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October 28, 2024
Press Release: The Revolving Door Project on Jeff Bezos, Dan Osborn, and Harris’ Potentially Decisive Decision
Over the last few days we have seen the billionaire class brought to heel by Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos has joined the likes of Mark Zuckerberg in preemptively acquiescing to Trump’s demands, while Elon Musk has become reliant on a Trump presidency to protect him from any legal consequences resulting from his close relationship to Vladimir Putin. Conversely, a former union leader and unabashed Prairie Populist has threatened a Nebraska Republican incumbent no one had believed in any peril by centering his opposition to monopolies, billionaire influence, and greedy corporations.
October 28, 2024
State Insurance Commissioners Are Far Too Important to Ignore
The deeply intertwined crises of climate change, insurance rate hikes and cancellations, and housing injustice are escalating. State insurance regulators cannot tackle these problems on their own, but their role in aggravating or ameliorating them deserves greater scrutiny.
October 25, 2024
Media Executives Are Not Okay
They’ve descended into business model myopia and lost direction as the actual news becomes more and more of an afterthought.
October 24, 2024
TD Bank Settlement Shows DOJ Needs To Go Even Bigger To Crack Down On Corporate Criminals
Corporate revolvers are keeping industry giants from facing real accountability.
October 23, 2024
Heritage Lays The Foundation For Schedule F
Schedule F has been embraced by the Trump right (being celebrated by both his transition Chairwoman’s organization as well as enshrined in Project 2025), and now the Heritage Foundation is setting the stage for it.
October 15, 2024
The Worst Milton Since Friedman
Climate disasters, what to do about them, and why the Fed needs to step up
October 15, 2024
A Brief History Of Matt Yglesias Screwing Workers
A breakdown of Matthew Yglesias’ analysis on labor.
October 15, 2024
Support for a Corporate Crackdown is the Norm
Despite what billionaires and neoliberal pundits would have you believe, a corporate crackdown is overwhelmingly popular. Capitulating to the rich, corporate interests, and rightists in the name of bipartisan governance is not.
October 11, 2024 | The New Republic
What Harris Needs to Say About Hurricanes
Kamala Harris should speak plainly about climate change—and then talk about the many things she could do as president to fix the home insurance crisis.
October 10, 2024
Memo: Is SCOTUS Avoiding Politically Sensitive Issues Before November?
In a new memo from the Court Accountability, Revolving Door Project, Take Back the Court, & True North Research, we ask whether the Supreme Court is avoiding putting politically sensitive cases on its docket before the November election.
October 10, 2024 | The Hill
Harris should promise to elevate FEMA head to Cabinet
The FEMA director has been elevated to a cabinet-level post once before: under President Clinton in 1996. Even that relatively small step could make a huge difference.
October 09, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
RDP Work Round-Up: Pre-Election Edition
It’s time for another edition of an RDP Work Round-up to keep our loyal newsletter readers up-to-date with our blog posts. With the election less than a month away, now is the perfect time to look back at the polls, punditry, and policy debates that have dominated our news feeds lately. But first, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about the devastating hurricanes affecting the south east.
October 09, 2024
Will The Neoliberal YIMBYs Call Out Jason Furman’s Disagreement With Their Core Thesis
How have Jason Furman’s remarks on the New York Times’ Ezra Klein Show gone without condemnation from the usually aggressive YIMBY community?
October 09, 2024
Meet Corporate Landlords’ New Favorite Caucus
Big Real Estate and landlord lobby groups have given large donations to the four co-founders of the Congressional Real Estate Caucus.