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Trump 2.0: Material Consequences
President Trump and his cast of conflicted appointees have adopted a chaotic approach to governing, regularly endangering the health, safety, and wellbeing of people all over the world.
February 05, 2026 | The American Prospect
Kenny Stancil Julian Scoffield Chris Lewis
Op-Ed Congressional OversightDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchGovernanceRussell VoughtTrump Watch
DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought
Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
February 05, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Making Measles Endemic Again
Outbreaks across the South are just the “cost of doing business” for Trump 2.0.
January 30, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar Weeks 52-54: It's Big Tech's World, We're Just Living In It
Trump administration sets up protection plans for Big Tech and Polluters at the public’s expense.
January 30, 2026
Press Release Ethics in GovernmentFederal ReserveFinancial RegulationIndependent AgenciesTrump Watch
RELEASE: Trump’s New Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Is a Hack with Ties to Would-Be Greenland Profiteer
Warsh’s record suggests commitment to class and personal self-interest, not a broader dedication to an intellectually consistent view of the public interest.
January 29, 2026
What We Mean When We Talk About Corporate Power
How should we define corporate power, and how should we attempt to understand its growth over time? Here’s some metrics.
January 28, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
How DOGE Broke Social Security
A breakdown of how DOGE ruined the Social Security Administration’s customer service operations and turned the agency into a political tool.
January 23, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Newsletter Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchGovernment CapacityIndependent AgenciesRussell Vought
RDP Audits DOGE Destruction In New Report
In case you missed it, RDP just released a new report on the Department of Government Efficiency.
January 22, 2026 | Dollars & Sense Debrief
PODCAST: RDP's Kenny Stancil Discusses Home Insurance Profiteering on the D&S Debrief
Revolving Door Project senior researcher Kenny Stancil joined Economics for the People to discuss his recently published article, “Forsake Some, Fleece the Rest,” with Dollars & Sense editor Chris Sturr.
January 21, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Newsletter Anti-MonopolyArtificial IntelligenceClimate and EnvironmentConsumer ProtectionEconomic PolicyGovernanceHousingTechTrump Watch
AI Is Making Your Life More Expensive
Big Tech is driving up the costs of necessities—now and in the future.
January 21, 2026
West Virginia’s AG Represents Coal Donors, Not Constituents
The coal industry in the U.S. has spent decades inundating our communities with billions of tons of toxic coal ash. That ash has seeped toxic metals into the water that we drink. Its dust has spewed radioactive particulates into the air that we breathe. It has even turned the walls and soils of our homes, schools, parks, and hospitals cancerous due to its largely unregulated use as cheap construction fill.
January 20, 2026
KJ Boyle Xaver Clarke Julian Scoffield Chris Lewis
Report Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchGovernanceGovernment CapacityIndependent AgenciesProject 2025Russell Vought
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine serves as a recounting of DOGE’s first year. We outline DOGE’s operational takeover and systemic demolition of the federal government. We hope this effort to record the scale of DOGE’s destruction engenders much needed accountability for all who enacted and cheered the initiative’s irrational actions.
January 20, 2026
Chris Lewis Xaver Clarke Julian Scoffield KJ Boyle
Press Release DOGEElon MuskGovernanceRussell VoughtTrump Watch
RELEASE: Catalog Of DOGE’s Disastrous Effects Reveals Radically Weakened U.S.
The Revolving Door Project released a report cataloging the cataclysmic impact of Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” today. The report marks the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump creating the task force, which devastated the federal civil service and paved the way for Trump’s unprecedented imperial presidency.
January 20, 2026
Support for Data Centers in Shor Supply
No, data centers aren’t going to cut all of our taxes.
January 16, 2026
The Technobabble Defense
How companies cry “innovation” to defend their lawbreaking