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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Learn MoreMay 19, 2026 | Talking Points Memo
Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentCongressional OversightDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFinancial RegulationGovernanceGovernment CapacityHealthRussell VoughtTrump 2.0
Democrats Shouldn’t Let Russell Vought Fly Under the Radar
Members of the opposition party need to start connecting the dots between the OMB director’s actions and their constituents’ preventable suffering.
May 18, 2026
Alex Karp Is Not Your Friend
The narrative that Palantir’s billionaire CEO Alex Karp is or was ever a leftist is equally as inaccurate as it is dangerous.
May 18, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump 2.0
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.
May 18, 2026
There's No Such Thing as a Reasonable Trump Appointee
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s record is a reminder that the Cabinet serves Trump, not the American people.
April 30, 2026
Saqib Rahim - E&E News
States are demanding property insurance records to study climate change
April 29, 2026
Maurizio Guerrero - PRISM Reports
DHS is buying access to real-time location data—the latest expansion of its “invasive” surveillance technology
April 29, 2026
Aaron Regunberg - Jacobin
Stop the AI Build-Out, Start the Fight
April 22, 2026
Sarah Todd - STAT News
Former tobacco executive joins CDC senior leadership, raising concerns over industry influence
April 10, 2026
Morgan Chalfant - Semafor
Debatable: AI titans influencing regulation
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Talik Evans - Coin Insider
Securitize Names Ex-SEC Chief Ahead of Nasdaq Plan
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The purpose of such maneuvers is to shed as much light as possible on Vought’s power grab and make lawmakers pick a side: the people or the man who is single-handedly eviscerating Congress’ power of the purse with devastating effects. https://t.co/RPiicC6swI
Filing a motion to impeach would give House Democrats an opportunity to outline the case against Vought in a public forum — and force House Republicans to go on record in support of the OMB’s onslaught against the public good. https://t.co/XYqSWhp96R
Democrats can write op-eds and talk to news anchors and podcasters, perhaps even alongside affected constituents. They should ensure that all of this material is adapted for and then mass-distributed on every social media channel. https://t.co/GnbNWGhh9t
If Dems take back one/both chambers in the midterms, they can haul Vought in front of a different committee every week to make him publicly justify his cruelty. After each hearing, they can play clips of Vought’s answers at rallies, interspersed w/ commentary from his victims. https://t.co/SPDXTiy4xR
The aforementioned information could form the basis for an incessant stream of congressional letters demanding that Vought answer hard-hitting questions and press conferences exposing OMB’s intransigence. https://t.co/fpya7ofQB5
Senate Democrats might elevate the most compelling examples from their states, and they could also assemble statewide and nationwide data to ensure that an individual’s suffering is properly contextualized as part of a broader phenomenon affecting millions of people. https://t.co/a4oUqwbp17