Timi
@timi-iwayemi.bsky.social
Assistant Director @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social. San Francisco.
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We've been writing our newsletter through 3 administrations, 2 general elections, and an ongoing crisis of elite accountability.
Now we're giving it a new name: Watchdog Weekly.
Subscribe for weekly, paywall-free missives shedding light on the overt and covert ways that money influences politics.
Now we're giving it a new name: Watchdog Weekly.
Subscribe for weekly, paywall-free missives shedding light on the overt and covert ways that money influences politics.
Introducing “Watchdog Weekly”
Shedding light on Corporate America’s political power plays
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We've been writing our newsletter through 3 administrations, 2 general elections, and an ongoing crisis of elite accountability.
Now we're giving it a new name: Watchdog Weekly.
Subscribe for weekly, paywall-free missives shedding light on the overt and covert ways that money influences politics.
Now we're giving it a new name: Watchdog Weekly.
Subscribe for weekly, paywall-free missives shedding light on the overt and covert ways that money influences politics.
subscribe to watchdog weekly! and tell your friends!
We've been writing our newsletter through 3 administrations, 2 general elections, and an ongoing crisis of elite accountability.
Now we're giving it a new name: Watchdog Weekly.
Subscribe for weekly, paywall-free missives shedding light on the overt and covert ways that money influences politics.
Now we're giving it a new name: Watchdog Weekly.
Subscribe for weekly, paywall-free missives shedding light on the overt and covert ways that money influences politics.
Introducing “Watchdog Weekly”
Shedding light on Corporate America’s political power plays
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
subscribe to watchdog weekly! and tell your friends!
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Our @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social explains how the major changes to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is part of a decades long plot to bring back school segregation.
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The Trump Administration Is Quietly Preparing to Bring Back School Segregation - The American Prospect
It starts with vouchers and the destruction of the Office for Civil Rights.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social explains how the major changes to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is part of a decades long plot to bring back school segregation.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/t...
prospect.org/2025/11/19/t...
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Elite impunity is the name of the game in DC. Trump allies get pardons, corporations walk, and the rich party like Gatsby during a shutdown. For the rest of us: dirtier water, dirtier air, and empty stomachs.
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar:
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar:
Weeks 42-43: Our Scourge of Elite Impunity
The latest trove of Epstein emails reminds us that the wealthy and powerful face no consequences for even the most egregious acts.
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Elite impunity is the name of the game in DC. Trump allies get pardons, corporations walk, and the rich party like Gatsby during a shutdown. For the rest of us: dirtier water, dirtier air, and empty stomachs.
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar:
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar:
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Eight Senator Dems caved on the shutdown. They should have been using Congressional Oversight to increase their leverage instead.
8 Ways Senate Dems Should Have Been Holding the Line With Oversight
An oversight idea for each member of the Cave Caucus.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Eight Senator Dems caved on the shutdown. They should have been using Congressional Oversight to increase their leverage instead.
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NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
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Trump 2.0 has eliminated over 160 federal advisory committees in 2025, gutting federal agencies of expert knowledge. These panels offer invaluable insights into the science and operations of specific industries, guiding agencies in crafting policy 1/5
Trump Axes Expert Panels at Historic Clip, Defying Agency Advice
The Trump administration this year has eliminated about 160 expert advisory committees across the federal government, almost a third of them over the recommendations of the agencies that oversee them,...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump 2.0 has eliminated over 160 federal advisory committees in 2025, gutting federal agencies of expert knowledge. These panels offer invaluable insights into the science and operations of specific industries, guiding agencies in crafting policy 1/5
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NEW: Over the past two weeks alone, the administration has: pardoned a crypto CEO who laundered money for terrorist groups, created pay-to-play opportunities with the White House ballroom, given government contracts to Don Jr., and more.
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar ⬇️
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar ⬇️
Weeks 40-41: Belle of the Ballroom
Crypto interests and White House ballroom donors are the biggest beneficiaries of the administration's latest rounds of corruption.
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
NEW: Over the past two weeks alone, the administration has: pardoned a crypto CEO who laundered money for terrorist groups, created pay-to-play opportunities with the White House ballroom, given government contracts to Don Jr., and more.
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar ⬇️
Read more in our latest Corruption Calendar ⬇️
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NEWSLETTER:
Our Julian Scoffield argues that Democrats should look to their recent history for a blueprint on how to politicize Republican health policy
Our Julian Scoffield argues that Democrats should look to their recent history for a blueprint on how to politicize Republican health policy
Democrats Once Fought “Pro-Arsenic” Republicans—They Should Try It Again
Recent history reveals a better way to politicize public health
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
NEWSLETTER:
Our Julian Scoffield argues that Democrats should look to their recent history for a blueprint on how to politicize Republican health policy
Our Julian Scoffield argues that Democrats should look to their recent history for a blueprint on how to politicize Republican health policy
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Last week, Trump partially approved 4 requests for major disaster declarations.
Trump praised AK, ND, & NE—states he's won multiple times—when announcing his decisions.
Meanwhile, Trump rejected requests from IL, MD, & VT—places he's lost.
Many more red flags in the 🧵⬇️
Trump praised AK, ND, & NE—states he's won multiple times—when announcing his decisions.
Meanwhile, Trump rejected requests from IL, MD, & VT—places he's lost.
Many more red flags in the 🧵⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Last week, Trump partially approved 4 requests for major disaster declarations.
Trump praised AK, ND, & NE—states he's won multiple times—when announcing his decisions.
Meanwhile, Trump rejected requests from IL, MD, & VT—places he's lost.
Many more red flags in the 🧵⬇️
Trump praised AK, ND, & NE—states he's won multiple times—when announcing his decisions.
Meanwhile, Trump rejected requests from IL, MD, & VT—places he's lost.
Many more red flags in the 🧵⬇️
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NEW: Private insurers like Neptune are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program.
Our @kennystancil.bsky.social explains how for-profit insurers could leave communities in the lurch amid the mounting climate crisis.
Our @kennystancil.bsky.social explains how for-profit insurers could leave communities in the lurch amid the mounting climate crisis.
Amid The Shutdown, Flood Insurance Profiteers Are Riding The Wave
Private insurers like Neptune Insurance Holdings are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program, despite risks to homeowners.
www.levernews.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW: Private insurers like Neptune are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program.
Our @kennystancil.bsky.social explains how for-profit insurers could leave communities in the lurch amid the mounting climate crisis.
Our @kennystancil.bsky.social explains how for-profit insurers could leave communities in the lurch amid the mounting climate crisis.
@andreabeaty.bsky.social: “In other words, there’s no longer any practical room for Democratic administrative policy to be friendlier to Big Business than Trump. By definition, enforcing some rules is more hostile than enforcing no rules.“
Lots of good stuff 👇🏿
Lots of good stuff 👇🏿
NEW: A Third Way fellow claimed in the Wall Street Journal's editorial pages that Democrats “alienated” Big Business into allying with Trump, and that our organization deserves some of the blame.
Our full response in today’s newsletter:
Our full response in today’s newsletter:
Big Business Will Not Save Us
Scrutinizing the “ideological warfare” a business community mouthpiece says drove Corporate America into the arms of a fascist.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@andreabeaty.bsky.social: “In other words, there’s no longer any practical room for Democratic administrative policy to be friendlier to Big Business than Trump. By definition, enforcing some rules is more hostile than enforcing no rules.“
Lots of good stuff 👇🏿
Lots of good stuff 👇🏿
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NEW In @prospect.org: @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social details the implications of the Republican's plan to dismantle education research.
prospect.org/education/20...
prospect.org/education/20...
The Republican Plot to Destroy Education Research
Elon Musk and the Trump administration have gutted the Institute of Education Science.
prospect.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW In @prospect.org: @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social details the implications of the Republican's plan to dismantle education research.
prospect.org/education/20...
prospect.org/education/20...
Important piece by my colleague @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social
NEW In @prospect.org: @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social details the implications of the Republican's plan to dismantle education research.
prospect.org/education/20...
prospect.org/education/20...
The Republican Plot to Destroy Education Research
Elon Musk and the Trump administration have gutted the Institute of Education Science.
prospect.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Important piece by my colleague @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social
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Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration, according to a new analysis.
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration, according to a new analysis.
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the "popularist, let's do Clintonism again" people seem to have forgotten that Harris ran that kind of campaign and it didn't work prospect.org/politics/cen...
Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris
Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.
prospect.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
the "popularist, let's do Clintonism again" people seem to have forgotten that Harris ran that kind of campaign and it didn't work prospect.org/politics/cen...
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Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
Opinion | Why Did Business Jump on the Trump Train?
And how can it ever be considered trustworthy participants in a democracy?
www.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
Brilliant!
ICYMI, I did a blog post today at @lpeproject.bsky.social that’s really about the death of a 20 c mode of liberal/progressive politics. It’s about the need, as a first-order objective, to relegitimize the state around a representational legitimacy.
Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America
In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…
lpeproject.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Brilliant!
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Great WSJ reporting on the life-threatening effects of the Trump regime's evisceration of FEMA.
Noteworthy: As tornado-ravaged St. Louis awaits federal recovery funds, Kristi Noem fast-tracked aid to a Florida tourist spot at the behest of a major donor. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Noteworthy: As tornado-ravaged St. Louis awaits federal recovery funds, Kristi Noem fast-tracked aid to a Florida tourist spot at the behest of a major donor. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Great WSJ reporting on the life-threatening effects of the Trump regime's evisceration of FEMA.
Noteworthy: As tornado-ravaged St. Louis awaits federal recovery funds, Kristi Noem fast-tracked aid to a Florida tourist spot at the behest of a major donor. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Noteworthy: As tornado-ravaged St. Louis awaits federal recovery funds, Kristi Noem fast-tracked aid to a Florida tourist spot at the behest of a major donor. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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NEW: Russell Vought aims to use the official government shutdown as pretext to continue his unlawful withholding of federal funds.
But the budget chief's actions in the past few months amount to a stealthy shutdown of the federal government. It's time to put an end to that.
But the budget chief's actions in the past few months amount to a stealthy shutdown of the federal government. It's time to put an end to that.
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Russell Vought aims to use the official government shutdown as pretext to continue his unlawful withholding of federal funds.
But the budget chief's actions in the past few months amount to a stealthy shutdown of the federal government. It's time to put an end to that.
But the budget chief's actions in the past few months amount to a stealthy shutdown of the federal government. It's time to put an end to that.
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, two of the nation's largest rail companies, are trying to merge. Unions and impacted industry groups oppose the deal. That hasn't stopped the rail behemoths from trying to astroturf the appearance of public support.
A guest post from Brett Heinz:
A guest post from Brett Heinz:
Railroad Barons Launch an Astroturf Campaign For Their Mega-Merger
Those supporting a new railroad monopoly include paid-off politicians, business partners, and… an anti-monopoly group?
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, two of the nation's largest rail companies, are trying to merge. Unions and impacted industry groups oppose the deal. That hasn't stopped the rail behemoths from trying to astroturf the appearance of public support.
A guest post from Brett Heinz:
A guest post from Brett Heinz:
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BREAKING: The Trump admin has installed 100+ fossil fuel insiders and corporate lobbyists to roles across federal agencies.
These staffers are enacting a dirty energy agenda and destroying our public lands.
Our new report with Revolving Door Project breaks it all down ⬇️
These staffers are enacting a dirty energy agenda and destroying our public lands.
Our new report with Revolving Door Project breaks it all down ⬇️
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
BREAKING: The Trump admin has installed 100+ fossil fuel insiders and corporate lobbyists to roles across federal agencies.
These staffers are enacting a dirty energy agenda and destroying our public lands.
Our new report with Revolving Door Project breaks it all down ⬇️
These staffers are enacting a dirty energy agenda and destroying our public lands.
Our new report with Revolving Door Project breaks it all down ⬇️
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In a new report out today our @toni-v-aguilar.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social's @alanzibel.bsky.social
uncovered 100+ people with ties to polluting industries who are occupying high level offices throughout the Trump administration.
uncovered 100+ people with ties to polluting industries who are occupying high level offices throughout the Trump administration.
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In a new report out today our @toni-v-aguilar.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social's @alanzibel.bsky.social
uncovered 100+ people with ties to polluting industries who are occupying high level offices throughout the Trump administration.
uncovered 100+ people with ties to polluting industries who are occupying high level offices throughout the Trump administration.
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While the FAA is, by its own admission, overworked, understaffed, and working with outdated technology, its also opening the door for drones and uncertified eVTOLs to flood our airspaces.
Who asked for this? From our @kjboyle.bsky.social
Who asked for this? From our @kjboyle.bsky.social
The Trump Administration is Deregulating our Airspace. Who Asked for This?
Drone and eVTOL companies have spent big money lobbying with Trump-adjacent firms.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
While the FAA is, by its own admission, overworked, understaffed, and working with outdated technology, its also opening the door for drones and uncertified eVTOLs to flood our airspaces.
Who asked for this? From our @kjboyle.bsky.social
Who asked for this? From our @kjboyle.bsky.social
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Public-interest lawsuits are a critical mechanism to defend communities from exploitation. This summer, Memphis showed us why attacks on them from the abundance movement, Trump, and SCOTUS are so dangerous.
Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social for @commondreams.org
www.commondreams.org/opinion/musk...
Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social for @commondreams.org
www.commondreams.org/opinion/musk...
Musk's xAI Is Showing Us Exactly Why We Need Public Interest Lawsuits | Common Dreams
When powerful corporations are able to completely circumvent basic democratic accountability, public interest lawsuits are a final backstop to protect the community’s well-being.
www.commondreams.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Public-interest lawsuits are a critical mechanism to defend communities from exploitation. This summer, Memphis showed us why attacks on them from the abundance movement, Trump, and SCOTUS are so dangerous.
Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social for @commondreams.org
www.commondreams.org/opinion/musk...
Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social for @commondreams.org
www.commondreams.org/opinion/musk...