Capture lane

Electoral Manipulation

The Electoral Manipulation capture lane traces 466 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

466 events From Sep 6, 1787 To Oct 19, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-03-11Greenland Election Produces New Government Rejecting Trump Acquisition Demands 2 src
Mute Egede · Donald Trump
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2025-03-01Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake 3 src confirmed
2025-02-28Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration
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2025-01-27Trump DOJ Fires Jack Smith Special Counsel Team in Systematic Purge 3 src
James McHenry · Jack Smith · Trump Administration
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2025-01-23DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration 3 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Journalists
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2025-01-20Young Black Lawyers Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) Legal Resistance Summit 3 src confirmed
2025-01-14Jack Smith releases final report concluding Trump would have been convicted for January 6 crimes 3 src
Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Merrick Garland
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2024-11-05Puerto Rico Votes 58.6% for Statehood in Non-Binding Referendum as Congress Ignores Colonial Status 3 src
Jenniffer González-Colón · U.S. Congress
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2024-10-25Joe Rogan Gives Trump Unchallenged 3-Hour Platform 11 Days Before Election, Interview Reaches 50M+ Views and Cited as 'Deciding Factor' by Voters 4 src
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · J.D. Vance
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2024-10-22Georgia Supreme Court blocks State Election Board's hand-count rule 3 src
Georgia State Election Board
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2024-10-21Cochise County supervisor pleads guilty over 2022 certification refusal 4 src
Kris Mayes
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2024-10-17Vance Claims Trump Did Not Lose 2020 Election 3 src
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Joe Biden
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2024-10-01Musk Coordinates Political Operations Through America PAC and X Platform Information Warfare 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · America PAC · Twitter
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2024-09-30Guidance to Georgia officials on mass voter challenges 3 src
Campaign Legal Center · ACLU of Georgia · Brennan Center for Justice · Brad Raffensperger
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2024-09-28VP Candidate JD Vance Appears at Lance Wallnau's Courage Tour in Monroeville, PA, Framing Immigration Restriction as Christian Duty 5 src
J.D. Vance · Lance Wallnau
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2024-09-13State Department Exposes RT as Fully Integrated Russian Intelligence Operation with Embedded Cyber Capabilities 4 src
State Department · Antony Blinken · RT (Russia Today) · U.S. Treasury Department
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2024-09-06Dick Cheney Endorses Democrat Kamala Harris, Calls Trump 'Greatest Threat to Republic' 4 src
Dick Cheney · Kamala Harris · Donald Trump · Liz Cheney
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2024-09-04Justice Department Seizes 32 Russian Disinformation Domains Mimicking U.S. News Sites, Exposes Kremlin Operation Directed by Putin Aide 2 src
Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · Vladimir Putin
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2024-08-03Trump Publicly Endorses Georgia Election Board Members at Atlanta Rally, Sparking Electoral Integrity Concerns 3 src
Donald Trump · Janelle King · Georgia State Election Board
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2024-08-01Larry Ellison Buys $277 Million Florida Resort Near Mar-a-Lago, $450M Total Investment 3 src
Larry Ellison · Oracle · Donald Trump
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2024-07-15J.D. Vance Named Trump's VP Pick, Completing Thiel's Political Investment 3 src
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Republican Party
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2024-07-09Brennan Center warns Georgia SB 189 spurs mass voter challenges 3 src
Brennan Center for Justice · Georgia Legislature · True the Vote
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2024-07-08NatCon 4 Washington: Vance, Wilson, Mohler, Hazony, Orr, and Miller Share Programming Days Before Vance Named VP 4 src
J.D. Vance · Doug Wilson · Stephen Miller · American Moment
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2024-06-27Supreme Court Rejects Sackler Immunity in 5-4 Decision, Blocks Bankruptcy Shield 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Brett Kavanaugh · +2
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2024-05-30Apprentice Producer Bill Pruitt's NDA Expires, Reveals Trump Used N-Word on Camera 3 src
Donald Trump · Mark Burnett
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2024-03-01Trump Pressures Georgia Lawmakers to Capture State Election Board 4 src
Donald Trump · Janelle King · Brad Raffensperger · Georgia State Election Board
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2024-02-09Meta silent-default political-content suppression: Instagram and Threads toggle defaults OFF without user notification, affects full 2024 election cycle 4 src
Meta · Instagram
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2024-01-17Kirk and Wallnau Announce Courage Tour Partnership — TPUSA Faith + NAR Revival Infrastructure Merged for 2024 Election 6 src
Charlie Kirk · Lance Wallnau · TPUSA Faith · America First Policy Institute
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2023-12-31Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials 3 src
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 3 src
Donald Trump
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2023-11-08Tenet Media Officially Launches Conservative Content Network with Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and Others 2 src
Tenet Media · Lauren Chen · Liam Donovan · Tim Pool · +2
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2023-09-13Charlie Kirk Platforms Lance Wallnau at TPUSA Faith Pastors Summit, San Diego — NAR/Seven Mountains Integration 5 src
Charlie Kirk · Lance Wallnau · TPUSA Faith
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2023-08-29X reverses 2019 ban, allows U.S. political ads; verified accounts prioritized in recommendations 4 src
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 4 src
Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Mark Meadows · John Eastman · +3
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2023-08-01Jack Smith Indicts Trump on 4 Federal Counts for January 6 Conspiracy to Overturn Election 4 src
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 2 src
Joe Rogan · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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2023-07-23Twitter Transformed to X with Systematic Content Moderation Rollback and Political Weaponization 3 src
Elon Musk · Twitter · X
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2023-07-01Amazon Refuses to Bargain with JFK8 Union, Pioneering Refuse-to-Bargain Union-Busting Tactic 3 src
Amazon · Amazon Labor Union · National Labor Relations Board
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2023-06-30Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness 6-3 - Protects Debt System Against Democratic Relief 3 src
John Roberts · Joe Biden · Elena Kagan
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2023-06-27Supreme Court Rejects Dangerous "Independent State Legislature" Theory in Moore v. Harper 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · North Carolina Legislature
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2023-06-23Jack Smith grants immunity to fake electors for testimony against Trump 3 src
Jack Smith · Michael McDonald · Donald Trump
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2023-06-08Allen v. Milligan reaffirms Voting Rights Act §2; orders additional majority-Black district in Alabama 5 src
Supreme Court of the United States · DOJ Civil Rights Division
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2023-06-02YouTube stops removing false claims about past U.S. elections 4 src
YouTube · Google
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2023-01-11Amazon Refuses to Negotiate with JFK8 Union After NLRB Certification - Stalls Contract for Over a Year 3 src
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. 4 src
X · Twitter · Elon Musk
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2023-01-01CNP Members Lead Project 2025 Coalition Organizations - Coordination Infrastructure for Trump Return 2 src
Council for National Policy · Heritage Foundation · Edwin Meese III · Cleta Mitchell · +1
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2022-12-31Arabella Advisors Network Raises Record $1.35 Billion in Dark Money 3 src confirmed
2022-12-12FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged with Campaign Finance Violations and $8 Billion Fraud 3 src
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
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2022-11-22Trump Hosts White Nationalist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago Dinner 3 src
Donald Trump · Nick Fuentes
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2022-10-07Senate Candidate JD Vance Delivers Closing Keynote at Postliberal Catholic Conference at Franciscan University, Tells Integralist Scholars 'I've Admired a Lot of You from Afar' 5 src
J.D. Vance · Patrick Deneen
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2022-09-21NY Attorney General Files $250 Million Fraud Lawsuit Against Trump Organization 4 src
Letitia James · Donald Trump · Ivanka Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · +3
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2022-08-24Biden Announces $10K-$20K Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - 43 Million Borrowers Eligible 3 src
Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona
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2022-06-07FTC Launches Bipartisan Investigation into PBM Market Concentration and Drug Pricing 2 src
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Chuck Grassley · CVS Caremark · +2
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2022-05-02Amazon Defeats Second Staten Island Union Vote at LDJ5 Facility 618 to 380 3 src
Amazon · Christian Smalls · Amazon Labor Union
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2022-04-15Trump Endorses Vance Following Thiel's ~$15 Million Cumulative Investment in Protect Ohio Values 3 src
Donald Trump · J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Donald Trump Jr.
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2022-04-01Amazon JFK8 Workers Vote to Form Company's First U.S. Union in Historic Victory 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Christian Smalls · Amazon Labor Union
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2022-03-30Senate Candidate JD Vance Appears on Eric Metaxas Show, Frames Ohio Senate Race as Fight Against 'Attempts to Ban God from the Public Square' 3 src
J.D. Vance
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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 4 src
Mike Pompeo · Chad Wolf · Kellyanne Conway · Jared Kushner · +2
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2021-11-01Senate Candidate JD Vance Keynotes NatCon 2 in Orlando, Calls for 'Aggressively Attacking' Universities and Says Teaching That 'Divides People' Is 'Satanic' 5 src
J.D. Vance
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2021-08-02NLRB Hearing Officer Rules Amazon Illegally Interfered in Bessemer Election, Recommends New Vote 3 src
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 4 src
Louis DeJoy · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Carolyn Maloney
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2021-05-13Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation 4 src
Heritage Action · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · Brian Kemp · +3
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2021-04-09Amazon Defeats Bessemer Union Vote 1,798 to 738 After Intensive Anti-Union Campaign 3 src
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 3 src
Stephen Miller · Mark Meadows
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2021-03-25Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions 3 src
Brian Kemp · American Legislative Exchange Council
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2021-02-15Republican State Parties Censure Senators Who Voted to Convict Trump 4 src
Bill Cassidy · Richard Burr · Pat Toomey · Lisa Murkowski · +1
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2021-02-13McConnell Says Trump "Practically and Morally Responsible" Minutes After Voting to Acquit 4 src
Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Senate Republicans
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2021-02-13Senate Acquits Trump 57-43 Despite Bipartisan Majority Finding Him Guilty 4 src
Donald Trump · Mitt Romney · Richard Burr · Bill Cassidy · +3
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2021-02-13Senate Votes 55-45 to Call Witnesses, Then Reverses After McConnell Threatens Delay 3 src
Kevin McCarthy · Donald Trump · Jamie Raskin · Mitch McConnell
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2021-02-10Impeachment Managers Present Devastating 13-Minute Video Compilation of January 6 Attack 4 src
Jamie Raskin · Mitt Romney · Chuck Schumer
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2021-02-09Second Impeachment Trial Begins with Constitutional Debate on Trying Former President 4 src
Donald Trump · Patrick Leahy · Bill Cassidy · Mitch McConnell
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2021-02-08Amazon Launches Massive Anti-Union Campaign at Bessemer Alabama Warehouse 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
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2021-01-25Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Article to Senate After Biden Inauguration 4 src
Nancy Pelosi · Jamie Raskin · Chuck Schumer · Mitch McConnell
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2021-01-20Freedom House Downgrades US Democracy Score to 83/100 3 src
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" 3 src
Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Liz Cheney · U.S. House of Representatives
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2021-01-06At Least Six CNP Members Coordinate January 6 Rally - Conservative Network's Role in Insurrection 2 src
Council for National Policy · Charlie Kirk · Jenny Beth Martin · Cleta Mitchell · +2
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2021-01-06January 6 Capitol Insurrection Represents Culmination of WHIG Constitutional Crisis Template Implementation for Oligarchic Governance Establishment 3 src
Donald Trump · Proud Boys · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · +5
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2021-01-06Stephen Miller Writes Trump's January 6 Ellipse Speech, Adds Language About Pence Overturning Election 3 src
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 4 src
Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Department of Justice
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2021-01-03Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election 6 src
Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Department of Justice
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2021-01-02CNP Attorney Cleta Mitchell Joins Trump Call Pressuring Georgia Officials 2 src
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 3 src
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 3 src
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" 2 src
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 4 src
Leonard Leo
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2021-01-01Larry Ellison Donates $30 Million to Tim Scott's Super PAC Over 2021-2022 3 src
Larry Ellison · Tim Scott · Oracle
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2020-12-27No Surprises Act Bans Surprise Medical Billing After Years of Private Equity Industry Obstruction 3 src
U.S. Congress · KKR · Private Equity Industry
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2020-12-27Trump tells acting AG "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me" 4 src
Donald Trump · Department of Justice
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2020-12-14Trump Campaign Organizes Fake Electors in Seven States 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · Republican National Committee · Sidney Powell · +1
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2020-12-14Trump privately admits defeat saying "Can you believe I lost to this f'ing guy?" 4 src
Donald Trump · Joe Biden · Mike Pence
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2020-12-10CNP Leadership Releases Letter Urging State Legislators to Reject 25 Million Votes 2 src
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" 3 src
Rudy Giuliani · Donald Trump
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2020-11-25Trump Pardons Michael Flynn After Guilty Plea and Sidney Powell Conspiracy Theories 4 src
Donald Trump · Michael Flynn · Sidney Powell · Emmet Sullivan · +1
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2020-11-14Larry Ellison Reported on Evening Call With Sekulow, Graham, Hannity and True the Vote Counsel Bopp About a Post-Election "Preliminary Report" 4 src
Larry Ellison · Lindsey Graham · True the Vote
reported
2020-11-12CNP Holds Post-Election Strategy Meeting - Planning Electoral College Challenge 2 src
Council for National Policy · Cleta Mitchell · Hans von Spakovsky · Lisa Nelson
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2020-11-12Newsmax CEO Admits "We Have No Evidence" of Election Fraud, Airs Claims 23 More Times 4 src
Sidney Powell
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2020-11-04Vance Begins Election Denial Rhetoric 3 src
J.D. Vance · Joe Biden · Donald Trump
disputed
2020-11-03Facebook Rolls Back Election Safety Measures Immediately After 2020 Vote, Enabling "Stop the Steal" Misinformation 4 src
Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · Frances Haugen · Donald Trump
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2020-11-03Judge Sullivan Orders Emergency USPS Ballot Sweeps, DeJoy Initially Defies Court Order 4 src
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 4 src
Amy Coney Barrett · Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Susan Collins · +2
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