Capture lane

Electoral Manipulation

The Electoral Manipulation capture lane traces 425 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

425 events From Sep 6, 1787 To Apr 3, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2023-12-31Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials
Northrop Grumman · U.S. Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee
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2023-12-12Trump Launches Third 'Mugshot' NFT Collection Generating $9.9 Million Revenue
Donald Trump · NFT INT LLC
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2023-11-08Tenet Media Officially Launches Conservative Content Network with Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and Others
Tenet Media · Lauren Chen · Liam Donovan · Tim Pool · +5
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2023-08-29X reverses 2019 ban, allows U.S. political ads; verified accounts prioritized in recommendations
X/Twitter · Elon Musk
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2023-08-14Fulton County DA Fani Willis Indicts Trump and 18 Co-Defendants on Georgia RICO Charges
Donald Trump · Fani Willis · Rudy Giuliani · Mark Meadows · +4
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2023-08-01Jack Smith Indicts Trump on 4 Federal Counts for January 6 Conspiracy to Overturn Election
Donald Trump · Jack Smith · Mike Pence · Rudy Giuliani · +3
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2023-07-31Joe Rogan Promotes January 6 False Flag Conspiracy Theory, Claims FBI Orchestrated Insurrection to Frame Trump
Joe Rogan · Ray Epps · Federal Bureau of Investigation · House Select Committee on January 6
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2023-07-23Twitter Transformed to X with Systematic Content Moderation Rollback and Political Weaponization
Elon Musk · Twitter/X Platform · Center for Countering Digital Hate · Eddie Perez · +1
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2023-07-01Amazon Refuses to Bargain with JFK8 Union, Pioneering Refuse-to-Bargain Union-Busting Tactic
Amazon · Amazon Labor Union · National Labor Relations Board · Chris Smalls
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2023-06-30Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness 6-3 - Protects Debt System Against Democratic Relief
John Roberts · Joe Biden · Elena Kagan
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2023-06-27Supreme Court Rejects Dangerous "Independent State Legislature" Theory in Moore v. Harper
US Supreme Court · North Carolina Legislature · Democracy advocates
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2023-06-23Jack Smith grants immunity to fake electors for testimony against Trump
Jack Smith · Michael McDonald · Jim DeGraffenreid · Donald Trump
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2023-06-08Allen v. Milligan reaffirms Voting Rights Act §2; orders additional majority-Black district in Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States · State of Alabama · DOJ Civil Rights Division
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2023-06-02YouTube stops removing false claims about past U.S. elections
YouTube · Google
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2023-01-11Amazon Refuses to Negotiate with JFK8 Union After NLRB Certification - Stalls Contract for Over a Year
Amazon · Amazon Labor Union · Christian Smalls · National Labor Relations Board
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2023-01-03X expands permitted political advertising in the U.S.
X/Twitter · Elon Musk
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2023-01-01CNP Members Lead Project 2025 Coalition Organizations - Coordination Infrastructure for Trump Return
Council for National Policy · Heritage Foundation · Edwin Meese III · William L. Walton · +2
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2022-12-31Arabella Advisors Network Raises Record $1.35 Billion in Dark Money
Arabella Advisors · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Hansjörg Wyss · Eric Kessler
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2022-12-12FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged with Campaign Finance Violations and $8 Billion Fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2
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2022-11-22Trump Hosts White Nationalist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago Dinner
Donald Trump · Nick Fuentes · Kanye West
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2022-09-21NY Attorney General Files $250 Million Fraud Lawsuit Against Trump Organization
Letitia James · Donald Trump · Ivanka Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · +4
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2022-08-24Biden Announces $10K-$20K Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - 43 Million Borrowers Eligible
Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona
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2022-06-07FTC Launches Bipartisan Investigation into PBM Market Concentration and Drug Pricing
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Chuck Grassley · Maria Cantwell · +3
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2022-05-02Amazon Defeats Second Staten Island Union Vote at LDJ5 Facility 618 to 380
Amazon · Christian Smalls · Amazon Labor Union
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2022-04-15Trump Endorses Vance Following Thiel's $15 Million Strategic Political Investment
Donald Trump · J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Donald Trump Jr. · +1
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2022-04-01Amazon JFK8 Workers Vote to Form Company's First U.S. Union in Historic Victory
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Christian Smalls · Amazon Labor Union
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2021-11-09Office of Special Counsel Report Documents Hatch Act Violations by 13 Senior Trump Officials, Finding "Willful Disregard" for Federal Law
Mike Pompeo · Chad Wolf · Kellyanne Conway · Jared Kushner · +9
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2021-08-02NLRB Hearing Officer Rules Amazon Illegally Interfered in Bessemer Election, Recommends New Vote
National Labor Relations Board · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
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2021-06-03FBI Investigates DeJoy Over Alleged Straw Donor Campaign Finance Scheme
Louis DeJoy · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Carolyn Maloney · John Sarbanes
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2021-05-13Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation
Heritage Action · Jessica Anderson · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · +5
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2021-04-09Amazon Defeats Bessemer Union Vote 1,798 to 738 After Intensive Anti-Union Campaign
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
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2021-04-06Stephen Miller Founds America First Legal to Challenge Biden Administration and Advance White Nationalist Agenda
Stephen Miller · Mark Meadows · Matthew Whitaker
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2021-03-25Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions
Governor Brian Kemp · Georgia Republican Legislature · Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger · American Legislative Exchange Council
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2021-02-15Republican State Parties Censure Senators Who Voted to Convict Trump
Bill Cassidy · Richard Burr · Ben Sasse · Pat Toomey · +3
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2021-02-13McConnell Says Trump "Practically and Morally Responsible" Minutes After Voting to Acquit
Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Senate Republicans
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2021-02-13Senate Acquits Trump 57-43 Despite Bipartisan Majority Finding Him Guilty
Donald Trump · Mitt Romney · Richard Burr · Bill Cassidy · +4
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2021-02-13Senate Votes 55-45 to Call Witnesses, Then Reverses After McConnell Threatens Delay
Jaime Herrera Beutler · Kevin McCarthy · Donald Trump · Jamie Raskin · +2
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2021-02-10Impeachment Managers Present Devastating 13-Minute Video Compilation of January 6 Attack
Jamie Raskin · Stacey Plaskett · Eric Swalwell · Eugene Goodman · +2
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2021-02-09Second Impeachment Trial Begins with Constitutional Debate on Trying Former President
Donald Trump · Patrick Leahy · Bruce Castor · David Schoen · +3
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2021-02-08Amazon Launches Massive Anti-Union Campaign at Bessemer Alabama Warehouse
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union · Morgan Lewis
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2021-01-25Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Article to Senate After Biden Inauguration
Nancy Pelosi · Jamie Raskin · Chuck Schumer · Mitch McConnell · +1
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2021-01-20Freedom House Downgrades US Democracy Score to 83/100
Freedom House · United States · Donald Trump · Republican Party
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2021-01-13House Impeaches Trump for Second Time on Single Charge of "Incitement of Insurrection"
Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Liz Cheney · Adam Kinzinger · +1
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2021-01-06At Least Six CNP Members Coordinate January 6 Rally - Conservative Network's Role in Insurrection
Council for National Policy · Charlie Kirk · Jenny Beth Martin · Ali Alexander · +4
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2021-01-06January 6 Capitol Insurrection Represents Culmination of WHIG Constitutional Crisis Template Implementation for Oligarchic Governance Establishment
Donald Trump · Proud Boys · Oath Keepers · Roger Stone · +6
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2021-01-06Stephen Miller Writes Trump's January 6 Ellipse Speech, Adds Language About Pence Overturning Election
Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Mike Pence
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2021-01-04Jeffrey Clark admits in Signal messages that classified briefing yielded "nothing helpful" for Trump
Jeffrey Clark · Scott Perry · Donald Trump · Department of Justice
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2021-01-03Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election
Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · +1
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2021-01-02CNP Attorney Cleta Mitchell Joins Trump Call Pressuring Georgia Officials
Cleta Mitchell · Donald Trump · Brad Raffensperger · Council for National Policy
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2021-01-02Trump Calls Georgia Secretary of State to Find 11,780 Votes
Donald Trump · Brad Raffensperger · Mark Meadows · Cleta Mitchell · +1
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2021-01-01440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave
American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · Republican state legislators · +1
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2021-01-01ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie"
American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · State Policy Network · +1
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2021-01-01Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network
Barre Seid · Leonard Leo · Marble Freedom Trust
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2021-01-01Larry Ellison Donates $30 Million to Tim Scott's Super PAC Over 2021-2022
Larry Ellison · Tim Scott · Oracle · Opportunity Matters Fund
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2020-12-27No Surprises Act Bans Surprise Medical Billing After Years of Private Equity Industry Obstruction
U.S. Congress · TeamHealth · Envision Healthcare · Blackstone Group · +2
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2020-12-27Trump tells acting AG "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me"
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · Department of Justice
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2020-12-14Trump Campaign Organizes Fake Electors in Seven States
Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · Republican National Committee · Kenneth Chesebro · +2
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2020-12-14Trump privately admits defeat saying "Can you believe I lost to this f'ing guy?"
Donald Trump · Joe Biden · Mike Pence
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2020-12-10CNP Leadership Releases Letter Urging State Legislators to Reject 25 Million Votes
Council for National Policy · Cleta Mitchell · Republican state legislators
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2020-11-30Giuliani admits to Arizona Speaker "We don't have evidence, but we have lots of theories"
Rudy Giuliani · Rusty Bowers · Donald Trump
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2020-11-25Trump Pardons Michael Flynn After Guilty Plea and Sidney Powell Conspiracy Theories
Donald Trump · Michael Flynn · Sidney Powell · Emmet Sullivan · +1
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2020-11-12CNP Holds Post-Election Strategy Meeting - Planning Electoral College Challenge
Council for National Policy · Cleta Mitchell · J. Christian Adams · Hans von Spakovsky · +2
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2020-11-12Newsmax CEO Admits "We Have No Evidence" of Election Fraud, Airs Claims 23 More Times
Christopher Ruddy · Newsmax · Smartmatic · 2020 Election · +1
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2020-11-04Vance Begins Election Denial Rhetoric
J.D. Vance · Joe Biden · Donald Trump
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2020-11-03Facebook Rolls Back Election Safety Measures Immediately After 2020 Vote, Enabling "Stop the Steal" Misinformation
Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · Frances Haugen · Donald Trump · +1
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2020-11-03Judge Sullivan Orders Emergency USPS Ballot Sweeps, DeJoy Initially Defies Court Order
Emmet Sullivan · Louis DeJoy · USPS · Federal Courts
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2020-10-26Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett 52-48 Eight Days Before Election, Creating 6-3 Conservative Supermajority
Amy Coney Barrett · Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Susan Collins · +2
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2020-10-14FBI Enables Social Media Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Despite Knowing Authenticity
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Twitter · Facebook · Yoel Roth · +2
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2020-10-02Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments
Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Sean Conley · Mike Pence · +1
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2020-09-26Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event
Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +6
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2020-09-26Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Religious Conservative to Replace Liberal Icon Ginsburg
Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Mitch McConnell · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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2020-09-14HHS Spends $300 Million in Taxpayer Funds on "Defeating Despair" COVID Ad Campaign Timed to Promote Trump Before Election
Michael Caputo · Donald Trump · Dennis Quaid · CeCe Winans · +1
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2020-09-01CNP September 2020 Membership Directory Leaked - Current Network Exposed
Council for National Policy · Documented
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2020-08-25Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Violates Hatch Act by Staging White House Naturalization Ceremony as RNC Campaign Content
Chad Wolf · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Bennie Thompson
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2020-08-24Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Violates Hatch Act by Campaigning for Trump at Official USDA Event
Sonny Perdue · Donald Trump
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2020-08-24DeJoy House Testimony Refuses to Restore Mail Sorting Machines Despite Court Concerns
Louis DeJoy · Carolyn Maloney · Ro Khanna · Harley Rouda · +1
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2020-08-21DeJoy Senate Testimony Denies Sabotage as Gary Peters Details Severe Mail Delays
Louis DeJoy · Gary Peters · Ron Johnson · USPS
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2020-08-21Trump Speaks at CNP Meeting - President Addresses Conservative Coordination Hub
Donald Trump · Council for National Policy · Bob McEwen · Kelly Shackelford · +3
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2020-08-21USPS OIG flags service declines after mid-July changes; independent datasets show sharp on-time drops
U.S. Postal Service · USPS Office of Inspector General · U.S. Senate HSGAC (minority staff) · U.S. House Oversight Committee
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2020-08-15Trump Says He Will "Take a Look" at Pardoning Snowden, Ultimately Does Not Grant Pardon
Donald Trump · Edward Snowden · Mike Pompeo · Glenn Greenwald
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2020-08-13Trump Explicitly Admits Blocking USPS Funding to Restrict Mail Voting
Donald Trump · Louis DeJoy · USPS
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2020-08-13USPS Removes Mailboxes in Democratic Areas, Reverses After Public Outcry
Louis DeJoy · USPS · Donald Trump
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2020-08-01DeJoy Removes 711 Mail Sorting Machines During Mail-In Voting Surge
Louis DeJoy · USPS · Donald Trump · Federal Courts
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2020-07-04Trump Holds Mt. Rushmore Rally with 7,500 Packed, Maskless Attendees During Pandemic Surge
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Kimberly Guilfoyle
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2020-06-15Louis DeJoy Begins Serving as Postmaster General Despite Conflicts of Interest
Louis DeJoy · Donald Trump · USPS Board of Governors
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2020-03-13Trump Declares National Emergency for COVID-19 After Weeks of Denialism and Delay
Donald Trump · Alex Azar · Mike Pence
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2020-02-20Trump Fires Acting DNI Joseph Maguire After Intelligence Briefing That Russia Prefers Trump in 2020
Joseph Maguire · Donald Trump · Shelby Pierson · Richard Grenell · +1
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2020-02-19Larry Ellison Hosts Trump Fundraiser at California Estate, Raises $7 Million
Larry Ellison · Donald Trump · Oracle · Republican Party
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2020-02-05Senate Acquits Trump Despite Proven Abuse of Power; Romney Only Republican to Convict
Mitch McConnell · Mitt Romney · Donald Trump · Senate Republicans
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2020-01-31Senate Votes 51-49 to Block Witnesses in Impeachment Trial, Ensuring Trump Acquittal
Mitch McConnell · Mitt Romney · Susan Collins · Senate Republicans · +1
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2019-12-13Conservative Lawsuit Forces Wisconsin to Purge 200,000 Voters Before 2020 Election
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty · Wisconsin Elections Commission
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2019-10-17Zuckerberg Georgetown Speech Announces Facebook Will Not Fact-Check Political Ads, Licensing Trump Campaign Lies
Mark Zuckerberg · Facebook · Donald Trump · Joe Biden · +1
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2019-10-01Anne Nelson Publishes "Shadow Network" - Exposing CNP as Conservative Coordination Hub
Anne Nelson · Council for National Policy
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2019-09-24Trump Freezes Ukraine Military Aid Demanding Biden Investigation
Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani · William Barr · +4
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2019-08-06Bernie Sanders Appears on Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan Later Endorses Sanders for President
Joe Rogan · Bernie Sanders
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2019-08-03El Paso Walmart Massacre: 8chan Terrorist Targets Latinos, "Response to Hispanic Invasion"
Patrick Crusius · 8chan
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2019-07-25Russell Vought Freezes Ukraine Aid on Trump Order, Triggering First Impeachment
Russ Vought · Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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2019-07-25Trump Pressures Zelensky in Phone Call - "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though"
Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani
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2019-06-28Florida Legislature Enacts "Poll Tax" Requiring Payment of Fines to Undermine Amendment 4
Ron DeSantis · Florida Legislature · Republican Party
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2019-06-27Supreme Court blocks 2020 Census citizenship question as 'contrived'; filings tie rationale to Hofeller partisan plan
U.S. Department of Commerce · U.S. Census Bureau · Supreme Court of the United States · Thomas Hofeller
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