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November 20, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

KJ Boyle

Newsletter CabinetExecutive BranchMedia AccountabilityRevolving Door

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 19, 2024

Emma Marsano

Blog Post Corporate CrackdownDepartment of Justice

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 | The American Prospect

Timi Iwayemi

Op-Ed CryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentGovernanceGovernment Capacity

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 13, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter 2024 Election

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

Jeff Hauser

Press Release 2024 Election/TransitionExecutive BranchIndependent Agencies

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

Timi Iwayemi Jeff Hauser

Press Release Ethics in GovernmentExecutive BranchRevolving Door

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.