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July 09, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Elon Musk
Musk is the founder and CEO of xAI, CEO of Tesla, and Chairman of X Corp.
July 09, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Larry Ellison
Ellison is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle.
July 09, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Introducing Our AI Villains Tracker
To understand the Trump administration’s policy on AI, one has to look beyond Trump’s own pronouncements to the AI “experts” he surrounds himself with. To that end, we at the Revolving Door Project are launching our AI Villains Tracker—an compendium of the people responsible for crafting and delivering some of the least popular policy decisions made by the second Trump Administration.
June 29, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar: A New Watergate, Every Day
As our stories this week illustrate, there are plenty of examples of how Trump’s corruption is making our lives demonstrably worse — from mining and oil extraction pollution that threatens the health of our communities and monopolists’ tightening stranglehold on our pockets and labor to corrupt machinations attacking our increasingly fragile democracy.
June 24, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Newsletter AbundanceClimate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownEducationEthics in GovernmentExecutive BranchJudiciaryTech
Elite Corruption, From Silicon Valley to the Supreme Court
Welcome back to Watchdog Weekly. We’ve been busy so far this hurricane season, tracking the literal and metaphorical storms gathering on the horizon as elite immunity spreads its shadow over the American landscape. Here are some of the projects we’ve been working on lately:
June 12, 2026 | The American Prospect
New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement
The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.
June 09, 2026 | Talking Points Memo
Why Are Any Democrats Supporting a Bill That Was Championed by the Crypto Industry?
In May, the crypto industry won big as the Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act. It passed largely along party lines, but two Democrats with crypto-friendly records, Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), broke with their colleagues to support the bill.
June 08, 2026
The U.S. Government Isn’t Prepared To Protect Us From Artificial Intelligence
In March 2026, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report exploring the specific ways artificial intelligence (AI) can expose, misuse, or compromise personal data. The report from the Congressional watchdog also examines the guidance issued to federal agencies on AI use and implementation by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In its note to congressional offices, GAO concluded that OMB’s guidance, which fails to adequately address 8 out of 10 privacy-related challenges, falls short. The report recommends that the Russell Vought-led office address the identified shortcomings.
May 21, 2026
Chris Lewis Xaver Clarke Hannah Story Brown Emma Marsano Toni Aguilar Rosenthal KJ Boyle
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Tracking Uses of AI in the Trump Administration
As the Trump administration continues to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its operations, we are cataloguing examples of how AI is being deployed by federal agencies to replace human workers and undermine transparency and due process.
May 20, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
An Admin for Insurrectionists and AI Industrialists
As Trump’s popularity continues to plummet, the administration is doubling down on policies to line the pockets of sycophants and tech barons.
May 18, 2026
Alex Karp Is Not Your Friend
The narrative that Palantir’s billionaire CEO Alex Karp is or was ever a leftist is equally as inaccurate as it is dangerous.
May 18, 2026
“Epsteiners” Catalogues Prolific Political Donors and Appointees Connected With Notorious Criminal
Today, the Revolving Door Project and Demand Progress release Epsteiners, a catalogue of some of Epstein’s associates on both sides of the political spectrum.
May 08, 2026
PCAST is Another Lever of Corporate Influence
Trump has filled the PCAST with billionaires, Big Tech, and crypto interests who will use the advisory board to further their own interests.
April 21, 2026
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Jeff Yass
Billionaire Jeff Yass, a GOP mega-donor including $16 million to Trump super PAC MAGA Inc., has influence over education and TikTok policy.
April 10, 2026 | Talking Points Memo
DOGE’s Ransacking of SSA Has Left Us All to Float in a Data Security Vacuum
Artificial intelligence and crypto are supercharging identity theft and financial fraud as the Trump administration is making sensitive personal data less secure.