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
DOGE Watch
Tracking the Trump administration's all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution
DOGE 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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About the Revolving Door Project
The Revolving Door Project (RDP) scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.
Projects
The Agency Spotlight
The Agency Spotlight tracks appointments to leadership positions at thirty-nine independent federal agencies through the confirmation process and beyond.
Learn MoreHackwatch
Hackwatch is where we monitor the mainstream media’s favorite Democratic-leaning economic analysts for conflicts of interest, perverse incentives, and just flat-out erroneous reasoning. We identify who the bad actors are, explain why they’re compromised and wrong, and demand that outlets stop poisoning the information ecosystem with discredited neoliberal orthodoxy and start giving people access to other, better-informed perspectives.
Learn MoreSupreme Transparency
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.
Learn MoreMay 11, 2026
House GOP Helps Wall Street Get Its Way On Investor Ownership Of Housing
Republicans in the House are attempting to stop a bipartisan effort to rein in private equity’s ownership of single family housing.
May 11, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump 2.0
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.
May 11, 2026
Blog Post Anti-MonopolyClimate and EnvironmentDepartment of JusticeEthics in GovernmentGovernment CapacityImmigrationRevolving Door
Pam Bondi’s Perversion of Justice
On April 2, 2026, President Trump fired Pam Bondi as Attorney General. As Bondi transitions to an ambiguous private sector role, she leaves behind an ignoble legacy characterized by her gross incompetence, the destruction of the agency’s capacity and credibility, and her slavish pursuit of Trump’s political agenda and corporate America’s interest.
May 08, 2026
PCAST is Another Lever of Corporate Influence
Trump has filled the PCAST with billionaires, Big Tech, and crypto interests who will use the advisory board to further their own interests.
April 30, 2026
Saqib Rahim - E&E News
States are demanding property insurance records to study climate change
April 29, 2026
Maurizio Guerrero - PRISM Reports
DHS is buying access to real-time location data—the latest expansion of its “invasive” surveillance technology
April 29, 2026
Aaron Regunberg - Jacobin
Stop the AI Build-Out, Start the Fight
April 22, 2026
Sarah Todd - STAT News
Former tobacco executive joins CDC senior leadership, raising concerns over industry influence
April 10, 2026
Morgan Chalfant - Semafor
Debatable: AI titans influencing regulation
April 10, 2026
Talik Evans - Coin Insider
Securitize Names Ex-SEC Chief Ahead of Nasdaq Plan
RDP on Twitter
The centrist convening WelcomeFest returns to D.C. next month. Read @jeffhauser's recap of last year's embarassing spectacle. https://t.co/KBxWgw0zLf
It is one thing for moderates to argue for their position within the Democratic Party. It is quite another to constantly smear their own coalition members — and by extension their party as a whole — with fraudulent arguments that progressives can't win. https://t.co/SXXnuktOKp
As tornado season wreaks havoc across the country, Trump is still letting disaster declaration and aid requests pile up. https://t.co/4XSm0IiDsJ
It's been nearly one year since Elon Musk was kicked out of the Trump administration. Russell Vought has been carrying out DOGE's destructive mission ever since. https://t.co/QkoJNEqGxg
Trump has gutted funding for cancer research and rolled back sfaety regulations that protect us from carcinogens. In the War on Cancer, he's taken cancer's side. https://t.co/ZgerzJsqjF
Federal data should be a public good published in a consistent and neutral fashion, not fodder for Trump’s political crusades or his cronies’ alleged insider trading. https://t.co/FDBTn5xbNK