| 2015-08-01 | David Pecker Agrees to Catch and Kill Negative Trump Stories at Trump Tower Meeting
5 src David Pecker · Donald Trump · Michael Cohen · Hope Hicks · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-07-11 | Russian Agent Maria Butina Questions Trump About Sanctions at FreedomFest, Trump Promises to "Get Along" with Putin
4 src Maria Butina · Donald Trump · Alexander Torshin · Vladimir Putin |
| confirmed |
| 2015-06-16 | Trump Descends Escalator with "Rapists" Speech: Breitbart Pivots to Full Campaign Organ
2 src Donald Trump · Steve Bannon |
| confirmed |
| 2015-06-01 | Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics
3 src Internet Research Agency · Facebook |
| confirmed |
| 2014-06-01 | SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation
5 src Aleksandr Kogan · Cambridge Analytica · Alexander Nix |
| confirmed |
| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Republican National Committee · Anthony Kennedy · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-01 | CNP Membership Includes DeVos and Mercer Families - Billionaire Donor Integration
2 src Council for National Policy · DeVos family · Betsy DeVos · Erik Prince |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-01 | Tony Perkins Serves as CNP Vice President - Family Research Council Integration
2 src Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Council for National Policy |
| confirmed |
| 2013-07-01 | North Carolina Passes "Monster" Voter Suppression Law Hours After Shelby County Decision
4 src North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-25 | ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision
3 src North Carolina Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-25 | Shelby County Decision Guts Voting Rights Act Preclearance
5 src Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · John Roberts |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-01 | Aleksandr Kogan creates 'This Is Your Digital Life' Facebook app; data later used by Cambridge Analytica
3 src Aleksandr Kogan · Facebook · Cambridge Analytica |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-01 | Justice O'Connor Expresses Regret Over Bush v. Gore Damage to Court Reputation
4 src Sandra Day O'Connor · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2013-03-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas 2011 Redistricting Intentionally Discriminated Against Latino Voters
4 src Texas Legislature · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2013-01-01 | Kansas Implements Kris Kobach's Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law and Expands Interstate Crosscheck
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2012-11-06 | North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats
4 src Democratic Party · Republican Party · North Carolina General Assembly |
| confirmed |
| 2012-01-01 | Koch Network Spends $407 Million in Coordinated 2012 Election Campaign
3 src Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity | | confirmed |
| 2011-11-29 | Michigan Emergency Manager Seizes Control of Flint, Stripping Democratic Governance
3 src Rick Snyder · Flint City Government |
| confirmed |
| 2011-08-06 | Rick Perry's "The Response" Prayer Rally: 30,000 at Reliant Stadium as NAR Leaders Launch a Presidential Campaign
3 src C. Peter Wagner |
| confirmed |
| 2011-07-13 | ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · State Legislators |
| confirmed |
| 2011-07-01 | Wisconsin Republicans Pass Act 43 Gerrymandering Plan in Secret Process
4 src Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2011-03-23 | Trump Launches Political Career with Racist Birther Conspiracy
3 src Donald Trump · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican state legislators · Heritage Foundation · State Policy Network |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Begin Systematic NRA Infiltration Operation
4 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Russian Government |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | North Carolina Republicans Begin Aggressive Racial Gerrymandering
4 src North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party · Robert Rucho |
| confirmed |
| 2010-11-02 | Republicans Gain Record 680 State Legislative Seats, Securing REDMAP Objectives
4 src Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2010-03-26 | SpeechNow.org v. FEC Appeals Court Decision Creates Super PACs with Unlimited Contribution Authority
3 src Federal Election Commission · U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Election Commission · Anthony Kennedy |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | Republican State Leadership Committee Launches REDMAP Gerrymandering Project
4 src Karl Rove |
| confirmed |
| 2009-09-01 | James O'Keefe's Deceptively Edited ACORN Videos Trigger Destruction of Voter Registration Organization
4 src James O'Keefe |
| confirmed |
| 2009-07-17 | ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2008-09-01 | Sarah Palin's NAR Pastors Exposed: New Apostolic Reformation Theology Enters National Electoral Politics
3 src C. Peter Wagner |
| confirmed |
| 2008-04-28 | Crawford v. Marion County: Supreme Court Upholds Strict Voter ID Laws Despite No Evidence of In-Person Fraud
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Republican National Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2008-01-01 | Hans von Spakovsky Joins Heritage Foundation to Lead Voter Suppression Infrastructure Development
4 src Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · Council for National Policy · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2007-06-25 | DOJ Voting Section Politicization: Bush Administration Weaponizes Civil Rights Division for Voter Suppression
3 src Alberto Gonzales · Hans von Spakovsky · Monica Goodling |
| confirmed |
| 2006-12-07 | Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
3 src Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · George W. Bush · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2006-07-27 | Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: 25-Year Extension Passes with Bipartisan Supermajority Before Conservative Legal Assault
3 src George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · John Lewis · John Conyers |
| confirmed |
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
5 src James Risen · New York Times · George W. Bush · National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2005-08-25 | Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters
3 src Hans von Spakovsky · Department of Justice Civil Rights Division · Georgia Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2005-05-23 | Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Sexton |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-02 | Diebold Voting Machine Irregularities in Ohio 2004 Presidential Election
4 src John Conyers |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-02 | Ohio Evangelical Turnout Delivers Bush Reelection: "Values Voters" Become the Decisive Electoral Bloc
2 src George W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 2004-06-24 | Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
3 src Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · Antonin Scalia · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-06-04 | Stewart v. Blackwell Applies Bush v. Gore Equal Protection Precedent to Ohio Voting Disparities
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-24 | Bush Endorses Federal Marriage Amendment: Anti-Gay-Marriage Constitutional Strategy Becomes Republican Turnout Infrastructure George W. Bush · Focus on the Family · Family Research Council · James Dobson |
| confirmed |
| 2003-01-01 | State Policy Network Organizational Profile: Coordinating 66 State Think Tanks for Synchronized Corporate Capture
4 src State Policy Network · Bradley Foundation · DonorsTrust · Mackinac Center · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2002-10-29 | Help America Vote Act Signed: Provisional Ballots, Voter ID, and Electronic Voting Vulnerabilities
4 src George W. Bush · U.S. Election Assistance Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2002-09-15 | Major Network News Divisions Integrate WHIG Messaging Guidelines
3 src White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2001-10-26 | Bush Signs PATRIOT Act After 45-Day Rush with Minimal Debate
3 src George W. Bush · Tom Daschle |
| confirmed |
| 2001-06-01 | Abramoff-Reed Casino Scheme: Evangelical Infrastructure Monetized as Lobbying Weapon, Exposing Movement-Money Entanglement
3 src Jack Abramoff · Ralph Reed · Grover Norquist · Michael Scanlon · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2000-12-12 | Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement
4 src George W. Bush · Al Gore · William Rehnquist · Sandra Day O'Connor · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2000-12-09 | Supreme Court Grants Bush Emergency Stay with Scalia's "Irreparable Harm" Logic
6 src Antonin Scalia · William Rehnquist · Clarence Thomas · Sandra Day O'Connor · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2000-11-26 | Katherine Harris Certifies Bush Victory While Serving as Campaign Co-Chair
5 src George W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 2000-11-08 | James Baker Coordinates Bush Supreme Court Election Strategy from Day One
4 src George W. Bush · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2000-01-01 | CNP and Federalist Society Coordination - Leonard Leo Links Judicial and Political Networks
2 src Council for National Policy · Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Clarence Thomas |
| confirmed |
| 2000-01-01 | Florida Disenfranchises 1.4 Million Citizens Through Felony Voting Bans, Highest Rate in Nation
4 src Florida Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 1998-03-24 | Dobson Letter to GOP: Evangelical Base Demonstrates Veto Power Over Republican Agenda
3 src James Dobson · Focus on the Family · Tom DeLay · Republican Party · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1998-02-07 | James Dobson Threatens to Lead Evangelical Exodus from GOP: Focus on the Family Demonstrates Political Leverage
2 src James Dobson · Focus on the Family · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 1997-10-04 | Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" Rally Fills National Mall: Masculine Christianity as Political Infrastructure
2 src |
| confirmed |
| 1997-06-11 | Ralph Reed Leaves Christian Coalition, Founds Century Strategies: Evangelical Political Infrastructure Professionalizes into Permanent Lobbying-Consulting Complex
3 src Ralph Reed · Christian Coalition · Pat Robertson |
| confirmed |
| 1997-01-01 | Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes
16 src State Legislatures · American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican Governors |
| confirmed |
| 1996-09-21 | Clinton Signs DOMA: Christian-Right Marriage-Defense Coalition Wins First Federal Culture-War Legislative Victory
3 src Bill Clinton · Christian Coalition · Focus on the Family · James Dobson · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1996-07-03 | Oligarchs Bankroll Yeltsin Re-election Victory: 'Seven Bankers' Control 50-70% of Russia's Economy Through Loans-for-Shares Deal
4 src Boris Yeltsin · Boris Berezovsky · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · Vladimir Gusinsky · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1996-06-18 | Chinese Military Intelligence Funnels Campaign Donations Through Johnny Chung
4 src Bill Clinton · Democratic National Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1995-04-01 | IMF Approves $6.8 Billion Russia Loan With Structural Adjustment Conditions: Second Largest Loan in IMF History Fails to Stabilize Economy
4 src International Monetary Fund · Boris Yeltsin · Bill Clinton · World Bank · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1994-11-08 | California Proposition 187 Passes 59-41, Galvanizes Latino Voter Mobilization
9 src American Civil Liberties Union | | confirmed |
| 1994-11-08 | Christian Coalition Distributes 33 Million Voter Guides, Powers Republican Revolution: Evangelical Electoral Machine at Peak Capacity
3 src Ralph Reed · Pat Robertson · Christian Coalition · Newt Gingrich · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1994-11-08 | Republicans Win Historic Midterm Election with Contract with America
3 src Newt Gingrich · Dick Armey · Richard Mellon Scaife · Joseph Coors · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1994-03-29 | "Evangelicals and Catholics Together" Published: Colson-Neuhaus Cross-Confessional Coalition Treaty Formalizes Culture-War Alliance
3 src Chuck Colson · Pat Robertson |
| confirmed |
| 1994-01-01 | Jack Abramoff Joins Preston Gates - Launches Tribal Lobbying Practice
3 src Jack Abramoff · Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians · Grover Norquist |
| confirmed |
| 1993-05-20 | National Voter Registration Act (Motor Voter): Expands Registration Access Despite Republican Opposition and Implementation Resistance
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Republican Governors · League of Women Voters |
| confirmed |
| 1993-01-01 | Grover Norquist Wednesday Meetings Begin - Conservative Coordination Hub
3 src Grover Norquist · Americans for Tax Reform |
| confirmed |
| 1992-08-17 | Pat Buchanan Declares "Religious War" at Houston RNC: Culture-War Frame Enters Mainstream Republican Politics
2 src Republican Party · Christian Coalition |
| confirmed |
| 1992-01-01 | Christian Coalition Distributes 40 Million Voter Guides Through Churches: Electoral Infrastructure Embedded in Religious Institutions
2 src Pat Robertson · Ralph Reed · Christian Coalition |
| confirmed |
| 1990-01-01 | Union Avoidance Consulting Industry Emerges as $400+ Million Annual Business
3 src Corporate employers · National Labor Relations Board |
| confirmed |
| 1988-09-21 | Bush Campaign Deploys Willie Horton Ad Weaponizing Racial Fear of Black Criminals
4 src George H.W. Bush · Roger Ailes | | confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | AIDS Death Toll Reaches 25,000: Reagan Administration Inaction Continues
3 src Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1986-10-22 | Koop Releases AIDS Report After Five-Year Delay: Public Health vs Politics
3 src C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| confirmed |
| 1985-01-01 | Council of Conservative Citizens Founded by Former White Citizens' Councils Members to Continue Segregationist Agenda
32 src | | confirmed |
| 1982-11-01 | RNC Signs Consent Decree Banning Voter Intimidation After Armed Ballot Security Task Force
4 src Republican National Committee · Democratic National Committee | | confirmed |
| 1982-06-29 | Voting Rights Act Extension of 1982: Results Test Adopted, Section 2 Strengthened After Reagan Opposition
3 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Bob Dole · Edward Kennedy |
| confirmed |
| 1982-04-25 | Federalist Society Organizational Profile: Judicial Pipeline and Conservative Legal Movement Infrastructure
4 src Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Steven Calabresi · David McIntosh · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 1981-05-01 | Tim LaHaye Founds Council for National Policy: The Shadow Network That Coordinates the American Right
3 src Tim LaHaye · Paul Weyrich · Richard Viguerie · Howard Phillips · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Administration Muzzles Surgeon General Koop on AIDS for Five Years
4 src C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| confirmed |
| 1980-11-04 | Ronald Reagan Elected President, Conservative Infrastructure Achieves Powell Memo Goals
3 src Ronald Reagan · Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Edwin Feulner · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1979-06-01 | Moral Majority Founded - Corporate Agenda Masked by Religious Cultural Warfare
3 src Paul Weyrich · Jerry Falwell · Richard Viguerie · Howard Phillips · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1978-11-07 | Business Roundtable Coordinates First Major Corporate PAC Election Strategy
4 src Business Roundtable · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 1978-04-26 | Powell delivers Bellotti decision establishing corporate First Amendment rights
3 src Lewis F. Powell Jr. · Supreme Court of the United States · Corporate interests |
| confirmed |
| 1977-01-01 | National Association of Business PACs Founded to Coordinate Corporate Political Money
2 src |
| confirmed |
| 1975-08-06 | Voting Rights Act Extension of 1975: Expands Protection to Language Minorities Including Latino, Asian, and Native American Voters
3 src Gerald Ford · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1975-04-14 | Federal Election Commission Begins Operations, Institutionalizing Corporate PAC Framework
2 src Federal Election Commission · Gerald Ford |
| confirmed |
| 1975-02-21 | Nixon Top Aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell Sentenced to Prison for Watergate Cover-up
3 src H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · John Sirica | | confirmed |
| 1974-10-15 | FECA Amendments Enable Corporate PAC Formation, Triggering 1,600% Growth
2 src U.S. Congress · Federal Election Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1974-08-09 | Richard Nixon Becomes First U.S. President to Resign, Gerald Ford Sworn In as 38th President
3 src Richard Nixon · Gerald Ford | | confirmed |
| 1974-01-01 | Weyrich Founds Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, Expanding Infrastructure
2 src Paul Weyrich · Joseph Coors |
| confirmed |
| 1970-06-22 | Voting Rights Act Extension of 1970: Nationwide Literacy Test Ban and Voting Age Lowered to 18
3 src Richard Nixon · U.S. Congress · Emanuel Celler · John Mitchell |
| confirmed |
| 1970-01-01 | Richard Viguerie Pioneers Computerized Direct Mail, Revolutionizing Conservative Fundraising
3 src Richard Viguerie · Paul Weyrich · Howard Phillips · Terry Dolan |
| confirmed |
| 1968-11-05 | Nixon Wins Presidency Using Southern Strategy Based on Racial Resentment
3 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Republican Party | | confirmed |
| 1968-10-22 | Nixon Campaign Sabotages Vietnam Peace Talks Through Anna Chennault to Win Election - Johnson Calls It Treason
4 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · John Mitchell · Lyndon B. Johnson | | confirmed |
| 1965-09-08 | Delano Grape Strike Launches UFW Movement, Challenges Agricultural Corporations
3 src United Farm Workers | | confirmed |