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.
Projects
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 MoreJanuary 20, 2026
KJ Boyle Xaver Clarke Julian Scoffield Chris Lewis
Report Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchIndependent Agencies
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine serves as a recounting of DOGE’s first year. We outline DOGE’s operational takeover and systemic demolition of the federal government. We hope this effort to record the scale of DOGE’s destruction engenders much needed accountability for all who enacted and cheered the initiative’s irrational actions.
January 20, 2026
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.
January 20, 2026
RELEASE: Catalog Of DOGE’s Disastrous Effects Reveals Radically Weakened U.S.
The Revolving Door Project released a report cataloging the cataclysmic impact of Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” today. The report marks the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump creating the task force, which devastated the federal civil service and paved the way for Trump’s unprecedented imperial presidency.
January 20, 2026
Support for Data Centers in Shor Supply
No, data centers aren’t going to cut all of our taxes.
January 20, 2026
Dave Levinthal - NOTUS
A Convicted Armed Robber’s Plan to Get Out of Jail: Hire a Trump Lobbyist
January 19, 2026
Whitney Curry Wimbish - The American Prospect
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant
January 16, 2026
Maria Curi - Axios
AI data center fight blurs political lines
January 15, 2026
AGU - Eos
The State of the Science 1 Year On: Health and Safety
January 15, 2026
Rick Morris - Public Citizen
The “Tort Reform” Racket
January 14, 2026
Ben Winsor - (Substack) Liberty and Power
Why Elizabeth Warren Declared War on Abundance Billionaires
RDP on Twitter
Donald Trump is making Jim Crow great again by pushing “school choice” and gutting the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. https://t.co/O3e9kg8uNK
Elizabeth Warren’s speech offers a roadmap for how Democrats can stand against Trump’s corruption and fight for real change. https://t.co/bKp7SO80TK
The Trump administration is directly undermining efforts to protect American communities from extreme weather events. https://t.co/mXJkVQtNIU
The scorn shown by the “abundance” movement —the latest neoliberal rebrand— towards labor is deeply concerning. https://t.co/VjKuqW3Qny
"Abundance has become a rallying cry for wealthy donors and other corporate-aligned Democrats who are putting big-time muscle behind making Democrats more favorable to big businesses." - @ewarren https://t.co/uChLvcAwPL
From coast to coast, the Trump administration is refusing to provide disaster relief and aid in a timely manner. https://t.co/4XSm0IiDsJ