May 16, 2025
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Corruption Calendar Week 17: A Great Gesture Of Corruption
This week’s edition covers Trump’s latest grand gesture of corruption—gleeful acceptance of a $400 million gift from the Qatari royal family, Donald Jr.’s moves to cash in on his father’s office, various deregulatory actions across the executive branch, and Musk & company’s numerous conflicts of interest.
May 09, 2025 | The American Prospect
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We Can’t Count on Trump’s SEC to Tell Us If He Is Manipulating the Market
The Musk-damaged agency is unlikely to investigate whether Trump and his allies are profiting from advance knowledge about tariff changes or meme coin shenanigans.
May 07, 2025 | The American Prospect
Senior Advisor McHenry at Your Crypto Service
The former congressman is the most employed man in D.C.
April 30, 2025
Corporate Takeover
This past century of days, we have witnessed an administration wholly committed to executing this warped idea of governing. So let’s unpack a couple of ways that Donald Trump & Associates have promoted the corporate takeover of government.
April 24, 2025
Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis
A series of interactive maps and tables to help people make sense of the climate change-fueled home insurance crisis.
March 19, 2025
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Tough Questions for Paul Atkins
Senators shouldn’t go easy on Trump’s nominee to lead the SEC. Here are some things they ought to ask him about.
March 07, 2025
Week Seven: One Nation Under God, Indivisible
The seventh week of Trump’s presidency was a stark reminder of how little the public’s wellbeing factors into his administration’s decisions. This week, the administration reiterated its position that it’s open season for corporate predators, RFK Jr. moved to abolish public input into public health regulations, co-president Elon Musk found new ways to exploit the federal contracting system, banking regulators chose Wall Street over Main Street, and a corporate lobbyist stepped in to facilitate the sale of precious public lands to lumber companies.
January 28, 2025
Trump's FDIC Hastens the Next Banking Crisis
When the next banking crisis happens, remember that Trump and his loyalists weakened already short-handed regulatory agencies.
January 06, 2025
RELEASE: By Stepping Down Early, Michael Barr Preemptively Acquiesces to Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda
“Barr’s decision exemplifies anticipatory acquiescence—something that other public officials must avoid if they do not wish to expedite Trump’s looting of America.”
December 04, 2024
RELEASE: Donald Trump’s Nomination of Paul Atkins to Chair the SEC Is a Huge Gift to the Crypto Industry
If Atkins is confirmed by the Senate, crypto grifters will surely rejoice at their newfound freedom to swindle, but most investors in the U.S. will be much less safe.
October 28, 2024
State Insurance Commissioners Are Far Too Important to Ignore
The deeply intertwined crises of climate change, insurance rate hikes and cancellations, and housing injustice are escalating. State insurance regulators cannot tackle these problems on their own, but their role in aggravating or ameliorating them deserves greater scrutiny.
October 15, 2024
The Worst Milton Since Friedman
Climate disasters, what to do about them, and why the Fed needs to step up
October 11, 2024 | The New Republic
What Harris Needs to Say About Hurricanes
Kamala Harris should speak plainly about climate change—and then talk about the many things she could do as president to fix the home insurance crisis.
September 18, 2024
Jay Powell's Delay Caused Unnecessary Damage
The Fed chair’s deferral of interest rate cuts has hurt the clean energy transition and inflicted other economic harms.
September 10, 2024
Powell Should Recuse Himself from Basel Endgame Process
An Open Letter to Fed Chair Powell: Recuse Yourself from Basel III Endgame