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1978-12-31Corporate Lobbying Presence Quintuples in Washington DC

institutional-capture corporate-lobbying powell-memo +3

1978-11-09Natural Gas Policy Act Begins Energy Sector Deregulation

deregulation energy-policy neoliberalism +1

1978-11-07Business Roundtable Coordinates First Major Corporate PAC Election Strategy

systematic-corruption business-roundtable corporate-coordination +1

1978-10-24Carter Signs Airline Deregulation Act, Neoliberal Turn Begins

labor-rights corporate-consolidation deregulation +1

1978-10-05Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy Established, Framework for 1986 Reform

immigration bipartisan policy-reform +2

1978-08-22IRS Tightens Private School Tax Exemption Rules Catalyzing Religious Right Political Mobilization

paul-weyrich segregation-academies irs-policy +2

1978-08-11American Indian Religious Freedom Act Passes Without Enforcement Mechanisms, Proving Ineffective at Protecting Sacred Sites

indigenous-rights religious-freedom sacred-sites +2

1978-08-07Love Canal Disaster Exposes Decades of Corporate Toxic Dumping Cover-Up

public-health superfund environmental +3

1978-06-22Labor Law Reform Act Killed by Filibuster After Business Roundtable Lobbying Blitz

regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying labor +3

1978-06-06Proposition 13 Passes, California Tax Revolt Spreads Nationally

austerity privatization tax-policy +1

1978-04-26Powell delivers Bellotti decision establishing corporate First Amendment rights

campaign-finance first-amendment powell-memo-implementation +3

1978-03-06DOJ Returns to Court: Trump Violated 1975 Discrimination Settlement

doj civil-rights racism +2

1978-01-01Clark Clifford and Robert Altman Begin Representing BCCI in US Operations

revolving-door clark-clifford robert-altman +3

1978-01-01Robert Bork Publishes "The Antitrust Paradox," Revolutionizing Corporate Power

corporate-power institutional-capture consumer-welfare-standard +3

1978-01-01Jude Wanniski Publishes "The Way the World Works," Supply-Side Economics Manifesto

tax-policy supply-side-economics laffer-curve +2

1978-01-01Manhattan Institute Founded by CIA Director William Casey - Intelligence-Policy Crossover

conservative-movement think-tank-infrastructure intelligence-domestic-policy +3

1977-10-12Community Reinvestment Act Passed to Combat Redlining, Banking Industry Resists

housing civil-rights regulatory-response +2

1977-08-31J.P. Stevens Found Guilty of Massive NLRB Violations, Creates Corporate Union-Busting Playbook

corporate-power nlrb union-busting +3

1977-07-01Exxon Internal Climate Research Program Confirms Human-Caused Global Warming

regulatory-capture climate-denial fossil-fuels +3

1977-06-23Supreme Court Decides GTE Sylvania, First Major Chicago School Antitrust Victory

judicial-capture corporate-power antitrust-abandonment +2

1977-01-01National Association of Business PACs Founded to Coordinate Corporate Political Money

campaign-finance corporate-pacs powell-memo +2

1977-01-01BCCI Establishes Partnership with Pakistan's Zia ul-Haq Military Regime

nuclear-program intelligence-operations zia-ul-haq +3

1977-01-01William E. Simon Becomes Olin Foundation President, Launching Strategic Conservative Funding

institutional-capture powell-memo think-tank-infrastructure +2

1977-01-01Jack Kemp and William Roth Introduce Tax Cut Bill, Translating Supply-Side Theory to Legislation

tax-policy supply-side-economics congressional-legislation +1

1977-01-01Department of Justice Announces Abandonment of Robinson-Patman Act Enforcement, Adopting Chicago School Critique

corporate-power regulatory-capture antitrust +3

1977-01-01Oracle Corporation Founded to Build CIA Database, Named After CIA Project

cia surveillance intelligence-agencies +2

1977-01-01American Enterprise Institute Budget Surges to $10 Million - Think Tank Infrastructure Expansion

conservative-movement powell-memo-implementation think-tank-infrastructure +2

1977-01-01Edwin Feulner Becomes Heritage Foundation President, Beginning 36-Year Tenure Building Conservative Policy Infrastructure

dark-money institutional-capture regulatory-capture +6

1977-01-01Milton Friedman Begins Development of "Free to Choose" PBS Series on Free Markets

chicago-school milton-friedman free-market-ideology +2

1977-01-01Charles Koch Founds Cato Institute with $500,000, Expanding Libertarian Infrastructure

institutional-capture powell-memo koch-network +3

1977-01-01American Enterprise Institute Organizational Profile: Transforming Industry Lobby into 'Scholarly' Think Tank

corporate-lobbying revolving-door climate-denial +5

1976-12-31Corporate PAC Explosion: 433 New Corporate PACs Formed in Post-Buckley Era

campaign-finance supreme-court institutional-capture +3

1976-09-30Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Requires Pre-Merger Notification, Last Major Antitrust Strengthening Before Reagan Dismantlement

corporate-power antitrust merger-enforcement +2

1976-05-24Powell Expands Corporate Speech Rights in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy Decision

judicial-capture first-amendment corporate-rights +2

1976-04-20Supreme Court Allows Metropolitan-Wide Housing Desegregation Remedy

institutional-capture racial-oppression housing-policy +1

1976-01-30Supreme Court Rules Money Is Speech in Buckley v. Valeo

campaign-finance supreme-court institutional-capture +1

1976-01-27Reagan Launches 'Welfare Queen' Attack Using Racially Coded Chicago Fraud Story

social-safety-net republican-party racial-politics +3

1976-01-01Richard Mellon Scaife Becomes Heritage Foundation's Primary Donor

political-influence conservative-infrastructure think-tank-expansion +4

1976-01-01Tobacco Industry 'Operation Berkshire' and global coordination to resist smoking regulation

corporate-collusion public-health influence-operations

1975-10-29Ford Refuses NYC Bailout, "Drop Dead" Headline, Austerity Era Begins

financial-crisis austerity economic-policy +1

1975-08-06Voting Rights Act Extension of 1975: Expands Protection to Language Minorities Including Latino, Asian, and Native American Voters

voting-rights federal-legislation language-minorities +3

1975-06-10Trump Settles Housing Discrimination Case Without Admitting Guilt

doj civil-rights racism +2

1975-04-28Church Committee Exposes Psychological Manipulation Techniques in Government Operations

human-rights cold-war psychological-manipulation +3

1975-04-26Church Committee Exposes Systemic Intelligence Agency Abuses

civil-liberties surveillance congressional-investigation +2

1975-04-22Church Committee: Landmark Democratic Resistance Framework Against Intelligence Abuses

institutional-resistance government-accountability constitutional-rights +2

1975-04-14Federal Election Commission Begins Operations, Institutionalizing Corporate PAC Framework

campaign-finance corporate-pacs regulatory-framework +2

1975-02-21Nixon Top Aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell Sentenced to Prison for Watergate Cover-up

accountability abuse-of-power institutional-corruption +2

1975-01-27Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities

intelligence-privatization constitutional-violation surveillance-abuse +5

1975-01-01Richard Viguerie Perfects Direct Mail Fundraising - Conservative Grassroots Infrastructure

conservative-movement new-right grassroots-mobilization +3

1975-01-01Paul Weyrich Becomes First Director of ALEC, Consolidating State Legislative Strategy

alec state-capture model-legislation +2

1975-01-01ALEC Registers as Federal Nonprofit and Moves to Washington D.C.

alec conservative-movement nonprofit +3

1974-12-01Arthur Laffer Sketches Curve on Napkin with Rumsfeld and Cheney, Creating Supply-Side Icon

tax-policy supply-side-economics laffer-curve +2

1974-10-28Equal Credit Opportunity Act and RESPA Pass After Industry Lobbying Weakens Enforcement

housing housing-policy consumer-protection +2

1974-10-15FECA Amendments Enable Corporate PAC Formation, Triggering 1,600% Growth

campaign-finance corporate-pacs powell-memo +2

1974-09-12Boston Busing Crisis Erupts, Northern White Resistance to Desegregation

institutional-capture racial-oppression housing-policy +1

1974-09-08Ford Issues Full Pardon to Nixon for All Watergate Crimes, Ensures No Criminal Accountability

rule-of-law institutional-corruption accountability-failure +2

1974-09-02ERISA Pension Law Creates Framework for Corporate Benefit Cuts

institutional-capture labor-rights pension-theft +1

1974-09-02ERISA Enacted, Establishing Federal Preemption of State Employee Benefit Regulation

regulatory-capture labor-law erisa +2

1974-08-09Richard Nixon Becomes First U.S. President to Resign, Gerald Ford Sworn In as 38th President

institutional-corruption constitutional-crisis watergate +1

1974-08-05Nixon Releases Smoking Gun Tape Under Supreme Court Order, Political Support Collapses Completely

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption accountability-failure +2

1974-07-27House Judiciary Committee Approves Three Articles of Impeachment Against President Nixon

congressional-oversight abuse-of-power obstruction-of-justice +2

1974-07-25Milliken v. Bradley - Supreme Court Blocks Cross-District School Desegregation, Entrenches White Flight

supreme-court judicial-capture civil-rights +4

1974-07-24Supreme Court Rules 8-0 in United States v. Nixon: President Must Surrender Tapes

executive-power rule-of-law constitutional-law +2

1974-07-01William Simon Establishes Petrodollar Recycling System

monetary-policy financial-system international-finance +2

1974-06-21Chuck Colson Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice in Ellsberg Case, Serves Seven Months

accountability-failure obstruction-of-justice whistleblower-retaliation +2

1974-06-08US-Saudi Economic Commission Agreement Signed

economic-policy petrodollar-system oil-politics +2

1974-01-01Richard Butler Establishes Aryan Nations Compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho

domestic-terrorism white-supremacy political-extremism +2

1974-01-01Richard Scaife Begins Major Funding of Heritage Foundation as Primary Donor

institutional-capture heritage-foundation powell-memo +2

1974-01-01American Enterprise Institute Establishes Center for Health Policy Research

conservative-infrastructure healthcare-policy american-enterprise-institute +1

1974-01-01Weyrich Founds Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, Expanding Infrastructure

powell-memo paul-weyrich conservative-infrastructure +2

1973-12-29HMO Act Enables For-Profit Healthcare Expansion

institutional-capture healthcare-profiteering privatization +1

1973-12-28Endangered Species Act Signed, Industry Groups Immediately Begin Weakening Campaign

regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying environmental +2

1973-11-08U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board Adopts Powell Memo Task Force Recommendations

institutional-capture corporate-strategy powell-memo +1

1973-11-01Leon Jaworski Appointed as Special Prosecutor to Replace Fired Archibald Cox

congressional-oversight rule-of-law institutional-corruption +1

1973-10-20Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Cox, Richardson and Ruckelshaus Resign in Protest

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption constitutional-crisis +2

1973-10-15DOJ Sues Trump and Father for Systemic Housing Discrimination

doj civil-rights racism +2

1973-10-01Trilateral Commission Founded by David Rockefeller

regulatory-capture corporate-influence international-coordination +2

1973-09-11Chicago Boys Initiate Radical Economic Shock Therapy Under Pinochet's Dictatorship

institutional-capture economic-shock-therapy psychological-manipulation +2

1973-09-03Bunker Hill Smelter Fire Leads to Worst Corporate Lead Poisoning in U.S. History

environmental-destruction public-health corporate-crime +2

1973-09-01American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Founded as Systematic State-Level Corporate Influence Platform

conservative-movement corporate-capture state-level-politics +2

1973-09-01ALEC Organizational Profile: Corporate Vote-Buying Mechanism Disguised as Legislative Council

model-legislation corporate-lobbying organizational-profile +4

1973-07-16Alexander Butterfield Reveals Nixon White House Secret Taping System in Bombshell Testimony

congressional-oversight surveillance abuse-of-power +2

1973-06-25Opus Dei: Canonical Recognition and Unique Ecclesiastical Status

opus-dei catholic-church religious-networks +2

1973-06-25John Dean Testifies to Senate Watergate Committee: "Cancer Growing on the Presidency"

congressional-oversight abuse-of-power institutional-corruption +2

1973-05-17Senate Watergate Committee Begins Televised Hearings, Exposing Presidential Crimes to Public

congressional-oversight abuse-of-power institutional-corruption +2

1973-03-21San Antonio v. Rodriguez - Supreme Court Upholds Property Tax School Funding, Entrenches Inequality

supreme-court judicial-capture civil-rights +3

1973-03-19Judge Sirica Uses Maximum Sentences to Break Watergate Cover-up, McCord Writes Explosive Letter

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption obstruction-of-justice +2

1973-02-16Heritage Foundation Organizational Profile: Conservative Policy Infrastructure and Corporate Capture Mechanism

dark-money conservative-movement revolving-door +4

1973-02-16Heritage Foundation Founded by Conservative Activists and Business Leaders

corporate-influence conservative-movement political-infrastructure +2

1973-01-30G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord Convicted in Watergate Burglary Trial, Five Others Plead Guilty

institutional-corruption obstruction-of-justice intelligence-agencies +1

1973-01-22Supreme Court Decides Roe v. Wade, Triggering Conservative Backlash and Mobilization

religious-right conservative-mobilization roe-v-wade +2

1973-01-01BCCI Begins Rapid International Expansion Strategy with 19 Branches Across Five Countries

regulatory-arbitrage international-banking bcci-expansion +3

1973-01-01Paul Weyrich Begins Official Coalition Meetings, Coordinating Conservative Movement

powell-memo paul-weyrich new-right +2

1973-01-01ALEC Founded to Coordinate Corporate Model Legislation Across State Legislatures

alec state-capture model-legislation +3

1972-12-01Business Roundtable Established as CEO Coordination Body for Corporate Political Power

powell-memo business-roundtable corporate-coordination +2

1972-11-01Eagle Forum Founded as Permanent Conservative Infrastructure for 'Pro-Family' Organizing

institutional-capture conservative-movement religious-right +2

1972-11-01National Association of Manufacturers Relocates to Washington D.C. in Corporate Mobilization

institutional-capture corporate-strategy powell-memo +1

1972-10-18Clean Water Act Passes Over Nixon Veto After Industry Fails to Block Strong Provisions

regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying environmental +3

1972-09-28Powell Memo Leaked to Public, Exposing Corporate Institutional Capture Blueprint

institutional-capture corporate-strategy powell-memo +1

1972-09-01CREEP Dirty Tricks Campaign Exposed: Segretti Orchestrates Political Sabotage Including Canuck Letter

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption electoral-manipulation +2