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        May 22, 2024

        Emma Marsano

        Blog PostNewsletter Anti-MonopolyClimate and EnvironmentCryptocurrencyExecutive Branch

        RDP Work Round-Up: Memorial Day Edition

        As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, we’re taking some time to review recent work at Revolving Door Project—boosting pieces we want to make sure readers here see, and staying focused on priority areas for our team. Here’s hoping the extra time in your week gives you some space to go down a revolving rabbit hole (or two) with us, whether on the crypto industry’s continuing efforts to influence how they’re regulated, or on Scott Sheffield, the former fossil fuel CEO engaged in an oil price-fixing scheme. 

        May 15, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

        Andrea Beaty and Jeff Hauser

        Newsletter Anti-MonopolyClimate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownGovernanceGovernment Capacity

        Pioneer’s Price Fixing Scandal Is Yet Another Reason We Need To Fully Fund Antitrust Enforcers

        Major corporate scandals make the consequences of Republican-led budget cuts at antitrust enforcement agencies even clearer. Crucially, they serve as reminders that the federal government’s ability to combat the ill effects of monopolization rises and falls in direct proportion to funding, even when motivated and creative leadership are at the helm.

        April 24, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

        KJ Boyle

        Newsletter Anti-MonopolyIndependent AgenciesRevolving Door

        National Small Business Week 2024

        This Sunday marks the start of National Small Business Week (NSBW). Hosted by the Small Business Administration (SBA), NSBW is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions that small businesses make to both the economy and our communities. It also allows Biden and his surrogates to go on a press tour touting his achievements in helping small businesses compete in an economy increasingly characterized by corporate consolidation. 

        Yet, once again, the Small Business Administration is squandering the potential of its signature event by partnering with the very same monopolistic corporations that Biden’s antitrust enforcers are fighting in the courts.

        March 18, 2024

        Andrea Beaty

        Press Release Anti-MonopolyCongressional OversightEthics in Government

        RELEASE: Virginia General Assembly Must Investigate Leonard Leo’s Influence On State’s Largest Public Research University

        Today, the Revolving Door Project, Take Back the Court Action Fund, People’s Parity Project, Freedom BLOC and the George Mason University chapter of the American Association of University Professors sent a letter to members of the Virginia General Assembly calling on them to investigate Leonard Leo in regard to his undue influence on George Mason University. The groups called on the state legislature to investigate what Leo-tied activities are taking place under the aegis of a state school.

        March 06, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

        Hannah Story Brown

        Newsletter Anti-MonopolyConsumer ProtectionGovernment CapacityIRS

        Throwing the Public’s Defenders Under the (Mini)Bus

        By Friday, Congress needs to vote on a proposed “minibus”—a package of six out of the 12 necessary government spending bills for fiscal year 2024—to avoid a partial government shutdown. We’ve got a handy explainer of all the federal budget terms you wish you didn’t need to know, from “minibus” to “poison pill” to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which is the reason why our country’s grotesque military budget is getting a $26 billion boost up to $886 billion, while non-defense spending is getting a $4 billion cut, down to $773 billion.

        While there are plenty of damning narratives to derive from the latest in government appropriations dysfunction, there is one story in particular that we’re anxious to see told by the White House and Congressional Democrats, and it’s this…

        March 05, 2024 | The Sling

        Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

        Op-Ed Anti-MonopolyFinancial Regulation

        The Proposed Merger of Capital One and Discover Deserves Rigorous Scrutiny

        Last month, Capital One announced that it plans to purchase Discover in a deal worth $35.3 billion. For their campaign to secure regulatory approval, Capital One is trying to act like a benevolent pro-consumer company that will use economies of scale to lower interest rates and ramp up competition with Visa and Mastercard. But that’s probably baloney.