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July 23, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Marc Andreessen
Billionaire Marc Andreessen recruited DOGE personnel to the Trump administration and advised Trump on tech and economic policy.
July 23, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Sheldon and Miriam Adelson
An overview of Trump and GOP megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
July 14, 2025
Don't Let Home Insurers Fool You. They're More Profitable Than Ever
The industry paints a gloomy picture, but nationwide, property insurers still cleared $25.4 billion in underwriting profit in 2024, and their net investment income surged to $164.3 billion.
July 07, 2025
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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.
July 02, 2025
Abundance Praise for Trump Appointees
Abundance supporters were big backers of Trump appointees including Chris Wright, Doug Burgum and Jay Bhattacharya. Now that the Trump administration has (predictably) engaged in blatantly destructive actions, they’re hoping you’ll forget their earlier support of these Trump toadies.
June 26, 2025
Man Who Crashed The Economy, Called For Further Recessions Warns Potential Socialist Governance Will Lead To Economic Devastation.
Larry Summers is up in arms over Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York Mayoral Primary, worried that Mamdani’s “Trotskyite economic policies” will crash the economy.
June 26, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Kelcy Warren
Oil baron Kelcy Warren made a multi-million dollar bet Trump after he got the Dakota Access Pipeline in the last administration. It is clear he will continue to reap the benefits of his relationship with Trump.
June 23, 2025
Attacks on Federal Climate Data Will Accelerate a Financial Crisis
The DOGE playbook for climate disasters: Gut federal climate data, let insurers jack up rates, and bury the financial results.
June 23, 2025
Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis: A Closer Look at North Carolina
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has called for abolishing the Federal Insurance Office. Is it because the data that FIO released makes him look bad?
June 18, 2025
How Crypto Is Buying DC One Revolver At A Time
How the cryptocurrency industry bought influence at the highest levels of government, one payoff at a time
June 12, 2025
Tracking State-Level DOGEs
While Elon Musk’s brainchild continues to rampage through our federal government, governors and state legislatures are creating their own DOGE-style bodies, seeking to emulate Musk’s DOGE’s destruction within their own state governments.
June 11, 2025
The Abundance Mask Slips at WelcomeFest
A quick list of WelcomeFest’s most interesting moments, speakers and takeaways. Abundance Coachella really lived up to the hype.
June 05, 2025
Caring About Corporate Conflicts is Cool
The private sector rewards for public sector experience creates a conflict in which the public good and an employee’s own career prospects may be in tension. Not only does it incentivize public servants to consider the interests of the private sector (and how their decisions as a public servant might impact future employment prospects), but it erodes public confidence in civil servants.
June 03, 2025
Who’s Behind Abundance Coachella?
Donors to the group behind WelcomeFest include tech baron Reid Hoffman, Walmart heirs, and Michael Bloomberg.
May 29, 2025
The Continued Decline of White Collar Prosecutions
According to a new report out from TRAC this week, federal prosecutions of corporate crime have continued to decline under the second Trump administration, after hitting a 30-year low under Biden’s Attorney General (and shameless Big Law revolver) Merrick Garland and his Deputy AG Lisa Monaco.