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 08, 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.
June 08, 2026
The U.S. Government Isn’t Prepared To Protect Us From Artificial Intelligence
In March 2026, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report exploring the specific ways artificial intelligence (AI) can expose, misuse, or compromise personal data. The report from the Congressional watchdog also examines the guidance issued to federal agencies on AI use and implementation by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In its note to congressional offices, GAO concluded that OMB’s guidance, which fails to adequately address 8 out of 10 privacy-related challenges, falls short. The report recommends that the Russell Vought-led office address the identified shortcomings.
June 04, 2026
RDP Condemns the Blockchain Association’s Deceitful Letter From “Law Enforcement Officials”
The letter, which touts supposed law enforcement support for the Clarity Act, omits that many of those listed as law enforcement professionals are actively employed by the cryptocurrency firms that stand to profit from the bill’s passage.
June 03, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Wreck-It Russ Risks Breaking the Public Health System
OMB Director Russell Vought is holding federal funds for essential programs like public health hostage in order to punish Trump’s political enemies, the consequences to people’s lives be damned.
June 2, 2026
Brad Reed - Common Dreams
New El Niño Warning Compounded by Trump’s Attacks on Climate, Disaster Preparedness
May 30, 2026
Lindsey Cormack - (Substack) DCinbox Insights
Weaponize is a Republican Word
May 29, 2026
Kyle Saunders - (Substack) Sacred Cow BBQ
AIPolitics 18: The Political Cleavage Rotated and AI Has Bisected It
May 29, 2026
Victor Reklaitis - MarketWatch
The company behind the White House’s UFC event says rivals ‘would kill’ for the opportunity. Critics say that’s a problem.
May 28, 2026
Dave Vorland - Chamber of Progress
Democrats' Techlash Trap
May 26, 2026
Matthew Yglesias - (Substack) Slow Boring
I’m sick of “affordability”
RDP on Twitter
No one (save for centrist think tankers) is buying what Third Way is selling. https://t.co/fXzur7wFQ3
The narrative that Palantir’s billionaire CEO Alex Karp is or was ever a leftist is equally as inaccurate as it is dangerous. https://t.co/yIxoBKDkhj
Who's part of the Epstein Class? Find out on our new website. https://t.co/sqACMNBJjG
As hurricane season approaches, Trump has gutted our disaster readiness and response capacity. Democrats must make him pay a political price. https://t.co/HyvCe8NFto
The DNC autopsy debacle is an excellent window into the rotting core of Democratic party politics. https://t.co/8n9gkigaLe
Russ Vought is holding federal funds for essential programs hostage in order to punish Trump’s political enemies — people's lives be damned. https://t.co/w2didNBx6N