Jessie Blaeser

New York

Data Journalist at POLITICO Pro

data journalist @POLITICOPro | formerly @Grist | M.S. @columbiajourn

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DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’ is riddled with errors and inconsistencies

2 months ago | msn.com | Jessie Blaeser

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DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’ is riddled with errors and inconsistencies

2 months ago | politico.com | Jessie Blaeser

“Everyone is very well-aware they’re repeating the wrong numbers,” said one manager at a company on DOGE’s list of cuts. Elon Musk’s DOGE has published its first accounting of cuts to government contracts. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Elon Musk promised to deliver a “maximally transparent” government efficiency program. What he’s disclosed so far is a messy and inaccurate accounting of his group’s early work.
DOGE shared its receipts — and some of them don’t match | Flipboard

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Jessie Blaeser

3 hours agoTrump’s war on public employees is bad for all of us. President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk justify dismantling the civil service as cost cutting. The federal government has “billions and billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse,” Trump claimed earlier this month, and …
The 14 percent of federal award money in Trump’s crosshairs

2 months ago | politico.com | Jessie Blaeser

Five charts explain what we know about Trump’s proposed spending freeze President Donald Trump's proposed spending freeze would target about 14 percent of federal grants and loans, including school and summer lunch programs.
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages

2 months ago | politico.com | Jordan Wolman |Catherine Allen |Jessie Blaeser

A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk. A man stands outside of his flooded home after heavy rain in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2023. | Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images A little-noticed flood last summer in an Illinois city that left one dead and swallowed up homes and businesses after heavy rainfall left a damaged community struggling to figure out what’s next.
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Wolman |Catherine Allen |Jessie Blaeser

A little-noticed flood last summer in an Illinois city that left one dead and swallowed up homes and businesses after heavy rainfall left a damaged community struggling to figure out what’s next. But after the neighborhood near Keith Creek in Rockford, Illinois, went through at least its third major flooding event in less than 20 years, the city expanded its voluntary buyout program to demolish flood-prone properties and reduce development along the waterway. State Sen.
Trump kicks off potentially messy fight over Biden’s infrastructure money

Jan 22, 2025 | msn.com | Timothy Cama |Kelsey Tamborrino |Jessie Blaeser |Chris Marquette |James Bikales

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Trump kicks off potentially messy fight over Biden’s infrastructure money

Jan 22, 2025 | msn.com | Timothy Cama |Kelsey Tamborrino |Jessie Blaeser |Chris Marquette |James Bikales

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Trump kicks off potentially messy fight over Biden’s infrastructure money

Jan 21, 2025 | politico.com | Timothy Cama |Kelsey Tamborrino |Jessie Blaeser |Chris Marquette |James Bikales

And the havoc could range far beyond the targets Trump specified in his order, such as Biden’s slow-rolling $7.5 billion effort to install electric vehicle chargers from coast to coast. The White House, Transportation Department and Energy Department didn’t respond to requests for comment. But some Democrats, including Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, said the late-Monday order shows Trump is already preparing to usurp Congress’ spending powers.
E&E News: Biden’s unfinished business

Dec 23, 2024 | subscriber.politicopro.com | Jessie Blaeser |Benjamin Storrow |Kelsey Tamborrino

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