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2002-07-30Sarbanes-Oxley Act Signed Into Law as Brief Reform Moment
corporate-accountability corporate-fraud financial-regulation +2
2002-07-21Office of Global Communications Establishes Daily Media Talking Points Distribution System
whig constitutional-crisis media-coordination +5
2002-07-21WorldCom Files for Bankruptcy with $107 Billion in Assets
corporate-fraud white-collar-crime accounting-fraud +2
2002-06-27Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - Supreme Court Upholds School Vouchers for Religious Schools
supreme-court privatization education +3
2002-06-25WorldCom Announces $3.8 Billion Accounting Fraud Discovery
securities-fraud corporate-fraud white-collar-crime +2
2002-06-24Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci Convicted in Operation Plunder Dome Corruption Trial, Sentenced to Five Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
pay-to-play corruption bribery +5
2002-06-15Arthur Andersen Convicted, Destroying 85,000 Jobs Worldwide
corporate-accountability corporate-fraud enron +2
2002-05-17Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal
environmental-destruction regulatory-capture deregulation +4
2002-03-14Arthur Andersen Indicted for Obstruction of Justice in Enron Scandal
corporate-fraud enron obstruction-of-justice +2
2002-02-14Bush Administration's Systematic Destruction of Oversight Infrastructure Enables WHIG Constitutional Crisis Operations
political-interference inspector-general oversight-destruction +6
2002-02-12Tigua Casino Closes After Abramoff Double-Dealing Scheme Success
fraud abramoff double-dealing +3
2002-01-09Arthur Andersen Admits to Shredding Tons of Enron Documents
corporate-fraud enron obstruction-of-justice +2
2002-01-08No Child Left Behind Act Creates Testing-Industrial Complex and Punitive Accountability Regime
accountability privatization corporate-capture +3
2002-01-01ALEC Adopts Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act to Block Local Minimum Wage Increases
labor-suppression alec model-legislation +5
2002-01-01ALEC's Corporate 'Scholarship' Program Funds Legislator Trips to Luxury Resort Conferences
regulatory-capture lobbying alec +2
2002-01-01Insulin Prices Begin Tripling 2002-2013 as Three Manufacturers Control 99% of Market - From $231 to $762 Annually
systematic-corruption pharmaceutical-industry healthcare +3
2002-01-01Abramoff-Reed Execute Double-Dealing Scheme Against Tigua Tribe
political-corruption double-dealing native-american-exploitation +2
2001-12-22Argentina Declares Largest Sovereign Default in History on $100+ Billion Debt After IMF Austerity Collapse
financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf +4
2001-12-13Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Systematically Subordinated to Corporate Input
institutional-capture executive-power-expansion project-2025 +11
2001-12-02Enron Bankruptcy After Energy Task Force Meetings
regulatory-capture corporate-fraud white-collar-crime +2
2001-12-01Argentina Imposes 'Corralito' Bank Account Freeze Under IMF Austerity, Triggering Mass Protests
financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf +4
2001-11-01Microsoft Antitrust Settlement Establishes Weak Precedent for Tech Monopolies
corporate-power regulatory-capture antitrust +4
2001-11-01NSA Launches MAINWAY Database for Mass Metadata Collection
surveillance-infrastructure telecommunications bulk-collection +4
2001-10-26Bush Signs PATRIOT Act After 45-Day Rush with Minimal Debate
civil-liberties surveillance patriot-act +2
2001-10-22SEC Launches Investigation Into Enron's Related-Party Transactions
sec corporate-fraud enron +2
2001-10-16Enron Reports $618 Million Loss and Reveals CFO Partnership Schemes
corporate-fraud enron white-collar-crime +1
2001-10-04Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court
national-security surveillance warrantless-surveillance +5
2001-09-21AT&T Establishes Mass Internet Surveillance Infrastructure for NSA
surveillance telecommunications nsa +3
2001-09-17CIA Authorized to Conduct Extraordinary Rendition - Kidnapping Suspects for Torture Abroad
cia torture black-sites +4
2001-09-04Oracle Hires CIA Executive Director David Carney, Establishes Information Assurance Center
cia national-security revolving-door +2
2001-07-13Argentina Passes 'Zero Deficit Law' Under IMF Pressure, Cutting Salaries and Pensions 13%
structural-adjustment imf shock-doctrine +3
2001-06-29Patients Bill of Rights Dies After HMO Industry Spends $60 Million Lobbying Against Managed Care Accountability
regulatory-capture lobbying healthcare +3
2001-06-07Bush Signs EGTRRA Tax Cuts - Top Rate Reduced from 39.6% to 35%, Estate Tax Phased Out, Beginning $1.5 Trillion Debt Increase
economic-inequality corporate-corruption wealth-transfer +6
2001-06-01Choctaw Tribe Contract Reveals Abramoff-Scanlon Lobbying Fraud
jack-abramoff michael-scanlon lobbying-corruption +4
2001-06-01Saudi Arabia purchases entire 45th floor of Trump World Tower for UN mission
foreign-influence saudi-arabia emoluments +2
2001-05-31Air Force Secretary James Roche Appointed After 17 Years as Northrop Grumman Executive
conflicts-of-interest corruption defense-contractors +3
2001-05-17National Energy Policy Adopts Enron Recommendations Verbatim
regulatory-capture corruption corporate-capture +3
2001-05-16National Energy Policy Report Released Reflecting Oil Industry Priorities
regulatory-capture environmental-deregulation corporate-capture +5
2001-04-17Kenneth Lay's Influence on Cheney Energy Task Force: Corporate Policy Capture
regulatory-capture corporate-influence enron +3
2001-03-13Bush Administration Begins Systematic EPA Rollbacks with Withdrawal from Kyoto Protocol
regulatory-capture epa climate-denial +3
2001-02-22Clinton Pardon Scandal Reveals Payments to President's Brother and Brother-in-Law
corruption accountability presidential-pardon +1
2001-02-09Cheney Energy Task Force Begins Secret Meetings with Enron Executives
regulatory-capture corporate-capture enron +3
2001-01-29Bush Administration Establishes Faith-Based Initiative Infrastructure for Systematic Constitutional Transformation
executive-immunity-precedent religious-discrimination faith-based-initiatives +6
2001-01-29Cheney Creates Secret Energy Task Force with Oil Executives
corporate-capture oil-industry secrecy +3
2001-01-20Clinton Pardons Fugitive Marc Rich Amid Corruption Allegations
campaign-finance corruption accountability +2
2001-01-20Bush Administration Hires 150 Regent University Graduates
ideological-capture regent-university religious-screening +2
2001-01-12Clinton Roadless Rule Protects 58 Million Acres of National Forests from Logging
corporate-lobbying deregulation public-lands +3
2001-01-01Bush and Obama Administrations Cement Bipartisan Chicago School Antitrust Consensus, Approve Historic Consolidation
corporate-power regulatory-capture antitrust +3
2001-01-01Purdue Pharma Bonus System Incentivizes Sales Reps to Target Highest Opioid Prescribers
pharmaceutical-industry public-health opioid-crisis +2
2001-01-01Abramoff Moves to Greenberg Traurig, Partners with Michael Scanlon
abramoff michael-scanlon greenberg-traurig +3
2000-12-21Clinton Signs Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cementing Derivatives Deregulation
financial-crisis deregulation derivatives +3
2000-12-15Phil Gramm Inserts 262-Page CFMA into 11,000-Page Spending Bill Hours Before Christmas Recess
deregulation derivatives cfma +4
2000-12-12Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement
supreme-court judicial-capture corporate-influence +3
2000-12-09Supreme Court Grants Bush Emergency Stay with Scalia's "Irreparable Harm" Logic
supreme-court-stay antonin-scalia irreparable-harm +3
2000-11-26Katherine Harris Certifies Bush Victory While Serving as Campaign Co-Chair
conflict-of-interest katherine-harris election-certification +3
2000-11-22Brooks Brothers Riot: Republican Operatives Physically Stop Miami-Dade Recount
institutional-capture political-violence election-manipulation +1
2000-11-08James Baker Coordinates Bush Supreme Court Election Strategy from Day One
electoral-manipulation bush-v-gore james-baker +3
2000-10-10Clinton Signs China PNTR Ending Annual Review, Enabling WTO Entry and Manufacturing Exodus
trade-policy deregulation china +5
2000-08-30Clear Channel Radio Empire Reaches 1,240 Stations After AMFM Acquisition - Conservative Talk Radio Infrastructure Dominates American Airwaves
propaganda media-consolidation deregulation +5
2000-08-30Clear Channel Acquires AMFM Inc. Creating Radio Monopoly with Over 1,200 Stations
antitrust media-monopoly clear-channel +5
2000-06-14Media Magnate Gusinsky Arrested, Marking Putin's Media Crackdown
media-control oligarchs arrest +3
2000-05-05ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools
alec model-legislation climate-denial +5
2000-05-03FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
regulatory-capture merger media-consolidation +4
2000-03-10Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts
regulatory-capture securities-fraud enforcement-failure +4
2000-03-06Bush Creates Rangers/Pioneers Pay-to-Play Appointment System
campaign-finance pay-to-play corruption +3
2000-03-01Subprime Lending Explodes as Predatory Practices Spread to Minority Communities
housing housing-policy predatory-lending +2
2000-02-01Halliburton Opens Tehran Office While Cheney Still CEO, Completing $40 Million Annual Iran Business Through Cayman Islands Subsidiary Designed to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions
foreign-influence conflicts-of-interest corporate-impunity +2
2000-01-21Bolivia's Cochabamba Water War: Indigenous-Led Uprising Forces Reversal of World Bank-Mandated Bechtel Privatization
corporate-power structural-adjustment shock-doctrine +5
2000-01-11AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History
merger media-consolidation telecommunications +4
2000-01-09Ecuador President Mahuad Announces Dollarization 'Jump Into the Abyss' Amid Economic Crisis
structural-adjustment imf shock-doctrine +4
2000-01-01Major Strikes Collapse to 16 Annually, Down 95% from Pre-PATCO Era
labor-suppression strike permanent-replacement +2
2000-01-01Ron Burkle becomes Diddy's business partner and godfather to his children
jeffrey-epstein kompromat entertainment +6
2000-01-01Indigenous Consensus Decision-Making: A Democratic Innovation Framework
consensus-democracy indigenous-politics democratic-innovation +2
2000-01-01Stock Options Become Primary Executive Compensation, Aligning CEO Interests with Short-Term Stock Price Manipulation
corporate-power wealth-extraction executive-compensation +2
2000-01-01Opioid Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 500,000 Americans Between 2000-2020
opioid-crisis regulatory-failure accountability-failure +2
2000-01-01ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force
alec model-legislation corporate-lobbying +5
2000-01-01Florida Disenfranchises 1.4 Million Citizens Through Felony Voting Bans, Highest Rate in Nation
voting-rights racial-discrimination felony-disenfranchisement +1
2000-01-01ALEC Membership Reaches 2,000+ State Legislators - Represents One-Quarter to One-Third of All State Legislators Nationwide
alec corporate-capture legislative-capture +3
2000-01-01CNP and Federalist Society Coordination - Leonard Leo Links Judicial and Political Networks
supreme-court judicial-capture conservative-movement +3
2000-01-01Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, and Melania at Mar-a-Lago Charity Event
epstein-network trump-connections mar-a-lago +1
2000-01-01Systematic Coordination Emerges in Corporate PAC Explosion Post-Buckley
campaign-finance supreme-court regulatory-capture +3
2000-01-01Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
market-concentration monopoly profit-extraction +2
1999-12-31Yeltsin Resigns, Oligarchs Elevate Putin to President: KGB Officer Chosen to Protect 'The Family' Transforms Russia into Kleptocracy
corruption oligarchs authoritarianism +7
1999-12-27Club New York shooting involving Diddy creates kompromat opportunity
criminal-case shooting nightclub +4
1999-11-12Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Retroactively Legalizes Citigroup Merger, Repeals Glass-Steagall
regulatory-capture gramm-leach-bliley glass-steagall-repeal +3
1999-11-05President's Working Group Recommends Exempting $80 Trillion Derivatives Market from Regulation
regulatory-capture financial-crisis deregulation +4
1999-10-26Robert Rubin Joins Citigroup for $126 Million After Engineering Glass-Steagall Repeal
regulatory-capture corruption financial-deregulation +4
1999-09-01CIA Establishes In-Q-Tel as Revolutionary Venture Capital Arm
in-q-tel cia venture-capital +2
1999-09-01Fannie Mae Eases Credit Requirements Under HUD Affordable Housing Pressure
systemic-risk fannie-mae subprime-expansion +3
1999-08-09Putin Appointed Prime Minister by Yeltsin
russia putin power-consolidation +2
1999-07-02Lawrence Summers Becomes Treasury Secretary, Accelerates Derivatives Deregulation Campaign
regulatory-capture financial-crisis revolving-door +4
1999-04-06Abramoff and Reed Formalize Tribal Money Laundering Subcontractor Scheme
lobbying corruption money-laundering +4
1999-03-25Long-term Geopolitical Consequences of IMF Structural Adjustment
structural-adjustment imf-intervention economic-sovereignty +3
1999-02-15Time Magazine Celebrates "Committee to Save the World" While They Block Derivatives Regulation
regulatory-capture financial-crisis deregulation +4
1999-02-12Senate Acquits President Clinton on Both Impeachment Articles
impeachment senate-trial presidential-accountability +1
1999-01-25IMF Concludes Comprehensive Structural Adjustment in Southeast Asia
financial-crisis structural-adjustment economic-policy +3
1999-01-01Cellebrite Founded in Israel to Develop Mobile Phone Data Transfer Technology
surveillance technology mobile-forensics +1
1999-01-01Trump Launches Model Management Agency with Systematic Visa Violations
corruption immigration exploitation +1
1998-12-31Asian Financial Crisis: Comprehensive Economic Transformation
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf +3
1998-12-19House of Representatives Impeaches President Clinton on Perjury and Obstruction Charges
constitutional-crisis obstruction-of-justice impeachment +2