Year of record

2000

33 verified events recorded in 2000.

33 events From Jan 1, 2000 To Dec 21, 2000 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2000-12-21Clinton Signs Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cementing Derivatives Deregulation
Bill Clinton · Lawrence Summers · Phil Gramm · Alan Greenspan · +1
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2000-12-15Phil Gramm Inserts 262-Page CFMA into 11,000-Page Spending Bill Hours Before Christmas Recess
Phil Gramm · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Bill Clinton · +1
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2000-12-12Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement
George W. Bush · Al Gore · William Rehnquist · Sandra Day O'Connor · +5
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2000-12-09Supreme Court Grants Bush Emergency Stay with Scalia's "Irreparable Harm" Logic
Antonin Scalia · Supreme Court Conservative Majority · William Rehnquist · Clarence Thomas · +2
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2000-11-26Katherine Harris Certifies Bush Victory While Serving as Campaign Co-Chair
Katherine Harris · George W. Bush · Jeb Bush · Mac Stipanovich · +1
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2000-11-22Brooks Brothers Riot: Republican Operatives Physically Stop Miami-Dade Recount
Roger Stone · John Sweeney · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +3
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2000-11-08James Baker Coordinates Bush Supreme Court Election Strategy from Day One
James Baker III · Katherine Harris · George W. Bush · Mac Stipanovich · +2
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2000-10-10Clinton Signs China PNTR Ending Annual Review, Enabling WTO Entry and Manufacturing Exodus
Bill Clinton · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Chinese Government · +2
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2000-08-30Clear Channel Acquires AMFM Inc. Creating Radio Monopoly with Over 1,200 Stations
Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays
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2000-08-30Clear Channel Radio Empire Reaches 1,240 Stations After AMFM Acquisition - Conservative Talk Radio Infrastructure Dominates American Airwaves
Clear Channel Communications · Rush Limbaugh · AMFM Inc. · Lowry Mays · +1
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2000-06-14Media Magnate Gusinsky Arrested, Marking Putin's Media Crackdown
Vladimir Gusinsky · Vladimir Putin · Media-Most
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2000-05-05ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools
American Legislative Exchange Council · Sandy Liddy Bourne · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · +5
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2000-05-03FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
Viacom · CBS Corporation · Sumner Redstone · Mel Karmazin · +1
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2000-04-05Duncan Campbell Delivers Interception Capabilities 2000 Report to European Parliament, Forces ECHELON Inquiry
Duncan Campbell · European Parliament · STOA (Scientific and Technological Options Assessment) · National Security Agency · +1
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2000-03-10Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts
Investment banks · Securities Analysts · Securities and Exchange Commission · Nasdaq · +2
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2000-03-06Bush Creates Rangers/Pioneers Pay-to-Play Appointment System
George W. Bush · Karl Rove · Mercer Reynolds · Thomas Scully · +3
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2000-03-01Subprime Lending Explodes as Predatory Practices Spread to Minority Communities
Household Finance Corporation · Associates First Capital · Citigroup · Ameriquest · +1
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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
Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Halliburton Products and Services · Bill Clinton
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2000-01-21Bolivia's Cochabamba Water War: Indigenous-Led Uprising Forces Reversal of World Bank-Mandated Bechtel Privatization
Bechtel Corporation · Aguas del Tunari · World Bank · Hugo Banzer · +3
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2000-01-11AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History
America Online · Time Warner · Steve Case · Gerald Levin · +2
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2000-01-09Ecuador President Mahuad Announces Dollarization 'Jump Into the Abyss' Amid Economic Crisis
Jamil Mahuad · Gustavo Noboa · CONAIE · International Monetary Fund · +1
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2000-01-01ALEC Membership Reaches 2,000+ State Legislators - Represents One-Quarter to One-Third of All State Legislators Nationwide
American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislators (2,000+ members)
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2000-01-01ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force
American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Brad Wiggins · John Rees · +3
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2000-01-01CNP and Federalist Society Coordination - Leonard Leo Links Judicial and Political Networks
Council for National Policy · Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Clarence Thomas
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2000-01-01Florida Disenfranchises 1.4 Million Citizens Through Felony Voting Bans, Highest Rate in Nation
Florida Legislature · The Sentencing Project
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2000-01-01Indigenous Consensus Decision-Making: A Democratic Innovation Framework
Indigenous Leadership Networks · Governance Scholars · Native American Governance Experts
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2000-01-01Major Strikes Collapse to 16 Annually, Down 95% from Pre-PATCO Era
American workers · Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. unions
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2000-01-01Opioid Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 500,000 Americans Between 2000-2020
Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Food and Drug Administration · Drug Enforcement Administration · +1
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2000-01-01Ron Burkle becomes Diddy's business partner and godfather to his children
Ron Burkle · Sean Combs · Bill Clinton · Jeffrey Epstein
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2000-01-01Stock Options Become Primary Executive Compensation, Aligning CEO Interests with Short-Term Stock Price Manipulation
Corporate boards · Compensation consultants · Wall Street
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2000-01-01Systematic Coordination Emerges in Corporate PAC Explosion Post-Buckley
Corporate PAC Strategists · Campaign Finance Lawyers · Political Fundraising Experts · Supreme Court Justices
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2000-01-01Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
Dominant firms · Smaller competitors
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2000-01-01Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, and Melania at Mar-a-Lago Charity Event
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Melania Trump
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