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 MoreFebruary 11, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Endangered Toad Says “ICE OUT”
Bad Bunny, the most streamed artist in the world for the last four years, has elevated el sapo concho’s profile by transforming the toad into a symbol of Puerto Rico’s imperiled cultural and ecological heritage. At a time of historic institutional cowardice towards combating climate change, he reminds us what the fight is about: nothing less than preserving our treasured places in the world, and those we share them with.
February 11, 2026
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Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration so far 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.
February 10, 2026
An Abundance of Techno-Optimism
The latest pro-Abundance group’s alignment with AI and tech interests is nothing new: abundists have long promoted AI and data centers.
February 10, 2026
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Trump’s War on Public Data
Trump’s antagonistic relationship with facts is well documented. His most egregious attacks on reality aren’t just rhetorical. They threaten physical safety and American democracy. They target the ways we define what we know about the country and ourselves. Trump’s assault on public data is not a side project, it’s a core feature of his authoritarian approach to governance. By hollowing out federal statistics, limiting information gathering, and redacting inconvenient reports, the Trump administration is warping reality to suit its political narrative. The goal isn’t just to obscure the effects of the president’s policies, it’s to prevent the public from seeing them at all.
January 28, 2026
Matthew Yglesias - (Substack) Slow Boring
“Corporate power” doesn’t mean anything
January 27, 2026
Eric Galatas - The Wisconsin Independent
American Petroleum Institute targets pollution ‘superfund’ laws
January 24, 2026
Maurice T. Cunningham - The Boston Globe
Centrists are set to battle for the soul of the Democratic Party
January 24, 2026
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The KPFA Evening News (Saturday) – January 24, 2026
January 23, 2026
Alex Trembath - (Substack) The Ecomodernist
Who Watches the Watchdogs?
January 22, 2026
Economics for the People- 90.1 KKFI Kansas City
Political Economy of Voting Behavior, Insurance Markets
RDP on Twitter
Our @DylanGyauchL has a new piece in @monthly this morning, about affordability politics and why they need to grapple with an economy that feels increasingly "like a never-ending series of extortions." Give it a read! (link below)
Read our @DylanGyauchL in @theintercept: The Epstein Files are a unique insight into the contempt ruling elites have for the rest of us. They're also a unique chance for accountability, but only if we're willing to excise the Epstein class from the public sphere. (link below)
RT @DylanGyauchL: My latest in @theintercept.com, the Epstein files are a case study in our lack of elite accountability. They're also an o…
Trump's war on public data rages on: the EPA erased references to human-related climate change from its website, and the highly cited CIA World Factbook was quietly taken down without notice or reason. Americans are being deliberately kept in the dark https://t.co/Pr3FmKcWVe