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 MoreFebruary 06, 2026
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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.
February 06, 2026
The Real Cost of Trump’s First Year
Donald Trump ascended to the presidency for a second time by pledging to bring down the rising cost of groceries and housing, essentials that every American needs, but increasingly few find affordable. Then he flipped that promise on its head. Instead of putting the full weight of the presidency behind addressing economic insecurity, the president’s first year was a blatant exercise in how to turn corruption into a governing principle, enriching the already rich by extracting wealth from the same people bearing the brunt of rising costs.
February 05, 2026 | The American Prospect
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DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought
Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
February 05, 2026
Making Measles Endemic Again
Outbreaks across the South are just the “cost of doing business” for Trump 2.0.
January 28, 2026
Matthew Yglesias - (Substack) Slow Boring
“Corporate power” doesn’t mean anything
January 27, 2026
Eric Galatas - The Wisconsin Independent
American Petroleum Institute targets pollution ‘superfund’ laws
January 24, 2026
Maurice T. Cunningham - The Boston Globe
Centrists are set to battle for the soul of the Democratic Party
January 24, 2026
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January 23, 2026
Alex Trembath - (Substack) The Ecomodernist
Who Watches the Watchdogs?
January 22, 2026
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Political Economy of Voting Behavior, Insurance Markets
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NEWSLETTER The ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina threatens to reestablish the formerly-eradicated disease as a national public health threat. For our latest edition of Watchdog Weekly, Julian Scoffield uncovers Trump's playbook to make measles endemic again. https://t.co/2mDNJQwrNv
Karp’s “guidance” for his corporate clients helped to enshrine elite impunity in this country. He should now face the type of accountability that he helped his corporate clients avoid. https://t.co/k7SRsdTk6v
The revolving door is a key tool Karp uses to secure light repercussions for his clients: “A lot of the prosecutors and regulatory lawyers [...] don’t want to completely emasculate you because they’re gonna want a job at some point in the future.” https://t.co/demjVA8m3A https://t.co/CvSu5r9A2e
Karp’s professional bio boasts about his ability to guide large corporations through crises. As our Max Moran once wrote, “Karp is who corporate America calls when they might, just might, face (gasp!) consequences for their actions.” https://t.co/h5ByfpvFoB
Karp’s decision to surrender to the Trump administration drew condemnation from legal professionals who called the move cowardly. Will Paul Weiss (and other law firms who cut deals with Trump) take this moment to reassess their capitulation? https://t.co/tN2zuU9n83