Will Royce

3 weeks ago | therevolvingdoorproject.org | Will Royce |Kenny Stancil |Jacob Plaza

This newsletter was originally published on our Substack. Read and subscribe here. Welcome to Week Ten of the Revolving Door Project’s Corruption Calendar, where we highlight examples of corporate corruption shaping the Trump administration’s agenda and their material impact on everyday people. Read our first nine issues here and follow us on Bluesky and X for #CorruptionCalendar updates.

1 month ago | therevolvingdoorproject.org | Kenny Stancil |Andrea Beaty |Will Royce

This article was originally published by The American Prospect. The humanitarian aid cuts illegally imposed by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency have been devastating across the globe. The Prospect’s Ryan Cooper has described how DOGE’s withdrawal of funding for nutritional support, tuberculosis treatment, malaria prevention, and PEPFAR—the HIV prevention program that was perhaps the only good thing George W.

1 month ago | therevolvingdoorproject.org | Jacob Plaza |Kenny Stancil |Will Royce

By the end of Fiscal Year 2022, the staffing at the SSA had hit a “25-year low.” Among its vital work, the agency distributes benefits to over 73 million people, and further cuts to its staffing numbers would result in longer wait times for beneficiaries, worse customer service, and ultimately, fewer people receiving benefits. In their FY 2024 Performance , the agency listed managing “human capital” as one of their most important challenges.