Michael Remez

Journalist for many years. Formerly an editor at a nonprofit. Proud dance dad and DC resident. Views my own; RTs not endorsements.

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds https://t.co/ZjAhmnRizR

[Scott Greenberger @sgreenberger]

A shortage of affordable starter homes is slowing the market and keeping it hard to buy for first-timers. Last year the median age of first-time buyers reached a record 40 years old, while the median repeat buyer was 62: https://t.co/9FV0xzsR6W

[The Pew Trusts @pewtrusts]

A sobering reminder of the growing mental health challenges facing millions of Americans.

1 important opportunity for prevention is healthcare screening: nearly half of people who die by suicide visit a healthcare provider in the month before their death. https://t.co/fv4LAsrpSf

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

Judge orders Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from building https://t.co/8rGHQjFoGL

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Donald Trump Jr takes a financial stake in a company…

3 months later, the Pentagon gives it $620 million…

after Trump’s White House told them to…

And the company’s valuation rose from
$200 million to $2 billion as a result.

This is corruption.
https://t.co/TLcOxyzOWO

[The Pew Trusts @pewtrusts]

As a journalist, how does @NPRinskeep think about mission and values?

"I'm a citizen, who would like to be informed, who would like to inform myself and inform my fellow citizens as to what's going on in the world," he recently told Pew President and CEO Sue Urahn.

Watch 👇

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Surely it's just a coincidence that the 1789 Capital, the investment firm Trump's son Don Jr is a partner for, saw the assets it manages skyrocket from $200 million to $3.5 billion over the past year https://t.co/Cl41LCBbdn

[The Pew Trusts @pewtrusts]

Did remote work result in a fiscal "doom loop" for U.S. cities?

Our new research shows the answer is "not yet." But cities aren't out of the woods as budget pressures mount.

1 solution many cities are pursuing: Office-to-residential conversions. https://t.co/5G41dqa23i

[ProPublica @propublica]

The IRS has agreed to not audit Trump's taxes.

In 2024, we found the IRS concluded in a long-running audit that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on a failed Chicago tower.

That audit could have cost him more than $100 million.
https://t.co/Ydj6qFjM0E

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision https://t.co/0riqQx7Mrs

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

With Trump’s Deal, a Possible $100 Million I.R.S. Penalty Melts Away https://t.co/kb8gvpjmYh via @NYTimes

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

Stunning: I.R.S. Prohibited From Pursuing Audits of Trump and His Family https://t.co/tTxcF4vVbi

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good.

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

George H.W. Bush kept his assets in a blind trust, as did Bill Clinton. Neither Obama nor Biden traded stocks or bonds while in office. 3,700 trades is probably more than all the trades of all the presidents until now. And he is trading stocks that are affected by his decisions. A walking conflict of interest, at the least, and perhaps insider trading. Just as members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks, so too the president. https://t.co/yDqVXWfDgc

[Dan Barry @DanBarryNYT]

Reporting isn’t treason.
Reporting isn’t treason.
Reporting isn’t treason.

[Nieman Foundation @niemanfdn]

‘We Really Have to Find a Different Way to Communicate’: Marty Baron on The Future of Journalism https://t.co/RCVLJW5HgW

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

Washington National Opera Builds a New Chapter After Kennedy Center https://t.co/GxM49kAN1U

[Jonathan Reiner @JReinerMD]

Makary is out. Now the US has no CDC Director, No FDA Commissioner, and no Surgeon General. And the NIH Director who is also defacto acting CDC Director never trained in Medicine. During this hantavirus outbreak the US needs steady public health leadership and a authoritative voice to the American people. There currently is no one to fill that role.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

The Trump administration is rolling out a new narrative about its aid program: Aid continues! More effective than ever! Trade over aid!
And it's nonsense. Trump and Musk destroyed a program that was saving a life once every 10 seconds on average. This has been Trump's most lethal policy, and now he's doubling down by withholding vaccines from poor countries -- like a $3 vaccine against malaria, and a $4 vaccine against cervical cancer. Some 600,000 will die just from that.
"Trade over aid" sounds fine, but what it means in practice is that if Zambia doesn't agree to sell copper and cobalt to American companies, we'll withhold lifesaving aid from Zambian villagers.
Here's my column on the hollowness of Trump's attempt to dress up his destruction of humanitarian aid, after a year to assess results: https://t.co/Wfw71XjNeQ

[Michael Remez @MRemez]

https://t.co/uIxtNXAdQA via @NYTimes