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January 17, 2025
What the WSJ Editorial Board Got Wrong About IRS Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn
The Editorial Board disapproves of Littlejohn for political reasons.
January 15, 2025
The Revolving Door Project Denounces Former Senator Stabenow’s Cash Grab.
Stabenow Has Joined A K St. Firm Where She Will Undoubtedly Be Well Rewarded By The Cryptocurrency Industry For Her Faithful Service To Their Cause While In Government.
January 15, 2025
Here Are Some Files The Revolving Door Project Has On Trump Nominees
We are pleased to share our finalized research product on Trump nominees. Stay tuned for more research to be published soon.
January 15, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Tough Questions For Trump Nominees: The Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner Edition
We urged a more aggressive and justifiably confrontational approach in our recommended questions for Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, Russell Vought, Pam Bondi, and Scott Bessent, which you can read here and here. Today we’ll get into questions for Lee Zeldin, nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency, and Scott Turner, nominee for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
January 14, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
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Tough Questions For Trump Nominees
We’re back for another edition of this newsletter proposing tough questions that need to be asked of Trump’s nominees. This iteration will cover Pam Bondi, the nominee for Attorney General, and Scott Bessent, the nominee to lead the Department of Treasury.
January 13, 2025
The Revolving Door Project Condemns Democrats’ Cowardice In The Face Of Trump’s Nominees
Rather than fight for the best interests of the American public, Senate Democrats have been eager to accede to the policies, culture wars and nominees of Donald Trump. This capitulation will not help the party or its base, it will simply embolden the felon soon to be in the White House
January 13, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Democrats Need To Ask Trump Nominees The Tough Questions
Trump’s nominees need to be asked hard questions about their records of harming the public. So we did the work ourselves and wrote some!
January 10, 2025
Techno-optimism or Corporate PR? We can’t tell.
Catherine Rampell’s penchant for business boosterism is on full display once again, but this time it’s BigPharma that received some free PR.
January 09, 2025 | The American Prospect
Trump’s Attack on Government Capacity Will Fan the Flames of the Home Insurance Crisis
The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires.
January 08, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Who Bought The Presidency?
With less than two weeks until Trump’s inauguration, the Senate confirmation process for his roster of loyalists will be underway before we know it. The confirmation hearings for Trump’s energy picks are already set, with hearings for Interior nominee Doug Burgum, Energy nominee Chris Wright, and EPA nominee Lee Zeldin scheduled for January 14, January 15, and Wednesday or Thursday of next week respectively. This newsletter series will highlight the ties between Trump’s personnel picks and the exploitative industries and their billionaire CEOs who will be enriched by their appointments.
January 06, 2025
RELEASE: By Stepping Down Early, Michael Barr Preemptively Acquiesces to Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda
“Barr’s decision exemplifies anticipatory acquiescence—something that other public officials must avoid if they do not wish to expedite Trump’s looting of America.”
December 24, 2024 | The American Prospect
We Already Run the Post Office Like a Business
The U.S. Postal Service loses money because of stifling rules and a mandate to serve the entire country. Privatization would only raise costs and reduce service.
December 23, 2024 | The American Prospect
The VA's Self-Made Dialysis Disaster
Former Representative Doug Collins is Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a federal agency that oversees the administration of health care to over 9.1 million veterans. Collins, notably, is a veteran himself, but has seemingly little background on veterans issues. His early pronouncements are superficially bland, promising to “root out corruption, and ensure every veteran receives the benefits they’ve earned,” among other things.
December 19, 2024
As the Biden Admin Winds Down, Will They Take Stands To Protect The Public?
This week’s newsletter highlights three litmus tests of the Biden administration’s commitment to holding the wealthy and powerful accountable to the public interest within their dwindling time in office.