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July 09, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Chris Lehane
Chris Lehane is OpenAI’s Chief Government Affairs Officer.
July 09, 2026
Blog Post Artificial IntelligenceCryptocurrencyExecutive BranchLobbyingMarc AndreessenRevolving DoorTechTrump Watch
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Marc Andreessen
Co-founder and General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz and Trump donor and ally Marc Andreessen. Net Worth: $1.9 billion
July 08, 2026 | The American Prospect
Fletcher Calcagno Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Op-Ed CryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentFintechIndependent Agencies
Not All Nepo Babies Are Trumps
Last month, Fortune reported that Theodore Gillibrand, son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), had received a $30 million dollar round of investment for his company, American Perpetual Exchange Commission (APEC). The funding round valued APEC at $300 million and was led by Lux Capital, a venture capital firm whose other investments include the Peter Thiel-backed Anduril Industries and Erebor Bank.
June 22, 2026
Crypto Bill Offers Potentially Huge Tax Benefits To Trump Family
A bill stands to offer Donald Trump’s sons huge tax breaks on their cryptocurrency mining enterprise. Recipients of crypto cash will decide
June 09, 2026 | Talking Points Memo
Why Are Any Democrats Supporting a Bill That Was Championed by the Crypto Industry?
In May, the crypto industry won big as the Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act. It passed largely along party lines, but two Democrats with crypto-friendly records, Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), broke with their colleagues to support the bill.
June 08, 2026
Timi Iwayemi Aya Dardari Fletcher Calcagno
Report Campaign FinanceCongressional OversightCryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentTaxes
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 08, 2026
RELEASE: Who’s in Crypto’s Corner? New Report Details Industry Donations to Committee Members Ahead of Crypto Tax Hearing
Ahead of the House Committee on Ways & Means hearing on digital asset taxation scheduled for Tuesday June 9th 2026, the Revolving Door Project released an analysis of the cryptocurrency industry’s contributions to committee members.
June 04, 2026
RDP Condemns the Blockchain Association’s Deceitful Letter From “Law Enforcement Officials”
The letter, which touts supposed law enforcement support for the Clarity Act, omits that many of those listed as law enforcement professionals are actively employed by the cryptocurrency firms that stand to profit from the bill’s passage.
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.
April 24, 2026
MAGA Reaffirms Allegiance To Crypto
The bitcoin conference in late April is a chance for Republicans to show their commitment to the crypto industry. Here’s a who is attending:
April 14, 2026
David Sacks’ Dangerous AI and Crypto Track Record
As the AI and crypto czar, Sacks led policies that exposed Americans to economic instability, environmental dangers, and fraud – and he’s not done yet.
April 10, 2026 | Talking Points Memo
DOGE’s Ransacking of SSA Has Left Us All to Float in a Data Security Vacuum
Artificial intelligence and crypto are supercharging identity theft and financial fraud as the Trump administration is making sensitive personal data less secure.
April 02, 2026
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are billionaires who made their initial fortune from a 2004 lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of stealing their idea in the creation of Facebook. The Winklevoss twins have since expanded their fortunes through an $11 million purchase of Bitcoin in 2013, founding the venture capital firm Winklevoss Capital, and founding cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. In June 2024, the Winklevosses each tweeted an endorsement of Trump’s candidacy and donated $1 million in Bitcoin to his campaign.
March 13, 2026
The Technobabble Defense: Cryptocurrency
How the cryptocurrency industry lied about it’s supposed innovation in order to escape basic government oversight.
February 20, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar Weeks 55-57: Internal Revenue Service, Wire Me $10 billion, Pronto.
Trump’s shakedown state continues to weaponize federal government policy in service of friends and corporations.