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#LiberalElites Kicked the Door Wide Open for #Trump’s Flagrant #Corruption

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
November 9 2025

Excerpt: "Calls for Democrats to find their way back from the wilderness by forcefully rebuking #corporate influence and corruption, something we at the #RevolvingDoorProject have been urging as the cornerstone of progressive politics for years, are multiplying. Politicians, notably Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, both Democrats, are emerging as anti-corruption champions. To mount a real anti-corruption agenda, though, Democrats must go farther than just condemning the sundry glad-handing of Trump world. There is no appetite for going back to the halcyon days when everyone knew the legal code was merely a suggestion for corporate titans and the ultra-rich, even as they masqueraded as law-abiding citizens."

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Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

The Intercept

Doug Grinbergs Apr 19, 2025

Center for Economic and Policy Research (#CEPR) Revolving Door Project #RDP #DOGE agent tracker
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/agents-behind-doge/
#RevolvingDoorProject

DOGE Agents Behind Attacks | Revolving Door Project

Profiles of reported DOGE agents: who they are, where they came from, and any conflicts of interest that endanger the public interest.

Revolving Door Project

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS Feb 4, 2025

I found it very helpful to use the script provided by #RevolvingDoorProject ( @revolvingdoordc ) when I called my 2 #senators today and asked them to #impeach Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for unleashing M*sk on the US Department of the Treasury. 📞 https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/release-treasury-secretary-scott-bessents-support-for-elon-musk-warrants-impeachment/

RELEASE: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Support for Elon Musk Warrants Impeachment | Revolving Door Project

Bessent’s decision to hand the unelected Musk and his covert, unaccountable DOGE wrecking crew the keys to the federal money spigot is a blatant attack on democracy that will harm working people.

Revolving Door Project

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Cory Doctorow Mar 6, 2023

Writing in *The American Prospect*, Max Moran from the #RevolvingDoorProject breaks down "Efficient Credit Policies," explaining how Eberly's stated views should disqualify her from sitting on the Fed board, especially as we teeter on the brink of a deep financial crisis:

https://prospect.org/economy/2023-03-06-janice-eberly-fed-nominee-mortgage-crisis/

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Rumored Fed Nominee Thinks Tim Geithner Did Right by Homeowners

President Biden may nominate Janice Eberly, former deputy to the mastermind of America’s foreclosure crisis.

The American Prospect

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Cory Doctorow Feb 13, 2023

The DoJ's Google suit has triggered fresh rounds of garment-rending from corporate shills who once presided over catastrophic mergers while drawing a public salary.

Writing for #TheAmericanProspect, @jeffhauser and Andrea Beaty from the #RevolvingDoorProject do what they do best - reveal the glaring conflicts of interest these monopoly enablers fail to disclose in attacking the DoJ's case:

https://prospect.org/power/2023-02-13-justice-department-antitrust-attack/

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The Difference Between Expertise and Marketing

Attacks on aggressive antitrust enforcement from ‘fellow Democrats’ who work for monopolists should be seen for what they are.

The American Prospect