Andrea M. Beaty

Trump Plans to Build $200 Million White House Party Room It’s unclear how much of the funds needed for the project would come from taxpayers.

While millions of people in the U.S. struggle to afford basic necessities, Trump has announced plans to build a $200 million White House party room. It’s unclear how much taxpayers will end up paying for the 90,000 square foot project.

Trump just ordered the firing of the current BLS commissioner over bogus claims of a "fake" jobs report even as his ongoing hiring freeze and budget cuts cripple the agency’s consumer price data collection efforts.

Trump’s War on Public Data | Revolving Door Project History of Government Data Collection Government data collection in the U.S. dates back to the founding era. The Constitution mandates a population census every ten years to determine congressional re...

@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social is tracking Trump's war on public data.

the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies

Big Tech Funding Database A Flourish data visualization by Tech Transparency Project

The findings come alongside an update to TTP’s Tech Funding Database, which provides info on whether orgs have received funding from Big Tech firms. The latest update adds company disclosures from 2021 to the most recent available—find it here: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

NEW: Google has sharply reduced its support for nonprofit groups devoted to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in what appears to be another sign that the company is falling in line with President Trump’s anti-DEI crusade, TTP has found.

I've gotten two independent reports now of people being approached online by a fake WIRED staffer.

Not sure what this actor's goal is, but don't hesitate to reach out to me, @couts.bsky.social, or someone else you know on our staff if you receive a suspicious message.

New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down

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Mapping Andreessen Horowitz's Controversial Cryptocurrency Investments | Revolving Door Project Marc Andreessen is another BigTech billionaire with major influence in the Trump administration. Andreessen’s status as DOGE’s so-called “unpaid intern,” undersells how well-connected the venture capi...

NEW: Marc Andreessen’s crypto empire is entangled in Trumpworld—and legal trouble. We mapped every a16z-backed crypto project facing controversy: DOJ indictments, SEC probes, class-action suits, and more. Explore the map to learn more!

Really interesting project from @freepress.bsky.social to maintain an index of media capitulations and independence. Bloomberg and Netflix earn their highest ratings for independence.

Resources for Combatting Myths about NEPA  | Revolving Door Project Interior Department image of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 2025. Its construction was initially challenged under the National Environmental Policy Act on environmental grounds until Congress approved i...

It's not only the Supreme Court, the Republican-controlled Congress, and agencies led by Trump appointees who are taking a carving knife to one of America's foundational environmental laws. Abundance-aligned Democrats are willing to gut the law, too. Here's what they're getting wrong, with sources:

NEW: Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?

With @fminus.bsky.social, we shed light on the lobbying firms that are working on behalf of entities harmed by DOGE and still representing Tesla at the same time.

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Week 26: Media Merger Madness Also, CFPB pays for Russ Vought’s security detail while ignoring Americans’ financial security—and other tales from Trump’s swamp.

NEW: Our weekly Corruption Calendar newsletter breaks down the latest stories of Trump admin graft, including Paramount's successful capitulation, the FTC green-lighting collusion with OPEC, the CFPB's baffling priorities, and much more. ⬇️

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to News of Antonio Gracias’ Departure from DOGE WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten responded after Valor Equity Partners admitted that CEO Antonio Gracias had resigned from his position working 80 hours a week for the so-called Department of...

Following questions from @aft.org, @aflcio.org, and others about how one could simultaneously manage clients' pension funds and work full-time at DOGE, Musk-ally Antonio Gracias has left government.

“It’s amazing what shining a spotlight can reveal,” says @rweingarten.bsky.social.

Home Insurance Executives Are Raking It In—at Your Expense Performance-based pay packages incentivize claim denials and other harmful practices.

NEW: The destructiveness of mounting climate disasters is undeniable.

It's awful for ordinary people, who are told by home insurers that rate hikes/policy cancellations are inevitable.

Yet the industry's execs are doing better than ever.

From @publiccitizen.bsky.social and RDP in @prospect.org. 🧵

Trump Hands Another Victory To Cancer’s Profiteers A hundred industrial sources of carcinogenic air toxics will now be exempt from Biden-era rules intended to reduce cancer risk around the country.

On Friday, Trump rolled out the welcome mat for increased rates of cancer.

"Trump is trading a 96 percent reduction in cancer risk among the most exposed communities for a less than 1 percent profit increase for plastic manufacturers like Dow, Formosa, BASF, TotalEnergies, and Phillips 66."

House Republicans eye restrictions on D.C. traffic safety, abortion and more House Republicans seek to overwrite a swath of D.C. laws and restrict local spending.

House GOP wants to preempt Washington DC from using automated cameras to enforce traffic laws. These cameras save lives & prevent injuries from crashes (e.g., journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...). Traffic cameras also are a source of revenue for the city.

DC has no voting member of Congress.

Trump's term 2 corruption by the numbers: More golf trips, more foreign visitors and more profits - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Six months into his second term, Trump's corruption is orders of magnitude greater than the corruption of his first administration.

NEW: We just released our report breaking down the conflicts of interest President Trump has racked up during his second term so far.

Over the last 6 months, Trump's corruption has outpaced his last term on almost every measure.

This oil price fixing scheme was responsible for about a 1/4 of the "inflation" in the US in 2021. $3k out of the pocket of every American. Those responsible got a slap on the wrist, but even the slightest accountability can't be allowed in the Trump era. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-oil-pri...

Banning a c-suite executive who tried to inflate oil prices isn’t the move that “damages” the FTC’s credibility.

It’s Andrew Ferguson’s willingness to absolve such actions that undermines the agency’s mission to promote competition.

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Lina Khan on X: "Instead of fighting to lower costs for Americans, this @FTC is letting off the hook oil executives caught trying to collude with foreign countries to inflate how much people pay at the pump."

Lina Khan’s FTC exposed a CEO’s campaign to collude with OPEC to inflate oil prices.

In response, they prohibited the CEO from serving on Exxon Mobil’s board of directors.

But now, Andrew Ferguson’s FTC is reversing the move. THREAD:

Judge says Trump’s firing of FTC commissioner was illegal Amid White House push to remake agencies, Democratic commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter can return to her job.

A federal judge has restored Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her role at the FTC after ruling that Trump’s attempt to fire the Dem appointee in March was illegal.

561 | Jeff Hauser vs. Paul Williams - Debating What the Abundance Agenda Gets Right and Wrong | The Realignment Jeff Hauser, Founder and Executive Director of the Revolving Door Project & Paul E. Williams, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Public Enterprise, join The Realignment's first-ever deba...

Check out our Executive Director @jeffhauser.bsky.social in conversation with @pewilliams.bsky.social of @publicenterprise.bsky.social and Marshall Kosloff, discussing the "abundance agenda" and how it takes shape across the political spectrum and different levels of government.

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Credit Scores | FHFA ​FHFA’s review of c​hanging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's credit score requirements.

More bonkers stuff. Pulte & FHFA are letting VantageScore use its latest, most advanced scoring model (version 4.0) to compete against Classic FICO, a 20-year-old score. He's making FICO compete with one hand behind its back. Is Pulte out to get FICO? www.fhfa.gov/policy/credi...?

One reason this is bad is because VantageScore is owned by the Big 3 credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion). Driving FICO out of the market gives the Big 3 complete monopoly control of the credit information market, both the data and scores

Privatization of Fannie/Freddie Would Be A Win for Hedge Funders Through privatization, investors might destabilize the housing market to make a quick buck, while pushing the suffering onto the rest of us.

To read more about the investors who Pulte might make even more rich and the ordinary people who will suffer as a result, read our report:

A new Bloomberg report shows that Bill Pulte’s tweets are causing turbulent stock market shifts. What else can you expect from a chronically online meme stock booster who now leads the agency with deep control of the $12 trillion housing finance market?

AFL-CIO Report: Is DOGE’s Antonio Gracias Mishandling Retiree Investments? Elon Musk’s replacement is busy with mass deportation, while simultaneously running an investment firm managing public union pension funds.

Antonio Gracias, one of the highest-ranking remaining DOGE leaders, is still CEO of the private equity firm Valor. A recent report argues he is failing his duties to manage his portfolio companies in the interest of investors. From our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social:

Week 24: President Trump Notches Another Mysterious Benefactor A mysterious investor is the latest entrant into the Trump crypto grift, and more stories from the MAGAswamp.

NEW: Which corporations benefited from the Trump admin’s corrupt machinations this week? Read about prison operators, big pharma and more in this week’s Corruption Calendar newsletter:

Current and former FEMA officials warned in June that DHS Secretary Noem's move to personally approve every contract or grant over $100k would paralyze the agency's work.

That's exactly what happened. Response to Texas flooding was delayed as a result.

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