the argument that they greenlit today — one that they claim is just a straightforward application of the law, not even ambiguous.

This is why he fired all the T-JAGs.

#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12: georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...

Interconnection queues are like wedding guest lists. The initial guest list is the queue, but the real work comes in trying to figure out who is going to RSVP and then actually show up. And inevitably your mom is going to ask you add Aunt Sally & her 3 kids at the last minute.

“One key area that still lacks clarity . . . is how to treat co-located projects. With so many technologies—particularly hydrogen and batteries—now being installed alongside wind and solar, overlapping start-of-construction rules and tax credit eligibility are increasingly difficult to navigate.”

Palisades nuclear plant officially returned to operational status today after receiving appropriate approvals from the NRC. This is the first plant to officially transition from decommissioning status back to operational. Truly blazing a trail for other restarts to follow.

Daycares having to delay opening because of ICE arrests outside is not normal.

Welcome to the YIMBYest neighborhood in North America. “That has hardly left the city cheap, but has made it at least less-exorbitant than East Coast peers like New York or Boston.”

"Sen. Graham on SC’s proposed nuclear reboot: ‘We’re going to finish these reactors’" https://myclintonnews.com/stories/the-power-of-nuclear,115802

The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...

For those following the DOE climate report, DOE is getting sued because they didn't follow the relevant laws. www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel...

SMR developer X-energy, together with its fuel-developing subsidiary TRISO-X, has selected Clark Construction Group to finish the building construction phase of its advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility, known as TX-1, in Oak Ridge. Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-08...

Leavitt confirms that monthly jobs reports may be suspended "until they can get the data and methodology in order"

DOE selected 11 projects for its reactor pilot. Notable here that these are all microreactor technologies, which makes sense given the 7/4/26 deadline. DOE also had nothing to lose by widening the selection, since the reactors must self-fund (or in some cases pay costs to DOE). x.com/energy/statu...

NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.

We literally bought lemonade from a kid’s stand on the mean streets of DC yesterday.

We're just $3,000 away from reaching the $100,000 milestone!! Can you help get us there? givebutter.com/SsQ8CG

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each: - person who reposts this post - new follower @51st.news ws gets - new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets - new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets - new follower I get And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

Please consider donating to the Black Mountain Chamber which is helping local businesses recover from Hurricane Helene. It was started out of need in the hurricane by a friend, Anna Stearns, and they just lost unexpectedly lost grant funding for both their staff. www.bmscf.org/donate?fbcli...

“Trump is putting a nuclear reactor on the moon!” Y’all ain’t heard of KRUSTY? From 2018: www.npr.org/sections/the...

“This year is by far the biggest year in terms of nuclear deals that has occurred, probably, since the 70s,” @astein.bsky.social tells @kbrigham.bsky.social. It's not your imagination. Nuclear deals are through the roof ⬇️

Roses are red, violets are blue, Don't swat at the hive with open palms,

Great 🧵 on shutdown politics and efforts to for-real-we-mean-it bind the executive to any appropriations deal. Of course, the law already binds the executive, but here we are.

Oh wow.

Well this was delightful.

From the NYT Editorial Board: The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations, Not Just Rulings www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o... Cc: @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Had the best time on @the-downballot.com and such a pleasure to be invited. I’m a little delayed in sharing but give us a listen if you have a few. Such a privilege to be invited!!

I really need BlueSky to have a bookmark button to mark all the things I need to read later.

Is solar + storage $100/MWh or already cheaper? “The sunniest US city, Las Vegas, could get 98% of its power from solar+storage at a price of $104/MWh, which is higher than gas but cheaper than new coal or nuclear. It could get to 60% solar+storage at $65/MWh — cheaper than gas.”

Also Material Assistance Cost Ratio (MACR) and Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) are totally not going to confuse anyone at all.

So the Trump EO requiring Treasury to issue August 18 “beginning of construction” guidance does not seem to apply to the FEOC “beginning of construction” rules. Will we have two tests for when construction begins? Fine by me.