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March 20, 2025

Jeff Hauser

Press Release AbundanceHack WatchRevolving DoorTech

Revolving Door Project Founder Challenges Abundance Authors to Debate

Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser invites Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, and their ideological counterparts to engage in open debate with him or other progressive voices who are skeptical of their agenda and interested in hashing out their differences, in a venue of their choice. It is far better to have the agenda of the non-Trump majority determined by a free-flowing debate rather than settled by the preexisting media power of various figures.

January 23, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

Jeff Hauser

Newsletter 2024 Election/Transition

Four Pillars to Hold Up the Roof of Resistance

This week has been…well, whatever negative thing you want to say about American politics, we probably agree with you. Or think you’re being a bit too hopeful. That said, the coming months must eventually end up as a nadir in the trajectory of modern history. Even if #resistance is seemingly out of fashion (and wrongly so: not all elements of the recent past should be deemed cringe, and #resistance was a net positive, even if it led to outsized audiences for alternatively gauche and grifting behavior), resistance is not only necessary—it can and must succeed.

December 06, 2024

Jeff Hauser

Press Release Ethics in GovernmentJudiciarySupreme Court

RELEASE: Justice Gorsuch’s Recusal Shows Other Justices Have Missed Recusals

On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recused himself from Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. While he did not disclose a reason for recusal, the decision followed revelations from Accountable.US that Gorsuch’s billionaire benefactor, Philip Anschutz, stood to benefit from the case. Importantly, one of Anschutz’s companies filed an amicus brief outlining its interests in the case.

November 12, 2024

Timi Iwayemi Jeff Hauser

Press Release Ethics in GovernmentExecutive BranchRevolving Door

Watchdog Group Will Closely Monitor The Harmful Material Impacts Of The Trump Administration’s Likely Mismanagement Of The Federal Executive Branch

The initial series served as a reminder of the first Trump administration’s utter indifference to the public interest. This time around, the Revolving Door Project will be on hand to provide real time, clear-eyed analyses of the President-elect’s approach towards governance, staffing, ethics and critically, the material impact of his pro-corporate attitudes. 

November 12, 2024

Jeff Hauser

Press Release 2024 Election/TransitionExecutive BranchIndependent Agencies

Immediate Action Must Be Taken On Independent Agency Nominations

Democrats have resoundingly lost the White House, the Senate, and may soon lose the House. The Party has 68 days to ensure the presence of public advocates on numerous important governing bodies before the incoming Trump administration fully delivers on its promised systematic attack on governance, accountability and regulation.