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December 15, 2023
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Bidenomics Needs A Corporate Crackdown On Rent-Gougers
The RealPage scandal gives Biden a real opportunity to rally working-class support for his reelection campaign.
December 14, 2023 | The American Prospect
Kenny Stancil Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
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Corporate Headhunters Shouldn’t Control Who Can Be a Fed Reserve Bank President
We need a democratic process for appointing leaders of regional Fed banks.
December 13, 2023 | RDP Newsletter
Antitrust Roundup: Revolver Strikes Back, March-In Rights & Other News
While former FTC commissioner Noah Phillips defends private equity from antitrust lawsuits, the media attacks current Chair Lina Khan for … doing her job.
December 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: Treasury Must Withstand Latest Corporate Influence Campaign and Pass Strong Hydrogen Tax Guidance
Last week, multiple outlets reported on a leaked draft of forthcoming rules governing the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean hydrogen production tax credit. Reports from Bloomberg and Politico, among others, indicate that Treasury is intending to implement the rules consistent with the law’s green intent.
December 09, 2023
PODCAST: RDP's Vishal Shankar Talks DeJoy, USPS On The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
RDP Senior Researcher Vishal Shankar joins the Ralph Nader Radio Hour to discuss Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ongoing sabotage of the Postal Service.
December 08, 2023
Credulous Press Shouldn’t Buy That Binance Will Be OK
Overemphasizing the fines leveled against the crypto exchange ignores the true point of the settlement: regulatory compliance.
December 07, 2023 | The American Prospect
Wall Street’s Favorite Financial Regulator May Be Looking for a New Job
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s term doesn’t end until 2026, but there are rumblings of an early exit to the private sector. Place your bets where he’ll end up next!
December 07, 2023
Henry Burke Jeff Hauser Kenny Stancil
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Press Release: The Revolving Door Project, A Government Ethics Watchdog, Alerts Media Of Possibility That CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Is Considering Leaving Government To Cash Out In Private Industry
The Revolving Door Project, A Government Ethics Watchdog, Alerts Media Of Possibility That CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Is Considering Leaving Government To Cash Out In Private Industry
December 06, 2023 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
The “Billionaire Matchmaker” and his Bad Amici
How does one right-wing activist get his worst ideas to appear in the legal decisions of the most powerful judges in America? A bombshell Politico investigation this week has the answers on how rightwing activist and “billionaire matchmaker” Leonard Leo managed to influence the outcome of several of the Supreme Court’s highest-profile and most damaging decisions over the past two years.
December 05, 2023 | The American Prospect
The Department of Justice’s Legal Love Letter to Moderna
This story has been retracted.
December 05, 2023
Advocacy Groups Urge Small Businesses To Cease Partnerships With Monopolies
The Washington Post featured a letter sent by the Revolving Door Project and 12 other advocacy groups urging the SBA to cease its partnerships with monopolies for NSBW 2024.
December 01, 2023
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Wall Street’s Favorite Republicans Are Still Attacking The CFPB
These corporate shills are not “positive pragmatists”, no matter what the mainstream media tells you.
December 01, 2023
The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) Has Cost Americans The Realization Of Innumerable Biden Campaign Promises
Ever wonder who’s behind gross smear campaigns to sink qualified Biden administration nominees? Look no further than the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a little-known rightwing opposition research organization housed under the Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) umbrella. The oppo shop was founded in 2021 with a simple goal: “to take a big handful of sand and throw it in the gears of the Biden administration.” Since then, AAF has targeted over twenty nominees with slanderous, bad-faith attacks. The strategy has been relatively successful thus far, especially in derailing racial and ethnic minority and female nominees, including Saule Omarova, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Carlton Waterhouse, and Gigi Sohn.
November 30, 2023
Henry Kissinger: A War Criminal and Normalizer of Corruption
“It pales in comparison to the millions of deaths he was responsible for,” progressive foreign policy expert Matt Duss observed Thursday, “but Kissinger was also a pioneer in the normalization of corruption.”