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
Trump Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
Trump 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.
Projects
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 MoreJune 29, 2026
Corruption Calendar: A New Watergate, Every Day
As our stories this week illustrate, there are plenty of examples of how Trump’s corruption is making our lives demonstrably worse — from mining and oil extraction pollution that threatens the health of our communities and monopolists’ tightening stranglehold on our pockets and labor to corrupt machinations attacking our increasingly fragile democracy.
June 29, 2026
From Public Lands to Private Hands
Why should you care about this obscure office with a funny name and the investment banker to whom Trump is entrusting it? Meet Kevin Lilly, Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks of the Interior Department.
June 29, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump Watch
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.
June 26, 2026
Tracker 2026 ElectionDepartment of Homeland SecurityDOGEExecutive BranchImmigrationRussell VoughtTech
Personal Information at Risk
The United States federal government knows a lot about you. If you’ve ever applied for federal student aid, the Department of Education has records of your income and assets. The Social Security Administration begins collecting information from the moment your parents apply for your Social Security number at birth, adds new data every time Social Security taxes are deducted from your paychecks, and continues to monitor you until the day you die.
June 29, 2026
Joe Wrote - (Substack) JoeWrote
LEAKED Abundance Documents Show Billionaire Anti-Democracy - With Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
June 27, 2026
Kurtis Lee - The New York Times
In Colorado, the Long Aftermath of a Fire Feels Political
June 26, 2026
Tony Dilk - Hoosier Enquirer
Hogsett Staffer a Hog? Questions Raised Over Dan Parker’s Move to Major City Contractor
June 26, 2026
Alexsys Thompson - (Substack) follow the yellow brick road
When the Book Becomes the Blueprint
June 25, 2026
Jordan Smith and Emily Hopkins - IndyStar
A month after leaving top city role, former Hogsett deputy took job at major city contractor
June 25, 2026
Jen Psaki - MS Now
Following the money behind Trump’s Freedom 250 celebrations
RDP on Twitter
Trump denied federal disaster relief to Colorado after a devastating wildfire last year. The NYT details how that decision, which looks like partisan retribution, is hurting ordinary people. The piece cites our FEMA aid tracker. https://t.co/ZnGYlIEHAs
The Trump administration attacks on Title IX protections for LGBTQ students make it clear: the cruelty is the point. https://t.co/dGea1DC7gQ
Major corporate sponsors of Trump's MAGA-fied 250th celebration include Palantir, Oracle, Lockheed Martin, and United Airlines. https://t.co/RzJ8KhMQCK
Elon Musk claims no one died from his USAID cuts. An agency whistleblower's new memoir tells a very different story. https://t.co/QILwh7gy7v
Major corporations that have been lobbying Sean Duffy's Department of Transportation have also funded his new "Great American Road Trip" reality show. https://t.co/RfVwSR4gfj
Hasan Piker's political influence is growing — and so too are Third Way's meltdowns about him. https://t.co/fXzur7wFQ3