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February 28, 2025
DOGE Agent: Akash Bobba
Corporate Connections: Intern at Meta, intern at Palantir, engineering intern at Bridgewater Associates Hedge Fund
DOGE Deployments: OPM, GSA, Education
February 28, 2025
DOGE Agent: Amanda Scales
Musk Connections: Former employee at xAI
Other Corporate Affiliations: Former employee at Uber
DOGE Deployments: Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
February 28, 2025
DOGE Agent: Scott Langmack
Musk Connections: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: COO Kukun; Director of Worldwide Marketing at Pepsi Cola International; Head of OEM Marketing at Microsoft
DOGE Deployments: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
February 26, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
What Leverage Do Congressional Democrats Have?
Hearings, investigations, letters, and longshots: Four ways the Democrats can conduct Congressional Oversight as the minority party.
February 26, 2025 | No Corporate Cabinet
No Corporate Cabinet: Bill Pulte
FHFA Nominee & Extremely Online Scion Of A Real Estate Empire
February 26, 2025
Trump Administration Trackers
Revolving Door Project is compiling public resources and trackers relevant to Trump administration actions, personnel, and challenges from civil society.
February 26, 2025 | No Corporate Cabinet
No Corporate Cabinet: Paul Atkins
Anti-Safeguard, Pro-Secret Money in Politics SEC Nominee
February 26, 2025 | No Corporate Cabinet
No Corporate Cabinet: Doug Burgum
Oil Man Tapped for “Energy Czar”
February 26, 2025 | No Corporate Cabinet
No Corporate Cabinet: Billy Long
IRS Commissioner Nominee Billy Long: Tax the Poor to Pay the Rich
February 25, 2025
Mrs. McMahon, What’s Your Plan for the Education Department?
The Senate confirmations process continues apace with Linda McMahon’s floor vote expected in the near future. McMahon is likely to be confirmed as Secretary of Education—this would be her second executive branch assignment following her spell as Administrator of the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. Despite the reputation as a middle of the road pick for a Party that now unabashedly champions neo-Nazis, McMahon still holds numerous worrisome education policy positions.
February 25, 2025 | The American Prospect
Why Haven’t House Democrats Moved to Impeach Scott Bessent?
There’s mounting evidence that Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary is not telling the truth about DOGE’s infiltration of the federal payments system.
February 25, 2025
Like Doug Burgum, Matt Yglesias Erroneously Opposes Environmental Review
“Abundance agenda” apostle Matt Yglesias’ affinity for Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s deregulatory plans makes clear that this agenda is, at its heart, a neoliberal-approved version of Trumpian plunder.
February 25, 2025
Yglesias’ First Bad Permitting Argument: NEPA Is Hurting the Green Transition
This is the first installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.
February 25, 2025
Yglesias’ Second Bad Permitting Argument: Permitting Reform Would Help Renewables More Than Fossil Fuels
This is the second installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.
February 25, 2025
Yglesias’ Third Bad Permitting Argument: Expanding Clean Energy Is More Important Than Curtailing Dirty Energy
This is the third installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.