Capture lane

Media Capture & Control

The Media Capture & Control capture lane traces 618 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

618 events From May 26, 1836 To Mar 23, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2019-05-07Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Recalled from Ukraine After Giuliani-Led Smear Campaign
Marie Yovanovitch · Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Yuriy Lutsenko · +3
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2019-05-01Facebook Removes 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts in 2019, Exposing Massive Bot Network Infrastructure
Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg
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2019-05-01Fisher Sand & Gravel Wins $2B Border Wall Contracts After Fox News Lobbying
Fisher Sand & Gravel · Tommy Fisher · Donald Trump · Kevin Cramer · +2
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2019-03-24Attorney General Barr Releases Misleading 4-Page Summary of Mueller Report
William Barr · Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · Rod Rosenstein
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2019-02-17YouTube Pedophile Ring Enabled by Recommendation Algorithm Exposed by Matt Watson
YouTube · Google · Matt Watson (investigative YouTuber) · Pedophile networks · +4
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2018-12-10University of Phoenix Enrollment Collapses 80% After Fraud Investigations - $191M FTC Settlement
University of Phoenix · Apollo Education Group · Federal Trade Commission
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2018-12-06NYPD Begins Secret Trial of Clearview AI Facial Recognition Technology
NYPD · Clearview AI · Hoan Ton-That
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2018-11-27Georgia Purges 1.4 Million Voters Under Exact Match System
Brian Kemp · Stacey Abrams · Georgia Secretary of State Office · Common Cause Georgia · +2
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2018-11-15Mexican Journalists Targeted with Pegasus Days After Colleague's Assassination
Javier Valdez Cárdenas · Andrés Villarreal · Ismael Bojórquez · Citizen Lab · +2
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2018-11-06Facebook Admits Platform Used to "Incite Offline Violence" in Myanmar Genocide, Implements No Systemic Changes
Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · United Nations · Rohingya Muslims · +1
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2018-11-06Florida Voters Approve Amendment 4 Restoring Voting Rights to 1.4 Million with Felony Convictions
Florida voters · Desmond Meade · Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
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2018-11-06Michigan Voters Approve Independent Redistricting Commission, Ending Partisan Gerrymandering
Voters Not Politicians · Michigan voters
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2018-10-27Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre: Gab-Radicalized Gunman Kills 11 in Deadliest Antisemitic Attack in US History
Robert Bowers · HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) · Tree of Life Congregation
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2018-10-02Saudi Crown Prince's Entourage Books Trump Hotel During Khashoggi Crisis
Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia government · Trump International Hotel New York · Donald Trump · +1
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2018-10-01Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Refuses to Recuse From Overseeing His Own Governor Election
Brian Kemp · Stacey Abrams · Brad Raffensperger
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2018-09-17Cigna-Express Scripts $52 Billion Merger Approved: DOJ Greenlights PBM Oligopoly
Cigna · Express Scripts · Department of Justice · Makan Delrahim · +1
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2018-08-01Guo Wengui Begins Funding Steve Bannon Operations
Guo Wengui · Miles Guo · Steve Bannon · Guo Media · +1
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2018-07-16FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Refers Sinclair-Tribune Merger to Hearing Over "Serious Concerns" About Sham Divestitures and Misrepresentation
Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Sinclair Broadcast Group · Tribune Media · +2
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2018-06-11Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System
U.S. Supreme Court · Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor · Jon Husted
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2018-05-31European Court Finds Romania and Lithuania Hosted CIA Torture Sites, Orders Damages
European Court of Human Rights · Romania · Lithuania · Central Intelligence Agency · +2
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2018-05-21Epic Systems v. Lewis: Supreme Court Allows Mandatory Arbitration Blocking Class Action Labor Claims
U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Federalist Society · Corporate employers · +1
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2018-05-14Seattle Passes Head Tax on Large Employers—Amazon Threatens Expansion Halt, Washington Post Editorial Aligns with Owner's Interests
Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Washington Post · Seattle City Council · +1
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2018-04-10Judge Finalizes Trump University Settlement After Appeal Resolved, Victims Receive Payments
Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump
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2018-03-30Sinclair Forces Anchors at Dozens of Stations to Read Identical "Fake News" Script
Sinclair Broadcast Group · Local news anchors · John Oliver
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2018-03-17Cambridge Analytica Scandal Exposed by Whistleblower Christopher Wylie
Christopher Wylie · Cambridge Analytica · Facebook · Aleksandr Kogan · +2
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2018-03-16Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations
Facebook · Cambridge Analytica · SCL Group · Christopher Wylie · +5
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2018-03-15iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy with $20 Billion Debt - Conservative Radio Empire Collapses Under Leveraged Buyout Burden
iHeartMedia · Clear Channel Communications · Bain Capital · Thomas H. Lee Partners · +2
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2018-03-15Toys 'R' Us Liquidation: PE Firms Extract $470 Million, 33,000 Workers Get Nothing
Bain Capital · KKR · Vornado Realty Trust · 33,000 Toys R Us workers
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2018-03-10Zeynep Tufekci Exposes YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer": Recommendation Algorithm Systematically Pushes Users Toward Extremism
Zeynep Tufekci · Guillaume Chaslot · YouTube · Google
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2018-02-16Mueller Indicts 13 Russians and Internet Research Agency for Election Interference
Robert Mueller · Internet Research Agency · Yevgeny Prigozhin · Russian Government
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2018-02-01Research Shows YouTube Recommends Conspiracy Theories 80% More Than Factual Content
YouTube · Google · University of California Berkeley researchers · Harvard researchers · +2
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2018-01-25New York Times Reveals Trump Ordered McGahn to Fire Mueller; Trump Subsequently Demands McGahn Deny Story and Create False Record
Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Robert Mueller
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2018-01-24Larry Nassar Sentenced to 40-175 Years After 156 Victim Impact Statements; Rachael Denhollander's Powerful Testimony
Larry Nassar · Rosemarie Aquilina · Rachael Denhollander · Aly Raisman · +5
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2018-01-22Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander
Pennsylvania Supreme Court · League of Women Voters · Pennsylvania General Assembly
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2018-01-01Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology
Grayshift · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Drug Enforcement Administration · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2
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2017-11-01Kushner Shares Classified Intel Leading to Saudi Mass Arrests
Jared Kushner · Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia · Donald Trump · +1
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2017-10-28First QAnon Post on 4chan's /pol/: Chan Culture's Conspiracy Architecture Produces a Mass Political Movement
Q (anonymous poster)
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2017-10-26Trump Declares Opioid Public Health Emergency Without Requesting Any New Funding
Donald Trump · Eric Hargan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2017-10-01Pete Hegseth accused of sexual assault at Republican conference
Pete Hegseth · California Federation of Republican Women
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2017-09-26Ramaswamy's Axovant Alzheimer drug fails, stock crashes 75% after pump-and-dump
Vivek Ramaswamy · Axovant Sciences · Roivant Sciences · GlaxoSmithKline
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2017-08-25Facebook Algorithm Amplifies Myanmar Military Hate Speech Enabling Rohingya Genocide
Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · Myanmar Military · Rohingya Muslims · +2
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2017-08-12Nick Fuentes Attends Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville
Nick Fuentes
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2017-08-01Intelligence-Media Pipeline Matures: Six Former Intelligence Directors Simultaneously Hold Cable News Analyst Positions
James Clapper · John Brennan · Michael Hayden · Michael Morell · +2
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2017-07-01Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Purges 560,000 Voters in Single Day Using "Exact Match" System
Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger
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2017-06-19Citizen Lab Exposes Mexican Government Targeting of Journalists and Activists with Pegasus
Citizen Lab · NSO Group · Mexican Government · Carmen Aristegui · +2
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2017-06-09Office of Special Counsel Finds White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino Violated Hatch Act with Political Tweet Attacking Congressman
Dan Scavino · Donald Trump · Justin Amash · Office of Special Counsel
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2017-06-03Reality Winner Arrested for Leaking Russian Election Interference Report
Reality Winner · National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · +1
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2017-05-22TC Heartland v. Kraft: Supreme Court Limits Patent Forum Shopping, Curbing Eastern District of Texas Troll Haven
U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · TC Heartland · Kraft Foods · +2
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2017-04-19Fox News Fires Bill O'Reilly After $13 Million Sexual Harassment Settlements - Trump Had Defended Him
Bill O'Reilly · Donald Trump · Rupert Murdoch · James Murdoch · +2
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2017-04-17Boris Epshteyn Leaves Trump White House, Immediately Joins Sinclair Broadcasting as Chief Political Analyst - Direct Trump Propaganda Pipeline
Boris Epshteyn · Sinclair Broadcast Group · Donald Trump · White House Office of Communications · +1
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2017-04-15DOJ Begins Surveillance of Washington Post Journalists Reporting on Russia Investigation
U.S. Department of Justice · Ellen Nakashima · Greg Miller · Adam Entous · +2
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2017-04-11Federal Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminatory Against Minorities
Texas Legislature · Federal Courts
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2017-04-08Trump Model Management Shuts Down Amid Federal Investigations
Trump Model Management · Donald Trump · Alexia Palmer
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2017-03-30Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook After Political Donation Controversy
Palmer Luckey · Mark Zuckerberg · Facebook · Donald Trump
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2017-03-20YouTube Serves Ads on Terror, Hate, Child Exploitation Content; Massive Boycott
YouTube · Google · Times of London · Major advertisers · +2
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2017-03-11Trump Fires Preet Bharara After Broken Promise to Keep Him - Obstruction Amid Trump-Related Investigations
Donald Trump · Preet Bharara · Marc Kasowitz · Jeff Sessions · +2
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2017-02-28Trump Exploits Navy SEAL Ryan Owens' Widow at Congress Address to Deflect From Botched Yemen Raid He Approved
Donald Trump · Carryn Owens · William Owens · Ryan Owens · +1
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2017-02-23Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump
CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2
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2017-02-22Washington Post Launches "Democracy Dies in Darkness" Slogan Under Bezos Ownership
Jeff Bezos · Washington Post · Bob Woodward
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2017-02-08Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General After Lying Under Oath About Russia Contacts
Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Sergey Kislyak · Al Franken
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2017-02-07Scott Pruitt Dismantles EPA While Taking Industry Money
Scott Pruitt · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Andrew Wheeler · Donald Trump · +1
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2017-01-30Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusing to Defend Muslim Ban
Donald Trump · Sally Yates · Dana Boente · Jeff Sessions · +1
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2017-01-27Stephen Miller's Muslim Ban Creates Chaos at Airports Nationwide, Detains Legal Residents
Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon
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2017-01-27Trump Demands Loyalty from FBI Director Comey at Private White House Dinner
Donald Trump · James Comey · Michael Flynn · Sally Yates · +1
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2017-01-21Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $400K for Presidential Access
Donald Trump · Mar-a-Lago · Chris Ruddy · Yujing Zhang · +1
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2017-01-1428 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success
American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2
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2017-01-11Trump Announces Sham Business Conflicts Plan: Retains Ownership While Sons Run Company - Rejects Divestment
Donald Trump · Sheri Dillon · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · +3
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2017-01-09Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model
Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee
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2016-11-19Richard Spencer's NPI Conference: "Hail Trump, Hail Our People" — The Alt-Right Goes Public
Richard Spencer · National Policy Institute
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2016-11-04National Enquirer Shreds Trump Documents from Safe After WSJ Inquiry
Dylan Howard · David Pecker · National Enquirer/AMI · Wall Street Journal · +2
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2016-10-28ProPublica Exposes Facebook's Algorithmic Redlining: Digital Ad Platform Enables Housing Discrimination at Scale
Facebook · ProPublica · HUD · National Fair Housing Alliance
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2016-10-11ACLU Exposes Geofeedia's Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Through Social Media Platforms
American Civil Liberties Union · Geofeedia · Twitter · Facebook · +1
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2016-10-09Trump Stages Pre-Debate Event with Bill Clinton Accusers
Donald Trump · Paula Jones · Juanita Broaddrick · Kathleen Willey · +3
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2016-10-08Rumors Surface of Apprentice Outtakes Showing Trump Using N-Word, Burnett Refuses Release
Donald Trump · Mark Burnett
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2016-10-07Washington Post Releases Access Hollywood Tape
Donald Trump · Billy Bush · David Fahrenthold · Washington Post
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2016-10-01Council of Economic Advisers: Market Power Suppresses Wages, Contributes to $1+ Trillion in Lost Worker Income
Council of Economic Advisers · Workers · Dominant firms
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2016-09-16Oliver Stone's "Snowden" Film Brings NSA Whistleblower Story to Mainstream Audiences
Oliver Stone · Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Edward Snowden
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2016-09-01Facebook Embeds Staff in Trump Campaign Headquarters to Optimize Targeting for Voter Manipulation
Facebook · Brad Parscale · Trump Campaign · Mark Zuckerberg · +1
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2016-08-17Bannon Named Trump Campaign CEO: The Gamergate-to-MAGA Pipeline Is Formalized
Steve Bannon · Donald Trump · Kellyanne Conway · Robert Mercer · +1
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2016-07-29Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law With "Surgical Precision" Ruling
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · Diana Gribbon Motz · North Carolina General Assembly
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2016-07-29North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans
North Carolina General Assembly · Governor Pat McCrory · Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1
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2016-07-01Harvey Weinstein Hires Black Cube to Suppress Rose McGowan Allegations
Harvey Weinstein · Black Cube · Rose McGowan · Stella Penn Pechanac/Diana Filip · +4
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2016-06-28Hillbilly Elegy Published - Vance as Trump Critic
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Charlie Rose · ABC News
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2016-05-17CNP's Secret 2014 Membership Directory Leaked - 413 Conservative Elite Exposed
Southern Poverty Law Center · Steve Bannon · Kellyanne Conway · Council for National Policy
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2016-05-09Twitter Blocks Intelligence Agencies from Using Dataminr for Social Media Surveillance
Twitter · Dataminr · Central Intelligence Agency · In-Q-Tel
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2016-02-12West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model
West Virginia Legislature · Earl Ray Tomblin · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · +2
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2016-01-26Jerry Falwell Jr. Endorses Trump Before Iowa: Liberty University President Makes the Transactional Bargain Explicit
Jerry Falwell Jr. · Donald Trump · Liberty University · Ted Cruz · +1
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2016-01-05Snyder Finally Declares State of Emergency After Federal Investigation and Public Outcry
Rick Snyder · Barack Obama · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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2016-01-01ALEC Develops Comprehensive Government Union Reform Act as All-in-One Union Elimination Playbook
American Legislative Exchange Council · Bob Onder · Missouri GOP · corporate ALEC members
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2016-01-01Cambridge Analytica Deploys Harvested Facebook Data for Trump Campaign Electoral Manipulation
Cambridge Analytica · Trump Campaign · Alexander Nix · Steve Bannon · +2
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2016-01-01YouTube Algorithm Optimizes for Watch Time, Systematically Amplifies Extremism
YouTube · Google · Guillaume Chaslot (former YouTube engineer/whistleblower) · Zeynep Tufekci (researcher)
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2015-12-01Guardian Exposes Cambridge Analytica's Unauthorized Facebook Data Use for Ted Cruz Campaign
Harry Davies · The Guardian · Cambridge Analytica · Ted Cruz · +2
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2015-10-27Bannon Launches Breitbart Tech with Milo Yiannopoulos to Capture Gamergate Army: "Rootless White Males"
Steve Bannon · Milo Yiannopoulos · Breitbart News · Robert Mercer · +1
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2015-10-16Flint Switches Back to Detroit Water After 18 Months—But Damage to Children Is Permanent
Rick Snyder · Dayne Walling · Flint City Government
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2015-10-02Michigan Finally Confirms Lead Problem and Advises Filters—18 Months After Poisoning Began
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services · Rick Snyder · Genesee County Health Department
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2015-09-24Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Reveals Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Flint Children
Mona Hanna-Attisha · Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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2015-09-21Daily Wire launches; multiple outlets report seed funding from Farris Wilks
Ben Shapiro · Jeremy Boreing · Farris Wilks · The Daily Wire
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2015-09-16InsideClimate News Launches
InsideClimate News · ExxonMobil · Los Angeles Times · Columbia University · +1
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2015-06-16Trump Descends Escalator with "Rapists" Speech: Breitbart Pivots to Full Campaign Organ
Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Breitbart News
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2015-06-10Reddit Bans r/FatPeopleHate and Hate Subreddits: Deplatforming Pushes Users to Voat and 8chan, Accelerating Radicalization
Reddit Inc. · Ellen Pao
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