Steve Ricchetti, Vice President Biden’s chief of staff from 2013 to 2017, has an inside track on this critical gatekeeper position. He’s a former pharma lobbyist.
Max Moran
Max Moran is a senior fellow at the Revolving Door Project.
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Biden Stiff-Arming Big Tech Would Be Good Politics, Policy
Shutting the revolving door between Silicon Valley and Washington would signal an end to the swamp.
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Mick Mulvaney: A Frustrated Wrecking Ball
The former top Trump official is seething that civil servants want to do their jobs well.
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The 277 Policies for Which Biden Need Not Ask Permission
As president, Joe Biden could take action on hundreds of policies without having to go through Congress. The Biden-Sanders unity task force provides a road map.
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Rahm Emanuel, the Worst Man for the Moment
It’s not clear whether Emanuel is just bloviating about being a top adviser to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. But we should hope he is.
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Joe Biden’s Friend From JPMorgan Chase
Peter Scher, a Biden ally tipped as a possible high-level official in his White House, lays bare the difficulties of reconciling progressive populism and corporate-friendly technocracy.
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Apple Gets a Boot in Joe Biden’s Door
Cynthia Hogan, one of the members of Biden’s vice-presidential search committee, was a top lobbyist for the computing giant.
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The Trump Administration’s Contemptuous, Pro-Corporate Response to Coronavirus
The incompetence and greed of this administration could now literally cost many Americans their lives in a major public-health crisis.
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The Top Lawyer Bankrolling Democrats
Brad Karp, chairman of the BigLaw firm Paul, Weiss, appears as a bundler on numerous 2020 candidate lists.
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Bloomberg News’s Curious Interpretation of Editorial Independence
The business news website treats corporate propaganda like some brilliant new insight, as long as it comes from a Wall Street Democrat.
