Michael Macagnone

Legal affairs reporter for @cqnow and @rollcall Pitt grad and Philly fan. michaelmacagnone at Also on Signal, Proton

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

Spotted in the newsroom this week: @sagaftra President @SeanAstin👀

Like us, Sean knows the importance of a union. Maybe @FiscalNote should support its own unionized employees, too.
https://t.co/f5QlIsmofT

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

“We’re stronger together than as individuals”

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

The CQ Roll Call Guild is lunching out today for a fair contract.

After almost two years of bargaining, it’s time for @FiscalNote management to get serious and bargain with us and invest in its newsroom.

[Nina Heller @_ninaheller]

House staffers: Does your office have its own policy prohibiting staff from participating in prediction markets? Do you have thoughts on a potential ban for staff prediction market usage? Let's talk!

✉️: [email protected]
📲signal: ninaheller.18
DMs open too!

[Roll Call @rollcall]

The alleged gunman accused of trying to breach a Washington ballroom in a failed attempt to assassinate President Trump will remain in custody. https://t.co/xg2fC8DejW

[Ryan Tarinelli @ryantarinelli]

Justice Department indicts James Comey over seashell photo via @mikemacagnone

https://t.co/GXQ6gRwrxH

[Aidan Quigley @QuigleyAidan]

News: CQ has obtained a draft of the budget resolution that Senate Republicans are expected to release later today. Draft gives instructions to the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees to write a $70b recon bill for immigration enforcement. More: https://t.co/9U7nPTU9r0

[Nina Heller @_ninaheller]

“My problem with the Ethics Committee is it just takes too damn long."

As calls for reform and accountability for sexual misconduct on the Hill continue, many are voicing frustrations about the slow-moving and opaque nature of the Ethics Committee.
https://t.co/6VhVAveKGY

[Michael Macagnone @mikemacagnone]

The company walked away from the bargaining table and laid our coworkers off.

Now our storied newsroom is that much reduced and four people are out of their jobs. Please consider donating to help them out: https://t.co/AbRowVz6h0

[Michael Macagnone @mikemacagnone]

Today is Budget Day, a Big Deal for CQ Roll Call. We're going to publish dozens of stories today about the administration's request for funding next year.

It feels a little more hollow this time around, because the company just laid off four journalists.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

These layoffs should never have happened in the first place, and our colleagues deserved better. We won’t stop fighting for them and for the better newsroom we know is possible.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

We lost years of institutional knowledge, policy expertise, and reporting chops when they departed. We are lucky to have worked with them and heartbroken that their time at CQ Roll Call has been so abruptly cut short.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

Today, @FiscalNote laid off four of our members after refusing to bargain with us over these cuts.

Please consider donating and sharing the link to support those who are impacted and can no longer rely on a regular paycheck for their basic life expenses:
https://t.co/RI5emJFefX

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(5/5): To @FiscalNote management: The path forward is clear. You must bargain in good faith with us and #supportthefamily.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(4/5): At this rate, it is unclear what management’s vision for the future of this once thriving newsroom is. Shrinking this newsroom is a choice that management doesn’t have to make.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(3/5): Our members power CQRC — from the production desk to spending hours covering markups of critical pieces of legislation like the NDAA and the Farm Bill. They deserve fair severance, transparency and good-faith negotiations from management.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(2/5): Management has a legal obligation to bargain with us and must not treat these layoffs as a foregone conclusion. The CQRC Guild vehemently opposes any proposed cuts to the newsroom.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(1/5): Today, the CQRC Guild will be entering decisional bargaining with management over the proposed layoffs of four of our unit members. Laying off our members without bargaining with the Guild is illegal and these layoffs never should have been attempted in the first place.

[Annah Aschbrenner @AnnahBackstrom]

Thank you to everyone who has offered support for the Washington Post journalists impacted by today’s layoffs. If you would like to buy some beers or food to support our colleagues today, you can Venmo me. We are so grateful for your kind words, truly. https://t.co/wlIPR6gixw