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
Trump Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
Trump 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 MoreJune 16, 2026
Insurers Score Record Profits While Consumers Pay
Underwriting income soared to $68.7 billion in 2025, delivering windfall profits to the industry.
June 16, 2026
RELEASE: Home and Auto Insurers Set Profit Records in 2025
Soaring insurance premiums, fewer disasters, and massive investment income fuel high industry profits and CEO pay.
June 15, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump Watch
Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration 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.
June 15, 2026
Questions for OMB Deputy Director Nominee Hal Duncan
The American people deserve to know whether Duncan will work to counter this villainy, or be yet another henchman carrying out Vought and Trump’s harmful, and often illegal, policy priorities. To that end, we’ve drafted a series of questions that Duncan ought to answer under oath before any Senator even considers his nomination.
June 11, 2026
Tyler Spence - NOTUS
Top Jon Husted Senate Aide Kept Working for Ohio Lobbying Firm
June 9, 2026
Senator Tina Smith - Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Minority Report
Bold Solutions tothe HomeInsurance Crisis
June 7, 2026
NeverEverAgain - Daily Kos
Peter Thiel Part 1: The President Bought Palantir Stock, Then Publicly Endorsed the Company
June 5, 2026
News Desk - SSBCrack News
Senate’s Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Faces Challenges Despite Lobbying Efforts by Blockchain Association
June 4, 2026
Jesse Hamilton - CoinDesk
Crypto Clarity Act in spotlight for bad-actor provisions as Senate process grinds forward
June 2, 2026
Brad Reed - Common Dreams
New El Niño Warning Compounded by Trump’s Attacks on Climate, Disaster Preparedness
RDP on Twitter
Merkley: "Since President Trump and Russell Vought have returned to office, they've repeatedly violated the constitution's separation of powers." https://t.co/JSacdxuBki
Sen. Merkley kicks off the hearing criticizing OMB and Duncan's refusal to cooperate with congressional oversight. "OMB has essentially stonewalled Congress and this committee, not responding to a single letter I've sent." https://t.co/Af9rQOZm41 https://t.co/VKZZX6U563
Read our questions for Duncan below ⬇️ https://t.co/ZVdkRs5tmo
If confirmed as OMB Deputy Director, Hal Duncan will be second in command to Russell Vought at perhaps the most powerful office in this administration. The public needs to know whether Duncan is on board with Vought's villainy, from impoundment to politicizing disaster aid. https://t.co/5iF5Y5G51k
"Previous administrations didn't use the disaster declaration process to settle partisan scores or punish perceived enemies for alleged disloyalty." For more on Trump's weaponization of federal disaster assistance, see our tracker: https://t.co/4XSm0Ijbih https://t.co/J451lof1fE
Child care, Medicaid, and SNAP. All three have been swept up in OMB Director Russell Vought’s fiscal retaliation campaign against blue states, putting people’s lives on the line. Read more in our latest newsletter: https://t.co/S8aVlFzEjg