Revolving Door Project
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Two new must-read books by Lindsay Owens and Isabella Weber are part of a growing canon that flips neoliberalism on its head.
It’s the Economics, Stupid: A Review of Gouged and Anti-Fascist Economics - The Sling
Weber’s Anti-Fascist Economics and Owens’s Gouged help to flesh out a heterodox way of thinking about economic policy.
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The Suncor v. Boulder case could be the Supreme Court's next gift to the fossil fuel industry.
Supreme Court Season Kicks Off With Big Oil’s Big Ask | Revolving Door Project
The new term begins where the last one left off: corporate pleas for elite impunity. Damage from the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, Colorado in 2021. Photo licensed under the Creative Commons…
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More and more Americans are connecting the dots between Trump's corrupt leadership and the pain they feel in their pocketbooks.
Corruption Calendar: No Budget for Accountability | Revolving Door Project
Accountability is the bane of the Trump administration’s shamelessly venal approach to governance. That’s why the administration has willfully attacked the civil servants and laws that exist to hold…
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Democrats should make the Postal Service a case study in how Trump’s corrupt leadership and austerity agenda are hurting the American people.
Make Trump Pay for Trying to Stamp Out the Postal Service - The American Prospect
Oversight Democrats should expose how Trump’s bastardization of USPS has hurt the American people—and present a more reliable alternative.
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The Trump administration's policies have left us ill-quipped to plan for, withstand, and bounce back from natural disasters.
How Trump Undermined Our Hurricane Readiness and Response Capacity | Revolving Door Project
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.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: When our meteorological luck runs out and the next big hurricane hits, the devastating effects of Trump’s FEMA attacks will be indisputable. (Published December 2025)
Trump’s Katrina Is Coming - The American Prospect
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
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NEW Corruption Calendar: Bill Pulte’s gutting of mortgage fraud investigators and Todd Blanche’s circumvention of ethics restrictions demonstrate the Trump admin’s willful attacks on the civil servants and laws that exist to hold power accountable.
No Budget for Accountability
Accountability is the bane of the Trump administration’s shamelessly venal approach to governance.
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The Trump regime has battered NOAA, FEMA, etc.—leading to brain drain, understaffing, and burnout. Federal agencies are not things you can turn off and on again with the flick of a switch. Hurricane Vought/DOGE has made Isaias and other storms more dangerous than they otherwise would have been.
How Trump Undermined Our Hurricane Readiness and Response Capacity | Revolving Door Project
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.
therevolvingdoorproject.org
Sara Sneath@sarasneath.bsky.social · 2d ago“My biggest concerns are always the loss of institutional knowledge. You lose that knowledge. You lose the people who had been through these big disasters in the past,” said Deanne Criswell, who led Fema under the Biden administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Every decision Trump makes —from the words in his speeches, to when he bombs a foreign nation and how he regulates our financial system— is yet another way for him and his cronies to profit, leaving ordinary people suffering while they make it rich. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
Our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social chats with Suze of @westernlaw.org about the permitting reform proposals targetting our bedrock environmental laws, and the onslaught of Silicon Valley abundance money joining forces with extractive industry to push for less process and more opportunity for profit.
Ep. 8: Utopian Blueprint or Deal with the Devil? (Federal Permit Reform)
52 mins | In its current form, federal permit reform legislation jeopardizes environmental safeguards while gaining little in return. How do we counter dangerous deregulation with progress rooted in k...
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We've been sounding the alarm about Russell Vought for a while. He's not only the architect and executor of the administration's ongoing destruction—he also represents the path forward for the Republican Party in a post-Trump world. Read all about shadow president Vought ⬇️
Russell Vought Archives | Revolving Door Project
If something bad happens to you or a loved one in the foreseeable future, there's a likely villain behind your pain: Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
And here's @groundwork.bsky.social's Molly Claflin on why pursing Trump-allied corporations is exactly what Democrats should do:
Opinion | Corporations can be Democrats’ secret weapon for holding Trump accountable
Some Democrats are worried about using investigative authority too broadly against corporate America. That’s a mistake.
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David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 6d agoDemocrats working hard on precisely how much they should pull their punches against the corporate oligarchy after the election. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
NEW: Our @merryvishmas.bsky.social writes in @prospect.org about Trump's relentless attacks on the USPS — and why Democrats should make saving and expanding the Post Office a top oversight priority.
Make Trump Pay for Trying to Stamp Out the Postal Service - The American Prospect
Oversight Democrats should expose how Trump’s bastardization of USPS has hurt the American people—and present a more reliable alternative.
prospect.org
Today's newsletter from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social has a look at what we learned from Monday's oral arguments in major climate deception case Suncor v. Boulder, how Alito's last-minute recusal changed the calculus, and the outsized stakes of what the Court decides.
Supreme Court Season Kicks Off With Big Oil’s Big Ask
The new term begins where the last one left off: corporate pleas for elite impunity.
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NEW from me: I’m back in @prospect.org for @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social today, making the case for why Democrats should fight to protect and expand the Postal Service. prospect.org/2026/10/07/m...
Make Trump Pay for Trying to Stamp Out the Postal Service - The American Prospect
Oversight Democrats should expose how Trump’s bastardization of USPS has hurt the American people—and present a more reliable alternative.
prospect.org
As much as Congress and the Executive, the federal judiciary deserves scrutiny for the corporate influence shaping its decisions. Judges educated in billionaire-funded circles issue rulings that benefit economic elites and harm working Americans
The Oligarchy's Bench - Demand Justice
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We recently argued in @prospect.org that Oklahoma's lawsuits against Allstate and State Farm show why public officials around the country must strengthen efforts to rein in increasingly rapacious property insurers. It's good to see senators asking insurance execs about unfair claim denials.
Warren, Hawley Press Home and Auto Insurers on Surge in Claims Resolved Without Payment | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Revolving Door Project@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf Oklahoma can do it, why aren't more states cracking down on Big Insurance? By challenging Allstate and State Farm's allegedly unfair claims handling practices, AG Gentner Drummond is opening the door to a broader crackdown. His counterparts elsewhere have no excuse to sit on the sidelines. 🧵⬇️
New report: Corporate friendly judges (mostly but not exclusively Republican!) issue decisions tilted toward economic elites. To me, this underscores that pro-oligarchic social circles & work histories MATTER. 2028 should be about appointments, exec branch AND judicial. demandjustice.org/oligarchy
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Our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social in @wsj.com with a response to the WSJ Editorial Board's lament that Alito recused from the upcoming climate deception case Suncor v. Boulder: "That is hardly a greater loss for the integrity of American federalism than a conflicted justice casting a deciding vote."
Opinion | A Recusal Question Justice Alito Can’t Avoid
We argued that he should recuse for the same reason that he previously recused from this case in 2023.
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Good to see Congress flex its oversight muscles over the use of NDAs to keep communities in the dark about the impacts of AI data centers - kudos to @raskin.house.gov. There is so much more in this vein that could be accomplished.
Ranking Member Raskin Probes Big Tech’s Use of Non-Disclosure Agreements to Prevent Local Officials From Discussing Data Center Projects With Constituents
Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle over their use of non-disclosur...
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Tech elites have immense influence over White House policy, dictating the hands-off approach to data centers and other AI issues. We profiled the people driving the executive branch's AI policy, explaining their roles and highlighting their extensive conflicts of interest:
AI Villains And The Trump Administration | Revolving Door Project
The Trump Administration is all in on artificial intelligence.
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Semafor@semafor.com · 2w ago🟡 SCOOP: How Zuckerberg shaped Trump’s AI industry pledge The idea for what became Trump’s pact with the AI industry came from a conversation between Mark Zuckerberg and Mike Johnson at last week’s state dinner. www.semafor.com/article/09/3...
NEW: The Trump regime is eviscerating the federal workforce as escalating risks increase the need for civil servants. Undoing the Vought-led onslaught is a matter of life-and-death. It would also be good politics.
Reversing Voughtism; or, Creating a Pro-Worker Government to Save Lives
The Trump regime is dismantling the federal government’s ability to protect you. Undoing the Vought-led onslaught is a matter of life-and-death, and it would be good politics.
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Bad news for Exxon, and a win for the power of public pressure calling out the blatant corruption of the Roberts Court: Justice Alito is stepping down from further participating in Suncor v. Boulder, a week before oral arguments. We've been calling for his recusal from this case for YEARS: 🧵
NEW: Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social has a review of @isabellamweber.bsky.social's Anti-Fascist Economics and @lindsayowens.bsky.social Gouged out in @theslingutah.bsky.social today! Together, the books help to reclaim a tradition of economic policy designed in the public interest.
It’s the Economics, Stupid: A Review of Gouged and Anti-Fascist Economics - The Sling
Weber’s Anti-Fascist Economics and Owens’s Gouged help to flesh out a heterodox way of thinking about economic policy.
thesling.org
Despite his departure from federal government, Elon Musk still holds influence over AI policy in the Trump administration.
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Elon Musk | Revolving Door Project
Name: Elon Musk Title: Chief Executive Office, Tesla Founder and Chief Executive Officer, xAI Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, X Corp. Revolver/Government Experience Trump Admin Ties Government…
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How much is Jeff Bezos benefiting from his close ties to the Trump administration? Let us count the ways.
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Jeff Bezos | Revolving Door Project
Jeff Bezos Net Worth: $377 Billion (9/21/26, Forbes) Who is Jeff Bezos? How is Bezos benefitting from the Trump administration? For more information, see the Revolving Door Project’s Oligarchs in…
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The data center boom is making toxic pollution in Cancer Alley even worse, writes RDP Senior Fellow Dorothy Slater in @dissentmag.bsky.social.
Death by Data Centers - Dissent Magazine
I’m an oncology nurse in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. My patients and I breathe the same polluted air, and we can’t afford the toxic exposure from the gas-fired plants set to power the state’s proposed…
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The centrist crusade against Hasan Piker is really about one thing: keeping the corporate wing of the Democratic Party in the driver's seat.
Third Way or the Highway - The American Prospect
The centrist outfit’s latest foray into the culture wars isn’t about a streamer—it’s about entrenching oligarch control of influence and electoral infrastructure.
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When the time for an AI bailout comes, Democrats should make the right choice and just say no.
An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment - The American Prospect
If AI falls, Democrats can build an enduring political majority—but only if they reject handing a lifeline to Altman, Musk, and the rest of the industry.
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