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About the Revolving Door Project
The Revolving Door Project (RDP), a project of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), 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.
Read MorePresidential Power Map
The Presidential Power Map classifies bundlers and major donors by their professional and sectoral affiliations to offer the most possible clues about the composition of a presidential candidate’s hypothetical administration.
Learn moreSeptember 18, 2020 | https://www.laprogressive.com/newest-citizens-good-bets-for-democrats/
Democrats Are Overlooking a Big Opportunity to Increase Voter Turnout and Take on the Trump Machine
The anxiety over changes and irregularities with the United States Postal Service (USPS) in August finally spilled over. A functioning postal service undergirds many of our society’s most basic functions, so there was no shortage of reasons to be alarmed. However, one concern—the threat to November’s election—overwhelmingly rose to the top. And the public outcry over that threat pushed a normally lethargic House majority into action, winning some mild but incomplete reversals from USPS.
September 17, 2020 | American Prospect
Biden's Big Test: Selecting A White House Chief of Staff
Steve Ricchetti may be subtler and smarter than “Rahmbo,” but he would be no less of a threat if placed in charge of the Biden White House.
September 17, 2020
The Revolving Door Project on Foreign Policy
For too long, American foreign policy decisions have been controlled by the wealthy and well-connected, trampling on the rights and interests of regular people, both at home and abroad. These decisions, including corporate negotiated trade deals and continued engagement in armed conflict abroad, have failed all but a small clique of committed warhawks, defense contractors, and international corporations.
September 09, 2020 | American Prospect
Biden Stiff-Arming Big Tech Would Be Good Politics, Policy
If Biden, should he be elected, chooses not to fill his administration with the usual former industry executives, lawyers, and lobbyists, he will likely be making one of the most universally popular choices of any president in recent history.
September 17, 2020
Sam Brodey - Daily Beast
Postal Service Stiffed $20 Million Cost of Delivering Trump COVID-19 Mailer
September 15, 2020
David Dayen - American Prospect
Congressional Leaders Lay Down Marker In Revolving-Door Battle
September 15, 2020
Kate Aronoff - New Republic
The Biden Adviser Who Gives Climate Activists Nightmares
September 14, 2020
Svea Herbst-Bayliss - Reuters
Wall Street Fundraisers Turn Into Wallflowers During 2020 U.S. Election
September 9, 2020
Max Abelson - Bloomberg
Wall Street Critics Target Biden's Co-Leader Of Transition Team
September 7, 2020
Zachary Warmbrodt - Politico
Purity test: Democrats clash over Biden diversity goals
RDP on Twitter
In her latest, @EleanorEagan argues that House Democrats haven't done enough to stoke public anger and push back against this quieter assault on voting rights. https://t.co/Rw7FctCP71
When COVID-19 hit, USCIS shut down, delaying operations such that hundreds of thousands who were set to become new citizens won't be naturalized in time for, and thus won't be able to vote in, November's election. https://t.co/MOKZhdaWIE
RT @kenvogel: 🔥 FROM THE LEFT: as liberals try to shape BIDEN’s team, @maxmoranhi argues against tapping campaign chairman STEVE RICCHETTI…
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Our latest newsletter is in your inboxes (if not, what are you waiting for?) This week, thoughts on how Congress may hold a Biden admin to a high ethical bar, a troubling potential chief of staff, and negotiations over more relief measures https://t.co/AWLe0LB2Fh
In the first of our new, regular columns in @TheProspect, @MaxMoranHi writes about former Biden Chief of Staff Steve Ricchetti: he "may be subtler and smarter than 'Rahmbo,' but he would be no less of a threat if placed in charge of the Biden White House." https://t.co/fxDE0KRXtW
RT @jeffhauser: My colleague @MaxMoranHi takes on the man who might undermine Biden's best instincts, Steve Ricchetti. https://t.co/QWV2Peu…
RT @jeffhauser: I chatted with @sambrodey about Trump's stiffing the postal service for free work for his own campaign -- a double shot at…
RT @JamaalBowmanNY: "If it seems like our country’s laws and regulations are written by corporations, that’s because they are. We need less…