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February 05, 2025

KJ Boyle

Blog Post Elon MuskGovernment CapacityTrump Watch

Trump’s DCA Crash Response Was A Disaster—Dems Need To Make It A Scandal

We won’t know the full scope of what went wrong to cause the horrific in-air collision at DCA until the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) completes its investigation. That could take up to two years. Oh, and that’s assuming the investigation is independent–which didn’t previously need to be specified, but, well… look around. Given all of that, the opposition to Musk and Trump, including but not limited to Democrats, must not wait to assign blame.

January 15, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

KJ Boyle

Newsletter 2024 Election/TransitionClimate and EnvironmentHousingIndependent Agencies

Tough Questions For Trump Nominees: The Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner Edition

We urged a more aggressive and justifiably confrontational approach in our recommended questions for Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, Russell Vought, Pam Bondi, and Scott Bessent, which you can read here and here. Today we’ll get into questions for Lee Zeldin, nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency, and Scott Turner, nominee for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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.

October 30, 2024

KJ Boyle

Blog Post Corporate Crackdown

Corporate Crackdown Successes: A Strong FTC Has Made All The Right Enemies

Lina Khan and the Federal Trade Commission have been the target of endless Wall Street Journal hit pieces and antagonistic lobbying from billionaires hoping to cut short Khan’s tenure at the helm of the consumer protection agency. This is not a coincidence. Under Khan’s leadership, the small agency has punched well above its weight by writing cogent rules  to protect consumers, blocking anticompetitive mergers, and bringing enforcement actions to punish illegal corporate practices.

October 30, 2024

KJ Boyle

Blog Post Corporate Crackdown

Corporate Crackdown Successes: The Department of Labor Has Fought For Workers Against Bad Corporate Actors

The Department of Labor (DoL) has been prolific in using its rulemaking abilities to protect workers and increase wages while using its investigative and enforcement authority to hold bad corporate actors accountable. This list is not meant to be comprehensive, but highlights major victories in increasing overtime pay, addressing misclassification of employees as independent contractors, and cracking down on widespread illegal use of child labor. 

October 09, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

KJ Boyle

Newsletter Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownFEMAHousingIndependent Agencies

RDP Work Round-Up: Pre-Election Edition

It’s time for another edition of an RDP Work Round-up to keep our loyal newsletter readers up-to-date with our blog posts. With the election less than a month away, now is the perfect time to look back at the polls, punditry, and policy debates that have dominated our news feeds lately. But first, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about the devastating hurricanes affecting the south east. 

October 03, 2024

KJ Boyle

Blog Post Anti-MonopolyLaborRevolving DoorTech

The Harris Campaign Doesn't Need Adam Kovacevich's Advice

In addition to his litany of Big Tech connections and friendship with far right Senator Tom Cotton, Kovacevich began his political career as a Harvard undergrad successfully fighting a grape boycott organized by labor unions. Around the same time, his family’s non-union grape farm was fined thousands of dollars by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration for “serious violations.”