A new AI commission established by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries includes several corporate-friendly legislators.
Henry Burke
Henry Burke is a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project and a former Capitol Hill staffer. His research interests include organized labor, the gig economy, education, government capacity, and issues of economic inequality. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Companies Are Trying to Hide Their Ties to Larry Summers
Some fintech and energy startups haven’t announced that Summers is leaving; they just took him off their websites.
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What Trump Learned From Silicon Valley
Before DOGE’s lawbreaking spree, there was ‘blitzscaling.’
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The Blockchain Association Just Bought the CFTC
The revolving door isn’t just corrupting the CFTC—it may end the pretense of a Commission altogether.
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Senior Advisor McHenry at Your Crypto Service
The former congressman is the most employed man in D.C.
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Paul, Weiss Appeased Trump. More Attacks on BigLaw Will Follow.
Fascists respond to capitulation with more aggression. Elon Musk has already started targeting firms himself.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About the Revolving Door
Bringing tech and finance executives into government because they are ‘the country’s smartest and hardest-working people’ is faintly ridiculous.
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The Ambassador for Crypto
Sean Patrick Maloney, an adviser to Coinbase, is nominated as the U.S. representative to the OECD, which is building regulatory frameworks for crypto.
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Wall Street’s Favorite Financial Regulator May Be Looking for a New Job
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s term doesn’t end until 2026, but there are rumblings of an early exit to the private sector. Place your bets where he’ll end up next!
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Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Is Undercutting Bidenomics
The most tech-friendly Cabinet member should not be the one regulating artificial intelligence.