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August 10, 2026
Tracking the Revolving Door Between AI and Former Biden Officials
The Revolving Door Project is tracking AI companies that have hired senior level Democrats who staffed the Biden administration – figures who are likely to be in positions of power for a future Democratic administration. Thus far, we’ve tracked over 100 former Biden admin senior staff from the White House and other executive branch agencies who have gone on to AI industry companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Amazon.
June 29, 2026
From Public Lands to Private Hands
Why should you care about this obscure office with a funny name and the investment banker to whom Trump is entrusting it? Meet Kevin Lilly, Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks of the Interior Department.
June 15, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Vampire Vought is Sucking Americans’ Lifeblood
OMB Director Russell Vought is weaponizing federal funding for child care, food, and Medicaid in blue cities and states, seriously endangering people’s lives and livelihoods.
June 15, 2026
Questions for OMB Deputy Director Nominee Hal Duncan
The American people deserve to know whether Duncan will work to counter this villainy, or be yet another henchman carrying out Vought and Trump’s harmful, and often illegal, policy priorities. To that end, we’ve drafted a series of questions that Duncan ought to answer under oath before any Senator even considers his nomination.
June 10, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
The Perils of Vought's Climate Purge
OMB Director Russell Vought is playing political games with people’s lives and homes as the climate crisis continues to wreak havoc on communities.
June 08, 2026
Timi Iwayemi Aya Dardari Fletcher Calcagno
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Who's in Crypto's Corner?
Analysis of the crypto industry’s contributions to the House Committee on Ways & Means and implications for pending legislative proposals.
June 03, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Wreck-It Russ Risks Breaking the Public Health System
OMB Director Russell Vought is holding federal funds for essential programs like public health hostage in order to punish Trump’s political enemies, the consequences to people’s lives be damned.
May 26, 2026
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V for Vampire Vought's Vendetta
This report summarizes how OMB Director Russell Vought is weaponizing federal funding for education, food, health, transportation, and other life-affirming programs to punish and coerce Trump’s political enemies, hurting millions of Americans in the process.
May 18, 2026
Alex Karp Is Not Your Friend
The narrative that Palantir’s billionaire CEO Alex Karp is or was ever a leftist is equally as inaccurate as it is dangerous.
May 08, 2026
PCAST is Another Lever of Corporate Influence
Trump has filled the PCAST with billionaires, Big Tech, and crypto interests who will use the advisory board to further their own interests.
March 20, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
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Corruption Calendar Weeks 60-61: A New Mask for the Trump Administration’s Cruelty
This edition marks almost three weeks since the U.S. and Israel began their unlawful war of aggression against Iran, which 55% of American voters disapprove of, according to a recent Data for Progress poll conducted for Drop Site News and Zeteo. The first six days of the war alone cost $11.3 billion, a sum that could have wiped out federal student loan debt for roughly 300,000 people, reduced homelessness, helped low-income families pay their heating bills for two to three years, and more.
March 17, 2026
Kenny Stancil Fletcher Calcagno Aya Dardari Xaver Clarke
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Tracking State Insurance Commissioners
State insurance commissioners cannot tackle the deeply intertwined crises of fossil fuel-driven climate change, insurance rate hikes and cancellations, and housing injustice on their own. But their role in aggravating or ameliorating problems deserves greater scrutiny.