DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
A record of DOGE's first year of destruction
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
A record of DOGE's first year of destruction
Trump Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
Trump Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
Documenting the Trump administration's pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty
Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
Documenting the Trump administration's pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty
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Supreme Transparency—a project of Take Back the Court, True North Research, and the Revolving Door Project—sheds light on an oft-overlooked way that the U.S. Supreme Court’s billionaire benefactors peddle influence: amicus briefs. The Supreme Transparency site exposes the more subtle yet no less destructive ways that right-wing amicus filers and oligarchic court-whisperers hold sway over SCOTUS.
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Elite Corruption, From Silicon Valley to the Supreme Court
Welcome back to Watchdog Weekly. We’ve been busy so far this hurricane season, tracking the literal and metaphorical storms gathering on the horizon as elite immunity spreads its shadow over the American landscape. Here are some of the projects we’ve been working on lately:
June 24, 2026
TRACKER: Federal Contracts for Trump’s 250th
TRACKER: Federal Contracts for Trump’s 250th
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 22, 2026
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Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration has refused to allocate federal disaster aid in a timely manner. Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House’s careless approach to major disaster declarations.
June 22, 2026
Ian Masters - Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Background Briefing: June 22, 2026
June 22, 2026
Jesse Hamilton - CoinDesk
Crypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking
June 19, 2026
John Loftus - Daily Caller
Dem Senator‘s 22-Year-Old Son Raises Eyeballs After Raking In $30 Million Investment
June 17, 2026
Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland - Majority Report
Billionaires Pushing 'Abundance'; Insiders Fight AI Hype w/ Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Gil Duran | MR Live
June 17, 2026
Insurance Newsnet
HOME AND AUTO INSURERS SET PROFIT RECORDS IN 2025
June 17, 2026
Brian Edwards-Tiekert - KPFA
UpFront: June 17, 2026
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This week's newsletter takes us from Silicon Valley to Trump's July 4th "vanity cringefest" to the halls of the Supreme Court. The common thread across these disparate stories is elite impunity: powerful people rigging the game without fear of consequences. https://t.co/k20XKdp25O
Dangerous heat is blanketing the United States. People are at greater risk of heat-related illness and death due to the cruel actions of Donald Trump, Russell Vought, and other officials in the administration. https://t.co/iNtIE2OaDM
The Trump administration has left America less prepared to deal with hurricanes and natural disasters. https://t.co/cbxsHQWy2O
The Trump admin has awarded nearly $103M in federal contracts and grants to a network of MAGA-friendly entities for the nation's 250th celebration. https://t.co/RzJ8KhMQCK
Who's bending the knee to the AI lobby? Our friends at @demandprogress are following the money at https://t.co/NL6YnPCFBV. https://t.co/Z6u1LAn3xA