Capture lane

Digital and Tech Capture

The Digital and Tech Capture capture lane traces 589 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

589 events From Jan 1, 1970 To May 28, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-09-25Tesla Launches FSD V14 with Musk Claiming System 'Feels Sentient' 2 src
Tesla · Elon Musk
reported
2025-09-25Trump Approves TikTok Deal Giving Control to Allies Ellison and Murdoch, Demands Billions 2 src
Donald Trump · Larry Ellison · Oracle · Rupert Murdoch · +3
confirmed
2025-09-25Trump Signs Executive Order Approving TikTok Deal with Oracle Partnership 3 src
Donald Trump · White House · Oracle · ByteDance · +1
reported
2025-09-23Axon Acquires Prepared for $800-900 Million, Adding AI-Powered 911 Call Processing to Complete Surveillance Pipeline 3 src
Axon · Rick Smith
confirmed
2025-09-23Meta Launches Super PAC to Fight AI Regulation at State Level 2 src
Meta · Mark Zuckerberg
reported
2025-09-19SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims 2 src
Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
reported
2025-09-18Education Department Inspector General Probes DOGE's Illegal Access to Student Loan Data 2 src
Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
reported
2025-09-18ICE Homeland Security Investigations Signs $3 Million Contract with Magnet Forensics for GrayKey Technology 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Grayshift
reported
2025-09-17FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens ABC License Revocation, Disney Suspends Kimmel 'Indefinitely' 2 src
Brendan Carr · Disney · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump
reported
2025-09-15Wall Street Journal: FEMA Paralyzed by Noem's Approval Requirements as Disaster Victims Wait 2 src
Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
reported
2025-09-14Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Divests $120M Real Estate Stake While Retaining $350M in Assets Including Trump Crypto 3 src
Steve Witkoff · Trump · Adam Schiff · World Liberty Financial
reported
2025-09-12Federal Appeals Court Upholds Trump Law Blocking Planned Parenthood Medicaid Reimbursements 2 src
Donald Trump · Planned Parenthood
reported
2025-09-12SEC Drops Fraud Case Against Pardoned Nikola Founder Trevor Milton 2 src
Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · Nikola Corporation
confirmed
2025-09-12Trump Threatens Racketeering Investigation Against George Soros for Funding Protests 3 src
Donald Trump · George Soros · Department of Justice
reported
2025-09-11Bloomberg Obtains 18,000+ Epstein Emails Revealing Maxwell Relationship and Trump Name Removal Request 2 src
Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Donald Trump · Bloomberg News
confirmed
2025-09-11FTC Launches Investigation into AI Companion Chatbots' Impact on Children 2 src
Federal Trade Commission · Alphabet · Meta · OpenAI · +2
reported
2025-09-11State Department Adds 'Fidelity' Criterion, Retaliates Against Diplomats for Honest Analysis 3 src
State Department · Donald Trump
reported
2025-09-09DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-09-09Ninth Circuit Upholds California Social Media Protection Law for Minors 3 src
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · California · Rob Bonta
reported
2025-09-08FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage 3 src
Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · NBC
confirmed
2025-09-08SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service 2 src
SpaceX · Elon Musk
reported
2025-09-06FBI Director Kash Patel's Krispy Kreme Stock Purchase Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns 3 src
Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation
reported
2025-09-01Treasury Awards Palantir Contract for Unified IRS API Layer, Creating Centralized Access to Taxpayer Data 2 src
Palantir · U.S. Treasury Department · Internal Revenue Service · DOGE
confirmed
2025-08-29DHS Secretary Noem Fires 23 FEMA Employees, Demands Public Trump Praise, Announces IT Breach 2 src
Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump
reported
2025-08-29Government Waives Performance Benchmarks for Intel Despite $11 Billion in Federal Support 3 src
Trump · Intel · U.S. Department of Commerce
reported
2025-08-29Trump Invokes 'Pocket Rescission' to Claw Back $4.9 Billion in Congressionally Approved Foreign Aid 3 src
Trump · State Department · United States Agency for International Development · U.S. Congress
reported
2025-08-29White House Orders GSA to Add Musk's Grok AI to Federal Vendor List 'ASAP' Despite Antisemitic Content 3 src
Trump · White House · Elon Musk · General Services Administration
reported
2025-08-28White House Fires Surface Transportation Board Member Via Email Without Cause 3 src
Trump · White House
reported
2025-08-27Silicon Valley Launches $200 Million Super PAC to Block AI Regulations Ahead of Midterms 3 src
Meta · Andreessen Horowitz · Greg Brockman · OpenAI
reported
2025-08-26Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach 6 src
Charles Borges · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency
reported
2025-08-25Trump Signs Executive Orders Eliminating Cashless Bail, Threatening Federal Funds 3 src
Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-08-21EO 14338 Creates National Design Studio — ndstudio.gov Registered Same Morning Before Formal Signing (Pre-EO Infrastructure Positioning) 5 src
Donald Trump · Susie Wiles
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2025-08-19OMB Director Vought Blocks Billions in Congressional Appropriations, Claims Unilateral Spending Power 3 src
Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump
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2025-08-19Trump Converts CHIPS Act Grants to Government Equity Stake in Intel 3 src
Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce
confirmed
2025-08-19Trump-Appointed US Attorney Investigates DC Police for 'Fake' Crime Data 3 src
Jeanine Pirro · Donald Trump · DC Metropolitan Police · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-08-15Tech Workers Launch Coordinated Campaign Against Unregulated AI Development 3 src
Tech Workers Coalition · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-08-14DHS Centralizes Control of 300M-Profile Biometric Database Under CIO McCord; OBIM Moved From Independent Office to CIO Authority to Accelerate HART Delivery 1 src
Stephen Miller
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2025-08-14Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Department of Transportation · +1
confirmed
2025-08-13Treasury Secretary Bessent Violates Ethics Agreement, Retains Millions in Conflicted Assets 2 src
Scott Bessent · Office of Government Ethics · Department of the Treasury
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2025-08-11Trump Demands Intel CEO Resignation, Then Reverses After Meeting 3 src
Donald Trump
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2025-08-04HHS Awards Palantir $19.8M SHARE BPA Task Order for Integrated Care and Case Management (ICCM) and Database Support — 64% of $90M Ceiling Committed 2 src
Palantir Technologies · Department of Health and Human Services · HHS Program Support Center · Clark Minor
confirmed
2025-08-01Qualcomm Donates $1 Million to Trump-Aligned Dark Money Group 2 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-08-01Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance 3 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1
confirmed
2025-08-01U.S. Army Awards Palantir $10 Billion AI-Driven Software Contract 3 src
U.S. Army · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-07-30California Judicial Council Establishes First Comprehensive AI Transparency Regulations 3 src
xAI
confirmed
2025-07-15Grok AI Suffers Catastrophic Safety Failure, Exposing Critical AI Governance Gaps 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · Samuel Marks · Boaz Barak
confirmed
2025-07-15Peter Thiel's Founders Fund discloses 9.1% (5,094,000-share) passive stake in Ethereum-treasury firm BitMine via SEC Schedule 13G; BMNR surges ~20% 4 src
Founders Fund
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2025-07-15Vultron AI Raises $22M Series A led by Greycroft with Craft Ventures — Sharpest Post-Appointment Sacks Conflict Point (Sacks AI Czar at Close) 4 src
David Sacks · Craft Ventures · Elizabeth Warren
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2025-07-14Defense Department Awards $200M Contract to Elon Musk's xAI for Grok AI 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2025-07-07Bovino Leads Military-Style Raid on MacArthur Park as Children Flee, Defies Mayor Bass 5 src
Gregory Bovino · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-07-02CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2025-07-02Joe Rogan Publicly Criticizes Trump's "Insane" ICE Raids, Says Feels "Betrayed" - Eight Months After Trump Endorsement 3 src
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Bernie Sanders
confirmed
2025-06-26Anthropic Claude in Amazon Bedrock Cleared for FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 in AWS GovCloud 2 src
Anthropic · Amazon Web Services · Department of Defense
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2025-06-25FHFA Directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Consider Cryptocurrency as Mortgage Assets 3 src
Donald Trump · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac · Federal Housing Finance Agency
confirmed
2025-06-15Legal Resistance Digital Coordination Platform 5 src confirmed
2025-06-07Bovino's Home Depot Immigration Raid Standoff Triggers Trump's National Guard Deployment in LA 4 src
Gregory Bovino · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · California National Guard · +1
confirmed
2025-06-05Anduril Raises $2.5 Billion at $30.5 Billion Valuation, Led by Founders Fund 2 src
Anduril Industries · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · Palmer Luckey · +2
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2025-06-03Trump's Truth Social Takes Step Toward Launching Bitcoin ETF with NYSE Arca Filing 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Media & Technology Group · Securities and Exchange Commission
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2025-05-31Bono Confronts Joe Rogan Over Trump Administration USAID Cuts, Calls Them "Evil" - Influences Rogan's Subsequent Trump Criticism 3 src
Joe Rogan · Elon Musk · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-05-23Trump's crypto dinner guests admit they're trying to buy him off 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun
confirmed
2025-05-22Trump hosts exclusive $148M cryptocurrency investor dinner at private golf club 4 src
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · Justin Sun · Elizabeth Warren
confirmed
2025-05-22Witkoff & Trump: Crypto Deal Blends Diplomatic Access with Financial Venture 3 src
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Steve Witkoff · Zach Witkoff · +4
confirmed
2025-05-21Trump Administration Officially Accepts $400-500 Million Luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as Air Force One Gift, Sparking Constitutional Crisis Over Foreign Emoluments and Bribery 5 src
Donald Trump · Qatar · Chuck Schumer · Pam Bondi · +7
confirmed
2025-05-20Advanced Legal Resistance Technology Platform Launched with AI-Powered Research Tools 3 src confirmed
2025-05-14Trump Commerce Secretary's Crypto Firm Ties to El Salvador Reveal Complex Business Networks 4 src
Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Brandon Lutnick
confirmed
2025-05-13The mystery of $MELANIA: First Lady's memecoin fuels $100M insider trading windfall 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Melania Trump
confirmed
2025-05-11Trump Administration Systematically Drops Regulatory Cases Against Elon Musk 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-05-06SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1
confirmed
2025-05-05Trump Generates $350M Through Memecoin, Offering White House Access to Top Investors 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Sean Casten · +1
confirmed
2025-05-02Abu Dhabi sovereign fund commits $2 billion to Trump-linked crypto venture 4 src
Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan · World Liberty Financial · Donald Trump · Eric Trump · +2
confirmed
2025-05-02Freight Technologies Commits to Buy Up to $20M in Trump Crypto to Lobby Against Tariffs 4 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-05-02NASA Proposal Shifts $6 Billion, Prioritizing Mars Missions and Commercial Space Interests 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · SpaceX · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-05-01Trump Threatens Secondary Sanctions Against Any Country Buying Iranian Oil 2 src
Donald Trump · China
confirmed
2025-04-28Nexo Capital Announces U.S. Market Re-entry at Conference with Donald Trump Jr. 3 src
Donald Trump Jr.
confirmed
2025-04-28Tesla May Dodge Over $1 Billion in Regulatory Fines Due to Trump Administration Influence 4 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Richard Blumenthal
confirmed
2025-04-25DOGE Building Master Immigration Enforcement Database with Palantir, Integrating IRS and Federal Agency Data 3 src
DOGE · Elon Musk · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
confirmed
2025-04-17Judge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly, Orders Divestiture of Ad Business 3 src
Leonie Brinkema · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai
confirmed
2025-04-17Trump Team Targets Politically Connected Startup Ramp for $700B Government Payments Overhaul 3 src
Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · J.D. Vance
confirmed
2025-04-15Trump Launches Crypto Real Estate Video Game Venture 4 src
Donald Trump · Bill Zanker · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-14Founders Fund Leads $50M Round for Enriched Uranium Startup General Matter; Peter Thiel Joins Board 6 src
Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · Department of Energy
confirmed
2025-04-11Musk's DOGE Team Gains Control of Federal Payment System 3 src
Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Chuck Schumer · Ron Wyden
confirmed
2025-04-05Launch of Integrated Legal Technology Platform for Collaborative Resistance 3 src confirmed
2025-04-05Legal Resistance Tech Collaboration Platform Launch 4 src
Electronic Frontier Foundation
confirmed
2025-04-03FCC Chair Carr Proposes Section 230 Reinterpretation at DOJ "Big-Tech Censorship" Forum 6 src
Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
2025-04-03In-Q-Tel Reaches 800th Investment Milestone, Expanding Into AI and Quantum Computing 3 src
In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency
confirmed
2025-03-27White House Establishes "The Arrests Will Continue. The Memes Will Continue" as Official Communications Doctrine 3 src
Kaelan Dorr · White House · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-18Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Gerry Connolly
confirmed
2025-03-18VP Vance at Andreessen Horowitz American Dynamism Summit — AI Deregulation 'Tech-Populist Synthesis'; 'We Shouldn't Be Afraid of AI, We Should Seek to Dominate It' 4 src
J.D. Vance · Andreessen Horowitz
confirmed
2025-03-14AG Pam Bondi Announces Federal Investigation into Tesla Vandalism 4 src
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-03-13Inside Elon Musk's 'Digital Coup' in Trump Administration 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt
confirmed
2025-03-12Anduril Wins $642M Marine Corps Counter-Drone Contract for Base Protection Worldwide 4 src
Anduril Industries · Palmer Luckey
confirmed
2025-03-11FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition 4 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · SpaceX · +1
confirmed
2025-03-07Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure 3 src
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4
confirmed
2025-03-07FCC Grants Starlink Controversial Direct-to-Cell Service Approval at Higher Power Levels 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · T-Mobile
confirmed
2025-03-07SpaceX Confirms Starlink Loan Agreement with FAA for Infrastructure Testing 3 src
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Federal Aviation Administration · Verizon · +1
confirmed
2025-03-05Scale AI Wins Pentagon "Thunderforge" Contract for AI Military Planning, Partnering with Anduril 2 src
Scale AI · Alexandr Wang · Pentagon · Anduril Industries · +1
confirmed
2025-02-27US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-02-26Musk's DOGE leads systematic CFPB shutdown, raising regulatory conflict concerns 4 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Elizabeth Warren · +4
confirmed
2025-02-20Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That Resigns Amid Facial Recognition Controversies 3 src
Hoan Ton-That · Clearview AI · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-18White House Posts "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight" Video Packaging State Violence as Entertainment 3 src
White House · Donald Trump
confirmed