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.
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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.
Learn MoreFebruary 05, 2026 | The American Prospect
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Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
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Making Measles Endemic Again
Outbreaks across the South are just the “cost of doing business” for Trump 2.0.
February 05, 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 05, 2026
The Would-Be Pawns Sacrificing Their Own Civil Service Jobs
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January 28, 2026
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“Corporate power” doesn’t mean anything
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American Petroleum Institute targets pollution ‘superfund’ laws
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Centrists are set to battle for the soul of the Democratic Party
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RDP on Twitter
Read the full @GovExec reporting on the IRS' capacity crisis below ⬇️ https://t.co/YCTUYi0ij6
For more on DOGE's impact at the IRS and other agencies, see our report DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine ⬇️ https://t.co/1pdS59DiFk
This means slower processing of filings, less enforcement, and degraded customer services—frustrating for millions of Americans, but a blessing for tax cheats. As we wrote in our recent report, "DOGE has effectively granted corporate criminals a reprieve from paying taxes." https://t.co/JWO1sinyNS
Tax season is officially upon us. Thanks to DOGE, the IRS is unprepared. "The divisions in IRS that process tax returns and provide telephonic and in-person customer service, as well as other duties related to filing season, have lost 8,300 workers, or 17% of their staff." https://t.co/g9Snx8Rgvo
For more on how Congress could be conducting oversight (among many other topics), read and subscribe to Watchdog Weekly. https://t.co/H0kSbpzj3W https://t.co/HUNKk4J2wT
If the Senate wants to know about the competitive impact of an $83 billion merger, they should ask antitrust experts and affected parties to talk about how it will impact consumers and workers. These execs are not neutral witnesses to these questions. https://t.co/q0fbI525BJ