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DateEventActorsLanes
1991-01-01Leonard Leo Joins Federalist Society, Begins Strategic Judicial Talent Pipeline
Leonard Leo · Federalist Society
2
1991-01-01Leslie Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney in 1991; later alleged 'at least $46M' misappropriated
Jeffrey Epstein · Leslie Wexner · The Limited · +2
5
1991-01-01Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchases Trump yacht during financial crisis
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · +1
4
1991-01-01Sean Combs joins Uptown Records under Andre Harrell, beginning rapid rise
Sean Combs · Andre Harrell · Uptown Records · +1
4
1990-11-29Immigration Act of 1990 Expands Legal Immigration, Creates Diversity Visa Lottery
George H.W. Bush · Edward Kennedy · Alan Simpson · +1
4
1990-11-15Clean Air Act Amendments Pass with Industry-Preferred Market Mechanisms Over Direct Regulation
George H.W. Bush · Environmental Defense Fund · Edison Electric Institute · +3
6
1990-10-29Jesse Helms 'White Hands' Ad Weaponizes Affirmative Action Against Black Senate Candidate
Jesse Helms · Harvey Gantt · Alex Castellanos · +2
5
1990-10-01Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly Begins Lobbying for Kashmiri American Council, Later Revealed as Pakistani ISI Front
Paul Manafort · Black Manafort Stone and Kelly · Kashmiri American Council · +3
6
1990-07-25Keating Lincoln Savings Civil RICO Fraud Indictment
Charles H. Keating Jr. · Charles Keating III
2
1990-05-01Putin's Transition from KGB to St. Petersburg Government: Early Regulatory Personnel Shift
Vladimir Putin · Anatoly Sobchak · KGB Personnel · +1
4
1990-04-25Treasury Creates FinCEN, Centralizing Financial Surveillance of American Banking
Nicholas Brady · Department of the Treasury · Financial Crimes Enforcement Network · +1
4
1990-03-27Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Creates First Publicly-Funded Private School Vouchers
Governor Tommy Thompson · Representative Polly Williams · Bradley Foundation · +1
4
1990-02-16Reagan Testifies "I Don't Recall" Repeatedly in Iran-Contra Deposition
Ronald Reagan · John Poindexter
2
1990-01-01CNP Membership Includes Reagan Cabinet Officials - Meese and North Join Elite Network
Council for National Policy · Edwin Meese · Oliver North · +1
4
1990-01-01Epstein Purchases Property Near Mar-a-Lago
Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump
2
1990-01-01Federal Reserve Begins Systematic Dismantling of Glass-Steagall Restrictions
Federal Reserve Board · Alan Greenspan · JP Morgan & Co. · +1
4
1990-01-01Hoover Institution Organizational Profile: Leveraging Stanford Prestige for Conservative Policy Legitimacy
Hoover Institution · Herbert Hoover · Stanford University · +6
9
1990-01-01S&L Crisis Lessons Documented But Ignored: Stage Set for 2008 Repeat
Financial regulators · U.S. Congress · Banking industry · +1
4
1990-01-01Trump Taj Mahal Casino Opens with $675 Million Junk Bond Debt Crisis
Donald Trump · Carl Icahn · Marvin Roffman · +1
4
1990-01-01Union Avoidance Consulting Industry Emerges as $400+ Million Annual Business
Union avoidance consultants · Corporate employers · Labor Management Institute · +1
4
1989-12-20U.S. Invades Panama to Capture Former CIA Asset Manuel Noriega
George H.W. Bush · Manuel Noriega
2
1989-09-25Christian Coalition Founded - Grassroots Religious Right Electoral Infrastructure
Pat Robertson · Ralph Reed · Christian Coalition
3
1989-08-09FIRREA Signed: $160 Billion Taxpayer Bailout of S&L Industry Fraud
George H.W. Bush · U.S. Congress · Resolution Trust Corporation · +1
4
1989-05-25Reagan HUD Scandal Exposed, Samuel Pierce Influence Peddling Investigation
Samuel Pierce · Deborah Gore Dean · James Watt · +2
5
1989-05-04Oliver North Convicted of Iran-Contra Felonies, Later Overturned on Immunity
Oliver North · Gerhard Gesell · Lawrence Walsh
3
1989-05-01Trump Demands Death Penalty in $85,000 Ads Against Central Park Five
Donald Trump · Yusef Salaam · Korey Wise · +3
6
1989-04-14Lincoln Savings Collapse: $3.4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout
Lincoln Savings and Loan · American Continental Corporation · Charles Keating · +3
6
1989-04-14Senate Ethics Committee Opens Keating Five Investigation
John McCain · John Glenn · Alan Cranston · +3
6
1989-03-24Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Triggers Corporate Campaign to Limit Pollution Liability
Exxon Corporation · American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Supreme Court · +2
5
1989-03-04Eastern Airlines Strike Leads to Corporate Liquidation, Frank Lorenzo's Union Destruction Model
Eastern Airlines · Frank Lorenzo · International Association of Machinists · +2
5
1989-02-09KKR's $31 Billion RJR Nabisco Leveraged Buyout Establishes Private Equity Wealth Extraction Model
KKR · Henry Kravis · Ross Johnson · +1
4
1989-01-20Reagan Leaves Office: Domestic Corruption and Policy Failure Legacy
Ronald Reagan · George H.W. Bush · American public
3
1989-01-01Executive Outcomes Founded in South Africa: First Modern Private Military Company Conducts Combat Operations
Eeben Barlow · Executive Outcomes · Tony Buckingham · +2
5
1989-01-01Federal Reserve Expands Section 20 Powers to Include Corporate Debt Securities
Federal Reserve Board · JP Morgan & Co. · Section 20 subsidiaries
3
1989-01-01Global Climate Coalition Formed to Coordinate Industry Climate Denial Campaign
ExxonMobil · Shell · Chevron · +5
8
1989-01-01S&L Industry Collapse: Over 1,000 Institutions Failed by 1989
Savings and Loan institutions · Federal Home Loan Bank Board · Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation · +1
4
1988-12-01Silverado S&L Collapses: Neil Bush Conflict of Interest Costs Taxpayers $1 Billion
Neil Bush · George H.W. Bush · Silverado Savings and Loan · +3
6
1988-11-23IBP Settles Record OSHA Case for Systematic Injury Underreporting at Dakota City Meatpacking Plant
IBP Inc. · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · United Food and Commercial Workers · +1
4
1988-11-18Anti-Drug Abuse Act Creates "Aggravated Felony" Category, Merging War on Drugs with Deportation
Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · +1
4
1988-09-21Bush Campaign Deploys Willie Horton Ad Weaponizing Racial Fear of Black Criminals
George H.W. Bush · Lee Atwater · Roger Ailes · +4
7
1988-08-12Duncan Campbell's New Statesman Article First Publicly Names ECHELON Surveillance Network
Duncan Campbell · Margaret Newsham · Government Communications Headquarters · +2
5
1988-08-04WARN Act Passes with Corporate Loopholes, Toothless Plant Closing Protection
U.S. Congress · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1
4
1988-08-01Rush Limbaugh National Syndication Begins - Conservative Talk Radio Ecosystem Created
Rush Limbaugh · Edward F. McLaughlin · EFM Media Management · +1
4
1988-08-01Wise Use Movement Founded as Industry-Funded Anti-Environmental Grassroots Campaign
Ron Arnold · Alan Gottlieb · Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise · +4
7
1988-06-29Beck Decision Enables Workers to Withhold Union Dues for Political Activity, Weakening Labor Resources
U.S. Supreme Court · Communications Workers of America · Harry Beck · +1
4
1988-06-29Morrison v. Olson: Scalia's Lone Dissent Articulates Unitary-Executive Theory That Becomes Movement Doctrine
U.S. Supreme Court · William Rehnquist · Antonin Scalia · +3
6
1988-01-01Maxwell Acquires Macmillan Publishers, Expanding US Media Empire at Massive Cost
Robert Maxwell · Macmillan Publishers · Berlitz International · +1
4
1988-01-01S&L Crisis Prosecutions: 1,000+ Bankers Convicted, Contrasts Sharply with 2008
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Thrift Supervision · +1
4
1987-12-01Keating Lincoln Savings Irvine Fraudulent Bond Scheme
Charles H. Keating Jr. · Lincoln Savings and Loan Association
2
1987-11-18Iran-Contra Minority Report: Cheney, Addington Lay Groundwork for Unitary-Executive Doctrine That Shapes Bush II and Trump II
Dick Cheney · David Addington · Michael Malbin · +5
8
1987-10-23Senate Rejects Robert Bork Supreme Court Nomination 42-58, First Ideological Rejection in Nearly a Century
Robert Bork · Ronald Reagan · Edward Kennedy · +6
9
1987-09-16Senate Resolution Acknowledges Haudenosaunee Influence on Constitution During Bicentennial Celebrations
U.S. Senate · Haudenosaunee Confederacy · Six Nations
3
1987-08-04Reagan FCC Abolishes Fairness Doctrine in 4-0 Vote, Eliminating Balanced Coverage Requirements for Broadcasters
Dennis R. Patrick · Federal Communications Commission · Ronald Reagan · +5
8
1987-05-06CIA Director William Casey Dies Before Testifying on Iran-Contra Role
William Casey · Ronald Reagan · Richard Secord
3
1987-05-05Televised Iran-Contra Congressional Hearings Begin, Riveting Nation
Oliver North · John Poindexter · George Shultz · +1
4
1987-04-01Federal Reserve Approves Section 20 Subsidiaries for JP Morgan, Citicorp, and Bankers Trust
Federal Reserve Board · JP Morgan & Co. · Citicorp · +3
6
1987-04-01Keating Five Senators Pressure FHLBB to Halt Lincoln Investigation
Alan Cranston · Dennis DeConcini · John Glenn · +5
8
1987-02-26Tower Commission Report Released, Criticized as Whitewash of Iran-Contra
Ronald Reagan · John Tower · Edmund Muskie · +2
5
1987-01-01AIDS Death Toll Reaches 25,000: Reagan Administration Inaction Continues
Ronald Reagan · AIDS patients · LGBTQ community · +2
5
1987-01-01Cato Institute Organizational Profile: 'Libertarian' Cover for Corporate Deregulation Agenda
Cato Institute · Charles Koch · Ed Crane · +5
8
1987-01-01Heritage Foundation Budget Reaches $14.3 Million - Scale of Corporate Policy Investment
Heritage Foundation · Joseph Coors · Richard Mellon Scaife · +2
5
1987-01-01Olin Foundation Law and Economics Programs Expand to Elite Law Schools
John M. Olin Foundation · William E. Simon · Stanford Law School · +3
6
1987-01-01Philanthropy Roundtable Founded - Conservative Donor Coordination Infrastructure
Philanthropy Roundtable · Institute for Educational Affairs · Koch Network · +1
4
1987-01-01Wackenhut Corrections Wins First Federal Immigration Detention Contract in Aurora, Colorado
Wackenhut Corporation · Wackenhut Corrections Corporation · George C. Zoley · +3
6
1986-11-25Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Scandal to Public
Edwin Meese · Ronald Reagan · Oliver North · +1
4
1986-11-21Oliver North Begins Systematic Destruction of Iran-Contra Evidence
Oliver North · Fawn Hall · John Poindexter
3
1986-11-06Immigration Reform and Control Act Grants Amnesty to 3 Million, Employer Sanctions Fail
Ronald Reagan · Alan Simpson · Romano Mazzoli · +1
4
1986-10-27Anti-Drug Abuse Act Establishes 100-to-1 Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress
2
1986-10-22Koop Releases AIDS Report After Five-Year Delay: Public Health vs Politics
C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3
1986-10-22Reagan 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
Ronald Reagan · Dan Rostenkowski · Bob Packwood · +4
7
1986-10-22Tax Reform Act of 1986 - Corporate Lobbying Secures Massive Rate Reductions
Ronald Reagan · Corporate lobbyists · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1
4
1986-10-21Congress Passes Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Codifies Third-Party Doctrine for Digital Communications
Robert Kastenmeier · Patrick Leahy · Ronald Reagan · +1
4
1986-10-01Corrections Corporation of America Goes Public on NASDAQ at $9 Per Share, Wall Street Bets on Mass Incarceration
Corrections Corporation of America · Thomas W. Beasley · Nasdaq · +2
5
1986-09-26Reagan Vetoes Apartheid Sanctions, Congress Overrides in Historic Rebuke
Ronald Reagan · Desmond Tutu
2
1986-04-07EMTALA Passes as Unfunded Mandate, Enabling Insurance Industry to Shift Emergency Care Costs to Hospitals
Ronald Reagan · American Hospital Association · Health Insurance Association of America · +1
4
1986-02-25Meese Announces West Publishing Deal: Presidential Signing Statements Enter U.S. Code Legislative History
Edwin Meese · Ronald Reagan · Samuel Alito · +2
5
1986-01-01State Policy Network (Madison Group) Founded - State-Level Think Tank Coordination
Thomas A. Roe · American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · +2
5
1985-12-04NSC Running Shadow Foreign Policy Through McFarlane and Poindexter
Robert McFarlane · John Poindexter · Oliver North · +1
4
1985-10-02Rock Hudson Dies of AIDS: Reagan Forced to Finally Acknowledge Crisis
Rock Hudson · Ronald Reagan · Nancy Reagan · +1
4
1985-09-04Inslaw Files Bankruptcy Accusing DOJ of Stealing PROMIS Software for Intelligence Use
William Hamilton · Inslaw Inc. · Department of Justice · +3
6
1985-08-20First Secret Arms Shipment to Iran Initiates Iran-Contra Scandal
Ronald Reagan · Robert McFarlane · Oliver North · +1
4
1985-08-17Hormel Strike Broken Through Permanent Replacement, Ending Pattern Bargaining in Meatpacking
Hormel · United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 · Austin Minnesota workers · +1
4
1985-05-01Carl Icahn TWA Hostile Takeover - Asset Stripping Blueprint
Carl Icahn · Trans World Airlines · American Airlines
3
1985-03-15Opus Dei Members Enter Reagan Administration
Ronald Reagan · Opus Dei Members · Republican Party
3
1985-01-31Idaho Legislature Overrides Veto to Impose Right-to-Work Law, Devastating Labor Movement
Idaho Republican Party · Idaho Legislature · Governor John Evans · +3
6
1985-01-01Bradley Foundation Transformation - Coordinated Conservative Infrastructure Funding
Michael S. Joyce · Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation · Heritage Foundation · +4
7
1985-01-01Carl Icahn Phillips Petroleum Hostile Takeover Attempt
Carl Icahn · Phillips Petroleum · Michael Milken · +1
4
1985-01-01CNP Establishes Three-Times-Yearly Meeting Schedule at Secret Locations
Council for National Policy
1
1985-01-01Council of Conservative Citizens Founded by Former White Citizens' Councils Members to Continue Segregationist Agenda
Robert B. Patterson · Lester Maddox · Gordon Lee Baum · +2
5
1985-01-01Maxwell Begins Distribution of Backdoored PROMIS Software to KGB and China
Robert Maxwell · KGB · Chinese Military Intelligence · +3
6
1985-01-01Murdoch Strategic Media Empire Expansion and U.S. Media Regulatory Navigation
Rupert Murdoch · John Kluge · Marc Rich
3
1985-01-01PROMIS Software Creates Global Intelligence Surveillance Network Through Maxwell Distribution
Robert Maxwell · US Intelligence · Soviet KGB · +3
6
1985-01-01Ronald Perelman Receives $750 Million Drexel Blind Pool for Corporate Acquisitions
Ronald Perelman · Michael Milken · Drexel Burnham Lambert
3
1985-01-01Trickle-Down Legacy: Reagan Policies Make Inequality Structural Feature
Ronald Reagan · American workers · Wealthy elite · +1
4
1984-12-03Bhopal Disaster Kills Thousands, Exposes Union Carbide Safety Negligence and Regulatory Failure
Union Carbide Corporation · Warren Anderson · Indian government · +2
5
1984-10-30Cable Communications Policy Act - Media Deregulation and Consolidation Enabled
Ronald Reagan · Barry Goldwater · Federal Communications Commission · +1
4
1984-10-12Boland Amendment Explicitly Prohibits All U.S. Funding for Contras
Edward Boland · Ronald Reagan
2
1984-09-24Hatch-Waxman Act Grants Pharma Patent Extensions While Creating Loopholes to Block Generics
Orrin Hatch · Henry Waxman · Ronald Reagan · +1
4
1984-07-01Maxwell Acquires Daily Mirror for £113 Million, Expanding Media Empire
Robert Maxwell · Mirror Group Newspapers · Reed International · +2
5
1984-06-01CIA Director Casey and Oliver North Create "The Enterprise" -- A Private Intelligence Operation Template
William Casey · Oliver North · Richard Secord · +3
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