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February 11, 2025

Andrea Beaty

Blog Post Corporate CrackdownHousingTrump 2.0

RealPage Defender Jay Parsons Joins HUD Secretary’s Former Real Estate Company

Jay Parsons, the economist and price-setting software cheerleader who left RealPage right before it started getting sued by tenants and state AGs across the country for allegedly colluding with landlords to raise rents, joined JPI last week. If JPI rings a bell, perhaps it is because it is the development company that Scott Turner just left before his improbable nomination and confirmation as Secretary of HUD.

January 08, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter 2024 Election/TransitionClimate and EnvironmentCorporate Crackdown

Who Bought The Presidency?

With less than two weeks until Trump’s inauguration, the Senate confirmation process for his roster of loyalists will be underway before we know it. The confirmation hearings for Trump’s energy picks are already set, with hearings for Interior nominee Doug Burgum, Energy nominee Chris Wright, and EPA nominee Lee Zeldin scheduled for January 14, January 15, and Wednesday or Thursday of next week respectively. This newsletter series will highlight the ties between Trump’s personnel picks and the exploitative industries and their billionaire CEOs who will be enriched by their appointments.

November 19, 2024

Emma Marsano

Blog Post Corporate CrackdownDepartment of Justice

The Biden Administration Completely Failed to Address Corporate Crime. Can We Blame Voters for Noticing?

As the Democratic Party apparatus’s post-election reflections continue this week, they would do well to consider this basic question: Was it smart to run a campaign hinging on your opponent’s blatant corruption and white-collar criminal status, despite the failure of the Biden administration to take tangible steps to address the harms perpetrated by corporations and the wealthy during their time in office?

October 31, 2024

Emma Marsano

Newsletter Corporate Crackdown

Successful Biden-Harris Efforts Toward A Corporate Crackdown: A Pre-Election Week Review 

We reviewed efforts at five agencies (DOL, NLRB, SEC, CFPB, and FTC) toward using existing enforcement powers to crack down on corporate wrongdoing, highlighting successful enforcement actions with real impact on our daily lives. Over the past four years, these critical (if not always public-facing) executive branch agencies have made significant strides toward reversing the deregulatory efforts of the Trump administration, while pushing protections for workers and consumers further.