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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Trump Watch
The Revolving Door Project works diligently to document how the Trump administration’s corrupt governance is helping oligarchs and hurting ordinary people.
Learn MoreIlluminating the Home Insurance Crisis
The declining availability and affordability of home insurance stems from unchecked fossil fuel pollution, concentrated corporate power, and weak regulation. The Revolving Door Project is shedding light on those responsible for perpetuating this crisis, which jeopardizes local housing markets and global financial stability.
Learn MoreFEMA Aid Tracker
The Trump administration has refused to allocate federal disaster assistance in a timely manner, especially when a request comes from a Democratic-led state. The Revolving Door Project is tracking Trump’s political weaponization of disaster relief, which needlessly imperils people’s lives as well as state and local government budgets.
Learn MoreSeptember 18, 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.
September 18, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentCriminal JusticeEconomic PolicyEducationExecutive BranchHealthImmigrationRussell VoughtTrump Watch
Trump’s War on Public Data
Trump’s antagonistic relationship with facts is well documented. His most egregious attacks on reality aren’t just rhetorical. They threaten physical safety and American democracy. They target the ways we define what we know about the country and ourselves. Trump’s assault on public data is not a side project, it’s a core feature of his authoritarian approach to governance. By hollowing out federal statistics, limiting information gathering, and redacting inconvenient reports, the Trump administration is warping reality to suit its political narrative. The goal isn’t just to obscure the effects of the president’s policies, it’s to prevent the public from seeing them at all.
September 18, 2026 | The American Prospect
What Congress Actually Needs to Do About AI: Staff Up
A revival of Congress’s Office of Technology Assessment is needed now more than ever to ensure independent expertise shapes Capitol Hill’s legislative approach towards “frontier” artificial intelligence firms.
September 18, 2026 | Common Dreams
What OpenAI Having Chuck Schumer’s Daughter as a Lobbyist Tells Us
The hiring of Jessica Schumer is another example of powerful people and families, regardless of party, who are deeply intertwined with the corporate behemoths that people are organizing against.
September 15, 2026
Rick Morris - Public Citizen
Regulating Insurance in the Dark
September 14, 2026
Editorial Board - New York Post
Fast Takes: Libs’ deep denial on Islamist evil, punish Putin, not Russians and other commentary
September 9, 2026
Sam Seder - (YouTube) Majority Report
9/9 School Vouchers Scam; The (Democratic) AI Lobby w/ Megan O’Matz, Jeff Hauser
September 9, 2026
Gretchen Morgenson - NBC News
The $21 billion problem regulators missed in Mark Walter’s insurance empire
September 9, 2026
Emma Janssen - The New Republic
This could be the biggest issue of 2027. Dems are split on it.
September 4, 2026
Ryan Cooper - The American Prospect
Third Way Is Copying the Left’s Homework
RDP on Twitter
PODCAST: Our @HannahStoryB joined Arnie Arnesen to discuss the Trump EPA's embrace of AI development amid surging public opposition. https://t.co/C7LN0T97px
Lee Zeldin's EPA has taken several actions to allow AI data centers to pollute more with less public oversight. https://t.co/SF8jyWJv1O
At least 22 Biden administration alums now work at OpenAI — and 14 at Anthropic. https://t.co/jaw744fhKN
Public service is still being hollowed out by Trump. The cavity left behind is being filled with petty vindictiveness and indifference towards Americans who need a hand. https://t.co/g6ebpCk4CZ
Whether it’s drawing up new regulation, or enforcing existing laws, Congress will struggle to control AI or any tech company without any form of in-house advice. https://t.co/qmdGCJW90E
Chuck Schumer killed the oversight legislation “feared most” by Big Tech while his daughters were employed in marketing at Meta and lobbying for Amazon. https://t.co/h5iC0tyJri