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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. Additionally, for three agencies — the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — the Spotlight monitors and exhibits key votes.
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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 MoreDecember 11, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Doug Burgum and the Myth of the “Normal” Trump Nominee
Trump has spent the month since the election firing off a rapid torrent of Cabinet picks. His nominees generally fall into two types: obviously whacko (see Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, RFK Jr.) and superficially normal (think Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum, Pam Bondi). While the headline-grabbing scandals and general trumpery of the first group easily draw scorn, it’s important that we not grade the second group on a credulous curve, overlooking the economic interests behind their soothingly conventional manner.
December 11, 2024
Place Your Bets: Where Will FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel Head Next?
December 06, 2024
RELEASE: Justice Gorsuch’s Recusal Shows Other Justices Have Missed Recusals
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recused himself from Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. While he did not disclose a reason for recusal, the decision followed revelations from Accountable.US that Gorsuch’s billionaire benefactor, Philip Anschutz, stood to benefit from the case. Importantly, one of Anschutz’s companies filed an amicus brief outlining its interests in the case.
December 04, 2024
RELEASE: Donald Trump’s Nomination of Paul Atkins to Chair the SEC Is a Huge Gift to the Crypto Industry
If Atkins is confirmed by the Senate, crypto grifters will surely rejoice at their newfound freedom to swindle, but most investors in the U.S. will be much less safe.
December 7, 2024
Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
'Off-the-charts bad': New concerns raised over Trump's replacement nominee for AG
December 7, 2024
Carl Gibson - AlterNet
'Off-the-charts bad': Watchdog warns Bondi could enable widespread corruption if confirmed
December 7, 2024
Carl Gibson - AlterNet
Biden and Senate Dems running out of time to stop Trump from replacing these 11 key officials
December 7, 2024
Hailey Fuchs - POLITICO
Pam Bondi will face an ethics quagmire as attorney general
December 7, 2024
Robert Reich - YouTube
Rage Against the Machine | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
December 6, 2024
Cat Zakrzewski - The Washington Post
Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts
RDP on Twitter
Clarification from Abundance Agenda on whether they support the ability to purchase exemptions to environmental laws would be appreciated. https://t.co/Qw5PDkGpzV
CFPB continues to deliver on its mandate of protecting consumers against corporate misconduct; a mandate that the American public supports! Don’t let Big Business, and their captured politicians, try to convince you otherwise.
Or the 15 million people who stand to benefit from the CFPB’s proposal to remove medical debt from credit reports! https://t.co/FGnQ1hAjuS https://t.co/XQoG7GVmAa
Tell that to the 4 million people currently receiving refunds after credit repair companies were caught charging illegal fees, thanks to the CFPB’s work! https://t.co/8RI8i1YPpZ https://t.co/sLDrhvI2Uz
Sen. Thom Thillis (R-SC) seems to think that the cost of industry compliance with CFPB regulation doesn’t outweigh its benefits to consumers… https://t.co/9B6o80mAQ0
Voters across the political spectrum are also widely concerned about the ways in which businesses use their personal data, an issue the CFPB is working to address. https://t.co/pnKScUs70K https://t.co/vHckuemvRV