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 MoreMarch 27, 2026
Blog Post Climate and EnvironmentDepartment of Homeland SecurityDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityImmigrationRussell VoughtTrump 2.0
Kristi Noem's Deadly Legacy
During her reign atop DHS, Noem made people around the United States less safe. The material impacts of her short-lived tenure will continue to be felt for years to come.
March 27, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump 2.0
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.
March 27, 2026
McMahon’s Hatch-et Job in North Carolina
Rather than making the lives of students better, McMahon chooses to elevate the political ambitions of a North Carolina Senate hopeful. In doing so, she may have violated the Hatch Act.
March 24, 2026
To Celebrate Russell Vought's 50th, Tell Us How He's Hurt You
A man most people have never heard of is almost single-handedly ruining countless lives.
March 9, 2026
Jonathan Larsen - (Substack) Jonathan Larsen’s Substack
Gas Prices Really Are Trump's Fault, Just Not for the Reason People Think
March 5, 2026
Katya Schwenk - The Lever
The Spy-Tech Insider Running Homeland Security’s Biometric Dragnet
March 3, 2026
Scott Schindledecker - The Western News
Lincoln County plays waiting game on federal storm funds
February 27, 2026
Jerusalem Demsas - (Substack) The Argument
Stop calling housing regulations “small-bore.”
February 26, 2026
Matthew Yglesias - (Substack) Slow Boring
I’m not convinced the “A.I. backlash” is real
February 23, 2026
Hannah Levintova and Dan Friedman - Mother Jones
What Was Bill Pulte’s Charity Really Funding With This Mystery Donation?
RDP on Twitter
On March 24, Kristi Noem officially exited her role as Secretary of Homeland Security. During her reign, Noem made people around the United States less safe. The material impacts of her short-lived tenure will continue to be felt for years to come. https://t.co/zfbiZ8zMeL
Out of the public's view, "Shadow President" Vought is abusing his role as OMB director to impose his far-right agenda, which he spelled out in Project 2025. It's time to get Vought out. Take a minute on his birthday to demand his impeachment. https://t.co/s0M7jshvvt
Rep. Pocan: Do we know how many DOGE employees are still embedded at other agencies? Kupor: I don't know the answer to that. https://t.co/UOsseneASR
OPM Director Scott Kupor: "DOGE has never been disbanded. Certainly the principles that we're all talking about here around efficiency is there." As we've said since Musk's exit, the principles of DOGE remain, now carried out in the shadows by OMB Director Russell Vought. https://t.co/Y4Gu7MA3It
Watch the hearing here: https://t.co/OlEnYD4JGL