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February 25, 2025 | The American Prospect
Why Haven't House Democrats Moved to Impeach Scott Bessent?
There’s mounting evidence that Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary is not telling the truth about DOGE’s infiltration of the federal payments system.
February 17, 2025
PODCAST: RDP's Kenny Stancil on Democrats' Muddled, Painful Response to Trump-Musk Coup
RDP senior researcher Kenny Stancil spoke with Counterpoint’s Scott Harris about his article, “Where Is the Democratic Opposition?”, and the need to organize an effective and aggressive national Trump opposition movement both inside the Democratic Party and across civil society.
February 13, 2025
Tracking the DOGE Treasury Raid
Unelected billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE demolition crew have infiltrated the Treasury Department’s payments system. We’re tracking this crisis as it unfolds.
February 13, 2025
Questioning Bessent on the DOGE Treasury Raid
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about the Elon Musk-led DOGE team’s meddling in the Treasury Department’s payments system. His answers raise additional questions.
February 03, 2025
RELEASE: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Support for Elon Musk Warrants Impeachment
Bessent’s decision to hand the unelected Musk and his covert, unaccountable DOGE wrecking crew the keys to the federal money spigot is a blatant attack on democracy that will harm working people.
January 30, 2025
Where Is the Democratic Opposition?
Trump is rapidly imposing his fascist agenda with barely a whimper of protest from the Democratic Party.
January 28, 2025
Trump's FDIC Hastens the Next Banking Crisis
When the next banking crisis happens, remember that Trump and his loyalists weakened already short-handed regulatory agencies.
January 17, 2025
What the WSJ Editorial Board Got Wrong About IRS Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn
The Editorial Board disapproves of Littlejohn for political reasons.
January 09, 2025 | The American Prospect
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Trump’s Attack on Government Capacity Will Fan the Flames of the Home Insurance Crisis
The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires.
January 06, 2025
RELEASE: By Stepping Down Early, Michael Barr Preemptively Acquiesces to Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda
“Barr’s decision exemplifies anticipatory acquiescence—something that other public officials must avoid if they do not wish to expedite Trump’s looting of America.”
December 19, 2024
As the Biden Admin Winds Down, Will They Take Stands To Protect The Public?
This week’s newsletter highlights three litmus tests of the Biden administration’s commitment to holding the wealthy and powerful accountable to the public interest within their dwindling time in office.
December 18, 2024 | Rolling Stone
Biden Must Free the Man Who Exposed Trump’s Tax Avoidance
Joe Biden must commute the sentence of Charles Littlejohn, the IRS whistleblower who leaked Donald Trump’s tax records, before Trump can get revenge.
December 18, 2024
PODCAST: RDP's Kenny Stancil Urges Biden to Commute Sentence of IRS Whistleblower On Arnie Arnesen Attitude
You can make your voice heard at freecharleslittlejohn.com.
December 17, 2024
RELEASE: Patriotic Millionaires and Revolving Door Project Launch Letter Campaign to Urge President Biden to Commute Sentence of Charles Littlejohn
“He broke the law, but in light of the good that came from his actions in exposing the full scale of tax injustice in America, he certainly did not deserve a sentence six times higher than what guidelines recommended.”
December 04, 2024
RELEASE: Donald Trump’s Nomination of Paul Atkins to Chair the SEC Is a Huge Gift to the Crypto Industry
If Atkins is confirmed by the Senate, crypto grifters will surely rejoice at their newfound freedom to swindle, but most investors in the U.S. will be much less safe.