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February 09, 2026
The AI Lobbyist Starting An Abundance Nonprofit
Next American Era is hoping to help push abundance policies into the mainstream. It’s headed by OpenAI lobbyist Cheri Bustos
February 09, 2026
Tracking the Environmental Harms of Trump Actions
Trump’s second term began with drastic announcements on Day One and has been chaotic every day since. It can be overwhelming to try to keep up with the cuts to environmental funding, rollbacks to critical regulations, and track the thousands of staff across agencies who have been fired from their roles. The purpose of this tracker is to monitor some of the most important tangible increases in pollution and environmental and health harms caused by the Trump administration’s actions.
February 09, 2026
Memo Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingTrump 2.0
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.
Trump 2.0: Tracking Material Impact
Throughout the course of the Trump presidency, the Revolving Door Project plans to provide real time, clear-eyed analyses of the President’s approach towards governance, staffing, ethics and critically, the material impact of his pro-corporate attitudes. As we outlined in our retrospective memos on the first Trump administration, the President and his cast of conflicted appointees routinely flout ethics and laws, prioritizing corporate interests while endangering the health, safety and wellbeing of the American people.
Trump 2.0: Material Consequences
President Trump and his cast of conflicted appointees have adopted a chaotic approach to governing, regularly endangering the health, safety, and wellbeing of people all over the world.
February 06, 2026
The Real Cost of Trump’s First Year
Donald Trump ascended to the presidency for a second time by pledging to bring down the rising cost of groceries and housing, essentials that every American needs, but increasingly few find affordable. Then he flipped that promise on its head. Instead of putting the full weight of the presidency behind addressing economic insecurity, the president’s first year was a blatant exercise in how to turn corruption into a governing principle, enriching the already rich by extracting wealth from the same people bearing the brunt of rising costs.
Corruption Calendar
A chronicle of the Trump favor machine highlighting examples of corporate corruption shaping the Trump administration’s agenda and their material impact on everyday people. The Corruption Calendar will trace the lines of money and influence between corporations, billionaires, and executive branch decision making.
Trump Watch
Revolving Door Project is continuously updating resources to keep you up to date on Trump and Musk’s all-out assault on everyday people and the Constitution.
February 05, 2026
The Would-Be Pawns Sacrificing Their Own Civil Service Jobs
Trump’s hollowing out of the public service isn’t just about the massive illegal removals of workers – career officials are walking out of agencies of their own accord, as the Trump admin forces them to choose between following the law or following Trump’s illegal orders.
February 05, 2026
Making Measles Endemic Again
Outbreaks across the South are just the “cost of doing business” for Trump 2.0.
February 05, 2026 | The American Prospect
Kenny Stancil Julian Scoffield Chris Lewis
Op-Ed Congressional OversightDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchGovernanceTrump 2.0
DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought
Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
January 30, 2026
RELEASE: Trump’s New Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Is a Hack with Ties to Would-Be Greenland Profiteer
Warsh’s record suggests commitment to class and personal self-interest, not a broader dedication to an intellectually consistent view of the public interest.
January 30, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar Weeks 52-54: It's Big Techs World, We're Just Living In It
Trump administration sets up protection plans for Big Tech and Polluters at the public’s expense.
January 29, 2026
What We Mean When We Talk About Corporate Power
How should we define corporate power, and how should we attempt to understand its growth over time? Here’s some metrics.
January 28, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
How DOGE Broke Social Security
A breakdown of how DOGE ruined the Social Security Administration’s customer service operations and turned the agency into a political tool.