The revolving door isn’t just corrupting the CFTC—it may end the pretense of a Commission altogether.
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Trump Appointees Are Hijacking the Patent System
Cronyism is threatening American innovation.
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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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Trump at the Lobbyist Trough
The unifying thread of the team around the president is that they sell their services to corporations for money.
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The Next Administration Can Stop the Government’s Endless Ethics Scandals
Federal officials of any kind should not be overseeing anything in which they have a direct financial interest.
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Debate Prep by Day, Google Defense by Night
Karen Dunn is helping Kamala Harris and defending Big Tech from a lawsuit brought by the Biden-Harris administration. The case has spotlighted a brawl between Dunn’s law firm and DOJ.
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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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Why Tony West Matters
It’s more than his moves from government to corporate America. It’s what he did while in government.
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Kamala Harris’s Eric Holder Problem
Today on TAP: Her choice to vet candidates for vice president needed more vetting himself.