Michael Hsu, former OCC head, has joined a VC firm backing crypto and fintech companies.
Toni Aguilar Rosenthal
Toni Aguilar Rosenthal is a researcher at the Revolving Door Project.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Meet RFK’s Corporate Underlings
The administration’s rhetoric about breaking corporate power in health care rings hollow, as several top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services worked for the very corporate interests their boss claims to oppose.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Clean Air Act Is Under Attack
Industry actors, Congress, and the EPA are teaming up to potentially make our air less breathable.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Texas Model
Wealthy oil and gas interests getting politicians to do their bidding: coming to a federal government near you.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The VA’s Self-Made Dialysis Disaster
The agency has been getting played for years, but is reluctant to change.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Corporate Polluters Still Want to Kill California’s Clean Air Regulations
Companies that belong to the California Trucking Association pay lip service to climate action, but CTA is suing to block the state’s clean fuels rule.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The VA Bows to the Dialysis Duopoly
Despite contracting rules in place to give veterans safe and affordable access to dialysis, DaVita and Fresenius are picking up most of the patients.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ken Paxton, America First Legal, and Premonitions of Project 2025
Texas today is what America will look like if Trump wins. It’s not pretty.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Where Is the Oversight for Republican State Attorneys General?
Often a stepping stone to higher office, Republican AG offices have played host to a repeated set of scandals in recent years.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden Can Stop Playing Manchin’s Climate Game
Manchin is proposing a fossil fuel–friendly chair for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Instead, Biden could allow Democrats to regain control of FERC.