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November 25, 2024
Inflation Did Not Make A Democratic Loss Inevitable
Contrary to popular belief, inflation did not lead to the downfall of incumbents worldwide.
November 22, 2024
Silicon Valley’s Not-So Subtle Influence Peddler Wants Attention
Adam Kovacevich has spent his career pushing for more big tech influence. His latest bid? Pretend to be a reasonable progressive voice
November 20, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
A Lame-Duck Prelude of the Next Four Years
It’s only been two weeks since Donald Trump was re-elected President and the tenor of the next four years is already taking shape. The speed with which Trump’s transition team is announcing executive branch appointments is matched only by the swiftness with which those appointees will decimate the government’s capacity to serve the American people. The question now is whether Democrats and media understand the gravity of the situation and will act accordingly.
November 20, 2024
The Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget Welcomes Musk’s Meme Department of Government Efficiency
Welcome to the new Trump administration, where apparently this is what we can expect from the “responsible moderates” like CRFB.
November 19, 2024
The Campaign That Could Have Been
Taking on corporate greed, and assuring people you would keep them from getting ripped off, was exactly what the moment called for. Unfortunately, many of the millionaires and billionaires running the Harris campaign couldn’t see that.
November 19, 2024
The Biden Administration Completely Failed to Address Corporate Crime. Can We Blame Voters for Noticing?
As the Democratic Party apparatus’s post-election reflections continue this week, they would do well to consider this basic question: Was it smart to run a campaign hinging on your opponent’s blatant corruption and white-collar criminal status, despite the failure of the Biden administration to take tangible steps to address the harms perpetrated by corporations and the wealthy during their time in office?
November 18, 2024
Neal Katyal: Corporate America’s Staunchest Defender
Neal Katyal, former Solicitor General under President Obama, has spent his post-public sector career defending any corporation willing to pay his exorbitant hourly rate.
November 18, 2024 | The American Prospect
The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient
DOGE is a new weapon in Trump’s ongoing war against the administrative state. But it’s important to remain clear-eyed about the value federal civil servants provide. These individuals help ensure the safety of our food, medicine, transportation, air, and water. They are also the backbone of our education, health care, and financial regulatory systems. There is no doubt that many Americans feel burned by their recent interactions with these systems, but federal employees are the wrong targets of their ire.
November 15, 2024
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Picket Lines, Battle Lines, Applause Lines
As the Biden Administration Enters Its Twilight, Let’s Face Facts
November 13, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Seeking Alternatives To A Sledgehammer
With anger, fear, and determination, we’re with you in this unsettled moment a week out from the election. It’s hard to predict or overstate how much may be on the brink of changing; hard to measure how much we’ve already lost, like the ‘functionally extinct’ goal of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 2.7°F, or 1.5°C. And it’s hard to know how much we may stand to gain from new visions and forms of solidarity and resistance that grow in the years to come.
November 12, 2024
Immediate Action Must Be Taken On Independent Agency Nominations
Democrats have resoundingly lost the White House, the Senate, and may soon lose the House. The Party has 68 days to ensure the presence of public advocates on numerous important governing bodies before the incoming Trump administration fully delivers on its promised systematic attack on governance, accountability and regulation.
November 12, 2024
Watchdog Group Will Closely Monitor The Harmful Material Impacts Of The Trump Administration’s Likely Mismanagement Of The Federal Executive Branch
The initial series served as a reminder of the first Trump administration’s utter indifference to the public interest. This time around, the Revolving Door Project will be on hand to provide real time, clear-eyed analyses of the President-elect’s approach towards governance, staffing, ethics and critically, the material impact of his pro-corporate attitudes.
November 08, 2024
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Hot (Takes) To Go
Some Notes on Centrists Blaming Everyone but Themselves
November 07, 2024
Two Plutocrats Shifted Harris’ Earned Media Message. It Didn’t End Well.
In October, billionaire Mark Cuban bragged about his role in exiling a Harris surrogate and former Elizabeth Warren staffer for the sin of supporting a wealth tax during a television appearance….