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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. 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.
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 MoreJanuary 17, 2025
Trump’s OMB Pick Gives Free Rein Of The Executive Branch To A Self-Described Christian Nationalist
January 17, 2025
What the WSJ Editorial Board Got Wrong About IRS Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn
The Editorial Board disapproves of Littlejohn for political reasons.
January 15, 2025
Here Are Some Files The Revolving Door Project Has On Trump Nominees
We are pleased to share our finalized research product on Trump nominees. Stay tuned for more research to be published soon.
January 15, 2025
The Revolving Door Project Denounces Former Senator Stabenow’s Cash Grab.
Stabenow Has Joined A K St. Firm Where She Will Undoubtedly Be Well Rewarded By The Cryptocurrency Industry For Her Faithful Service To Their Cause While In Government.
January 17, 2025
Ginny Roscamp - Sierra Club
Billionaire Scott Bessent Faces Scrutiny at Treasury Confirmation Hearing
January 16, 2025
Fredreka Schouten - CNN
Trump assembles an administration of uber-wealthy Cabinet members and advisers, sparking ethics questions
January 16, 2025
Emma Marsano - Common Dreams
Trump’s Pick For AG Perfectly Exemplifies His MO—Cronyism and Corruption
January 15, 2025
Dhruv T. Patel and Grace E. Yoon - The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Hires Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm Ahead of Inauguration
January 14, 2025
Loukia Gyftopoulou - Bloomberg
Billionaire Steve Feinberg, Master of Cerberus, Gets a New Mission for Trump
January 14, 2025
Paul Sperry - KHQ
Clemency Request 'Pending' for Leaker of Trump's and Others' Taxes
RDP on Twitter
Read more here: https://t.co/pX58Ji4IAh
Hauser was talking about Scott Bessent, Trump's pick to run Treasury, when he warned that "he is going to use the position to make himself and his friends richer." But he could have been talking about any of the billionaires Trump tapped for his Cabinet. https://t.co/OZTQ4YSzWc
Hauser said that "while the first Trump administration was 'catastrophically corrupt,' it still made gestures toward limiting conflicts of interest." "But now, he says, 'there are essentially no restraints being promised.'" https://t.co/aP4igOqrm5
Trump personnel w/ "authority over energy & the environment are all committed to the destruction of the planet’s delicate ecosystem," said Hauser. That's one reason why it's important to focus more on Trump's actions than his offensive rhetoric. Article: https://t.co/pX58Ji4IAh