Tim Frost

[Taylor Hiester @Femahiester]

Cockpit video from our opening flyover of @Freedom250 last night.

Thank you America for all that you are and all that you will be. Thank you for trusting me.

I'll have more to say about it later. My college roommate and one of my best friends Joe Pitts was on my wing for this one.

God Bless America and long live The Republic.

[Tim Frost @DocTFrost]

Agree! America must lead in clinical trials and first-to-patient clinical data.

Next step is to reindustrialize the onshoring of key starting materials, API, and finished products for IV sterile critical essential medicines!

[Karoline Leavitt @PressSec]

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy: The future of medicine should be built in America

https://t.co/fSnPuv24Uu

[Tim Frost @DocTFrost]

@mattpavelle Stay on the gas ⛽️ Good work to you and the team.

[Russell Kaplan @russelljkaplan]

In 1958 Ian Donald published what is now the foundational paper on medical ultrasound for obstetrics. He was so widely ridiculed by his colleagues at the time that they nicknamed him Mad Donald [1], and one said ultrasound would be useful only to "a gynecologist who was blind and had lost the use of both hands" [2]. Another noted that he'd invented a £10,000 device to undertake a task that could be accomplished with a £0.02 rubber glove. [3]

Last week, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. She had a rare pregnancy complication that until recently would have meant only a 28% intact survival rate for our newborn. But in 2013 US guidance was updated to add regular preventative screening for her condition at the 20-week ultrasound, and with early detection the survival rate is ~99%. (In the UK, preventative screening is still not recommended, for reasons like "it is not known how accurate screening tests are" [4].)

The entire history of radiology is people expressing skepticism about the work done by innovators. I for one am grateful for folks like @DavidSHolz building new classes of devices that can help us see things in new ways, and I'll be rooting for their success. Hand in hand with my wife and our healthy baby boy.

[Seth Cohen @OverReactor1776]

Now that I’m out of government, I can finally respond for myself: Get bent, soyboy. We didn’t do this for “Silicon Valley . . . companies.” We did this for you, for your family, your community, your state, your nation, and your species.

Nuclear energy provides the safest, highest density, reliable power available on our planet. My career colleagues at DOE and NRC inspired me to think about nuclear as a way to forge American steel and electrolyze aluminum without releasing particulate matter, to desalinate water in the Middle East and save humanity from resource wars. By rejecting the false narratives and Cold War hysteria, we can secure the next American century while raising whole countries out of poverty.

Do you really think I left an incredible career at Kirkland, paid out of pocket for an apartment in DC and dozens of cross-country trips, and left my family on the west coast because I wanted to enrich people I never met before taking this job? I came to D.C. to do something that mattered, to satisfy a driving curiosity (more on that later), and, most importantly, to serve.

As I learned more about nuclear energy and its history, I developed a conviction that one nuclear’s biggest issues was a culture of cynicism: nothing new or exciting could happen because it would end in disappointment, and that militated against rocking the boat even a tiny bit. The career staff in government and their industry counterparts lived through dark winters before and stopped believing that warm springs could bloom into summers.

I have two core philosophies. First, I believe in ruthless optimism. Rational decision making requires detached risk analysis. But we also cannot win if we believe we can lose. Merging the two requires orienting teams around driving missions. That way, when a real opportunity presents itself, you can take a huge swing.

If I take credit for anything—honestly, almost all of the success belongs to the incredible and dedicated people at @ENERGY and @NRCgov—it’s countering the cultural rot and morass that risked forfeiting American excellence. My colleagues and I gave cover to the scientists and engineers, which freed them up to focus on delivering safe power. And, as success materialized, they started to dream again. That’s why the pilot program succeeded, and why I feel confident about the future of NLICs and NRC reform. Nobody needs me anymore because they can innovate on their own.

My second core philosophy is to assume positive intent. Avi, I know that you heard about my real motivations from multiple people you interviewed when preparing your hit piece on me. Rather than telling that story, one which could help inspire another generation of people to use their talents for the greater good, you ignored them. Instead, you implied that Peter Thiel recruited me for nefarious purposes. (I’ve never met him, but, @peterthiel, if you’re reading this, I’m a huge fan!)

Nuclear regulation starts and ends with safety. I promised everyone I worked with that I would resign before doing or pushing for anything that could compromise public safety. But I also distinguished between real safety and performative bullshit. That’s what the careers came to embrace, too. We love nuclear, why would we do anything that could risk threatening its future?

America faces a crossroads. We can either trod a road of cultural decay or hike our way back to the peak of global innovation. Join me on the latter path. Correct the fear mongering and conspiracies and tell the story of America’s great reindustrialization. Tell the story of our public servants, our great entrepreneurs, our scientific dominance. Tell the real story about how DOGE went nuclear.

[Tim Frost @DocTFrost]

@OverReactor1776 @JTLonsdale Thank you for your service Seth! 🇺🇸

[Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors @isaiah_p_taylor]

Moments ago, Valar Atomics took Ward 250 critical for the first time. This fulfills President Trump’s EO 14301, which called for 3 advanced reactors to go critical by July 4th.

This is our second criticality as a company, and an important step toward our goal of power by July 4.

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

Nox Metals exists so America can build 100x more factories and technologically abundant industrial capacity in the West.

We are announcing our $11.5M Seed round led by Hyperion, with participation from Palmer Luckey, Y Combinator, Jared Friedman, RoboStrategy, Operator Collective, DTX, Alumni Ventures, and others.

Over the past few decades, America has neglected domestic production. We lost our dominating ability to build in the world of atoms while jobs on the factory floor plummeted.

It's time to build for America again. As our grandparents once did.

Since launching production only 7 months ago, we have shipped metal to hundreds of American factories. Countless truckloads to America's industrial base. And we are no where near slowing down.

Our metal has gone to space. It has protected our troops. It is in your car and in the machine that scanned your chest. It is all around us. And we can't stop supplying at warp speeds, because America needs it.

We will be revitalizing a WW2 era, 35,000 SQFT factory in Detroit this summer where we will have our techno industrialists working hard to further pursue our mission. We will be tripling down on technology, which has allowed us to move this fast for America thus far.

More code. More machines. More metal. More production.

[Katherine Boyle @KTmBoyle]

Never. Give. Up.

[Saronic @Saronic]

The U.S. military confirmed that a Saronic Corsair was used in the first-of-its-kind rescue operation following the downing of a U.S. Army helicopter.

At Saronic, we build autonomous vessels to extend capability into the most demanding and dangerous environments. Knowing Corsair could play a role in helping bring our service members home safely is exactly why we build.

Proud to support the men and women of the U.S. armed forces — and grateful to the team that made it possible. 🇺🇸

[Tim Frost @DocTFrost]

@JTLonsdale My great-grandfather, Wallace Keeney of Michigan, served with Company M, 339th Infantry Regiment—the Polar Bear Expedition—in northern Russia during/after WWI, fighting the Bolsheviks. Ordinary Americans answered extraordinary calls long before anyone knew their names!

[Jordan Bramble @jordanbramble]

Antares Mark-0 has achieved initial criticality! ⚛️

[Joe Lonsdale @JTLonsdale]

1/ US biotech is in crisis, right before AI should be saving millions.

China is stealing away our industry and has surpassed the US in blockbuster pharma deals.

The next FDA Commissioner must be a fighter, and have a plan to overhaul the agency, beat China, and unleash cures.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

There's no place like the United States of America.

[Tim Frost @DocTFrost]

⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️

[Judge Glock @judgeglock]

Alex Adams, head of the Administration for Children and Families, released a report for @ManhattanInst today showing how he ripped apart decades of regulatory build-up. It's a required read for anyone who wants to reform the administrative state.

[Matt Pavelle 🇺🇸 @mattpavelle]

"We'll always need a human in the loop in medicine for safety reasons" is an objection I hear often. For complex diagnoses and evolving conditions, I agree. Human physicians matter enormously.

But applied as a blanket statement, it's not a safety argument, it's a concession that the status quo is good enough. And the status quo is almost month long wait times with a 60%+ primary care doctor shortage.

We can do better, and @doctronic is.

[Katherine Boyle @KTmBoyle]

It’s time to America-maxx. 🇺🇸💪🚀

[Jordan Redman @redmanforidaho]

I’ll admit, the headline in the Idaho Statesman stung a little: “Idaho lawmaker spends thousands on election ads — against his colleagues.” It sounds so dramatic, doesn’t it? Like I’m some kind of political heel, lurking in the shadows and plotting legislative mayhem against my fellow good citizens.

But here’s what the headline conveniently omitted: I put my name on it. That’s the part nobody wants to talk about.

The truth is, legislators and members of the executive branch have been supporting and campaigning against their “colleagues” for decades. It is nothing new. What is new — and apparently scandalous — is that a conservative is doing it openly. Most of the folks clutching their pearls right now have done the exact same thing, or know people who have, but they did it through anonymous LLCs and nameless PACs designed specifically to hide their fingerprints. Idaho elections have long been influenced by out-of-state money and carefully laundered political maneuvering. I’m simply doing what others do quietly — except I’m willing to sign my name to it. If that makes me the villain here, I’ll accept the label.

The faux outrage from historically moderate Republicans and Democrats isn’t really about campaign ethics. It’s about the fact that this time, conservative candidates are the ones being supported. That changes everything, apparently.

Now, to the colleagues I am so regrettably “against.” Let me be clear: many of them are genuinely nice people. The kind of folks you’d happily invite to a backyard BBQ. They remember your birthday. I’m sure their kids are delightful. They are pillars of their communities and good neighbors. I work hard to maintain genuine relationships across the aisle, regardless of political disagreement.

But here is where the story gets complicated: being a nice guy is not a vote. And being a good neighbor doesn’t translate into conservative policy.

When the time comes to vote on property tax relief, parental choice in education, or cutting unnecessary bureaucratic red tape, the niceties evaporate faster than a puddle in the Idaho desert. These colleagues — bless their hearts — frequently cast votes that make you ask, “Wait, what letter comes after the ‘R’ on their name tag?”

They are, for lack of a better term, Republicans-in-name-only. They run on a conservative platform, then arrive at the Capitol with a curious affliction I call “Big Government Amnesia.” Suddenly, the principles they campaigned on are replaced by an overwhelming urge to find common ground with people who hold fundamentally different views on the proper role of government.

This is why I’m supporting primary challengers. If the legislators I’m targeting simply voted according to the conservative values they claim to champion — limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual liberty — I could sit back and let the season ride. It’s truly that simple.

I should also be clear about who I’m backing: these are candidates I have personally worked with. People of strong character who do a great job for their constituents. None of them vote the same as me on every issue, nor would I ever expect them to. That’s not the standard. The standard is whether you govern the way you campaigned — whether your votes reflect the conservative values the people of Idaho sent you to uphold.

To my colleagues who are feeling unsettled: the power is entirely in your hands. Cast the votes that reflect the Republican platform, and my checkbook stays closed. I’d love nothing more than to put this behind us and return to a legislative session focused on actual conservative governance.

Until then, I’ll keep signing my name to it. Because while hiding behind a nameless LLC might be more comfortable, Idaho deserves to know exactly who is fighting for conservative principles — and who is just pretending to.

Rep. Jordan Redman is an Idaho lawmaker, small business owner, and father of six who believes there are far superior ways to spend money than on political ads — but hasn’t found a better way to hold Republicans accountable to the voters who elected them.

[Hims House @himshouse]

🚨 BREAKING: TRUMP TO FIRE FDA COMMISSIONER MARTY MAKARY

$HIMS $LLY $NVO