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Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg. Net worth: $5 billion

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is a mega donor and conservative activist with no real experience in Education, but spent her career as a CEO in scandal after scandal.

Leandro Rizzuto Jr., nominee for Ambassador to the Organization of American States. Net worth: $3.5 billion

CEO of Meta and Trump donor Mark Zuckerberg. Net worth: $205.3 billion

Trump 2.0 Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler is a mega donor who bought her way into politics.

Peter Thiel, businessman and Republican mega-donor. Net worth: $17.5 billion

David Sacks, Trump administration cryptocurrency and AI czar. Net worth: over $1 billion

Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, bought his way into Trump world and now leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE has illegally taken over the federal government, firing federal employees and canceling grants with little to no regard of any of the reprecussions.

Department of Interior understaffing has been threatening environmental protection efforts and the health of marginalized communities.

IRS understaffing could undermine tax collection, audits, and public service.

It’s week eleven of the Revolving Door Project’s Corruption Calendar, where we highlight the latest slate of corporate corruption that’s shaping the Trump Administration, its agenda, and the material impacts of that corruption on real people. Our first ten issues can be found here, and follow us on Bluesky and X for more updates on this work.

This week has been defined by yet more chaos, as the gaggle of incompetent buffoons that seemingly make up the policy infrastructure of this administration continue to play at political theater while doing all that they can to ruin the rest of our lives. From crashing the global economy to giving corporations free license to do whatever they want, they’re succeeding.

Musk Connection: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Lead Palantir’s platform infrastructure and cloud strategy
DOGE Deployment: Department of Health and Human Services

Musk Connection: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Palantir Technologies, blockchain search engine Elementus, software engineering and finance start up Theorem
DOGE Deployment: Chief Information Officer, Executive Office of the President