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April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Leandro Rizzuto Jr.
Leandro Rizzuto Jr., nominee for Ambassador to the Organization of American States. Net worth: $3.5 billion

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Linda McMahon
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.


April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Richard & Elizabeth Uihlein
Republican mega donors Dick and Liz Uihlein have spent years donating millions to conservatives and conservative causes.

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Tom Barrack
Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack. Net worth: $1 billion

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Doug Burgum
Former North Dakota Governor cum Trump Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was a venture capitalist who sold his software company for over a billion dollars.

April 08, 2025
Billionaires in the Trump Admin: Frank Bisignano
Frank Bisignano, nominee for Social Security Administration Commissioner. Net worth: $1 billion

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Mehmet Oz
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. Net worth: $200 million

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Chris Wright
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. Net worth: $170 million

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Steve Witkoff
Trump Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is a major Trump donor, real-estate mogul, and crypto scam artist.

April 08, 2025
Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Kelly Loeffler
Trump 2.0 Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler is a mega donor who bought her way into politics.

April 07, 2025
Federal Understaffing Spotlight: Department of Interior
Department of Interior understaffing has been threatening environmental protection efforts and the health of marginalized communities.

April 07, 2025
Federal Understaffing Spotlight: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
IRS understaffing could undermine tax collection, audits, and public service.

April 04, 2025
DOGE Agent: Clark Minor
Musk Connection: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Lead Palantir’s platform infrastructure and cloud strategy
DOGE Deployment: Department of Health and Human Services

April 04, 2025
Week Eleven: Incomprehensible AI Number-Crunching Slop Sets The Scene Of Trump’s Global Tariff Shakedown
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.