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💯Trump's vindictive rejections of blue state requests for major disaster declarations are jeopardizing people's lives and municipal budgets. Under any other circumstances, these requests would have yielded federal aid, but Trump has turned disaster relief into a political weapon. Indefensible.

FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse - The American ProspectThe Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.prospect.org

Trump's political weaponization of federal disaster assistance is a life-threatening abomination. The president has punitively denied relief to one blue state after another. Trump, Vought, and other administration officials refuse to answer questions about it. More details in this tracker ⬇️

Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid | Revolving Door ProjectThe Trump administration 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 declar...therevolvingdoorproject.org

Zillow and Compass are snatching up the savings would-be homeowners SHOULD be getting after a 2024 antitrust settlement about NAR’s real estate listings. @theslingutah.bsky.social explains:

Exclusive Listings Are Bad for Homebuyers and Sellers - The SlingZillow and Compass are both racing to lock up home listings.www.thesling.org

Nate Silver thinks Trump isn't central figure in US politics because Trump-related stories are "boring and dumb [...] or kind of funny." He's wrong, but it's indicative of a larger problem: centrists, the media, and elected officials often fail to connect Trump to the serious harms he is causing.

Trump is the Cause Our ProblemsCentrists should do a better job of recognizing it.revolvingdoorproject.substack.com

Yes, and we called it six months ago: "The prices of many essential goods are already rising as a result of the anti-democratic rush to build hyperscale data centers and the growing use of AI programs in numerous sectors."

AI Is Making Your Life More ExpensiveBig Tech is driving up the costs of necessities—now and in the future.revolvingdoorproject.substack.com

Russell Vought is carrying on Elon Musk's destructive DOGE legacy.

DOGE Lives On Through Russell VoughtTrump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.prospect.org

In case anyone in Democratic politics still needed to hear it: Palantir is not your friend.

Alex Karp Is Not Your Friend | Revolving Door ProjectThe narrative that Palantir’s billionaire CEO Alex Karp is or was ever a leftist is equally as inaccurate as it is dangerous. On February 28, 2026, the first day of the joint U.S.-Israeli illegal war…therevolvingdoorproject.org

A council of Silicon Valley elites is steering Trump's AI policy.

PCAST is Another Lever of Corporate Influence | Revolving Door ProjectTrump has filled the PCAST with billionaires, Big Tech, and crypto interests who will use the advisory board to further their own interests.therevolvingdoorproject.org

Remember Abundance? Here's who's actually behind neoliberalism's latest failed rebrand.

New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement - The American ProspectThe Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.prospect.org

The cyclosporiasis outbreak is the latest predictable consequence of the Trump administration's war on public health.

TRACKER: Food and Drug Safety During the Trump AdministrationTracking the Trump administration’s personnel cuts, reductions in force, and their impacts on food and drug safety.therevolvingdoorproject.org

Third Way's attacks on Hasan Piker are about one thing: keeping the Democratic Party under the control of the corporate elite.

Third Way or the Highway - The American ProspectThe 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.prospect.org

Michael Kratsios, a Peter Thiel acolyte and ex-managing director at Scale AI, is leading the Trump administration’s AI policy.

AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Michael Kratsios | Revolving Door ProjectKratsios, a former Peter Thiel associate and managing director at Scale AI, now directs the Trump administration's AI policy.therevolvingdoorproject.org

Trump is waging a war on public information itself — and we're keeping track of it.

Trump’s War on Public Data | Revolving Door ProjectTrump’s assault on public data is not a side project, it’s a core feature of his authoritarian approach to governance.therevolvingdoorproject.org

As Canadian wildfire smoke blankets North America, Democrats are ceding the messaging ground to Trump's lies.

Talking About A World on Fire | Revolving Door ProjectWhile Trump threatened Canada over wildfire smoke, climate-hushing Democrats missed the moment. Image: A NASA visualization of the toxic smoke plume from Canadian wildfires over North America, July…therevolvingdoorproject.org

"Russell Vought could — and should — serve as an example for what happens to bureaucrats who try to place themselves above elected lawmakers." -@hayesbrown.bsky.social

Opinion | Russell Vought should be impeachedThe two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.www.ms.now

FROM THE ARCHIVES: John Fetterman just became the latest Democrat to receive donations from Clarence Thomas benefactor Harlan Crow. In 2023, @merryvishmas.bsky.social took a closer look at Crow's other favorite Democrats.

Meet Harlan Crow's Favorite Democrats | Revolving Door ProjectJosh Gottheimer, Joe Manchin, Henry Cuellar, and Dean Phillips are among the many Democrats to receive campaign donations from Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor.therevolvingdoorproject.org

"After Trump tried and failed to gain control over the nonpartisan America 250, he created a MAGA-friendly alternative nonprofit that took charge of $103M in no-bid federal grants."

Donald Trump, the No-Bid PresidentThe trouble with competitive bidding is that it gets in the way of corruption. Our president knows how to solve that.newrepublic.com

Kirsten Gillibrand's son's involvement in an equity trading platform leaves Democrats vulnerable to the very corruption charges they are trying to level against Trump.

Scoop: Progressives scorch Gillibrand over cryptoThe blistering — and deeply personal — attack from three groups complicates already delicate negotiations over the CLARITY Act.www.axios.com

Trump's CFTC has just given Kalshi and Polymarket the greenlight to bypass state gambling regulations, an alarming giveaway to the prediction markets industry.

Coalition Rejects Trump Admin Push to Let Kalshi, Polymarket 'Bypass State Gambling Regimes' | Common DreamsConsumer groups condemn the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's move to let prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket avoid state gambling rules.www.commondreams.org

Of 27 major disaster declaration requests due to extreme weather, the Trump administration has rejected 17 from Democratic states.

FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse - The American ProspectThe Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.prospect.org