Revolving Door Project Archives - The American Prospect

Democratic strategist Jim Messina and Third Way President Jon Cowan onstage at a conference.

Politics

Centrists: Better Things Aren’t Possible

by Henry Burke March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Third Way’s strategy session for Democratic moderates lacked any vision other than a hatred for progressives.

Michelle Bowman testifies before the Senate Banking Committee

Economic Policy

Trump’s Fed Regulators Rewrite the History of the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

by Timi Iwayemi March 9, 2026March 9, 2026

Before every financial crisis, there is a concerted effort to argue that this time is different.

President Trump seated at Oval Office desk with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at his side

Energy and the Environment

Doug Burgum, the Regime Toady of Our Time

by Hannah Story Brown and Toni Aguilar Rosenthal February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Dashing the hopes of establishment Democrats, Trump’s interior secretary and ‘energy czar’ has adopted his boss’s excesses as his own.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought

Money, Politics, and Power

DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought

by Kenny Stancil, Julian Scoffield and Chris Lewis February 5, 2026

Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.

Money, Politics, and Power

Sean Patrick Maloney’s Vanishing Ethics Pledge

by Henry Burke January 15, 2026

The former member of Congress and DCCC chair is now the head of the Coalition for Prediction Markets, an organization funded by the exact crypto firms he promised not to work for.

Energy and the Environment

The Trump Regime Is Making Disasters Worse

by Kenny Stancil January 9, 2026

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.