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1998-10-28Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 512: Safe Harbor Provisions Create Dual System of Corporate Protection and Individual Vulnerability
regulatory-capture censorship intellectual-property +4
1998-10-27Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: Disney Lobbying Creates 'Mickey Mouse Protection Act,' Extending Corporate Rent Extraction by 20 Years
regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying rent-extraction +4
1998-10-07Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion
regulatory-capture for-profit-colleges student-debt +2
1998-10-01Electronic Industries Alliance Blacklisting - K Street Project Enforcement
regulatory-capture corporate-coercion political-blacklisting +2
1998-09-30NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
merger market-concentration banking-consolidation +3
1998-09-23Federal Reserve Orchestrates $3.6 Billion Bailout of Long-Term Capital Management to Prevent Systemic Collapse
regulatory-capture federal-reserve bailout +5
1998-09-01Federal Reserve Grants Citigroup Temporary Waiver for Glass-Steagall Violation
financial-deregulation citigroup federal-reserve +5
1998-08-17Russia Defaults on Debt and Abandons Ruble Defense: Largest Sovereign Default in History Caps Decade of Economic Devastation
financial-crisis imf russia +6
1998-06-30IMF Finalizes Systematic Economic Transformation of Southeast Asian Economies
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment financial-capture +3
1998-06-30McKinsey Leverages Asian Financial Crisis for Consulting Expansion
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment economic-shock-therapy +4
1998-06-15Corporate Exploitation of Asian Financial Crisis Structural Adjustment
structural-adjustment corporate-capture economic-intervention +3
1998-06-12South Korea Completes IMF-Mandated Economic Restructuring
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf-intervention +3
1998-06-12McKinsey Advises Comprehensive Asian Market Restructuring During Financial Crisis
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment economic-shock-therapy +4
1998-05-18DOJ Files Microsoft Antitrust Suit, Establishes Tech Monopoly Precedent
corporate-power regulatory-capture antitrust +3
1998-05-07Brooksley Born's Derivatives Regulation Warning Systematically Suppressed
regulatory-capture financial-crisis wall-street +4
1998-05-07Coordinated Regulatory Opposition Suppresses CFTC Derivatives Oversight Inquiry
derivatives-regulation regulatory-suppression brooksley-born +4
1998-05-01ALEC Adopts Paycheck Protection Act to Defund Democratic Party by Restricting Union Political Activity
campaign-finance labor-suppression alec +5
1998-04-06Citicorp-Travelers $70 Billion Merger Directly Violates Glass-Steagall Act
citigroup citicorp-travelers-merger glass-steagall-violation +2
1998-04-03American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Outlines Climate Disinformation Strategy
climate-denial disinformation fossil-fuels +2
1998-04-01American Petroleum Institute Drafts Secret Climate Denial Strategy Document
regulatory-capture climate-denial corporate-disinformation +2
1998-03-15McKinsey and International Organizations Outline Restructuring Strategy for Asian Markets
asian-financial-crisis corporate-strategy world-bank +3
1998-02-15McKinsey Develops Corporate Restructuring Strategy for Asian Markets
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment mckinsey +2
1998-02-05IMF and World Bank Coordinate Massive Corporate Restructuring in Asian Markets
asian-financial-crisis financial-capture imf-intervention +2
1998-02-05McKinsey Strategizes Corporate Capture in Asian Markets During Financial Crisis
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment mckinsey +3
1998-01-17Monica Lewinsky Affair Becomes Public as Clinton Issues Denial
impeachment investigation perjury +2
1998-01-15IMF Forces Massive Corporate Restructuring in South Korea
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf +4
1998-01-01Deutsche Bank Loans Trump $2.5 Billion Despite Russian Money Laundering and Red Flags
trump russia money-laundering +4
1998-01-01ALEC's 'Economic Impact Statement Act' Uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to Kill Environmental Regulations
regulatory-capture alec model-legislation +4
1997-11-21FDA Modernization Act Accelerates Drug Approvals and Expands Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Under Pharma Pressure
regulatory-capture pharmaceutical-industry fda +2
1997-10-24IMF Structural Adjustment Policies Implemented in Asian Economies
structural-adjustment privatization corporate-capture +2
1997-10-23IMF Imposes Harsh Structural Adjustment on Indonesia
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf-intervention +3
1997-10-15IMF Imposes Radical Structural Adjustment on Indonesia
financial-crisis asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment +4
1997-10-01287(g) Program Created, Deputizing Local Police for Immigration Enforcement
immigration racial-profiling local-enforcement +2
1997-09-01USAID Cancels Harvard Russia Project After Discovering Shleifer and Hay Used Insider Positions to Profit from Russian Investments
corruption conflict-of-interest institutional-corruption +6
1997-08-19UPS Strike Ends in Rare Labor Victory, Teamsters Win Part-Time Worker Protections
strike labor teamsters +3
1997-08-01Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly
regulatory-capture antitrust consolidation +5
1997-08-01Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Program Reaches $44 Billion Total Cost
accountability defense-contractors military-industrial-complex +3
1997-07-02Thai Baht Collapses, Triggering Asian Financial Crisis
asian-financial-crisis structural-adjustment imf +3
1997-03-09Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles, Diddy's control through chaos
music-industry hip-hop organized-crime +3
1997-01-01First Complaints Against Larry Nassar Dismissed by Michigan State Coach Kathie Klages
sexual-assault cover-up institutional-abuse +3
1997-01-01Financial Industry Spends $300 Million on Deregulation Lobbying and Campaign Contributions
campaign-finance regulatory-capture lobbying +4
1997-01-01Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes
alec voter-suppression voting-rights +2
1997-01-01Koch Industries Launches Massive Climate Denial Funding Network
regulatory-capture climate-denial political-influence +2
1997-01-01SEC Fort Worth Examiners Identify Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme, Enforcement Division Ignores Warnings for 12 Years
regulatory-capture corruption fraud +5
1996-12-31Telecommunications Act Triggers Mass Layoffs and Destruction of Local Journalism
media-consolidation telecommunications deregulation +4
1996-10-07Fox News Launches with Rupert Murdoch Funding and Roger Ailes Leadership
fox-news conservative-media media-launch +2
1996-09-30Clinton Signs IIRIRA Expanding Deportation, Retroactive Aggravated Felonies
due-process mass-deportation immigration-policy +2
1996-08-26Maria Farmer reports Epstein/Maxwell assault to FBI, ignored for decade
sexual-assault epstein-intelligence law-enforcement-failure +4
1996-08-22Welfare Reform Mandates Work Requirements After Two Years of Assistance
labor-policy poverty social-safety-net +2
1996-08-22Welfare Reform Imposes Five-Year Lifetime Limit on Cash Assistance
poverty social-safety-net inequality +2
1996-08-22Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement
poverty social-safety-net inequality +2
1996-08-21HIPAA Passes with Limited Portability Protections While Granting Healthcare Industry Control Over Patient Data
regulatory-capture healthcare insurance-industry +2
1996-08-18Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" Exposes CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Connection
cia accountability whistleblowing +3
1996-07-03Oligarchs Bankroll Yeltsin Re-election Victory: 'Seven Bankers' Control 50-70% of Russia's Economy Through Loans-for-Shares Deal
elections systematic-corruption media-control +6
1996-06-30Clear Channel Begins Unprecedented Radio Consolidation Under Telecommunications Act
media-consolidation telecommunications deregulation +4
1996-06-20Trump Acquires Miss Universe Organization from ITT Corp
exploitation business-dealings pageants
1996-06-18Chinese Military Intelligence Funnels Campaign Donations Through Johnny Chung
campaign-finance national-security election-interference +3
1996-04-29Buddhist Temple Fundraising Event Generates Illegal Campaign Contributions
campaign-finance political-corruption election-interference +2
1996-04-24Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review
immigration judicial-review deportation +3
1996-02-26Lincoln Bedroom Fundraising Scandal Reveals White House Donor Access Program
campaign-finance political-corruption influence-peddling +2
1996-02-08Telecommunications Act of 1996 Eliminates Radio Ownership Caps and Raises TV Limits, Triggering Massive Media Consolidation
regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying media-consolidation +4
1996-01-28Hillary Clinton Delivers "Super-Predators" Speech Supporting 1994 Crime Bill
racial-justice mass-incarceration criminal-justice +2
1996-01-01Abramoff-Norquist-DeLay Network Defeats Native American Casino Tax Bill
regulatory-capture political-corruption tax-policy +2
1996-01-01Purdue Pharma Launches Aggressive OxyContin Marketing Campaign Based on False Claims
regulatory-capture pharmaceutical-industry public-health +2
1996-01-01ALEC Adopts Business Plan to "Function More Like a Business" - Formalizes Pay-to-Play Corporate Legislative Model
pay-to-play alec corporate-lobbying +3
1995-12-20FDA Approves OxyContin with Unsubstantiated Safety Claims
regulatory-capture fda revolving-door +3
1995-12-12FDA Approval of OxyContin Reveals Systemic Regulatory Capture by Purdue Pharma
regulatory-capture pharmaceutical-industry public-health +2
1995-11-01Russia's 'Loans-for-Shares' Auctions Transfer $100 Billion in State Assets to Oligarchs for Pennies on the Dollar
systematic-corruption corruption oligarchs +7
1995-07-13Detroit Newspaper Strike Ends in Permanent Replacement, Transforms Media Industry Labor Relations
strike journalism labor +2
1995-04-10McNamara Memoir Admits Vietnam War Was "Terribly Wrong" - Confession Comes 20 Years Too Late for 58,000 Dead Americans
government-deception institutional-corruption war-profiteering +1
1995-04-01IMF Approves $6.8 Billion Russia Loan With Structural Adjustment Conditions: Second Largest Loan in IMF History Fails to Stabilize Economy
oligarchs structural-adjustment imf +6
1995-02-01Gingrich-DeLay Formalize K Street Project Coordination Structure
institutional-capture tom-delay k-street-project +2
1995-01-10Robert Rubin Appointed Treasury Secretary After 26 Years at Goldman Sachs
regulatory-capture financial-deregulation revolving-door +2
1995-01-04Tom DeLay Elected Majority Whip - Creates K Street PAC Tracking System
republican-revolution tom-delay k-street-project +3
1995-01-01K Street Project Systematically Transforms Washington Lobbying Infrastructure
campaign-finance regulatory-capture lobbying +3
1995-01-01ALEC Develops Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act - Model Bill to Restrict State Revenue and Manufacture Fiscal Crisis
alec corporate-corruption austerity +6
1995-01-01ALEC Environment Task Force Passes 100+ Anti-Regulation Bills Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies
regulatory-capture alec model-legislation +5
1995-01-01ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Promotes Truth-in-Sentencing Model Legislation Written by Private Prison Industry
alec model-legislation corporate-lobbying +4
1994-11-08California Proposition 187 Passes 59-41, Galvanizes Latino Voter Mobilization
racial-politics immigration-policy voter-mobilization +2
1994-11-08Republicans Win Historic Midterm Election with Contract with America
regulatory-capture corporate-influence conservative-movement +2
1994-10-01Operation Gatekeeper Launches Clinton Border Militarization, Funneling Migrants to Deadly Terrain
immigration border-militarization deaths +3
1994-09-29Riegle-Neal Act Enables Nationwide Bank Consolidation, Mortgage Market Transformation
regulatory-capture consolidation housing +2
1994-09-26Clinton Healthcare Reform Dies After Insurance Industry Lobbying Campaign
corporate-power regulatory-capture lobbying +3
1994-09-13Federal Three Strikes Law Mandates Life Imprisonment for Third Violent Felony
mass-incarceration criminal-justice mandatory-minimum +2
1994-09-13Crime Bill Allocates $8.7 Billion for Prison Construction With Truth-in-Sentencing Requirements
prison-industrial-complex mass-incarceration criminal-justice +2
1994-09-13Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Fuels Mass Incarceration
prison-industrial-complex racial-justice mass-incarceration +2
1994-08-05Kenneth Starr Replaces Robert Fiske as Whitewater Independent Counsel
political-corruption investigation whitewater +1
1994-07-01Wackenhut Corrections (Later GEO Group) Goes Public on NASDAQ, Second Major Private Prison Company Enters Wall Street
private-prison prison-industrial-complex financial-capture +2
1994-01-12Whitewater Investigation Launches Under Special Counsel Robert Fiske
political-corruption investigation real-estate +2
1994-01-01Jack Abramoff Joins Preston Gates - Launches Tribal Lobbying Practice
abramoff lobbying-corruption preston-gates +3
1994-01-01NAFTA Implementation Begins Manufacturing Job Hemorrhage
corporate-power labor-suppression trade-policy +4
1994-01-01NAFTA Takes Effect as Zapatista Uprising Protests Privatization of Indigenous Lands
indigenous-rights privatization trade-policy +5
1994-01-01ALEC Passes Three Strikes Model Legislation Co-Sponsored by Private Prison Industry and NRA
alec model-legislation corporate-lobbying +5
1993-12-20Epstein Attends Trump's Wedding to Marla Maples
epstein-network trump-connections social-ties
1993-12-08Clinton Signs NAFTA Creating Corporate Tribunals to Override National Laws
corporate-power trade-policy deregulation +5
1993-06-01$25 Million Corporate Lobbying Blitz Drives NAFTA Passage Despite Labor Opposition
public-relations corporate-lobbying trade-policy +4
1993-05-20National Voter Registration Act (Motor Voter): Expands Registration Access Despite Republican Opposition and Implementation Resistance
voting-rights federal-legislation republican-opposition +2
1993-01-22Zoe Baird Nomination Collapses Over Undocumented Nanny, Launching Immigration Enforcement Politicization
immigration attorney-general political-scandal +2
1993-01-14CFTC Chair Wendy Gramm Exempts Enron from Derivatives Regulation, Joins Board Five Weeks Later
regulatory-capture corruption revolving-door +5
1993-01-01Philip Morris Creates TASSC Front Group, Exporting Tobacco Doubt Tactics to Climate Denial
climate-denial corporate-disinformation tobacco-industry +2