Breaking: Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants in an effort to extend their life, a move that would represent an unprecedented intervention into U.S. energy markets.

— Jennifer A. Dlouhy (@jendlouhyhc) June 1, 2018

This is yet another example of the core truth that modern conservatism, as actually practiced, has nothing to do with some philosophical commitment to limited government or freedom or whatever. https://t.co/kV7OUllWbu

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 1, 2018