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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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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Trump Watch
The Revolving Door Project works diligently to document how the Trump administration’s corrupt governance is helping oligarchs and hurting ordinary people.
Learn MoreIlluminating the Home Insurance Crisis
The declining availability and affordability of home insurance stems from unchecked fossil fuel pollution, concentrated corporate power, and weak regulation. The Revolving Door Project is shedding light on those responsible for perpetuating this crisis, which jeopardizes local housing markets and global financial stability.
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The Trump administration has refused to allocate federal disaster assistance in a timely manner, especially when a request comes from a Democratic-led state. The Revolving Door Project is tracking Trump’s political weaponization of disaster relief, which needlessly imperils people’s lives as well as state and local government budgets.
Learn MoreAugust 28, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Freedom For Sale
America has never seen anything like Donald Trump’s second presidency. The scale and scope of shattered norms, illegality, and self-dealing far outpace even the historic malfeasance of Trump’s first term. Trump’s use of the presidential pardon power follows the same trend.
August 28, 2026
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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.
August 26, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption is a Two-Way Street
The Taylor Farms Cyclospora Outbreak Shows Why Congress Must Investigate Both Trump and His Corporate Accomplices
August 26, 2026 | The American Prospect
Cracking Down on Big Insurance in … Oklahoma?
By challenging Allstate and State Farm’s allegedly unfair claims handling practices, Gentner Drummond is opening the door to a broader crackdown on Big Insurance. His counterparts in other states have no excuse to sit on the sidelines.
August 12, 2026
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‘Shamelessly Corrupt’: Recusal From Climate Cases Demanded After Alito’s Fossil Fuel Profits Exposed
August 10, 2026
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Trump’s New White House Lawyer Embodies MAGA Mold in Second Term
August 7, 2026
Whitney Curry Wimbish and Zachary Groz - The American Prospect
Union Sues TSA Over Secret Plan to Privatize Security
August 4, 2026
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Crypto Industry Rebuts Sheriffs’ CLARITY Act Objections as Vote Slips
August 4, 2026
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The Missing Roadshow
August 2, 2026
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RDP on Twitter
6/ Paoletta might not be a household name, but he has become one of the Trump administration’s most consequential legal operators. Read more from @ColdChrisFiles1 on the lawyer building the legal architecture behind the Trump-Vought agenda: https://t.co/MKsLHE9Gql
5/ And Paoletta’s legal work has enabled the broader Trump-Vought agenda of sweeping staffing and funding cuts across the federal government, with consequences for everything from public health, and worker safety to transportation and disaster response. https://t.co/Cv9vRzGwCd
4/ Now Paoletta is adding the commission overseeing Trump's transformation of DC to a portfolio that includes senior roles at OMB, the CFPB, USAID, and OIRA.
3/ The legal architecture Paoletta has constructed has consequences. His extreme theories on impoundment and blatant disregard for Congress and budget laws have unleashed chaos on communities across the country.
2/ It’s yet another role for one of the legal masterminds behind Trump and Russ Vought’s efforts to expand presidential power and remake the federal government. https://t.co/MKsLHE9Gql
1/ Mark Paoletta’s Trump administration portfolio got bigger. Trump tapped Paoletta to chair the National Capitol Planning Commission, which oversees major DC development projects, including Trump's planned ballroom and proposed arch. https://t.co/zbzMcVLqMv