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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 MoreFebruary 07, 2025
Corruption Calendar Week Three: Musk’s Engineers Take Over
It’s a Musk-engineered takeover.
February 07, 2025
DOGE’s Hit List
While members of Congress try to obtain an official list of personnel working for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the media have been keeping tabs on Musk and his team as they sweep through the federal government. Along with our list of individuals reportedly affiliated with DOGE, we’ve compiled a list of the agencies reportedly visited by DOGE in the first weeks of the Trump administration.
February 05, 2025
The People Reportedly Aiding Elon Musk and DOGE’s Attack on the Federal Government
We have compiled a list of individuals who are reportedly aiding or at one point aided DOGE and Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government. We will be updating this list as more reporting comes out.
February 05, 2025
Trump Taps Corporate Fox to Guard an Accountability Henhouse
Scott Bessent’s appointment to CFPB acting director will undermine the agency’s mission.
February 7, 2025
Network for Public Education - Network for Public Education
Christopher Lewis, Jacob Plaza: The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda
February 6, 2025
Francesca D’Annunzio - Texas Observer
New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border Misinformation
February 6, 2025
Allan Smith - NBC News
Trump wants your attention — and the world's richest men can help him
February 5, 2025
Haisten Willis - The Gazette
Elon Musk shielded by ethics loophole as Trump ‘special government employee’
February 5, 2025
Ahmad Austin Jr. - Mediaite
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Announces Elon Musk’s DOGE Will ‘Plug In’ To ‘Upgrade Our Aviation System’
February 4, 2025
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Groups launch initiative to find solutions to climate-driven insurance drisis
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NEW: While Congress demands to learn more about DOGE and its seemingly unfettered access to govt agencies, Musk’s team continues their attacks. We compiled a list of agencies reportedly visited by DOGE & Musk in the first weeks of the Trump admin: https://t.co/eUriLyfqTg
To learn more about the corruption of the second Trump administration, including a (dis)honorable mention this week on Trump's blatant crypto corruption, read and subscribe to our weekly #CorruptionCalendar newsletter at the link below. https://t.co/jnltLEfCEe
Other Musk corruption this week includes: - Gutting USAID as his company faces a probe by USAID’s IG - Scott Bessent following Musk’s advice and effectively “deleting” the CFPB - White House saying Musk will self-determine conflicts of interest (haha… ha) https://t.co/0pzAUEy3WP
But Treasury is just the start. It’s been reported that Musk’s aides are effectively in control of OPM and GSA, while they’ve gained access to critical systems at SBA, NOAA, the Education Department, and more. https://t.co/ziOYFfIpbu
The most concerning thing Musk and his lackeys have gained access to is our nation’s most important payments system, which Musk could use to bolster his interest in federal contracts and shut off spending he doesn’t like—like Social Security, Medicaid, or Medicare. https://t.co/Js9tkMDxLR