Lauren Bauer

And on the left-hand side is the deposits. So like when you pay taxes into the treasury, your taxes get totaled on that day into an incoming line item. But what is important for this moment is the withdrawals. And so it varies in level of detail, but we have on the withdrawal side, all of the outlays that treasury is making to departments, to the other branches of government, to programs.

You can see if the Trump administration is funding the judiciary. You can see if they are funding Congress. So it will be able to show many things that I think now are, you know, worth monitoring. And so we were in a staff meeting and we're just talking about this. And I was like, oh, there's an API.

You can see if the Trump administration is funding the judiciary. You can see if they are funding Congress. So it will be able to show many things that I think now are, you know, worth monitoring. And so we were in a staff meeting and we're just talking about this. And I was like, oh, there's an API.

You can see if the Trump administration is funding the judiciary. You can see if they are funding Congress. So it will be able to show many things that I think now are, you know, worth monitoring. And so we were in a staff meeting and we're just talking about this. And I was like, oh, there's an API.

We can build something that people can use because the Treasury statements, it's like it's a PDF. You only see one at a time. It like replaces, you know, it's a website where. That day's PDF at 4 p.m. gets replaced with a different PDF. But there's an API under that.

We can build something that people can use because the Treasury statements, it's like it's a PDF. You only see one at a time. It like replaces, you know, it's a website where. That day's PDF at 4 p.m. gets replaced with a different PDF. But there's an API under that.

We can build something that people can use because the Treasury statements, it's like it's a PDF. You only see one at a time. It like replaces, you know, it's a website where. That day's PDF at 4 p.m. gets replaced with a different PDF. But there's an API under that.

And if we could grab the information, then we could reproduce it in a form where people could see whether the Trump administration had actually stopped the flow of funds.

And if we could grab the information, then we could reproduce it in a form where people could see whether the Trump administration had actually stopped the flow of funds.

And if we could grab the information, then we could reproduce it in a form where people could see whether the Trump administration had actually stopped the flow of funds.

Like if I were writing a paper that were to accompany this, I would do a lot more stuff. You know, like seasonal adjustments, rolling averages. But... We didn't because we had to go fast because there was this incredibly open, like important, open, empirical question, did money stop flowing? And the way to see that is the straightforward way.

Like if I were writing a paper that were to accompany this, I would do a lot more stuff. You know, like seasonal adjustments, rolling averages. But... We didn't because we had to go fast because there was this incredibly open, like important, open, empirical question, did money stop flowing? And the way to see that is the straightforward way.

Like if I were writing a paper that were to accompany this, I would do a lot more stuff. You know, like seasonal adjustments, rolling averages. But... We didn't because we had to go fast because there was this incredibly open, like important, open, empirical question, did money stop flowing? And the way to see that is the straightforward way.

We built like the roughest version of it basically on day one. And so we do a Monday morning research staff meeting. And so everyone on that call said, Can I swear? Oh, yeah, please. Okay, great. So this is my whole staff, and I'm looking at the update while everyone's giving their little reports, and I go, oh, they actually defunded USAID.

We built like the roughest version of it basically on day one. And so we do a Monday morning research staff meeting. And so everyone on that call said, Can I swear? Oh, yeah, please. Okay, great. So this is my whole staff, and I'm looking at the update while everyone's giving their little reports, and I go, oh, they actually defunded USAID.

We built like the roughest version of it basically on day one. And so we do a Monday morning research staff meeting. And so everyone on that call said, Can I swear? Oh, yeah, please. Okay, great. So this is my whole staff, and I'm looking at the update while everyone's giving their little reports, and I go, oh, they actually defunded USAID.

And so everyone saw my face go like, oh, my God, the thing we thought we could do, it did. And so that was when it became clear that this tool could in fact show that the money was not sent to USAID because they didn't request it.

And so everyone saw my face go like, oh, my God, the thing we thought we could do, it did. And so that was when it became clear that this tool could in fact show that the money was not sent to USAID because they didn't request it.

And so everyone saw my face go like, oh, my God, the thing we thought we could do, it did. And so that was when it became clear that this tool could in fact show that the money was not sent to USAID because they didn't request it.

Oh, yeah. It was an open question.