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.
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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.
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 MoreJuly 17, 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.
July 16, 2026 | The American Prospect
After Industry Request, OSHA Moves to Roll Back Ladder Safety Regulation
After requests from the petrochemical industry, OSHA moved to rollback ladder safety. Unions and safety professionals are sounding the alarm.
July 09, 2026
AI Villains and The Trump Admin: Greg Brockman
Greg Brockman is the current President of OpenAI—a tech firm he co-founded in 2015 with Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Ilya Sutskever.
July 09, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Chris Lehane
Chris Lehane is OpenAI’s Chief Government Affairs Officer.
July 14, 2026
Nate Silver - (Substack) Silver Bulletin
12 questions for the center-left
July 14, 2026
Anat Shenker-Osorio - (Substack) Words to Win By
Don't Make the Argument
July 13, 2026
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Senate Budget Committee Votes on OMB Deputy Nominee
July 10, 2026
Jesus Mesa - Newsweek
Democrats Play the Trump Family Game Too?
July 9, 2026
Brad Reed - Common Dreams
Who Are the Biggest AI Villains? An Industry Watchdog Has Made a List
July 7, 2026
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Big Oil Takeover ‘Now Complete,’ Watchdog Warns as Exxon Lawyer Joins Trump DOJ
RDP on Twitter
OpenAI president Greg Brockman has quickly established himself as one of Trump's strongest financial backers. https://t.co/i4q9VmtAYL
Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is just one of several former Biden officials arguing on behalf of crypto and the prediction market industry. https://t.co/OuqZ2ytCu8
Kirsten Gillibrand's 22-year-old son got the mother of all graduation presents: $30 million in investment to bring crypto’s most dangerous product to equity markets. https://t.co/jFxcv917hv
"Harlan Crow has also given occasionally to corporate-friendly Democrats, such as Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Henry Cuellar, as well as former Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, according to the Revolving Door Project." https://t.co/QhzyB1fqIc
Once a top strategist in the Clinton Administration, the "Master of Disaster" Chris Lehane is now currying favor with Trump on behalf of OpenAI. https://t.co/JdS5DTeWdk
Why did Trump's OSHA move to repeal ladder safety regulations against the advice of workers and safety experts? Because corporate lobbyists told them to. https://t.co/2fhCn4wrRV