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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 16h

SCOTUS might take up a Price Anderson Act nuclear liability case and this is fair warning that I will be insufferable about it my niche issue being before the Court.

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 8d

The Deferred Resignation Program runs out today, we are going to start seeing real financial strain in the DMV region. Our federal workers who were once among the largest donors to those in need, may soon be in need themselves. www.capitalareafoodbank.org

Food Bank for the Washington, DC, Region | Capital Area Food Bank

The Capital Area Food serves the entire Washington, DC, metropolitan region, providing meals to thousands of people a day while also addressing the root causes of hunger.

www.capitalareafoodbank.org

MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 13d

Well, now I am not seeing it reported anywhere….

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gvillefl.bsky.social @gvillefl.bsky.social · 13d

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...

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 13d

They did no bill count 1.

MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 13d

They no billed Count 1. Not sure why they published both.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 13d

Meanwhile…

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 13d

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...

White House directs mass firings if there is a government shutdown

The Office of Management and Budget sent a memo to federal agencies Wednesday night instructing them to plan for staff reductions, including firings.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 14d

[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...

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 15d

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

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 16d

Me “well actually (it’s complicated) but it’s the wires” every day since that podcast dropped.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 16d

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...

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 16d

This tylenol business is going to send them over the edge. Too many people with real world experience, not something you can message.

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Bryan Fischer @bryandfischer.bsky.social · 17d

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."

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 17d

BIRDS - The Eagles block the Rams FG and Jordan Davis *rumbles* for the TD

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27d

“.. 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...

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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 27d

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.

Ia Aanstoot @ia-aanstoot.bsky.social · 27d

In 2023 Austria sued the EU Commission for the inclusion of nuclear energy in the Green Taxonomy. At the time they were supported by a bulwark of EU countries & environmental NGOs that opposed nuclear energy. Honestly, it looked like they might win.

But today, that whole landscape has changed.

EU Court Rules Nuclear Energy is Clean Energy

The highest court in the EU just reaffirmed that nuclear energy meets the scientific and environmental standards to be included in sustainable finance, and Greenpeace still refuses to budge.

www.weplanet.org

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27d

Our Polish friends deserve much better from us.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27d

Allies are aghast as US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker fails even to show up at the NATO emergency meeting following the incursion over Poland. Guess he was too busy measuring men's urinals again.

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 28d

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.

ABA task force recommends lawyers take oath to protect democracy, rule of law

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.

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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission @collectifission.greennuclear.online.ap.brid.gy · 28d

"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 […]

Original post on greennuclear.online

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 28d

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.

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · 28d

This entire article is worth the read.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: The law is supposed to protect unaccompanied migrant children from being summarily whisked out of the country by ICE in the dead of night.

But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.

My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Judicial Learning Curve by Anna Bower on Lawfare
"District Court judges watch each other struggle with the Trump administration--and adapt."

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · Sep 9

LOL(ed)

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MC Hammond @mchammond.bsky.social · Sep 7

I read Vera and Faith right after this episode and loved it, great recommendation.

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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Sep 2

Listen to my wonderful cohost Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social talking with Ezra Klein about the Supreme Court and Trump!!

A must-listen conversation - in part because if Kate & Ezra are where they are on SCOTUS ... it's a 5 alarm+ fire! @strictscrutiny.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab

www.nytimes.com

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