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August 20, 2025 | The American Prospect
Henry Burke Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Op-Ed Anti-MonopolyEconomic MediaEthics in GovernmentExecutive BranchFinancial RegulationFintechTech
What Trump Learned From Silicon Valley
Before DOGE’s lawbreaking spree, there was ‘blitzscaling.’
August 19, 2025 | The American Prospect
The Office of Federal Student Aid Is Under Attack
Students will pay the price for gutting a key agency for disbursing federal aid and overseeing private student loan companies.
August 14, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Jon Paul “JP” Richardson
JP Richardson is a wealthy crypto mogul who hosted an industry event for Trump. He is also a major Trump donor.
August 13, 2025
How Trump’s BLS Nominee Could Undermine Our Social Safety Net
The agency’s data feeds directly into many social programs—programs EJ Antoni opposes.
August 13, 2025 | Jacobin
Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump Watch
Heat Kills. Trump Has Ensured There Will Be More Victims
We should be slashing emissions and climate-proofing our cities. Instead, Republicans are turning up the carbon spew and stripping away heat protections — effectively condemning the poor to die under rising temperatures.
August 01, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar Week 28: Less Enforcement, More Problems
In this week’s Corruption Calendar, we tackle the latest in Trump non-enforcement!
July 30, 2025
Harvard’s Former President Praises Trump’s Repression of Academic Freedom
Larry Summers has embraced Trump’s war on higher ed, backing the fascist takeover of Columbia and proposing the same thing for Harvard
July 25, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar Week 27: Media Merger Madness
Also, CFPB pays for Russ Vought’s security detail while ignoring Americans’ financial security—and other tales from Trump’s swamp.
July 23, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Trump Hands Another Victory To Cancer’s Profiteers
A Dow Chemicals facility that exploded in a ball of fire in Plaquemines, Louisiana in 2023, releasing tens of thousands of pounds of carcinogens. A leaky medical sterilization plant in a Los Angeles County neighborhood being sued by local residents suffering from breast, blood, and stomach cancers. A coal-fired power plant in Colorado whose emissions have been tied to dozens of premature deaths a year. What do all of these facilities have in common? They’re among the approximately one hundred facilities with cancer-causing emissions that President Trump has exempted from hazardous air pollution limits.
July 23, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Tim Dunn
Oil baron Tim Dunn is dead set on turning Texas, and the country, into a Christian theocracy. He is willing to use his billions to do just that.
July 23, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Sheldon and Miriam Adelson
An overview of Trump and GOP megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
July 16, 2025
Who’s To Blame For Texas’ Abysmal Flood Response?
The Trump administration is trying to sidestep questions of blame, but its finger prints are all over Texas’ awful flood response.
July 09, 2025
RDP Work Round-Up: 4th of July Edition
As Trump’s Big, Backwards Bill was passed into law, we experienced one of the most frustrating and depressing July 4th celebrations in recent memory. So, we at the Revolving Door Project figured now is as good a time as any to round-up our recent work chronicling the corruption that is spreading across the government and political establishment and wreaking havoc on everyday people.
July 07, 2025
Blog Post Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump Watch
We Need the Federal Government to Protect Us from Climate Chaos
The deadly Texas floods will not be the last manifestation of extreme weather turbocharged by fossil fuel pollution. In an era of escalating climate threats, we need a stronger public sector with more resources to mitigate risks, help people weather storms, and adapt for the future.