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September 05, 2025
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Corruption Calendar Weeks 32-33: An Administration Full of Grifters and Grim Reapers
The Trump White House is increasing our risk of premature death while helping its wealthy allies get richer quicker.
August 29, 2025
Will Democrats Have the Guts to Blame Hurricane Deaths on Trump?
Republicans will continue to put Americans in harm’s way unless Democrats make them pay a political price for unleashing needless suffering.
August 29, 2025
Trump's Homicidal Hurricane Policy
This report summarizes how the Trump administration’s attacks on NOAA and FEMA are putting millions of Americans in mortal danger this hurricane season and beyond.
August 13, 2025 | Jacobin
Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityTrump 2.0
Heat Kills. Trump Has Ensured There Will Be More Victims
We should be slashing emissions and climate-proofing our cities. Instead, Republicans are turning up the carbon spew and stripping away heat protections — effectively condemning the poor to die under rising temperatures.
July 28, 2025 | The American Prospect
Elon Musk's Secret Army of Progressive Lobbyists
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?
July 16, 2025
Who’s To Blame For Texas’ Abysmal Flood Response?
The Trump administration is trying to sidestep questions of blame, but its finger prints are all over Texas’ awful flood response.
July 07, 2025
Blog Post Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchGovernanceGovernment CapacityTrump 2.0
We Need the Federal Government to Protect Us from Climate Chaos
The deadly Texas floods will not be the last manifestation of extreme weather turbocharged by fossil fuel pollution. In an era of escalating climate threats, we need a stronger public sector with more resources to mitigate risks, help people weather storms, and adapt for the future.
July 02, 2025
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RELEASE: Tracking Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
“It’s only a matter of time before Trump and Musk’s reckless assault on disaster response and preparedness kills people in the United States.”
July 02, 2025
TRACKER: Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
We are tracking how the Trump administration’s callous policy choices, before and after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering and death.
July 02, 2025
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.
July 02, 2025
Timeline: Trump's Attacks on Disaster Preparedness and Response
The Trump administration has been criminally negligent when it comes to disaster mitigation and response. Check out our interactive timelines documenting the White House’s pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty.
June 13, 2025
Corruption Calendar Week 21: Trump Cuts the Corruption Cops
This week, nothing too unusual happened, which is to say that the Trump administration continued its crusade to further enrich the rich at the expense of everyone else.
May 30, 2025
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Corruption Calendar Week 19: “We Reject Regulators.” Pardon Me?
This week the Trump administration deepened its wildly corrupt and lucrative crypto grift, sought to further enrich wealthy supporters at the direct expense of working households, and continued to pardon white-collar criminals who don the red MAGA cap.
May 30, 2025
DOGE Still Lives, and We Will Continue To Track It
DOGE isn’t going anywhere, according to the Trump administration’s own officials. Russell Vought seems to be the new boss in town, but he and Musk’s visions have been aligned from the start.
May 23, 2025 | The American Prospect
Elon Musk’s Fake Retreat From DOGE
Despite the billionaire nominally stepping back, his loyalists remain in control of the group.