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Ensuring political appointees serve the public interest. https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/ Read more of our work at http://revolvingdoorproject.substack.com and http://hackwatch.us Follow: Twitter/Post @RevolvingDoorDC FB/IG: RevolvingDoorProject

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 8d

In a new report out today our @toni-v-aguilar.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social's @alanzibel.bsky.social
uncovered 100+ people with ties to polluting industries who are occupying high level offices throughout the Trump administration.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 13h

And read @daveweigel.bsky.social's piece here

www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

As electricity bills rise, candidates in both parties blame data centers

The AI-driven, power-hungry projects are emerging as a new target for America’s emboldened populists.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 13h

Or watch/listen to @dylangyauchl.bsky.social talk about the politics of data centers on @prospect.org Weekly Roundup with @ddayen.bsky.social here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU7p...

The Prospect Weekly Roundup: September 5th, 2025

YouTube video by The American Prospect

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 13h

Read our full case for Democrats to embrace a corporate crackdown on AI here

prospect.org/power/2025-0...

Democrats Must Oppose the AI Industry

As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 13h

Reporting from @daveweigel.bsky.social shows the salience of campaigning against data centers. Candidates of both parties are working to harness Virginians' anger.

For @prospect.org, @dylangyauchl.bsky.social and @maxmoranhi.bsky.social argued that Dems should lean into fighting the AI industry.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 14h

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 14h

The remnants of Typhoon Halong devastated western Alaska.

The Trump admin's cancellation of FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities (BRIC) program leaves communities more vulnerable to extreme weather deaths and damage.

And ⬆️ fossil fuels means more frequent and intense storms.

1 dead, 2 missing and dozens rescued after remnants of a typhoon lash western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges to western Alaska. Authorities say one person is dead and two remain missing.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2d

President Trump has installed over 100 fossil fuel insiders and renewable energy opponents across nine agencies that deal with energy and environmental policy.

Read our new report with @publiccitizen.bsky.social.

Trump's Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power - Public Citizen

Public Citizen

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2d

"That is the beauty of boxing with shadows: you don’t have to worry about taking a punch."

@dylangyauchl.bsky.social explains why the Abundance movement is so obsessed with calling progressives "degrowthers".

The Hollowness of Growth as an Objective - The Sling

While degrowth as a framework has been around for a while, its extremely limited presence in the zeitgeist is a relatively recent phenomenon. Modern progressives are not anti-growth; they simply…

www.thesling.org

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2d

Compulsively playing up moderation and triangulation on key issues undermines the Democratic Party’s brand -- and reinforces the perception that it stands for nothing.

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2d

Two giant railroad companies — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern — are pursuing the largest rail sector merger ever.

Brett Heinz takes a closer look at the astroturf campaign in support of the deal.

Railroad Barons Launch an Astroturf Campaign For Their Mega-Merger

Those supporting a new railroad monopoly include paid-off politicians, business partners, and… an anti-monopoly group?

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 4d

Read our response:

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 4d

Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.

If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?

Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:

Opinion | Why Did Business Jump on the Trump Train?

And how can it ever be considered trustworthy participants in a democracy?

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 6d

Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration, according to a new analysis.

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5d

the "popularist, let's do Clintonism again" people seem to have forgotten that Harris ran that kind of campaign and it didn't work prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

"centrist Democrats seeking to distance themselves from the left seem compelled to regurgitate Republican broadsides against the left as if driven by some primal instinct." 9/END

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Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Democrats' brand of 'moderating' too often is about tarring the left, which will always backfire and justify more triangulation. Centrist Dems will be associated with progressives, making that association toxic is counterproductive. 8/

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Meanwhile, putting an Uber executive in charge of the economic platform corresponded to the most effective ad--about grocery price gouging--being shelved. 7/

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

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How Kamala Harris Burned Through $1.5 Billion in 15 Weeks

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Gaza was a top issue for Biden voters who didn't vote for Harris last year. 6/

www.imeupolicyproject.org/postelection...

IMEU Policy Project Post-Election Polling Shows Gaza Cost Harris Votes — IMEU Policy Project

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Compare how the campaign rebuffed Gaza protestors to how it abandoned the extremely popular price gouging platform. In both cases, Harris ran right. In both, it was motivated more by a desire to be moderate than actual strategy. 5/

Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Centrists "seem unable to envision a way of toning down their progressivism without fundamentally validating the Republican critique such a move is intended to address." 4/

prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Harris ran a centrist campaign where she pivoted on most key issues. When they thought she was winning, centrists were happy to take credit

Later efforts to paint her 2019 positions as the cause of the loss seem to evade the obvious implication: the pivot didn't work. 3/

The Race Is Close Because Harris Is Running a Brilliant Campaign: Stop complaining; the centrism is working.

How a wonky centrist catchphrase explains Harris's platform

Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Much of the overstatement of moderation's appeal stems from rewriting history to portray Bill Clinton as moderating all the way to victory in 1992.

In fact, he ran a mixed, sometimes quite progressive, campaign and then ran right in 1993 after winning. 2/

Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Democrats' version of triangulation is really just about punching left. It's as much running right by rote as it is an actual strategy

Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social makes the case today in @prospect.org! 🧵

prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 6d

No, progressives aren't pushing degrowth.

Read our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social's latest in @theslingutah.bsky.social!

www.thesling.org/the-hollowne...

The Hollowness of Growth as an Objective - The Sling

While degrowth as a framework has been around for a while, its extremely limited presence in the zeitgeist is a relatively recent phenomenon. Modern progressives are not anti-growth; they simply recog...

www.thesling.org

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 6d

While the FAA is, by its own admission, overworked, understaffed, and working with outdated technology, its also opening the door for drones and uncertified eVTOLs to flood our airspaces.

Who asked for this? From our @kjboyle.bsky.social

The Trump Administration is Deregulating our Airspace. Who Asked for This?

Drone and eVTOL companies have spent big money lobbying with Trump-adjacent firms.

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