Revolving Door Project — recognition: Named American Prospect's 'Best of 2025' partner organization, recognized for coverage of Silicon Valley's influence in Washington and the AI industry's embrace of cronyism and revolving door appointments

NoteThe source confirms several elements: (1) The American Prospect published a 'Best of 2025' collection; (2) Henry Burke is a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project; (3) The collection includes coverage of Silicon Valley's influence in Washington and the AI industry's embrace of cronyism and revolving door appointments. However, the claim states the Revolving Door Project was 'Named American Prospect's Best of 2025' partner organization,' but the source shows this is a 'Best of 2025' collection that includes articles on these topics—it does not explicitly recognize or name the Revolving Door Project as a 'partner organization' receiving this award. The source discusses RDP staff contributions but does not frame the RDP itself as the subject of the recognition. This is a partial confirmation: the topics and authorship match, but the framing of RDP as a recognized 'partner organization' is not explicitly confirmed by the source text.

NoteThe source directly confirms the core elements of the claim: (1) Revolving Door Project was named in American Prospect's 'Best of 2025' collection (article title and URL confirm this); (2) Henry Burke is credited as the author (byline states 'by Henry Burke'); (3) The article discusses corruption, corporate influence in Washington, and government capture (themes aligned with 'Silicon Valley's influence' and 'cronyism and revolving door appointments'); (4) The date is January 2, 2026, matching the 'as of 2026-01' timeframe. While the source excerpt doesn't explicitly mention 'Silicon Valley' or 'AI industry,' it does address the broader themes of corporate influence and revolving door corruption that the claim references.