Capture lane

Labor Suppression

The Labor Suppression capture lane traces 335 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

335 events From Aug 20, 1619 To Mar 19, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1619–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-03-19Nearly 100 Solidarity Schools Organizing Nationwide for May Day General Strike 3 src
May Day Strong Coalition · Chicago Teachers Union · NEA · NNU · +1
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2026-03-17Postmaster General Warns Congress USPS Could Run Out of Cash by October 2026 4 src
Postmaster General David Steiner · House Oversight Committee · U.S. Postal Service
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2026-03-13Judge Orders VA to Reinstate Union Collective Bargaining Agreement for 300,000 Employees 4 src
Judge Melissa DuBose · VA Secretary Doug Collins · AFGE
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2026-03-12USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers 3 src
Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1
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2026-03-05Labor Unions and Activist Groups Escalate May Day 2026 General Strike Organizing Nationwide 4 src
AFL-CIO · Socialist Alternative · Indivisible · Labor Notes · +1
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2026-03-05OPM Proposes Rule Making Performance Primary Factor in Federal Layoffs, Replacing Seniority 4 src
OPM · AFGE · Rep. James Walkinshaw
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2026-03-04OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated 4 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2
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2026-02-12One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction 3 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management
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2026-01-23Minnesota General Strike Becomes Largest in State's History, Spreads to 300 Cities Nationwide 4 src
Minnesota AFL-CIO · Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 · SEIU Local 26 · UNITE HERE Local 17 · +5
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2026-01-05Israeli Security Cabinet Approves 'Operation Iron Strike' Against Iran 2 src
Benjamin Netanyahu · Israeli Security Cabinet · Donald Trump
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2025-12-30US Military Strikes Three-Vessel Convoy in Pacific, 11 Killed as Survivors Left in Deadly Seas 3 src
US Military · US Coast Guard · SOUTHCOM
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2025-12-24CIA Conducts First Land Strike in Venezuela, Destroying Drug Boat Loading Facility 2 src
Central Intelligence Agency · Venezuela
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2025-12-20Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures 6 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries · +1
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2025-12-17ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership 7 src
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4
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2025-12-17Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3
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2025-12-15Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195 2 src
Don Bacon · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
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2025-12-15Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear 2 src
Pentagon · Human Rights Watch
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2025-12-08State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate 3 src
State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-12-04Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence 6 src
Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3
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2025-12-04Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships 6 src
Donald Trump · National Security Council · Antonio Costa · Carl Bildt · +8
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2025-12-03State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers 4 src
State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies · H-1B visa applicants · +5
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2025-12-03Veterans Affairs Creates Database of Non-Citizen Employees for Deportation Targeting 4 src
Doug Collins · Veterans Affairs · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
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2025-12-01SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey Offers Resignation Over Boat Strike Legality Concerns 2 src
Alvin Holsey · Pete Hegseth · Adam Smith · SOUTHCOM
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2025-11-06FAA Announces 10% Air Traffic Reduction at 40 Airports Due to Shutdown 2 src
Sean Duffy · Federal Aviation Administration · Air Traffic Controllers · Department of Transportation
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2025-11-05FAA Reduces Air Traffic by 10% at Major Airports as Unpaid Controllers Face Staffing Crisis During 40-Day Shutdown 3 src
Federal Aviation Administration · Bryan Bedford · Sean Duffy
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2025-11-05Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in U.S. History at Day 36 3 src
Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Senate Republicans · Congressional Democrats
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2025-11-03Trump Administration Announces 2027 Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Nearly 5 Million 2 src
CMS · Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2025-10-16Ring partners with Flock Safety and Axon, reversing privacy commitments and expanding police surveillance 3 src
Ring · Amazon · Flock Safety · Axon · +1
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2025-10-01Trump Administration Fires Federal Employees During Government Shutdown, Courts Order Reinstatement as Unions Win Injunctions 4 src
AFGE · AFSCME · Donald Trump · Judge Susan Illston · +1
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2025-09-10Labor Department Inspector General Opens Investigation Into Jobs Data Manipulation 3 src
Labor Department Inspector General · Erika McEntarfer · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics
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2025-09-05FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts 2 src
Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump
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2025-09-04Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Unfavorable Jobs Report 2 src
Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · EJ Antoni · Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1
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2025-09-02US Military Conducts "Double Tap" Strike on Caribbean Vessel, Killing 11 Including Shipwrecked Survivors 4 src
Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Senator Angus King · +1
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2025-08-15Tech Workers Launch Coordinated Campaign Against Unregulated AI Development 3 src
Tech Workers Coalition · AI Ethics Researchers · xAI Employees · Elon Musk · +1
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2025-08-11Trump Nominates Partisan Heritage Foundation Economist to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics 3 src
E.J. Antoni · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics · Heritage Foundation · +1
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2025-08-01Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Hours After Unfavorable Jobs Report 3 src
Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Department of Labor
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2025-06-22US Launches 'Operation Midnight Hammer' Strikes on Iran's Fordow and Natanz Nuclear Facilities 3 src
Donald Trump · US Air Force · US Navy · Rafael Grossi
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2025-06-13Israel's 'Operation Red Wedding' Kills 30 Iranian Generals in Coordinated Decapitation Strike 2 src
Israeli Defense Forces · Mossad · Benjamin Netanyahu · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
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2025-04-05Nationwide Legal Defense Network Expands Operational Capacity 3 src
National Legal Defense Consortium · State-Level Legal Aid Organizations · Civil Rights Attorneys · AFL-CIO · +4
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2025-03-03DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management
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2024-12-10FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B Grocery Merger, Citing Labor and Consumer Harm 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Kroger Company · Albertsons Companies · Judge Nelson
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2024-11-13NLRB Rules Captive Audience Meetings Are Illegal Employer Coercion (Likely Reversed 2025) 2 src
National Labor Relations Board · Biden Administration · Workers · Union organizers
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2024-10-20Eight Washington State Poultry Workers Infected with H5N1 During Depopulation Operations 3 src
Washington State Department of Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Benton-Franklin Health District · USDA
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2024-09-05Tenet Media Shuts Down, YouTube Terminates Channels, Blaze Media Fires Lauren Chen After DOJ Indictment Exposure 4 src
Tenet Media · Tayler Hansen · Lauren Chen · Tim Pool · +9
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2024-04-24Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program 2 src
Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey · +1
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2024-04-24Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC to Block Non-Compete Ban, Challenging Agency Authority 3 src
U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Business Roundtable
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2024-03-25H5N1 Bird Flu First Detected in U.S. Dairy Cattle in Texas 3 src
USDA · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration · Texas Department of Agriculture
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2024-02-12Biden Approves $136 Billion in Targeted Student Debt Relief - 3.7 Million Borrowers Through Alternative Programs 3 src
Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona
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2023-12-18FTC and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines Rejecting Consumer Welfare Standard 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · Lina Khan · Jonathan Kanter
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2023-12-07Washington Post Workers Strike Against Bezos—First Walkout in Nearly 50 Years Over Job Cuts and Stalled Negotiations 3 src
Washington Post Guild · Jeff Bezos · Patty Stonesifer · Washington Post
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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 · +5
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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 · Chris Smalls
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2023-05-10Senate Hearing Exposes PBM Insulin Profiteering: 75% of Sales Go to Rebates and Fees 3 src
Bernie Sanders · Senate HELP Committee · Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen · Paul Hudson · +7
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2023-04-26Ukraine Launches Brave1 State-Backed Defense and Surveillance Technology Platform 3 src
Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Brave1 Cluster
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2023-04-12Yemeni Civilians File Lawsuit Against Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics for Enabling War Crimes 2 src
Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · General Dynamics · Yemeni civilians · +1
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2023-01-01Cancer Drug Shortage Crisis Enables Gray Market Profiteering - Carboplatin Price Jumps from $50 to $500 Per Vial 4 src
Big Pharma · Teva Pharmaceuticals · Food and Drug Administration · Gray Market Vendors · +1
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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 · William L. Walton · +2
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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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2022-03-03Russian State Media Outlet RT America Ceases Operations and Lays Off All Staff After Major Distributors Drop Channel 4 src
RT America · RT (Russia Today) · DirecTV · Roku · +1
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2022-03-01Clearview AI Deploys Mass Facial Recognition Technology in Ukraine War 3 src
Clearview AI · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Hoan Ton-That
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2022-01-21Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 80 at Yemen Detention Center in Worst Attack in Three Years 3 src
Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Amnesty International · +3
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2022-01-19Conservative Influencer Lauren Chen and Husband Liam Donovan Incorporate Tenet Media in Tennessee 2 src
Lauren Chen · Liam Donovan · Tenet Media
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2022-01-01Starbucks Executes Systematic Union-Busting Campaign with Record NLRB Violations 3 src
Starbucks · Howard Schultz · Starbucks Workers United · National Labor Relations Board · +1
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2021-07-27Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months for Exposing Drone War Crimes 3 src
Daniel Hale · National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · +1
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2021-02-09Second Impeachment Trial Begins with Constitutional Debate on Trying Former President 4 src
Donald Trump · Patrick Leahy · Bruce Castor · David Schoen · +3
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2020-12-31Wells Fargo Scandal Scorecard: 5,300 Workers Fired, Zero Execs Prosecuted 3 src
Wells Fargo · John Stumpf · Carrie Tolstedt · Department of Justice
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2020-10-15Wells Fargo Fires 125 Employees for COVID Relief Fraud, Culture Unchanged 3 src
Wells Fargo
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2020-09-27New York Times Obtains Trump Tax Returns, Reveals $750 in Federal Taxes Paid 4 src
Donald Trump · New York Times · Ivanka Trump · Trump Organization
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2020-04-20Whole Foods Heat Map Tracks Stores at Risk of Unionization Using Diversity and Demographics 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods
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2020-03-30Amazon Fires Christian Smalls for Organizing COVID Safety Protest 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Christian Smalls · David Zapolsky
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2020-01-01Wage Theft Steals More from Workers Than All Other Property Crime Combined 3 src
Corporate employers · Low-wage workers · U.S. Department of Labor · State labor agencies
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2019-09-02Amazon Warehouse Worker Billy Foister Dies on Warehouse Floor After Heart Attack 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Billy Foister
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2019-08-28Ring announces partnerships with 400+ police departments, building massive surveillance network 3 src
Ring · Amazon
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2018-10-02Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 But Eliminates Bonuses and Stock Options 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon
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2018-09-26Amazon's Anti-Union Training Video Leaked - Exposes Systematic Union Suppression Program 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods
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2018-09-05Bernie Sanders Introduces "Stop BEZOS Act" Targeting Amazon Wages 3 src
Bernie Sanders · Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Ro Khanna
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2018-07-12Tech Workers Coalition: Establishing Digital Resistance Infrastructure 3 src
Tech Workers Coalition · Silicon Valley Employees · Digital Rights Advocates · Rachel Melendes · +2
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2018-06-27Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions 6 src
Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Neil Gorsuch · National Right to Work Foundation · State Policy Network · +4
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2018-05-21Epic Systems v. Lewis: Supreme Court Allows Mandatory Arbitration Blocking Class Action Labor Claims 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Federalist Society · Corporate employers · +1
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2018-03-15Toys 'R' Us Liquidation: PE Firms Extract $470 Million, 33,000 Workers Get Nothing 3 src
Bain Capital · KKR · Vornado Realty Trust · 33,000 Toys R Us workers
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2017-10-30Mueller Indicts Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on 12 Counts Including Conspiracy Against the United States 3 src
Paul Manafort · Rick Gates · Robert Mueller
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2017-09-07Amazon Launches HQ2 Bidding War—238 Cities Compete to Offer Billions in Subsidies 4 src
Amazon · Jeff Bezos
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2017-04-06Trump Orders Syria Missile Strike from Mar-a-Lago During State Dinner with Xi Jinping - Military Action as Mar-a-Lago Spectacle 3 src
Donald Trump · Xi Jinping · Bashar al-Assad · Rex Tillerson · +1
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2017-03-13McKinsey-Designed Fiscal Plan Mandates Devastating Austerity: Pension Cuts, School Closures, Healthcare Privatization, Furloughs 5 src
McKinsey & Company · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico Government · Rafael Torregrosa
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2017-02-22Washington Post Launches "Democracy Dies in Darkness" Slogan Under Bezos Ownership 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Washington Post · Bob Woodward
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2017-01-1428 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success 3 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2
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2017-01-09Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model 3 src
Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee
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2016-12-08Former Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh Joins Northrop Grumman Board After B-21 Bomber Contract Award 3 src
Mark Welsh · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Wes Bush · +1
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2016-10-08Saudi Coalition Uses US-Made Bombs to Kill 155 at Yemen Funeral Hall in Sanaa 4 src
Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2
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2016-10-01Council of Economic Advisers: Market Power Suppresses Wages, Contributes to $1+ Trillion in Lost Worker Income 3 src
Council of Economic Advisers · Workers · Dominant firms
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2016-09-10Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 31 Civilians at Yemen Water Drilling Site in Apparent War Crime 4 src
Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Human Rights Watch
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2016-08-15Raytheon Paveway Bomb Strikes MSF Hospital in Yemen, Killing 11 Including Healthcare Workers 4 src
Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Doctors Without Borders · +1
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2016-06-15Guccifer 2.0 (Russian GRU) Begins Leaking Stolen DNC Emails Hours After Hack Exposure 4 src
Russian GRU · Guccifer 2.0 · Democratic National Committee · WikiLeaks · +1
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2016-02-12West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model 3 src
West Virginia Legislature · Earl Ray Tomblin · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · +2
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2016-01-01ALEC Develops Comprehensive Government Union Reform Act as All-in-One Union Elimination Playbook 3 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Bob Onder · Missouri GOP · corporate ALEC members
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2015-10-03U.S. Airstrike Destroys Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Kunduz, Kills 42 4 src
Barack Obama · Doctors Without Borders · U.S. Air Force · Afghanistan
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2015-09-21Martin Shkreli Raises Daraprim Price by 5,000%, From $13.50 to $750 Per Pill 3 src
Martin Shkreli · Turing Pharmaceuticals
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2015-07-11Russian 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
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2015-05-06Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws 3 src
Governor Mary Fallin · Oklahoma Legislature · Oklahoma Education Association · American Federation of Teachers Oklahoma · +2
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2015-04-26Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets 3 src
Corinthian Colleges · Jack Massimino
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