| 1989-12-20 | U.S. Invades Panama to Capture Former CIA Asset Manuel Noriega
3 src George H.W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 1989-09-25 | Christian Coalition Founded - Grassroots Religious Right Electoral Infrastructure
3 src Pat Robertson · Ralph Reed · Christian Coalition |
| confirmed |
| 1989-08-09 | FIRREA Signed: $160 Billion Taxpayer Bailout of S&L Industry Fraud
4 src George H.W. Bush · U.S. Congress · Resolution Trust Corporation · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| confirmed |
| 1989-05-25 | Reagan HUD Scandal Exposed, Samuel Pierce Influence Peddling Investigation
3 src James Watt · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | | confirmed |
| 1989-05-04 | Oliver North Convicted of Iran-Contra Felonies, Later Overturned on Immunity
3 src Oliver North · Lawrence Walsh |
| confirmed |
| 1989-05-01 | Trump Demands Death Penalty in $85,000 Ads Against Central Park Five
3 src Donald Trump · Yusef Salaam · Korey Wise · Antron McCray · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1989-04-14 | Lincoln Savings Collapse: $3.4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout
5 src Charles Keating · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Resolution Trust Corporation |
| confirmed |
| 1989-04-14 | Senate Ethics Committee Opens Keating Five Investigation
3 src John McCain · John Glenn · Alan Cranston · Donald Riegle · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1989-03-24 | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Triggers Corporate Campaign to Limit Pollution Liability
3 src American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 1989-03-04 | Eastern Airlines Strike Leads to Corporate Liquidation, Frank Lorenzo's Union Destruction Model
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 1989-02-09 | KKR's $31 Billion RJR Nabisco Leveraged Buyout Establishes Private Equity Wealth Extraction Model
3 src KKR |
| confirmed |
| 1989-01-20 | Reagan Leaves Office: Domestic Corruption and Policy Failure Legacy
3 src Ronald Reagan · George H.W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 1989-01-01 | Executive Outcomes Founded in South Africa: First Modern Private Military Company Conducts Combat Operations
2 src |
| confirmed |
| 1989-01-01 | Federal Reserve Expands Section 20 Powers to Include Corporate Debt Securities
5 src Federal Reserve Board · JP Morgan & Co. | | confirmed |
| 1989-01-01 | Global Climate Coalition Formed to Coordinate Industry Climate Denial Campaign
17 src ExxonMobil · Chevron · Ford Motor Company · General Motors · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 1989-01-01 | S&L Industry Collapse: Over 1,000 Institutions Failed by 1989
3 src Federal Home Loan Bank Board · Resolution Trust Corporation |
| confirmed |
| 1988-12-01 | Silverado S&L Collapses: Neil Bush Conflict of Interest Costs Taxpayers $1 Billion
4 src George H.W. Bush · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| confirmed |
| 1988-11-23 | IBP Settles Record OSHA Case for Systematic Injury Underreporting at Dakota City Meatpacking Plant
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 1988-11-18 | Anti-Drug Abuse Act Creates "Aggravated Felony" Category, Merging War on Drugs with Deportation
3 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1988-09-21 | Bush Campaign Deploys Willie Horton Ad Weaponizing Racial Fear of Black Criminals
4 src George H.W. Bush · Roger Ailes | | confirmed |
| 1988-08-12 | Duncan Campbell's New Statesman Article First Publicly Names ECHELON Surveillance Network
3 src Government Communications Headquarters · National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 1988-08-04 | WARN Act Passes with Corporate Loopholes, Toothless Plant Closing Protection
3 src U.S. Congress · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · AFL-CIO |
| confirmed |
| 1988-08-01 | Rush Limbaugh National Syndication Begins - Conservative Talk Radio Ecosystem Created
3 src Rush Limbaugh |
| confirmed |
| 1988-08-01 | Wise Use Movement Founded as Industry-Funded Anti-Environmental Grassroots Campaign
6 src American Petroleum Institute · National Mining Association · American Farm Bureau Federation | | confirmed |
| 1988-06-29 | Beck Decision Enables Workers to Withhold Union Dues for Political Activity, Weakening Labor Resources
3 src U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 1988-06-29 | Morrison v. Olson: Scalia's Lone Dissent Articulates Unitary-Executive Theory That Becomes Movement Doctrine
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · William Rehnquist · Antonin Scalia · Edwin Meese |
| confirmed |
| 1988-01-01 | Maxwell Acquires Macmillan Publishers, Expanding US Media Empire at Massive Cost
3 src Robert Maxwell |
| confirmed |
| 1988-01-01 | S&L Crisis Prosecutions: 1,000+ Bankers Convicted, Contrasts Sharply with 2008
3 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Thrift Supervision |
| confirmed |
| 1987-12-01 | Keating Lincoln Savings Irvine Fraudulent Bond Scheme
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 1987-11-18 | Iran-Contra Minority Report: Cheney, Addington Lay Groundwork for Unitary-Executive Doctrine That Shapes Bush II and Trump II
3 src Dick Cheney · David Addington · Henry Hyde · Orrin Hatch · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1987-10-23 | Senate Rejects Robert Bork Supreme Court Nomination 42-58, First Ideological Rejection in Nearly a Century
4 src Robert Bork · Ronald Reagan · Edward Kennedy · Lewis Powell · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 1987-09-16 | Senate Resolution Acknowledges Haudenosaunee Influence on Constitution During Bicentennial Celebrations
2 src U.S. Senate · Haudenosaunee Confederacy |
| confirmed |
| 1987-08-04 | Reagan FCC Abolishes Fairness Doctrine in 4-0 Vote, Eliminating Balanced Coverage Requirements for Broadcasters
6 src Federal Communications Commission · Ronald Reagan | | confirmed |
| 1987-05-06 | CIA Director William Casey Dies Before Testifying on Iran-Contra Role
3 src William Casey · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1987-05-05 | Televised Iran-Contra Congressional Hearings Begin, Riveting Nation
3 src Oliver North · John Poindexter · George Shultz · Caspar Weinberger |
| confirmed |
| 1987-04-01 | Federal Reserve Approves Section 20 Subsidiaries for JP Morgan, Citicorp, and Bankers Trust
3 src Federal Reserve Board · JP Morgan & Co. · Citicorp · Paul Volcker · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1987-04-01 | Keating Five Senators Pressure FHLBB to Halt Lincoln Investigation
4 src Alan Cranston · Dennis DeConcini · John Glenn · John McCain · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 1987-02-26 | Tower Commission Report Released, Criticized as Whitewash of Iran-Contra
3 src Ronald Reagan · Edmund Muskie · William Casey |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | AIDS Death Toll Reaches 25,000: Reagan Administration Inaction Continues
3 src Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Cato Institute Organizational Profile: 'Libertarian' Cover for Corporate Deregulation Agenda
4 src Cato Institute · Charles Koch · Murray Rothbard · Koch Industries · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Heritage Foundation Budget Reaches $14.3 Million - Scale of Corporate Policy Investment
3 src Heritage Foundation · Joseph Coors · Richard Mellon Scaife · Edwin Feulner |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Olin Foundation Law and Economics Programs Expand to Elite Law Schools
3 src John M. Olin Foundation · Yale Law School |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Philanthropy Roundtable Founded - Conservative Donor Coordination Infrastructure
3 src Koch Network |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Wackenhut Corrections Wins First Federal Immigration Detention Contract in Aurora, Colorado
4 src Wackenhut Corporation · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Reagan Administration |
| confirmed |
| 1986-11-25 | Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Scandal to Public
3 src Edwin Meese · Ronald Reagan · Oliver North · John Poindexter |
| confirmed |
| 1986-11-21 | Oliver North Begins Systematic Destruction of Iran-Contra Evidence
3 src Oliver North · John Poindexter |
| confirmed |
| 1986-11-06 | Immigration Reform and Control Act Grants Amnesty to 3 Million, Employer Sanctions Fail
3 src Ronald Reagan · Alan Simpson · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1986-10-27 | Anti-Drug Abuse Act Establishes 100-to-1 Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
4 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1986-10-22 | Koop Releases AIDS Report After Five-Year Delay: Public Health vs Politics
3 src C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| confirmed |
| 1986-10-22 | Reagan Signs Tax Reform Act of 1986 - Top Individual Rate Cut from 50% to 28%, Corporate Rate Slashed from 46% to 34%, Tax Brackets Reduced from 16 to 2
9 src Ronald Reagan · Jack Kemp · U.S. Treasury Department | | confirmed |
| 1986-10-22 | Tax Reform Act of 1986 - Corporate Lobbying Secures Massive Rate Reductions
3 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1986-10-21 | Congress Passes Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Codifies Third-Party Doctrine for Digital Communications
3 src Patrick Leahy · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1986-10-01 | Corrections Corporation of America Goes Public on NASDAQ at $9 Per Share, Wall Street Bets on Mass Incarceration
3 src Corrections Corporation of America · Thomas W. Beasley · Nasdaq |
| confirmed |
| 1986-09-26 | Reagan Vetoes Apartheid Sanctions, Congress Overrides in Historic Rebuke
3 src Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1986-04-07 | EMTALA Passes as Unfunded Mandate, Enabling Insurance Industry to Shift Emergency Care Costs to Hospitals
3 src Ronald Reagan · American Hospital Association · Health Insurance Association of America |
| confirmed |
| 1986-02-25 | Meese Announces West Publishing Deal: Presidential Signing Statements Enter U.S. Code Legislative History
3 src Edwin Meese · Ronald Reagan · Samuel Alito · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1986-01-01 | State Policy Network (Madison Group) Founded - State-Level Think Tank Coordination
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heartland Institute |
| confirmed |
| 1985-12-04 | NSC Running Shadow Foreign Policy Through McFarlane and Poindexter
3 src Robert McFarlane · John Poindexter · Oliver North · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1985-10-02 | Rock Hudson Dies of AIDS: Reagan Forced to Finally Acknowledge Crisis
4 src Ronald Reagan · Nancy Reagan · C. Everett Koop |
| confirmed |
| 1985-09-04 | Inslaw Files Bankruptcy Accusing DOJ of Stealing PROMIS Software for Intelligence Use
4 src Department of Justice · Edwin Meese |
| confirmed |
| 1985-08-20 | First Secret Arms Shipment to Iran Initiates Iran-Contra Scandal
3 src Ronald Reagan · Robert McFarlane · Oliver North |
| confirmed |
| 1985-08-17 | Hormel Strike Broken Through Permanent Replacement, Ending Pattern Bargaining in Meatpacking
3 src National Guard |
| confirmed |
| 1985-05-01 | Carl Icahn TWA Hostile Takeover - Asset Stripping Blueprint
3 src Carl Icahn · American Airlines |
| confirmed |
| 1985-03-15 | Opus Dei Members Enter Reagan Administration
4 src Ronald Reagan · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-31 | Idaho Legislature Overrides Veto to Impose Right-to-Work Law, Devastating Labor Movement
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Bradley Foundation Transformation - Coordinated Conservative Infrastructure Funding
3 src Heritage Foundation · Federalist Society · American Enterprise Institute · American Legislative Exchange Council |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Carl Icahn Phillips Petroleum Hostile Takeover Attempt
3 src Carl Icahn · Michael Milken · Drexel Burnham Lambert |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | CNP Establishes Three-Times-Yearly Meeting Schedule at Secret Locations
2 src Council for National Policy |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Council of Conservative Citizens Founded by Former White Citizens' Councils Members to Continue Segregationist Agenda
32 src | | confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Maxwell Begins Distribution of Backdoored PROMIS Software to KGB and China
3 src Robert Maxwell |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Murdoch Strategic Media Empire Expansion and U.S. Media Regulatory Navigation
3 src Rupert Murdoch |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | PROMIS Software Creates Global Intelligence Surveillance Network Through Maxwell Distribution
3 src Robert Maxwell · US Intelligence · State Department · House Judiciary Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Ronald Perelman Receives $750 Million Drexel Blind Pool for Corporate Acquisitions
3 src Michael Milken · Drexel Burnham Lambert |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Trickle-Down Legacy: Reagan Policies Make Inequality Structural Feature
3 src Ronald Reagan · American workers |
| confirmed |
| 1984-12-03 | Bhopal Disaster Kills Thousands, Exposes Union Carbide Safety Negligence and Regulatory Failure
3 src Chemical Manufacturers Association |
| confirmed |
| 1984-10-30 | Cable Communications Policy Act - Media Deregulation and Consolidation Enabled
3 src Ronald Reagan · Barry Goldwater · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1984-10-12 | Boland Amendment Explicitly Prohibits All U.S. Funding for Contras
3 src Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1984-09-24 | Hatch-Waxman Act Grants Pharma Patent Extensions While Creating Loopholes to Block Generics
3 src Orrin Hatch · Henry Waxman · Ronald Reagan · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 1984-07-01 | Maxwell Acquires Daily Mirror for £113 Million, Expanding Media Empire
3 src Robert Maxwell · Rupert Murdoch | | confirmed |
| 1984-06-01 | CIA Director Casey and Oliver North Create "The Enterprise" -- A Private Intelligence Operation Template
4 src William Casey · Oliver North · John Poindexter · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1984-05-07 | Agent Orange Settlement - Chemical Companies Pay $180 Million to Veterans Without Admitting Liability - Victims Receive Average $3,800
3 src | | confirmed |
| 1984-03-01 | Empire Savings Failure Exposes Land Flip Fraud Networks
4 src Federal Home Loan Bank Board · Reagan Administration | | confirmed |
| 1984-02-01 | Charles Keating Purchases Lincoln S&L: Systematic Fraud Network
6 src Charles Keating · Federal Home Loan Bank Board |
| confirmed |
| 1984-01-22 | First Fully Privatized Prison Opens in Houston Under CCA Contract with Immigration and Naturalization Service
3 src Corrections Corporation of America · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Thomas W. Beasley |
| confirmed |
| 1984-01-01 | ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Edison Electric Institute · Eli Lilly · Donald Rumsfeld |
| confirmed |
| 1984-01-01 | Drexel Burnham Lambert Raises $100 Million Blind Pool for Nelson Peltz Corporate Raids
3 src Michael Milken · Drexel Burnham Lambert | | confirmed |
| 1984-01-01 | Manhattan Institute Organizational Profile: Urban Policy Infrastructure and CIA-Connected Think Tank
4 src Rudy Giuliani · Bradley Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1983-12-20 | Donald Rumsfeld Meets Saddam Hussein as Reagan Special Envoy to Iraq
3 src Donald Rumsfeld · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1983-12-01 | Rita Lavelle Convicted of Perjury: EPA Superfund Corruption Confirmed
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1983-11-02 | Greyhound Strike Ends in Permanent Replacement Victory, PATCO Pattern Spreads to Private Sector
3 src | | confirmed |
| 1983-10-09 | James Watt Resigns After Racist Remarks: Interior Department Corruption Ends
4 src James Watt · Ronald Reagan · Department of Interior |
| confirmed |
| 1983-07-01 | South Dakota abolishes Rule Against Perpetuities, enabling dynasty trusts and tax haven status
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 1983-06-30 | Phelps Dodge Breaks Copper Strike Using Permanent Replacement Workers, Destroying Union
3 src United Steelworkers · National Labor Relations Board |
| confirmed |
| 1983-06-23 | INS v. Chadha: Supreme Court Invalidates Legislative Veto in 200+ Statutes, Structural Shift Toward Executive Power
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Warren Burger · Byron White · William Rehnquist · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1983-04-26 | A Nation at Risk Report Launches Education Reform Industry, Lays Groundwork for Privatization
3 src Ronald Reagan · Heritage Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1983-04-20 | Medicare Adopts DRG Prospective Payment System Creating Hospital Profit Incentives for Reduced Care
3 src Ronald Reagan · American Hospital Association | | confirmed |
| 1983-03-09 | Anne Gorsuch Resigns EPA After Contempt of Congress: Regulatory Capture Exposed
4 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Neil Gorsuch |
| confirmed |
| 1983-01-28 | Corrections Corporation of America Founded in Nashville, Launching Modern Private Prison Industry
3 src Thomas W. Beasley · Corrections Corporation of America |
| confirmed |
| 1983-01-01 | Heritage Foundation Expands to 100+ Staff with $10 Million Budget During Reagan Administration Peak Influence
3 src Heritage Foundation · Edwin Feulner · Ronald Reagan · Richard Scaife · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1983-01-01 | Reagan Administration's Mass Immigration Emergency Plan Mandates 10,000 Detention Beds — First Systematic Detention Infrastructure Requirement in U.S. History
4 src Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Kenneth Starr |
| confirmed |