These are documents that I’ve obtained via public records requests. Please click the headings to see embedded PDFs or links to download files.
In 2022, Donald J. Trump claimed that he helped Georgia Governor Ron DeSantis win re-election by using the FBI to stop election fraud in Broward County, GA. This had not been previously reported, so I filed a FOIA request for agency records. The FBI responded by saying no records about this were found. This matches the NBC News story, which also received a response dated March 6, 2023.
Randall Munroe from xkcd shared on Bluesky that he received a satirical response to a comic in which he proposed flattening the planets in the solar system. Although the response was a joke, I figured there was an internal “paper trail” at NASA that led to its creation. These are the emails that came up with the whole thing.
In 2020, the University of Wisconsin System conducted a search for its new President. This was a process mired in controversy and ended up failing after the only finalist for the position, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen, dropped out. Differing from previous searches, this one involved significantly less involvement by students and faculty. This, combined with there being only one finalist (with a troubling history of austerity measures), essentially doomed the search. Insider Higher Ed has the story.
These are the public comments submitted in response to Jim Johnsen’s interview and speech. I have tried to remove as much identifiable information as I could easily find. Technically this is all public record, but please let me know if there’s anything I missed that would be good to redact.