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2012-11-15BP Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges and Agrees to Record $4.5 Billion Criminal Settlement

criminal-settlement corporate-prosecution environmental-crime +2

2012-11-06North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats

electoral-manipulation voter-suppression gerrymandering +2

2012-10-23John Kiriakou Pleads Guilty - Only Person Jailed Over CIA Torture Program

accountability torture war-crimes +2

2012-10-22Climate Scientist Michael Mann Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Climate Denial Writers

defamation climate-denial scientist-harassment +2

2012-10-01ALEC's 'Electricity Freedom Act' Systematically Attacks State Renewable Energy Standards

regulatory-capture alec model-legislation +5

2012-09-01New England Compounding Center Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Kills 64, Sickens 798 - FDA and State Regulators Ignored Decade of Violations

regulatory-capture pharmaceutical-industry fda +3

2012-08-09Google Fined Record $22.5M for Deliberately Overriding Safari Privacy Settings

privacy-violation ftc google +5

2012-07-30Senate Harkin Report Documents Massive Fraud and Abuse in For-Profit College Industry

for-profit-colleges fraud student-debt +3

2012-07-25Congress Overrides Army to Fund $255 Million in Unwanted Abrams Tank Upgrades to Protect General Dynamics Ohio Plant

military-spending congressional-corruption corporate-welfare +3

2012-06-28Supreme Court Makes ACA Medicaid Expansion Optional, Enabling State Obstruction

supreme-court healthcare federalism +4

2012-06-0738 Studios Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy After $75 Million Rhode Island Loan Guarantee, Leaving Taxpayers with $38.6 Million Loss

corruption corporate-welfare bankruptcy +5

2012-06-04Bureau Investigation Exposes CIA Double-Tap Drone Strikes Killing Rescuers and Mourners

drones war-crimes civilian-casualties +3

2012-06-01New Orleans Police Launch Secret Palantir Predictive Policing Program

surveillance technology police +3

2012-05-29New York Times Exposes Obama's Kill List and Terror Tuesday Assassination Meetings

cia executive-power drones +4

2012-05-22Kansas Governor Brownback Signs ALEC-Laffer Tax Plan Eliminating Pass-Through Business Income Taxes - 'Kansas Experiment' Becomes Test Case for Supply-Side Economics

economic-inequality alec corporate-corruption +7

2012-05-18Facebook IPO Market Manipulation by Morgan Stanley

facebook market-manipulation securities-fraud +3

2012-05-04Heartland Institute Billboard Compares Climate Scientists to Unabomber

climate-denial disinformation fossil-fuels +2

2012-05-01Obama Administration Counts All Military-Age Males Killed by Drones as Combatants

propaganda drones war-crimes +2

2012-04-13Major Corporate Exodus from ALEC: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft, McDonald's, Wendy's, Mars, and Intuit Drop Membership After Public Pressure Campaign

alec accountability corporate-corruption +3

2012-04-09Facebook Acquires Instagram for Billion to Neutralize Potential Competitor

regulatory-capture antitrust facebook +3

2012-04-06Magnitsky Act Passed by US Congress

corruption human-rights sanctions +3

2012-04-04STOCK Act Signed into Law

regulatory-capture insider-trading financial-regulation +2

2012-03-09Greece Accepts Second Troika Bailout of €130 Billion with 53.5% Private Debt Haircut

imf shock-doctrine austerity +4

2012-03-02Iowa Governor Branstad Signs Nation's First Modern Ag-Gag Law Criminalizing Undercover Documentation of Agricultural Facility Abuses, Using ALEC Model Legislation to Shield Corporate Factory Farms from Whistleblower Investigations

first-amendment regulatory-capture corporate-impunity +2

2012-03-01Trump Foundation Illegally Used $158,000 in Charity Funds to Settle Mar-a-Lago Legal Dispute

self-dealing trump-foundation charity-fraud +2

2012-02-0925 Billion Mortgage Settlement Provides Banks Immunity for Minimal Payments

financial-corruption whistleblower foreclosure-fraud +3

2012-02-01Indiana Becomes 23rd Right-to-Work State Using ALEC Model Legislation

labor-suppression alec state-capture +5

2012-01-15PredPol Predictive Policing Company Founded

surveillance technology police +1

2012-01-01Stock Buybacks Reach $500 Billion Annually as S&P 500 Companies Return 91% of Earnings to Shareholders

corporate-power wealth-extraction stock-buybacks +2

2012-01-01Hospital Acquisition of Physician Practices Enables Facility Fee Price Gouging, Driving 53% Increase in Outpatient Costs

price-gouging healthcare private-equity +3

2012-01-01Amazon Implements Automated Worker Surveillance and Tracking System

corporate-accountability surveillance technology +2

2012-01-01Koch Network Spends $407 Million in Coordinated 2012 Election Campaign

campaign-finance dark-money koch-network +3

2012-01-01Patent Trolls Dominate U.S. Patent Litigation: 61% of All Cases, Systematic Small Business Extraction

institutional-capture patent-abuse rent-extraction +4

2012-01-01Leonard Leo Directs Hidden Payments to Ginni Thomas Through Kellyanne Conway, Instructs "No Mention of Ginni"

dark-money supreme-court judicial-capture +6

2012-01-01Nonprofit Hospital CEO Compensation Explodes: 42.5% Increase While Community Benefit Stagnates

tax-evasion regulatory-capture healthcare +3

2011-12-12Erik Prince Sells Xe Services (formerly Blackwater), Rebranded as Academi with John Ashcroft on Board

conflicts-of-interest accountability-crisis corporate-impunity +2

2011-12-01GAO Audit Reveals Massive $16.1 Trillion in Secret Federal Reserve Crisis Loans

regulatory-capture financial-crisis federal-reserve +3

2011-11-29Michigan Emergency Manager Seizes Control of Flint, Stripping Democratic Governance

democracy emergency-manager flint-water-crisis +2

2011-11-13STOCK Act Gains Momentum After 60 Minutes Exposes Congressional Insider Trading

congressional-corruption insider-trading financial-regulation +2

2011-10-31MF Global Bankruptcy: $1.6 Billion in Customer Funds Missing Under Jon Corzine

regulatory-capture elite-impunity wall-street +3

2011-09-30U.S. Drone Strike Assassinates Anwar al-Awlaki, American Citizen, Without Trial

due-process drones assassination +4

2011-09-18Amazon Lehigh Valley Warehouse Heat Exhaustion Scandal Exposed

corporate-accountability labor-rights worker-exploitation +1

2011-09-01FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest

first-amendment surveillance fbi-abuse +2

2011-09-01LAPD Launches Operation LASER Predictive Policing Program with Palantir

surveillance technology police +2

2011-08-30Boeing Abandons New Aircraft Design, Chooses to Re-Engine 737 to Compete with Airbus

boeing 737-max cost-cutting +3

2011-07-13ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills

alec state-capture model-legislation +3

2011-07-01ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States

regulatory-capture lobbying alec +2

2011-07-01Wisconsin Republicans Pass Act 43 Gerrymandering Plan in Secret Process

republican-party electoral-manipulation secrecy +3

2011-06-16Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up

congressional-corruption cover-up political-accountability +3

2011-06-13Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court

institutional-capture regulatory-capture lobbying +4

2011-05-27Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role

lobbying congressional-corruption revolving-door +2

2011-05-11FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger

regulatory-capture revolving-door telecommunications +3

2011-05-01Pam Bondi Fires Foreclosure Fraud Investigators After Campaign Donations from Lender Processing Services

pay-to-play corruption pam-bondi +2

2011-04-27Trump's Birtherism Campaign Forces Obama to Release Long-Form Birth Certificate

white-nationalism republican-party racial-politics +4

2011-03-23Trump Launches Political Career with Racist Birther Conspiracy

racism donald-trump conspiracy-theory +2

2011-03-17CIA Drone Strike Massacres 42 Civilians at Pakistani Tribal Council Meeting

drones war-crimes civilian-casualties +3

2011-03-11Wisconsin Act 10 Crushes Public Sector Unions Using ALEC Model Legislation

labor-suppression alec state-capture +5

2011-03-01Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying

lobbying congressional-corruption revolving-door +2

2011-01-27Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report Released, No Banker Prosecutions Follow

regulatory-capture accountability-crisis corporate-impunity +2

2011-01-19House Republicans Launch Six Years of Symbolic ACA Repeal Votes

healthcare aca-sabotage republican-obstruction +3

2011-01-03Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate

lobbying congressional-corruption revolving-door +2

2011-01-01Patent Troll Explosion: Non-Practicing Entities Impose $29 Billion Annual Cost on U.S. Economy, Targeting Small Businesses

patent-abuse rent-extraction intellectual-property +3

2011-01-01ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures

regulatory-capture lobbying alec +2

2011-01-01Arizona Becomes First State to Enact ALEC-Inspired Education Savings Accounts - Pioneering Universal Voucher Path

alec model-legislation education-privatization +7

2011-01-01Pam Bondi Serves as Florida AG 2011-2019, Never Prosecutes Epstein Despite Mounting Evidence

epstein cover-up pam-bondi +1

2011-01-01J.D. Vance Meets Peter Thiel at Yale Law School, Beginning Political Pipeline

peter-thiel mentorship elite-networks +4

2011-01-01Geofeedia Founded to Enable Location-Based Social Media Surveillance

law-enforcement surveillance technology +2

2011-01-01Wells Fargo Employees Begin Creating 3.5 Million Fake Accounts

corporate-fraud financial-crime banking-regulation +1

2011-01-01Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Begin Systematic NRA Infiltration Operation

foreign-influence 2016-election nra +4

2011-01-01North Carolina Republicans Begin Aggressive Racial Gerrymandering

republican-party voting-rights gerrymandering +3

2011-01-01Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince

foreign-influence middle-east authoritarianism +3

2011-01-0134 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign

corporate-influence alec state-capture +5

2010-12-31Donors Trust Becomes Primary Climate Denial Dark Money Conduit

dark-money regulatory-capture lobbying +3

2010-12-21FCC Passes First Net Neutrality Rules with Major Wireless Exemption in 3-2 Party-Line Vote

regulatory-capture telecommunications deregulation +2

2010-12-15FDA Arthritis Drug Reviewer Jeffrey Siegel Joins Genentech After Approving Company Tocilizumab

regulatory-capture pharmaceutical-industry fda +2

2010-12-03ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave

labor-suppression alec state-capture +5

2010-11-02Republicans Gain Record 680 State Legislative Seats, Securing REDMAP Objectives

republican-party electoral-manipulation gerrymandering +2

2010-10-13Robo-Signing Scandal Exposes Systematic Foreclosure Fraud by Major Banks

housing regulatory-failure housing-crisis +2

2010-09-28Trump associate Tevfik Arif arrested on yacht with underage Eastern European girls

turkey trafficking underage-victims +4

2010-09-24FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation

first-amendment surveillance political-repression +2

2010-08-13Oracle Sues Google for Copyright Infringement Over Java APIs in Android

oracle lawsuit intellectual-property +2

2010-08-04GAO Investigation Exposes Systemic For-Profit College Fraud - Industry Takes 25% of Federal Aid

regulatory-capture for-profit-colleges fraud +1

2010-07-21Dodd-Frank Act Creates Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Regulate Predatory Lending

regulatory-capture elizabeth-warren consumer-protection +3

2010-06-27DOJ charges 'Illegals Program' (including Anna Chapman); 10 plead guilty and are swapped

intelligence-operations russian-spy-ring espionage

2010-06-27Anna Chapman and Russian Spy Ring Arrested in Manhattan

intelligence-operations kompromat russian-spy-ring +1

2010-06-24DISCLOSE Act Passes House But GOP Blocks Senate Vote on Citizens United Response

transparency political-obstruction legislative-response +4

2010-06-18Vice President Biden Credits Palantir Software for Detecting Stimulus Fraud

palantir joe-biden stimulus +2

2010-06-16BP Agrees to $20 Billion Gulf Coast Claims Fund Amid Deepwater Horizon Fallout

corporate-accountability obama-administration environmental-justice +2

2010-06-01Trump University Changes Name to "Trump Entrepreneur Initiative" Under Pressure from NY Education Department

fraud regulatory-evasion trump-university +2

2010-05-27Chelsea Manning Arrested for Leaking Classified Documents to WikiLeaks

iraq-war war-crimes whistleblower-prosecution +2

2010-05-15Wells Fargo Hires SEC Enforcement Chief: Investigation Needed

regulatory-capture wells-fargo unverified +1

2010-05-02European Commission, ECB, and IMF Form 'Troika' and Impose First Greek Bailout with Harsh Austerity

structural-adjustment imf debt-crisis +5

2010-05-01Better Business Bureau Drops Trump University Rating to D- After Flood of Consumer Complaints

fraud consumer-protection trump-university +2

2010-04-23Arizona Passes SB 1070 Drafted by ALEC and Private Prison Companies

alec private-prison racial-profiling +3

2010-04-20Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Begins - Environmental Disaster and Corporate Negligence

regulatory-capture oil-industry corporate-negligence +2

2010-04-16SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Over ABACUS 2007-AC1 Synthetic CDO Deal Where Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Selected Mortgage Securities to Bet Against While Goldman Sold Package to Investors, Resulting in $550 Million Settlement but No Criminal Charges

regulatory-capture financial-crisis accountability-crisis +2

2010-04-14Robo-Signing Scandal Exposed Systematic Foreclosure Document Fraud

financial-crisis fraud perjury +1

2010-04-08Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing

press-freedom surveillance accountability +2

2010-04-05Purdue Reformulates OxyContin as "Abuse-Deterrent" After 14 Years, Drives Users to Heroin

pharmaceutical-industry public-health opioid-crisis +2

2010-03-26SpeechNow.org v. FEC Appeals Court Decision Creates Super PACs with Unlimited Contribution Authority

campaign-finance regulatory-capture super-pac +2