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September 18, 2024
The SCOTUS Shadow Docket is (Almost) All EPA Cases. That’s Concerning.
SCOTUS has been using the shadow docket to issue meaningful and conservative decisions interfering in ongoing cases in the lower courts—prompting concerns from more liberal members. And as of this writing, all but one case on the shadow docket is challenging the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to do its job, threatening a litany of blows to the federal government’s ability to protect the environment and combat climate change.
September 12, 2024
Just Because Harris Didn’t Mention Antitrust In The Debate Doesn’t Mean She Abandoned It
Populist messaging on holding corporations accountable remains a strong part of the Vice President’s campaign strategy.
September 03, 2024
Newsletter 227: How The Auto Lobby Spent Eight Figures Crying Wolf About Regulations
If Shondaland is ever looking to do a “How To Get Away With Murder” spin-off, we would humbly propose a remake about the lobbyists pushing to preserve lead pipes and forever chemicals in our water, to keep fracking near homes and schools, to keep power plants burning coal and gas, to keep car tailpipes polluting, and so on.
August 27, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
RDP Work Round Up: Labor Day Edition
Labor Day is just around the corner, marking the unofficial end to an incredibly eventful summer in politics. It’s basically the last chance for a little reprieve before we’re inundated with the endless punditry and forecasting that accompanies the lead-up to a presidential election. So, before looking forward to November, let’s take a look back at some great research and writing that my RDP colleagues produced throughout the summer. You’ll be forgiven if some of this slipped past you in the chaos of the past two months. Luckily, in true summer reading fashion, you still have one week to cram before summer ends on Labor Day. Enjoy!
August 21, 2024
Harris Takes A Page from Our Corporate Crackdown Playbook; PFAs are in the Water, Soil & News Cycle
August 13, 2024
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Several Corporate Revolvers Got Into the Biden Admin and Made It Worse
Contra Matt Yglesias, Biden appointees with extensive ties to big business did real damage to his agenda; Harris should not make the same mistake.
August 08, 2024
Lessons from Trump’s Record on Health Care
Mismanagement across health agencies in the first Trump administration was only the beginning. Project 2025 is laying out a far more sinister vision of warping our health agencies.
July 31, 2024
Combatting Corporate Influence Is How Kamala Can Win
Democrats already tried cozying up to capital. It didn’t work.
July 25, 2024
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Kamala Harris Must Ignore Corporate Landlord Apologists and Double Down On Protecting Tenants
President Biden’s proposal to cap rents brought the neoliberal hacks and Big Real Estate propagandists out of the woodwork, but that shouldn’t stop Harris from adopting—and expanding—upon what tenants desperately need.
July 23, 2024
A Window Opens
The past 48 hours have ushered in a historic shift in a presidential race with undeniable consequence for the world. The Democrats suddenly appear as if they will have a nominee capable of waging a vigorous campaign.
July 16, 2024
Graft And Scams Rule The Republican Party. Let Them Have It.
Biden’s Futile Attempts To Win Back The Hearts Of Long-Gone Crypto Scammers Won’t Work. They Will, However, Allow The Democratic Party And Its Base To Get Fleeced.
July 10, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
RDP Work Roundup: 4th of July Edition
After a long 4th of July weekend, we figure this a good time to take a look back at the important work we’ve fired off over the last month or so. From analyses of Trump’s executive tenure to a take-down of a Big Oil myth pushed by compromised Democrats, here’s another edition of an RDP Work Roundup for you to digest along with your leftovers from holiday barbecues.
June 26, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
A Trump Administration Postmortem for the 2024 Election Season
How much do you remember about what politics was like under President Donald Trump? I would not blame you for putting Trump’s parade of scandals in the rearview mirror. But we have to look again, because that clown show is still on the road. It’s in our blind spot, endeavoring to pull ahead.
June 20, 2024
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Cryptocurrency Edition
We already know how the industry’s money gets lawmakers to launder its image, let’s not fall for it again.
June 12, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
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Utilities Doubling Down On Fossil Fuels? That’s A Junk Fee!
In late May, Brian Deese, the former director of President Biden’s National Economic Council and current MIT fellow, wrote about “The Next Front in the War Against Climate Change” for The Atlantic. Deese explained that while the Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives have stimulated clean energy demand “beyond my wildest hopes,” he still finds himself “lying awake at night, worried that America could still fail to meet its climate goals.”