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
2020-10-14FBI Enables Social Media Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Despite Knowing Authenticity 4 src
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Twitter · Facebook · Hunter Biden
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2020-10-02Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments 3 src
Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Mike Pence · Hope Hicks
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2020-09-26Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event 3 src
Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +4
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2020-09-26Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Religious Conservative to Replace Liberal Icon Ginsburg 4 src
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 4 src
Donald Trump · Alex Azar
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2020-09-01CNP September 2020 Membership Directory Leaked - Current Network Exposed 2 src
Council for National Policy
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2020-08-25Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Violates Hatch Act by Staging White House Naturalization Ceremony as RNC Campaign Content 4 src
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 3 src
Donald Trump
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2020-08-24DeJoy House Testimony Refuses to Restore Mail Sorting Machines Despite Court Concerns 4 src
Louis DeJoy · Carolyn Maloney · Ro Khanna · USPS
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2020-08-21DeJoy Senate Testimony Denies Sabotage as Gary Peters Details Severe Mail Delays 4 src
Louis DeJoy · Gary Peters · USPS
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2020-08-21Trump Speaks at CNP Meeting - President Addresses Conservative Coordination Hub 2 src
Donald Trump · Council for National Policy · Jenny Beth Martin · Chad Wolf · +1
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2020-08-21USPS OIG flags service declines after mid-July changes; independent datasets show sharp on-time drops 4 src
U.S. Postal Service · 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 3 src
Donald Trump · Edward Snowden · Mike Pompeo · Glenn Greenwald
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2020-08-13Trump Explicitly Admits Blocking USPS Funding to Restrict Mail Voting 4 src
Donald Trump · Louis DeJoy · USPS
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2020-08-13USPS Removes Mailboxes in Democratic Areas, Reverses After Public Outcry 4 src
Louis DeJoy · USPS · Donald Trump
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2020-08-01DeJoy Removes 711 Mail Sorting Machines During Mail-In Voting Surge 3 src
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 3 src
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Kimberly Guilfoyle
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2020-06-15Louis DeJoy Begins Serving as Postmaster General Despite Conflicts of Interest 4 src
Louis DeJoy · Donald Trump
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2020-03-13Trump Declares National Emergency for COVID-19 After Weeks of Denialism and Delay 3 src
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 4 src
Donald Trump · Richard Grenell · Adam Schiff
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2020-02-19Larry Ellison Hosts Trump Fundraiser at California Estate, Raises $7 Million 3 src
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 4 src
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 3 src
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 4 src confirmed
2019-10-17Zuckerberg Georgetown Speech Announces Facebook Will Not Fact-Check Political Ads, Licensing Trump Campaign Lies 4 src
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 2 src
Council for National Policy
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2019-09-24Trump Freezes Ukraine Military Aid Demanding Biden Investigation 5 src
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 3 src
Joe Rogan · Bernie Sanders
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2019-08-03El Paso Walmart Massacre: 8chan Terrorist Targets Latinos, "Response to Hispanic Invasion" 3 srcconfirmed
2019-07-25Russell Vought Freezes Ukraine Aid on Trump Order, Triggering First Impeachment 3 src
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" 3 src
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 4 src
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 3 src
U.S. Department of Commerce · U.S. Census Bureau · Supreme Court of the United States
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2019-06-27Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Beyond Federal Court Jurisdiction 4 src
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Robert Rucho · Common Cause
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2019-06-21E. Jean Carroll Publicly Accuses Trump of Sexual Assault in New York Magazine 4 src
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump
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2019-06-13Office of Special Counsel Issues Unprecedented Recommendation to Remove Kellyanne Conway for "Egregious, Notorious, and Ongoing" Hatch Act Violations 4 src
Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Office of Special Counsel
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2019-04-26Federal Judge Sentences Russian Agent Maria Butina to 18 Months for Conspiracy to Infiltrate Conservative Movement 3 src
Maria Butina · Department of Justice · National Rifle Association
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2019-04-18Mueller Report finds 140+ contacts between Trump campaign and Russians 3 src
Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · WikiLeaks
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2019-02-27North Carolina Board Voids Election After Republican Operative's Ballot Harvesting Scheme 4 src
North Carolina State Board of Elections
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2019-01-01Ginni Thomas Listed on CNP Action Board by 2019 - Supreme Court Spouse in Conservative Coordination Hub 4 src
Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action
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2018-12-13Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Conspiring as Russian Agent, Admits Years-Long Clandestine Influence Scheme 2 src
Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · National Rifle Association
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2018-11-27Georgia Purges 1.4 Million Voters Under Exact Match System 3 src
Brian Kemp · ACLU of Georgia
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2018-11-06Florida Voters Approve Amendment 4 Restoring Voting Rights to 1.4 Million with Felony Convictions 4 src confirmed
2018-11-06Michigan Voters Approve Independent Redistricting Commission, Ending Partisan Gerrymandering 4 src confirmed
2018-10-16China Approves 16 Trademarks for Ivanka Trump During Trade War 3 src
Ivanka Trump · White House · Xi Jinping
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2018-10-01Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Refuses to Recuse From Overseeing His Own Governor Election 4 src
Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger
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2018-10-01Operation Faithful Patriot deploys 5,200 active-duty troops to border 4 src
Pentagon · Trump Administration
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2018-08-21Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violations, Implicates Trump as "Individual-1" 3 src
Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Stormy Daniels · Karen McDougal
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2018-07-17Trump Claims He Misspoke "Would" Instead of "Wouldn't" in Implausible Helsinki Walkback Attempt 3 src
Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin
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2018-07-16Trump Sides with Putin Over U.S. Intelligence at Helsinki Summit, Attacks Own Agencies 4 src
Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Dan Coats · John Brennan · +1
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2018-07-15FBI Arrests Maria Butina for Conspiring to Act as Russian Agent to Infiltrate Conservative Organizations 3 src
Maria Butina · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · +1
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2018-07-13Mueller Indicts 12 GRU Officers for Hacking DNC and Democratic Campaign Infrastructure 3 src
Robert Mueller · Democratic National Committee · WikiLeaks
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2018-06-11Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System 4 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
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2018-03-17Cambridge Analytica Scandal Exposed by Whistleblower Christopher Wylie 5 src
Christopher Wylie · Cambridge Analytica · Facebook · Aleksandr Kogan · +2
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2018-03-16Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations 4 src
Facebook · Cambridge Analytica · Christopher Wylie · The Guardian · +4
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2018-03-06Office of Special Counsel Recommends Disciplining Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations 3 src
Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner
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2018-02-16Mueller Indicts 13 Russians and Internet Research Agency for Election Interference 3 src
Robert Mueller · Internet Research Agency · Russian Government
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2018-01-22Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander 4 src
League of Women Voters
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2017-08-01Courts Strike Down North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering, Legislature Redraws With Explicit Partisan Intent 3 src
North Carolina General Assembly · Robert Rucho · Republican Party
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2017-07-01Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Purges 560,000 Voters in Single Day Using "Exact Match" System 4 src
Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger
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2017-06-03Reality Winner Arrested for Leaking Russian Election Interference Report 3 src
National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
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2017-05-17Rosenstein Appoints Robert Mueller as Special Counsel for Russia Investigation - Direct Response to Trump's Obstruction 3 src
Robert Mueller · Rod Rosenstein · Donald Trump · James Comey · +1
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2017-05-11Trump Admits to Lester Holt He Fired Comey Because of This Russia Thing - Obstruction Confession on National TV 3 src
Donald Trump · James Comey · Rod Rosenstein
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2017-05-11Trump Creates Presidential Commission on Election Integrity to Investigate Nonexistent Fraud 5 src
Donald Trump · Mike Pence
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2017-04-11Federal Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminatory Against Minorities 4 src
Texas Legislature · Federal Courts
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2017-04-06Ivanka Trump Receives Chinese Trademarks During Xi Jinping Dinner 3 src
Ivanka Trump · China · Xi Jinping · Donald Trump
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2017-03-02Jeff Sessions Forced to Recuse from Russia Investigation After Perjury About Kislyak Meetings Revealed 2 src
Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Sergey Kislyak · Rod Rosenstein
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2017-02-08Kellyanne Conway Commits 50+ Hatch Act Violations, No Consequences 3 src
Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel · White House · +2
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2017-01-31Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money 3 src
Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Donald Trump · Mitch McConnell
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2017-01-21Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $400K for Presidential Access 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Secret Service
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2017-01-06Intelligence Community Assessment Concludes Putin Ordered Campaign to Influence 2016 Election 4 src
Vladimir Putin · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · +3
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2016-12-01Saudi Lobbyists Book 500 Rooms at Trump Hotel After Election 3 src
Saudi Arabia government · Donald Trump
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2016-11-18Trump Settles Trump University Fraud Cases for $25 Million, 10 Days After Election Victory 3 src
Donald Trump · Gonzalo Curiel · Eric Schneiderman
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2016-11-04National Enquirer Shreds Trump Documents from Safe After WSJ Inquiry 4 src
Dylan Howard · David Pecker · American Media Inc. · Wall Street Journal · +2
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2016-10-27Cohen Uses Essential Consultants to Pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 Hush Money 4 src
Michael Cohen · Stormy Daniels · Essential Consultants LLC · Donald Trump
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2016-10-07Republicans Withdraw Support for Trump After Access Hollywood Tape 4 src
Paul Ryan · John McCain · Republican Party
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2016-09-01Facebook Embeds Staff in Trump Campaign Headquarters to Optimize Targeting for Voter Manipulation 4 src
Facebook · Brad Parscale · Trump Campaign · Mark Zuckerberg · +1
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2016-08-21Stone tweets "Podesta's time in the barrel" 47 days before WikiLeaks 4 src
Roger Stone · WikiLeaks
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2016-08-17Bannon Named Trump Campaign CEO: The Gamergate-to-MAGA Pipeline Is Formalized 3 src
Steve Bannon · Donald Trump · Kellyanne Conway · Robert Mercer
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2016-08-02Manafort shares internal polling data with Russian intelligence 4 src
Paul Manafort · Konstantin Kilimnik
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2016-08-01AMI Pays Karen McDougal $150,000 to Kill Story of Trump Affair 5 src
Karen McDougal · American Media Inc. · David Pecker · Dylan Howard · +2
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2016-08-01Stone exchanges private messages with Russian GRU intelligence front Guccifer 2.0 4 src
Roger Stone
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2016-07-29Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law With "Surgical Precision" Ruling 4 src
North Carolina General Assembly
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2016-07-29North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans 3 src
North Carolina General Assembly · NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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2016-07-27Trump Publicly Calls on Russia to Hack Clinton Emails, GRU Begins Targeting Clinton Servers Same Day 4 src
Donald Trump · Russian GRU · Hillary Clinton · Robert Mueller
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2016-07-22WikiLeaks Releases 20,000 Stolen DNC Emails Three Days Before Democratic Convention 4 src
WikiLeaks · Julian Assange · Russian GRU · Democratic National Committee · +2
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2016-06-15Guccifer 2.0 (Russian GRU) Begins Leaking Stolen DNC Emails Hours After Hack Exposure 4 src
Russian GRU · Democratic National Committee · WikiLeaks · Robert Mueller
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2016-06-01Paul Manafort Shares Trump Campaign Data with Russian Intelligence 3 src
Paul Manafort · Konstantin Kilimnik · Russian Intelligence
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2016-05-20Russian Official Alexander Torshin Meets Donald Trump Jr. at NRA Convention After Requesting Trump Meeting 2 src
Alexander Torshin · Maria Butina · Donald Trump Jr. · Donald Trump · +1
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2016-05-18Trump Promises All Supreme Court Picks Will Come From Federalist Society 3 src
Donald Trump · Leonard Leo · Don McGahn · Neil Gorsuch · +4
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2016-05-01Roger Stone Meets Russian National Offering Clinton Dirt for $2 Million 3 src
Roger Stone · Russian Intelligence
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2016-03-11Phyllis Schlafly Endorses Trump in Final Political Act, Passing Torch to Populist Movement 3 src
Phyllis Schlafly · Donald Trump · Ted Cruz · Eagle Forum
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2016-01-28Trump Uses Charity Foundation for Iowa Campaign Event, Violating Tax Law 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Corey Lewandowski
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2016-01-26Jerry Falwell Jr. Endorses Trump Before Iowa: Liberty University President Makes the Transactional Bargain Explicit 2 src
Donald Trump · Ted Cruz
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2016-01-01Cambridge Analytica Deploys Harvested Facebook Data for Trump Campaign Electoral Manipulation 6 src
Cambridge Analytica · Trump Campaign · Alexander Nix · Steve Bannon · +2
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2016-01-01NRA Spends Record $30-55 Million Supporting Trump, FBI Investigates Russian Money Laundering 4 src
National Rifle Association · Donald Trump · Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · +2
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2015-12-10NRA Leaders Travel to Moscow on Trip Arranged by Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin, Meet High-Level Russian Officials 3 src
Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Russian Government
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2015-12-01Guardian Exposes Cambridge Analytica's Unauthorized Facebook Data Use for Ted Cruz Campaign 3 src
The Guardian · Cambridge Analytica · Ted Cruz · Facebook · +1
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2015-11-29NSA Officially Ends Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Under USA Freedom Act 4 src
National Security Agency · U.S. Congress · Barack Obama · Edward Snowden · +1
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2015-10-27Bannon Launches Breitbart Tech with Milo Yiannopoulos to Capture Gamergate Army: "Rootless White Males" 3 src
Steve Bannon · Milo Yiannopoulos · Robert Mercer
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