charissa isidro

Life with Zohran Reflections on a campaign

Zohran Mamdani ran Ross Barkan's campaign for State Senate back in 2018, which Barkan writes about here. You'll have to get past some irritating Barkanisms in the piece, but the intel on Zohran's early, fierce political instincts is valuable. open.substack.com/pub/rossbark...

Americans in Race for European Residency See Doors Slamming Shut The rush to secure passports and visas comes as many countries tighten immigration rules.

can’t relate 😎

(the visa is already secured)

This spreadsheet from OPM shows the 23 employees have worked for DOGE in some capacity, including those who helped dismantle the US Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and others who were detailed to government agencies.

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A list I obtained from OPM via #FOIA gives color on the individuals executing DOGE priorities. Among other things it reveals their salary ranges, job titles and official government employee categorization.
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100 Moments You Might Have Missed From Trump’s First 100 Days The president generates a lot of news. You’re forgiven if any of the following stories escaped your attention.

if you’ve got the mental capacity to read ONE thing today, make it this 🤭

I just typed “if you lie down with noodles you’ll get sauced meaning” into Google AND IT WORKED 😵

😎

try Pointed here: www.bloomberg.com/games/pointed

everyone who just watched the new episode of “the last of us”

Congress Is Prioritizing a Tax Break That Few Americans Will Claim Data shows that even in wealthy congressional districts, the average person isn’t much affected by the state and local tax deduction lawmakers are trying to boost.

Congress is intent on raising the SALT cap, which would mean trade-offs like spending cuts. But our analysis shows increasing the limit would benefit only about 10% of taxpayers who itemize. Gift link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE

Milei Tries Erasing Argentina’s History to Lure Foreign Investment Javier Milei is trying to stamp out every vestige of Peronism, Argentina’s dominant strain of populism, in his re-branding of the South American nation as a free-market haven.

Javier Milei is trying to stamp out every vestige of Peronism, Argentina’s dominant strain of populism, in his re-branding of the South American nation as a free-market haven

US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...

Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.

Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):

Trump Filed a FOIA Request. We FOIAed His FOIA. When the then-former president was under investigation for unlawfully retaining classified documents, he filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the National Archives for a wide range of recor...

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Trump Filed a FOIA Request. So I FOIAed His FOIA.

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speaking as a reformed audience editor, i’m now officially on my Bluesky & LinkedIn journeys 🧘🏻‍♀️

need to watch this and Grave of the Fireflies 😭

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Fed Official Lamented How “Bashing the Fed Is a Bipartisan Sport”

Sen Elizabeth Warren wants the 12 Federal Reserve banks to comply w/FOIA. Emails show how one Federal Reserve official reacted
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Students Pitch Tents For Gaza On 50 US College Campuses in Escalating Protests Tensions are rising as students across the country hold pro-Palestinian sit-ins and set up encampments while calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

Inspired by Columbia students, pro-Palestinian encampments have spread to more than 50 colleges in the US with calls for ceasefire in Gaza and university divestment from Israel and US weapons makers

What We Know About the Mass Graves Uncovered in Gaza Following the withdrawal of the Israeli military in early April, more than 400 bodies have been found at multiple grave sites near the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and at A...

Mass graves with over 400 bodies of Palestinians were found after Israeli forces withdrew from Nasser Hospital and Al-Shifa Hospital, according to the UN