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July 01, 2026
Draining National Parks to Fill the Reflecting Pool: The Trump Administration Is Redirecting Millions From National Treasures To DC Vanity Projects
WASHINGTON — Today the Revolving Door Project released a report examining the National Park Service’s distribution of awards out of its Recreational Fee account so far in 2025-2026 as compared to 2023-2024.
Using publicly accessible databases, found a startling 1673.23 percent increase in spending out of the rec fee account to fund projects in D.C., while spending to the nation’s top-ten most visited fee-collecting National Parks dropped by 75.52 percent.
And, so far during 2025-2026 we found that D.C.-based contracting spending is far outpacing spending at the nation’s top 10-most visited fee-collecting parks AND our top 10-most visited non-fee collecting parks combined.
July 01, 2026
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Larry Ellison
Co-founder, chairman, and CTO of Oracle and Trump donor and ally Larry Ellison. Net Worth: $188.9 billion
June 25, 2026 | Washington Blade
Administration must stop targeting LGBTQ kids
McMahon, Trump, and Republicans are targeting LGBTQ kids.
June 24, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
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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 16, 2026
RELEASE: Hal Duncan’s Nomination Hearing Confirms He’ll Be Vought’s Lackey At OMB
The confirmation hearing of OMB nominee Hal Duncan confirmed he will be henchman executing Trump and Vought’s agenda.
June 15, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Vampire Vought is Sucking Americans’ Lifeblood
OMB Director Russell Vought is weaponizing federal funding for child care, food, and Medicaid in blue cities and states, seriously endangering people’s lives and livelihoods.
June 10, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
The Perils of Vought's Climate Purge
OMB Director Russell Vought is playing political games with people’s lives and homes as the climate crisis continues to wreak havoc on communities.
June 08, 2026
The U.S. Government Isn’t Prepared To Protect Us From Artificial Intelligence
In March 2026, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report exploring the specific ways artificial intelligence (AI) can expose, misuse, or compromise personal data. The report from the Congressional watchdog also examines the guidance issued to federal agencies on AI use and implementation by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In its note to congressional offices, GAO concluded that OMB’s guidance, which fails to adequately address 8 out of 10 privacy-related challenges, falls short. The report recommends that the Russell Vought-led office address the identified shortcomings.
June 03, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Wreck-It Russ Risks Breaking the Public Health System
OMB Director Russell Vought is holding federal funds for essential programs like public health hostage in order to punish Trump’s political enemies, the consequences to people’s lives be damned.
June 02, 2026
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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.
June 02, 2026
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How Trump Undermined Our Hurricane Readiness and Response Capacity
The White House’s reactionary policy choices are leaving our society ill-equipped to plan for, withstand, and bounce back from worsening extreme weather, including hurricanes.
June 02, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
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Democrats Can’t Let Trump Off the Hook When the Next Big Hurricane Hits
The White House has relentlessly undermined disaster readiness and response capacity. When things go wrong, the opposition should make the president and his GOP accomplices pay a political price.
June 01, 2026
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RELEASE: Trump Has Left the United States Grossly Ill-Prepared for Hurricane Season
The policy storm before (and after) the physical storm must not be ignored.
May 26, 2026
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V for Vampire Vought's Vendetta
This report summarizes how OMB Director Russell Vought is weaponizing federal funding for education, food, health, transportation, and other life-affirming programs to punish and coerce Trump’s political enemies, hurting millions of Americans in the process.
May 21, 2026
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Tracking Uses of AI in the Trump Administration
As the Trump administration continues to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its operations, we are cataloguing examples of how AI is being deployed by federal agencies to replace human workers and undermine transparency and due process.