DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
A record of DOGE's first year of destruction
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
A record of DOGE's first year of destruction
DOGE Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
DOGE Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
Documenting the Trump administration's pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty
Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
Documenting the Trump administration's pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty
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About the Revolving Door Project
The Revolving Door Project (RDP) scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.
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The Agency Spotlight
The Agency Spotlight tracks appointments to leadership positions at thirty-nine independent federal agencies through the confirmation process and beyond.
Learn MoreHackwatch
Hackwatch is where we monitor the mainstream media’s favorite Democratic-leaning economic analysts for conflicts of interest, perverse incentives, and just flat-out erroneous reasoning. We identify who the bad actors are, explain why they’re compromised and wrong, and demand that outlets stop poisoning the information ecosystem with discredited neoliberal orthodoxy and start giving people access to other, better-informed perspectives.
Learn MoreSupreme Transparency
Supreme Transparency—a project of Take Back the Court, True North Research, and the Revolving Door Project—sheds light on an oft-overlooked way that the U.S. Supreme Court’s billionaire benefactors peddle influence: amicus briefs. The Supreme Transparency site exposes the more subtle yet no less destructive ways that right-wing amicus filers and oligarchic court-whisperers hold sway over SCOTUS.
Learn MoreApril 20, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Highlights from Vampire Vought’s Congressional Testimony
Last week, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought appeared before the House and Senate Budget committees for the first time during his tenure. As we argued last week, both hearings were a rare opportunity for Congress to shine the light on a notoriously shadowy figure, especially given Vought’s persistent ducking and overall disdain for Congressional authority. It wasn’t exactly the spectacle we hoped for—Vought will likely remain an unknown name to the vast majority of Americans despite having a hand in nearly all of their hardship caused by this administration.
April 20, 2026
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Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration so far has refused to allocate federal disaster aid in a timely manner. Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House’s careless approach to major disaster declarations.
April 20, 2026
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Mark Zuckerberg
CEO of Meta and Trump donor Mark Zuckerberg. Net worth: $205.3 billion
April 20, 2026
Tracking the Environmental Harms of Trump Actions
Trump’s second term began with drastic announcements on Day One and has been chaotic every day since. It can be overwhelming to try to keep up with the cuts to environmental funding, rollbacks to critical regulations, and track the thousands of staff across agencies who have been fired from their roles. The purpose of this tracker is to monitor some of the most important tangible increases in pollution and environmental and health harms caused by the Trump administration’s actions.
March 25, 2026
Doktor Zoom - (Substack) Wonkette
WHOA SIT DOWN FOR SHOCKING NEWS: Trump Tells Blue States To Go F*ck Themselves After Natural Disasters
March 24, 2026
Scott Shindledecker - The Western News
County health officials ask residents to salvage wood instead of trashing it
March 24, 2026
Lisa Britton - Evie Magazine
The War On Motherhood
March 23, 2026
Public Citizen
As Insurance Rates Skyrocket, Groups Call for Data to be Made Public
March 23, 2026
Marcie Jones - (Substack) Wonkette
What Is Trump's Mystery Ingredient?
March 20, 2026
Rod Adams - Racket
Don’t Fall for the Folk-Tales
RDP on Twitter
Russ Vought wants to kill the Treasury's Office of Financial Research, which could pave the way for another 2008-style economic meltdown. https://t.co/KH9CwJdT38
When oil prices go up, Republican donors, fossil fuel executives, and Trump admin staffers make lots of money. The rest of us just pay for it. https://t.co/8BXlaOCAMW
Considering that Russ Vought’s fingerprints are all over the Trump administration’s agenda, every committee in the House and Senate has cause to haul him before the public. https://t.co/LafHdJ9fYR
"As the AI industry proclaims that it will inevitably reorder all of human existence, AI companies should be the subjects of regulation, rather than its author." -@jeffhauser https://t.co/1idRx3Gf67
On June 3rd, corporate Democrats and centrist hacks will gather again at D.C.'s Hamilton Hotel for WelcomeFest. Ahead of last year's session, we took a closer look at WelcomePAC's donors — who include the Walton family and Epstein pal Reid Hoffman. https://t.co/fGdKgkleSs
Last month, former FTC Chair Lina Khan unveiled her new job: teaching students at Columbia's new Center for Law and the Economy. Former Kamala Harris advisor Stephanie Cutter also took a new gig last month: shadow-lobbying for Kalshi. https://t.co/CZzV55tFwl