2000
33 verified events recorded in 2000.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-12-21 | Clinton Signs Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cementing Derivatives Deregulation
6 src Bill Clinton · Lawrence Summers · Phil Gramm · Alan Greenspan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-12-15 | Phil Gramm Inserts 262-Page CFMA into 11,000-Page Spending Bill Hours Before Christmas Recess
4 src Phil Gramm · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Bill Clinton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-12-12 | Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement
4 src George W. Bush · Al Gore · William Rehnquist · Sandra Day O'Connor · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2000-12-09 | Supreme Court Grants Bush Emergency Stay with Scalia's "Irreparable Harm" Logic
6 src Antonin Scalia · Supreme Court Conservative Majority · William Rehnquist · Clarence Thomas · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-11-26 | Katherine Harris Certifies Bush Victory While Serving as Campaign Co-Chair
5 src Katherine Harris · George W. Bush · Jeb Bush · Mac Stipanovich · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-11-22 | Brooks Brothers Riot: Republican Operatives Physically Stop Miami-Dade Recount
4 src Roger Stone · John Sweeney · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2000-11-08 | James Baker Coordinates Bush Supreme Court Election Strategy from Day One
4 src James Baker III · Katherine Harris · George W. Bush · Mac Stipanovich · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-10-10 | Clinton Signs China PNTR Ending Annual Review, Enabling WTO Entry and Manufacturing Exodus
4 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Chinese Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-08-30 | Clear Channel Acquires AMFM Inc. Creating Radio Monopoly with Over 1,200 Stations
4 src Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays | confirmed | |
| 2000-08-30 | Clear Channel Radio Empire Reaches 1,240 Stations After AMFM Acquisition - Conservative Talk Radio Infrastructure Dominates American Airwaves
5 src Clear Channel Communications · Rush Limbaugh · AMFM Inc. · Lowry Mays · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-06-14 | Media Magnate Gusinsky Arrested, Marking Putin's Media Crackdown
3 src Vladimir Gusinsky · Vladimir Putin · Media-Most | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-05 | ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Sandy Liddy Bourne · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-03 | FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
4 src Viacom · CBS Corporation · Sumner Redstone · Mel Karmazin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-04-05 | Duncan Campbell Delivers Interception Capabilities 2000 Report to European Parliament, Forces ECHELON Inquiry
3 src Duncan Campbell · European Parliament · STOA (Scientific and Technological Options Assessment) · National Security Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-10 | Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts
4 src Investment banks · Securities Analysts · Securities and Exchange Commission · Nasdaq · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-06 | Bush Creates Rangers/Pioneers Pay-to-Play Appointment System
3 src George W. Bush · Karl Rove · Mercer Reynolds · Thomas Scully · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-01 | Subprime Lending Explodes as Predatory Practices Spread to Minority Communities
3 src Household Finance Corporation · Associates First Capital · Citigroup · Ameriquest · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-02-01 | Halliburton Opens Tehran Office While Cheney Still CEO, Completing $40 Million Annual Iran Business Through Cayman Islands Subsidiary Designed to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions
3 src Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Halliburton Products and Services · Bill Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-21 | Bolivia's Cochabamba Water War: Indigenous-Led Uprising Forces Reversal of World Bank-Mandated Bechtel Privatization
3 src Bechtel Corporation · Aguas del Tunari · World Bank · Hugo Banzer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-11 | AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History
4 src America Online · Time Warner · Steve Case · Gerald Levin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-09 | Ecuador President Mahuad Announces Dollarization 'Jump Into the Abyss' Amid Economic Crisis
3 src Jamil Mahuad · Gustavo Noboa · CONAIE · International Monetary Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Membership Reaches 2,000+ State Legislators - Represents One-Quarter to One-Third of All State Legislators Nationwide
5 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislators (2,000+ members) | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Brad Wiggins · John Rees · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | CNP and Federalist Society Coordination - Leonard Leo Links Judicial and Political Networks
2 src Council for National Policy · Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Clarence Thomas | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Florida Disenfranchises 1.4 Million Citizens Through Felony Voting Bans, Highest Rate in Nation
4 src Florida Legislature · The Sentencing Project | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Indigenous Consensus Decision-Making: A Democratic Innovation Framework
3 src Indigenous Leadership Networks · Governance Scholars · Native American Governance Experts | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Major Strikes Collapse to 16 Annually, Down 95% from Pre-PATCO Era
2 src American workers · Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. unions | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Opioid Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 500,000 Americans Between 2000-2020
3 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Food and Drug Administration · Drug Enforcement Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Ron Burkle becomes Diddy's business partner and godfather to his children
4 src Ron Burkle · Sean Combs · Bill Clinton · Jeffrey Epstein | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Stock Options Become Primary Executive Compensation, Aligning CEO Interests with Short-Term Stock Price Manipulation
3 src Corporate boards · Compensation consultants · Wall Street | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Systematic Coordination Emerges in Corporate PAC Explosion Post-Buckley
5 src Corporate PAC Strategists · Campaign Finance Lawyers · Political Fundraising Experts · Supreme Court Justices | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
3 src Dominant firms · Smaller competitors | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, and Melania at Mar-a-Lago Charity Event
3 src Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Melania Trump | confirmed |