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Climate and Environment

January 20, 2026

KJ Boyle Xaver Clarke Julian Scoffield Chris Lewis

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Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchIndependent Agencies

DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine

DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine serves as a recounting of DOGE’s first year. We outline DOGE’s operational takeover and systemic demolition of the federal government. We hope this effort to record the scale of DOGE’s destruction engenders much needed accountability for all who enacted and cheered the initiative’s irrational actions. 

December 03, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter AbundanceClimate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentTechTrump 2.0

Reclaiming an Abundant and Democratic Future in the Age of AI

One of the defining characteristics of American life in the twenty-first century is its extreme imbalance: excess amid scarcity. While the world teems with a surplus of disposable consumer goods, essentials like healthcare, housing, education, and energy are prohibitively expensive. Much of this imbalance is by design. Powerful corporations profit from distorting public goods into private commodities, and individual and collective choices are replaced by corporate prescriptions that do not meet our needs. This dynamic is particularly visible in the tech industry forcing artificial intelligence into every corner of our lives, regardless of whether it is wanted.