2010
50 verified events recorded in 2010.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-31 | Donors Trust Becomes Primary Climate Denial Dark Money Conduit
4 src Donors Trust · Donors Capital Fund · Koch brothers · Knowledge and Progress Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-21 | FCC Passes First Net Neutrality Rules with Major Wireless Exemption in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Julius Genachowski · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-15 | FDA Arthritis Drug Reviewer Jeffrey Siegel Joins Genentech After Approving Company Tocilizumab
4 src Jeffrey Siegel · Food and Drug Administration · Genentech · Roche · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-03 | ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-11-02 | Republicans Gain Record 680 State Legislative Seats, Securing REDMAP Objectives
4 src Republican State Leadership Committee · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2010-10-13 | Robo-Signing Scandal Exposes Systematic Foreclosure Fraud by Major Banks
3 src Bank of America · JPMorgan Chase · Wells Fargo · GMAC Mortgage · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-09-28 | Trump associate Tevfik Arif arrested on yacht with underage Eastern European girls
3 src Tevfik Arif · Alexander Mashkevich · Patokh Shodiev · Alijan Ibragimov · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Anti-war activists · Grand jury | confirmed | |
| 2010-08-13 | Oracle Sues Google for Copyright Infringement Over Java APIs in Android
3 src Oracle · Google · Larry Ellison · Sun Microsystems | confirmed | |
| 2010-08-04 | GAO Investigation Exposes Systemic For-Profit College Fraud - Industry Takes 25% of Federal Aid
3 src U.S. Government Accountability Office · Tom Harkin | confirmed | |
| 2010-07-21 | Dodd-Frank Act Creates Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Regulate Predatory Lending
4 src Barack Obama · Elizabeth Warren · Richard Cordray · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | confirmed | |
| 2010-07-19 | Washington Post Publishes "Top Secret America," Revealing 1,931 Private Companies in Intelligence Work and Massive Revolving Door
4 src Dana Priest · William Arkin · The Washington Post · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-27 | Anna Chapman and Russian Spy Ring Arrested in Manhattan
4 src Anna Chapman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Russian Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-27 | DOJ charges 'Illegals Program' (including Anna Chapman); 10 plead guilty and are swapped
4 src Anna Chapman · US Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-24 | DISCLOSE Act Passes House But GOP Blocks Senate Vote on Citizens United Response
4 src Chuck Schumer · Chris Van Hollen · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-18 | Vice President Biden Credits Palantir Software for Detecting Stimulus Fraud
3 src Joe Biden · Peter Orszag · Palantir Technologies · Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-16 | BP Agrees to $20 Billion Gulf Coast Claims Fund Amid Deepwater Horizon Fallout
6 src BP (British Petroleum) · Barack Obama · Tony Hayward · Kenneth Feinberg · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-01 | Trump University Changes Name to "Trump Entrepreneur Initiative" Under Pressure from NY Education Department
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Sexton · Joseph Frey | confirmed | |
| 2010-05-28 | Anastasio Hernandez Rojas Beaten and Tasered to Death by Border Patrol at San Ysidro; CIT Cover-Up Begins Same Day
8 src Anastasio Hernandez Rojas · Rodney Scott · David Aguilar · James Tomsheck · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-05-27 | Chelsea Manning Arrested for Leaking Classified Documents to WikiLeaks
3 src Chelsea Manning · WikiLeaks · U.S. Army · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2010-05-15 | Wells Fargo Hires SEC Enforcement Chief: Investigation Needed
3 src Wells Fargo | reported | |
| 2010-05-02 | European Commission, ECB, and IMF Form 'Troika' and Impose First Greek Bailout with Harsh Austerity
3 src European Commission · European Central Bank · International Monetary Fund · George Papandreou · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-05-01 | Better Business Bureau Drops Trump University Rating to D- After Flood of Consumer Complaints
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Sexton | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-23 | Arizona Passes SB 1070 Drafted by ALEC and Private Prison Companies
3 src Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · Corrections Corporation of America · American Legislative Exchange Council · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-20 | Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Begins - Environmental Disaster and Corporate Negligence
3 src BP (British Petroleum) · Transocean Ltd · Halliburton · Minerals Management Service · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-16 | SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Over ABACUS 2007-AC1 Synthetic CDO Deal Where Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Selected Mortgage Securities to Bet Against While Goldman Sold Package to Investors, Resulting in $550 Million Settlement but No Criminal Charges
2 src Goldman Sachs · Fabrice Tourre · John Paulson · Securities and Exchange Commission · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-14 | Robo-Signing Scandal Exposed Systematic Foreclosure Document Fraud
3 src Bank of America · JPMorgan Chase · Wells Fargo · Citigroup · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-08 | Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing
3 src Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-05 | Purdue Reformulates OxyContin as "Abuse-Deterrent" After 14 Years, Drives Users to Heroin
3 src Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-26 | SpeechNow.org v. FEC Appeals Court Decision Creates Super PACs with Unlimited Contribution Authority
3 src David Keating · Federal Election Commission · U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-23 | ACA Passes with Individual Mandate Requiring Americans to Purchase Private Insurance, Delivering Industry Windfall
3 src Barack Obama · America's Health Insurance Plans · PhRMA · Max Baucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-17 | Obama Authorizes CIA Signature Strikes - Killing Based on Behavior Patterns, Not Identity
4 src Barack Obama · John Brennan · Central Intelligence Agency · Leon Panetta | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-27 | Obama Criticizes Citizens United at State of Union, Alito Responds 'Not True'
4 src Barack Obama · Samuel Alito · John Roberts · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-27 | Oracle Completes Sun Microsystems Acquisition for $7.4 Billion, Gains Java and MySQL
3 src Oracle · Sun Microsystems · Larry Ellison · European Commission | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Citizens United · Federal Election Commission · Justice Anthony Kennedy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-15 | Northrop B-2 Bomber Operating Costs Reach $150,000 Per Flight Hour
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC Distributes Climate Denial Model Legislation to Kill Regional Climate Pacts
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Clint Woods · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC's 'Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax' Obstructs Market-Based Climate Solutions
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Chertoff Promotes Airport Body Scanners on Media While His Firm Represents Manufacturer Rapiscan
4 src Michael Chertoff · The Chertoff Group · Rapiscan Systems · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | CNP Coordinates Tea Party Movement Through Member Organizations
2 src Council for National Policy · Jenny Beth Martin · Tea Party Patriots · Tony Perkins · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
3 src Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | DonorsTrust Organizational Profile: Dark Money ATM Enabling Anonymous Billionaire Political Spending
4 src DonorsTrust · Donors Capital Fund · Whitney Lynn Ball · Kimberly Dennis · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Epstein Operates as Geopolitical Consultant to DP World — Sulayem Channel Establishes UAE Sovereign Access
2 src Jeffrey Epstein · Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem · DP World · Al Maktoum ruling family | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Foreclosure Crisis Extracts $200 Billion in Black Household Wealth: Largest Destruction of Black Assets in American History
3 src Wells Fargo · Countrywide Financial · Bank of America · JPMorgan Chase | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Gig Economy Emerges Using Worker Misclassification to Avoid Labor Protections and Unions
3 src Uber · Lyft · DoorDash · Instacart · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Hospital Consolidation Wave (2010-2020): 1,164 Mergers with Only 1% FTC Enforcement Rate
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Hospital corporations | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | NSO Group Founded in Israel to Develop Pegasus Spyware
3 src Shalev Hulio · Omri Lavie · Niv Karmi · NSO Group | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | NYPD Counterterrorism Unit Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance Operations
2 src New York Police Department · Palantir Technologies · Richard Falkenrath · New York City Police Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Republican State Leadership Committee Launches REDMAP Gerrymandering Project
4 src Republican State Leadership Committee · Ed Gillespie · Karl Rove | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Trump SoHo money laundering operation - 77% shell company sales
4 src Trump Organization · Bayrock Group · Felix Sater · Tevfik Arif · +2 | confirmed |