Despite the billionaire nominally stepping back, his loyalists remain in control of the group.
Revolving Door Project
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Appointees Are Hijacking the Patent System
Cronyism is threatening American innovation.
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Can’t Count on Trump’s SEC to Tell Us If He Is Manipulating the Market
The Musk-damaged agency is unlikely to investigate whether Trump and his allies are profiting from advance knowledge about tariff changes or meme coin shenanigans.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senior Advisor McHenry at Your Crypto Service
The former congressman is the most employed man in D.C.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Public Records Wreckers
The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The GOP Is Destroying Justice to Embolden Trump’s Lawlessness
Attacks on judges from Republican members of Congress represent the subjugation of two branches of government under the president.
Posted inWorking in America
Trump Quietly Decimates a Pivotal Labor Relations Agency
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service has been destroyed. It provided free collective-bargaining mediation and saved hundreds of millions of dollars in labor costs.
Posted inLaw and Justice
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans
The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
