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July 23, 2021 | American Prospect
It's Big Business As Usual For Biden's Ambassadorship Picks
If Biden is emerging as an anti-monopoly president, then why is he rewarding Cohen, a fixer for one of the go-to examples of monopoly power in America? More importantly, if he hopes to redeem American democracy from Trumpism, why is Biden rewarding the political strategist for a company that does not care about basic voting rights, especially for Black people?
July 23, 2021
Trump Picked A Climate-Skeptical Insurance Lobbyist For A Key Regulatory Council. Biden Hasn't Fired Him Yet.
Workman came with exactly zero experience as an insurance regulator, but plenty of experience from the opposite side of the courtroom: for 17 years, he’d been the President and CEO of the life insurance industry’s main lobbying group in the state of New York, the Life Insurance Council of New York (LICONY).
June 23, 2021 | The American Prospect
Steve Ricchetti, And Democrats' Failures At Self-Awareness
Over the Juneteenth weekend, two different men in two different venues told the story of elite Washington in the early Biden era.
June 10, 2021 | American Prospect
Jerome Powell Went Easy On Wall Street
Just as a president shouldn’t only be judged on whether or not they started a war, Fed chairs shouldn’t only be judged on whether they raised or lowered interest rates. That’s their most salient power, but they have other, more complex ways of affecting our lives. Financial regulation is one of the most important of these, and it’s one on which current Fed chairman Jerome Powell has failed badly.
June 08, 2021 | The New Republic
Merrick Garland Has Become Donald Trump's Legal Protector
On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining greencards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability.
June 03, 2021 | The Insurgents
THE INSURGENTS PODCAST: Biden's Revolving Door ft. Max Moran
Our Personnel Team Research Director Max Moran joined Jordan Uhl and Rob Rousseau of The Insurgents Podcast to go over RDP’s 100 Day Report Card, some of Biden’s more problematic hires & appointments, and the long-term consequences of corporate representation in the White House.
May 19, 2021
Revolver Spotlight: Ellisen Turner
If appointed, Turner would be a transparent and flagrant case study in the workings of the revolving door, which means he would be right in line with the IP orthodoxy PTO has upheld.
May 13, 2021 | The American Prospect
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2020 Election/TransitionClimateEthics in GovernmentFinancial Regulation
Plumbing The Depths At The SEC
Progressives have generally seen Gary Gensler, the newly confirmed chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as a loyal advocate for the public interest. His tenure at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was one of the few bright spots in Barack Obama’s financial regulatory regime. But in April, Gensler named Alex Oh to be his director of enforcement, before she resigned a week later amid negative media attention. Before joining the SEC, Oh had directly facilitated an ExxonMobil executive’s obstinate deposition testimony (reportedly read off an attorney-drafted script) in the face of plaintiff objections—and the case itself centered on accusations of torture, rape, and murder by ExxonMobil-hired guards in an Indonesian village.
May 10, 2021 | Independent Media Institute
The Tattered Insider Histories Of Our Possible Future Ambassadors
According to the Washington Post, Biden is finally getting around to scratching the backs of his friends and allies. This carries weight in D.C. gossip circles, given how well-connected Biden is there. So who made the cut?
May 10, 2021
Revolver Spotlight: Jannie Lau
The fact that most of the names Ars Technica reported are under consideration are deeply corporate-aligned is simply infuriating. To take just one example, here is a brief summary of Jannie Lau’s work on behalf of InterDigital.
May 05, 2021
Biden's TRIPS Waiver Decision Is A Transformative, Hopeful Event
The Revolving Door Project praises and congratulates the Biden administration for this excellent decision. This one choice may save millions of lives.
May 05, 2021
Bust Up Corruption And Protect The Public: Clean House At The PCAOB
When there actually are odious, greedy bad guys stuffed away in a back-room scheming, it’s pretty good politics to bust it up and take credit for doing so. Just such a racket is happening right now in an obscure corner of the executive branch, and all it would take to end it is some muscle from the President and one of his most-praised appointees.
May 05, 2021 | MarketWatch
5 Compelling Reasons For Biden To Dump Jerome Powell
The Fed is more than monetary policy, and we need to think of the Fed chair’s whole role. Since democratic control of the Fed is exercised primarily through presidential appointments, we must consider Powell’s record holistically. It’s not a good one.
May 03, 2021
Brad Karp Harasses Journalists. Why Are Journalists Quoting Him Uncritically?
Karp’s own “strong ethical code” includes not just mass payoffs to Democratic politicians, as I wrote about last year, but more relevantly, organized intimidation of the press for ever daring to report unflatting facts about Paul, Weiss.
April 23, 2021 | The American Prospect
Place Human Lives Over Pharma’s Property Rights
The Biden administration is divided over whether to waive trade protections for Big Pharma—with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo as a key industry ally.