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Corruption Calendar Week 28: Less Enforcement, More Problems | Revolving Door Project This newsletter was originally published on our Substack. Read and subscribe here. Welcome to Week 28 of the Revolving Door Project’s Corruption Calendar: the weekly roundup where we highlight new and...

In this 28th edition of the Corruption Calendar, we tackle everything from the split at the Justice Department over the HPE/Juniper Networks merger to an update regarding the Qatari "gift" Trump got
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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...

Stay up to date with Trump’s ever-expanding war on public data by following our tracker:

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.

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. ⬇️

TRACKER: Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy | Revolving Door Project We are tracking how the Trump administration’s callous policy choices, before and after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering and death.

The truth is that Trump's hollowed-out FEMA failed its first major test.

Democrats should make clear that GOP support for fossil fuel expansion & attacks on disaster preparedness and response are putting lives at risk.

For more, check out this tracker: therevolvingdoorproject.org/trump-disast...

When testifying before House lawmakers on Wednesday, Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson had the audacity to say, "I can't see anything that we did wrong" in response to the Texas flooding disaster.

Seriously?! Let's review. 🧵

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. 🧵

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

You wouldn't know from coverage of the "collapsing" home insurance industry that it's very profitable for its executives. Lucrative "performance-linked" pay packages incentivize claim denials & other anti-consumer practices, as @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social & @publiccitizen.bsky.social explain.

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."

Corruption Calendar Week 25: Crypto Week Marks Washington’s Insatiable Appetite For Grift | Revolving Door Project There’s no doubt that the favor machine will keep whirring as long as the zeroes keep adding up for Trump and his family.

We learned this week that Trump has already netted $100M from his memecoins. His newly-enacted GENIUS Act will turbocharge crypto corruption in Trump's swamp.

NEW: While the House of Representatives was busy passing crypto-friendly legislation, Trump netted close to $100 million from sales of his memecoin.

Check out our Corruption Calendar for the latest stories of grift involving the President and his allies. Link below.

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:

With at least 130 having died in the Texas floods, NOAA’s Atlas 15 was the exact kind of tool we need to prepare for future disasters. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick paused it, stalling vital work forecasting extreme rainfall risk and leaving us vulnerable to future tragedies.

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...

To stay up to date with the Trump administration’s war on public data, follow our tracker:

Record profits for property insurers A new study is out from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. It was incorporated into another study about your home and car insurance rates. As it turns out, some insurance companies a...

"When the insurance industry says it's losing money, it neglects to mention all the money it brings in every year through its investments and that is a huge portion of its profits."

Our @kennystancil.bsky.social spoke with KTVU about his new analysis of record home insurance profits (more below).

Don't Let Home Insurers Fool You. They're More Profitable Than Ever The industry paints a gloomy picture, but nationwide, property insurers still cleared $25.4 billion in underwriting profit in 2024, and their net investment income surged to $164.3 billion.

NEW: The industry paints a gloomy picture, but nationwide, property insurers still cleared $25.4 billion in underwriting profit in 2024, and their net investment income surged to $164.3 billion.

By our @kennystancil.bsky.social. 🧵⬇️

Trump’s FEMA Proposals and Feud With Gavin Newsom Could Devastate California’s Disaster Response California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they’ll be left to face them without federal funding.

NEW: In California, Trump has cast doubt on whether he will approve the $40 billion Gov. Newsom has requested to help pay for recovery costs associated with the LA fires, including $16.8 billion from FEMA to rebuild property and remove debris.

With @capitalandmain.bsky.social

More AI Means More Cancer Many Americans will pay for AI with their health—especially thanks to Donald Trump’s war on renewable energy.

NEW: We need to talk about the Americans who will pay for AI expansion with their health. Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social writes for @prospect.org about how AI energy demand and cancer and the human cost we'll pay for data center buildout

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v important piece by my colleague @dylangyauchl.bsky.social

In late April, DOGE moved to terminate the leases of 25 USGS Water Science Centers. Those centers employ scientists who share hydrological data w/ NWS for flood warnings & assist FEMA with flood response.

See more of the Trump admin's attacks here:
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RELEASE: Tracking Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy | Revolving Door Project “It’s only a matter of time before Trump and Musk’s reckless assault on disaster response and preparedness kills people in the United States.”

"As hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and heatwaves proliferate this summer, public officials must have the guts to investigate the Trump administration’s role in exacerbating mortality," says our @kennystancil.bsky.social.

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Timeline: Trump's Attacks on Disaster Preparedness and Response | Revolving Door Project The Trump administration has been criminally negligent when it comes to disaster mitigation and response. Check out our interactive timeline documenting the White House's pre-disaster recklessness and...

The Trump admin hasn't just been lethargic when it comes to disaster response. It has also been criminally negligent about disaster mitigation.

Check out our timeline documenting the White House's pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty:

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Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid | Revolving Door Project The Trump administration so far has refused to allocate federal disaster aid in a timely manner. Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House's careless approach to major disaster...

The first few months of Trump's second term gave us a glimpse of the carnage we're likely to see, on a bigger scale, in the near future.

Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House's careless approach to major disaster declarations:

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TRACKER: Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy | Revolving Door Project We are tracking how the Trump administration’s callous policy choices, before and after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering and death.

The Trump administration's ongoing assault on federal workers has left people in the United States more vulnerable than ever to deadly and destructive extreme weather.

We're keeping tabs on Trump's disastrous disaster policy here:

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NEW: You may have heard that the Pentagon will soon stop processing & delivering data essential to hurricane forecasts.

It's part of a dangerous pattern. RDP is tracking how the Trump admin's callous policy choices, before & after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering/death.🧵⬇️

Really impressive work by my colleague @kennystancil.bsky.social. A must read!

ICYMI: With @publiccitizen.bsky.social, we explained how state-level and congressional efforts to hamstring/eliminate the Federal Insurance Office make a climate-triggered housing and financial meltdown more likely.

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Chatbot, Are We Cooked? It’s too damn hot, and Big Tech is turning up the heat.

In today's newsletter, @hannahstoryb.bsky.social wrote about the heat dome trapping much of the country, the AI industry turning up the heat, and how undeterred voters in New York City showed what can still be accomplished within the harsh parameters of our unequal, fast-warming world.

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...

The Trump administration is gutting the data that keeps us safe, informed, and empowered, from health and climate to jobs and justice.

We're keeping track of the public data being erased or manipulated here:

Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis: A Closer Look at North Carolina | Revolving Door Project North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has called for abolishing the Federal Insurance Office. Is it because the data that FIO released makes him look bad?

NEW: North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has called for abolishing the Federal Insurance Office. Is it because the data that FIO released makes him look bad?