Trump shows classified Iran attack plan at Bedminster, admits can't declassify

Audio recording captured Trump showing classified documents about U.S. attack plans on Iran to people without security clearances at his Bedminster golf club. Trump stated: “As president I could have declassified it. Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret.” This …

Clearview AI Raises $30 Million Series B Funding Despite Widespread Privacy Violations

Clearview AI closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by Kirenaga Partners, valuing the controversial facial recognition company at $130 million. The investment came despite ongoing privacy investigations in multiple countries and widespread regulatory findings that the company’s …

Pegasus Project Exposes Global Surveillance of 50,000 Targets by NSO Group Clients

The Pegasus Project, a groundbreaking collaborative investigation by more than 80 journalists from 17 media organizations across 10 countries coordinated by Paris-based Forbidden Stories with technical support from Amnesty International, reveals that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been used …

Pentagon Cancels $10B JEDI Contract, Creates Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability

The Defense Department cancels the controversial $10 billion JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) cloud computing contract previously awarded to Microsoft in 2019, ending two years of bitter litigation with Amazon Web Services. The Pentagon announces a new multi-vendor procurement approach …

Jason Miller Launches Gettr with Hidden Guo Wengui Funding

Former Trump aide Jason Miller officially launched Gettr, an alt-tech social media platform targeting American conservatives, with initial and significant funding from Chinese exile billionaire Guo Wengui’s family foundation. The platform, which emerged from a pre-existing Chinese-language …

Vance Announces Ohio Senate Campaign

J.D. Vance officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, launching his campaign at Middletown Tube Works in his hometown. Having transformed from a Never Trump critic to an America First supporter, Vance sought and ultimately received Trump’s endorsement for the Republican …

Twitter Permanently Suspends Nick Fuentes, Completing Major Platform Deplatforming

Twitter indefinitely suspended white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ verified account in July 2021, making it among the last mainstream social media platforms to ban him. The suspension completed a comprehensive deplatforming campaign that had already removed Fuentes from YouTube (February 2020), …

Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Indicted for $1.7M Tax Fraud Scheme

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office unsealed criminal charges against the Trump Organization, longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg, and the Trump Payroll Corporation, marking the first criminal case ever brought against former President Donald Trump’s company. Prosecutors charged the …

Chainalysis Raises $100 Million at $4.2 Billion Valuation in Series E

Chainalysis announces a $100 million Series E financing led by Coatue, bringing its valuation to $4.2 billion and establishing the company as the dominant player in the cryptocurrency surveillance industry. The funding round comes just three months after a $100 million Series D round in March 2021 …

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Joins Flagship Pioneering, Venture Firm Behind Moderna

Dr. Stephen Hahn, former FDA Commissioner who led the agency during COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorizations, joined Flagship Pioneering as Chief Medical Officer on June 16, 2021. The move came six months after the FDA granted emergency use authorization to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. …

FBI Investigates DeJoy Over Alleged Straw Donor Campaign Finance Scheme

The FBI launched an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over allegations that he orchestrated an illegal straw donor campaign finance scheme at his former company, New Breed Logistics. Former employees told the Washington Post that DeJoy pressured them to make political donations to …

Trump calls Bitcoin 'a scam' competing with the dollar

Donald Trump calls Bitcoin ‘a scam’ competing with the dollar in 2021, marking his initial skepticism before his dramatic transformation to ‘crypto president’ by 2025. In a Fox Business interview, Trump argued that Bitcoin threatens dollar hegemony and should be heavily …

Biden Nominates Frank Kendall for Air Force Secretary After $702,000 in Northrop Grumman Consulting Fees

President Joe Biden nominated Frank Kendall for Air Force Secretary in May 2021 despite Kendall having received $702,319 in consulting fees from Northrop Grumman as part of a $300,000 per year consulting contract after serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics …

Amazon extends Rekognition police ban indefinitely as Congressional regulation stalls

On May 18, 2021, Amazon extended its global ban on police use of Rekognition facial recognition software indefinitely “until further notice,” prolonging what was originally announced as a one-year moratorium in June 2020. The extension came just weeks before the original moratorium was …

Giuliani Associate Sought $2 Million Payment for Trump Pardons

Florida businessman Harry Sargeant III told federal prosecutors that associates of Rudy Giuliani approached him seeking a $2 million payment to secure presidential pardons for individuals under investigation, according to court filings unsealed in April 2021. The revelation provided direct evidence …

Amazon Defeats Bessemer Union Vote 1,798 to 738 After Intensive Anti-Union Campaign

Amazon Defeats Bessemer Union Vote 1,798 to 738 After Intensive Anti-Union Campaign

On April 9, 2021, vote counting concluded in the historic union election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse (BHM1), with workers decisively rejecting unionization by a margin of 1,798 votes against to 738 …

Stephen Miller Founds America First Legal to Challenge Biden Administration and Advance White Nationalist Agenda

Stephen Miller launched America First Legal Foundation (AFL) on April 6, 2021, creating a conservative legal organization explicitly designed to serve as a right-wing counterweight to ACLU and SPLC while advancing Miller’s white nationalist policy agenda through litigation. Miller established …

Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions

Governor Brian Kemp signed Georgia’s SB 202, the “Election Integrity Act of 2021,” implementing a sweeping 98-page voter suppression law that became the first major state enactment of Trump’s “Big Lie” and ALEC’s post-2020 model legislation. Passed on strict …

Cellebrite Halts Sales to Russia and Belarus After Human Rights Abuse Revelations

Cellebrite announces it will immediately halt all sales of its digital intelligence solutions and services to customers in the Russian Federation and Belarus, following revelations that its technologies were used by state officials to persecute opposition activists, minority groups, and LGBTQI+ …

Palantir and AWS Formalize Strategic Partnership for Government Data Analytics

Palantir Technologies and Amazon Web Services announce a formal strategic partnership to optimize Palantir’s Foundry and Gotham platforms for deployment on AWS cloud infrastructure, integrating two of the most powerful surveillance and data analytics systems used by U.S. intelligence and …

South Dakota pays $200,000 to silence appraiser chief fired after Noem intervention

Sherry Bren, the 70-year-old head of South Dakota’s appraiser certification program, was forced to retire after refusing to approve Governor Noem’s daughter’s license. Bren filed an age discrimination complaint and received a $200,000 settlement to withdraw it. She testified she …

Republican State Parties Censure Senators Who Voted to Convict Trump

Within days of seven Republican senators voting to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, Republican state parties across the country moved swiftly to censure those senators for their votes of conscience. The censure wave began on February 13, 2021—the same day as the impeachment …

Senate Votes 55-45 to Call Witnesses, Then Reverses After McConnell Threatens Delay

In a dramatic twist on the final day of Trump’s second impeachment trial, the Senate voted 55-45 on Saturday morning, February 13, 2021, to call witnesses—specifically Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, who possessed crucial testimony about a January 6 phone call between Trump and House …

Senate Acquits Trump 57-43 Despite Bipartisan Majority Finding Him Guilty

On February 13, 2021, the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit former President Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection, with the vote falling ten short of the two-thirds majority (67 votes) required for conviction. Despite the acquittal, the vote represented the most bipartisan …

McConnell Says Trump "Practically and Morally Responsible" Minutes After Voting to Acquit

Minutes after voting to acquit Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered an extraordinary and scathing floor speech declaring: “There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the …

Impeachment Managers Present Devastating 13-Minute Video Compilation of January 6 Attack

On the second day of Trump’s impeachment trial, House managers led by Jamie Raskin, Stacey Plaskett, and Eric Swalwell presented a devastating 13-minute video compilation synchronizing Trump’s January 6 rally speech with the violent assault on the Capitol that followed. The video …

Second Impeachment Trial Begins with Constitutional Debate on Trying Former President

The Senate’s second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began on February 9, 2021, with a four-hour constitutional debate centered on the fundamental question: can the Senate try a former president? In a 56-44 vote, the Senate affirmed that the trial was constitutional and could proceed, with …

Amazon Launches Massive Anti-Union Campaign at Bessemer Alabama Warehouse

Amazon Launches Massive Anti-Union Campaign at Bessemer Alabama Warehouse

In early February 2021, Amazon launched one of the most aggressive and expensive anti-union campaigns in recent U.S. labor history, spending millions of dollars on consultants, lawyers, and captive-audience meetings to defeat …

Robinhood DTCC Collateral Waiver Revealed in GameStop Short Squeeze Fallout

In January 2021, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) granted Robinhood an unprecedented $9.7 billion collateral waiver during the GameStop short squeeze. This extraordinary measure prevented Robinhood from defaulting on its regulatory obligations, revealing significant gaps in …

Biden Administration Pauses $760 Million Raytheon and Boeing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Yemen

On February 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced it was pausing indefinitely two major precision-guided munitions sales to Saudi Arabia worth approximately $760 million—a $478 million Raytheon contract for 7,500 Paveway “smart” bombs and a $290 million Boeing contract for 3,000 …

Canadian Privacy Commissioners Declare Clearview AI Represents "Mass Surveillance" of Citizens

A joint investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and provincial counterparts from Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta concluded that Clearview AI’s scraping of billions of images of people from across the Internet represented “mass surveillance” and was a …

Raytheon CEO Hayes Tells Investors "Peace Not Going to Break Out" in Middle East, Sees Solid Growth

On January 28, 2021, during a quarterly earnings call just days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes told investors that “peace is not going to break out in the Middle East anytime soon,” framing ongoing regional conflicts and violence as positive factors for …

Supreme Court Dismisses All Trump Emoluments Cases as Moot

Supreme Court dismissed all three pending emoluments clause lawsuits against Trump as moot after he left office, including CREW v. Trump, DC/Maryland v. Trump, and Blumenthal v. Trump (200+ Democratic members of Congress). The Court vacated lower court decisions that had allowed cases to proceed, …

Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Article to Senate After Biden Inauguration

On January 25, 2021, exactly two weeks after the House voted to impeach Donald Trump and five days after President Biden’s inauguration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmitted the single article of impeachment—charging Trump with “incitement of insurrection”—to the Senate. The nine …

Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade

Harvard researchers calculated that Trump’s environmental rollbacks would cause 80,000 excess deaths per decade from increased air pollution, with 18,000 deaths from repealing the Clean Power Plan alone. The administration reversed or weakened over 100 environmental regulations, including …

Freedom House Downgrades US Democracy Score to 83/100

Freedom House downgraded the United States democracy score from 94/100 to 83/100 between 2010-2021, the steepest decline among established democracies. The 11-point drop reflected systematic erosion of democratic norms including partisan gerrymandering, voter suppression laws in 33 states, …

Trump's Final Day Pardon Spree - 73 Pardons Including Bannon and Broidy

In his final hours as president, Donald Trump issued 73 pardons and 70 commutations—143 acts of clemency in a single day, overwhelming the typical pardon process and demonstrating systematic corruption of executive power. The pardons went almost exclusively to political allies, campaign donors, and …

Navalny Investigation Reveals Putin's Palace Complex

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released a comprehensive investigation exposing a $1.35 billion palace complex allegedly owned by Vladimir Putin on the Black Sea. The investigation, titled ‘Putin’s Palace: History of World’s Largest Bribe,’ revealed a 17,691 square …

Navalny Investigation Reveals Putin's Palace Complex

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released a detailed investigation exposing a lavish palace complex on the Black Sea allegedly built for Vladimir Putin. The investigation, titled ‘Putin’s Palace: History of World’s Largest Bribe,’ detailed a $1.35 billion estate …

Russell Vought Founds Center for Renewing America, Christian Nationalist Policy Shop for Trump Return

Russell Vought founded the Center for Renewing America (CRA) in January 2021, initially called the Center for American Restoration, creating a Christian nationalist policy organization to prepare for Trump’s return to power and advance a theocratic agenda. Vought, a self-described Christian …

PredPol Rebrands as Geolitica Amid Mounting Criticism of Racial Bias

PredPol, the controversial predictive policing software company, rebrands itself as Geolitica in 2021 as criticism of algorithmic bias in law enforcement intensifies. The rebrand represents an attempt to distance the company from growing scrutiny of predictive policing’s discriminatory impacts …

Rick Snyder Charged With Misdemeanors for Poisoning Thousands—First Governor Ever Criminally Charged

Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is indicted on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect of duty in connection to the Flint water crisis, becoming the first governor or former governor in Michigan’s 184-year history to be charged with crimes related to their time in office. Eight other …

Trump Pardons Kwame Kilpatrick After Serving 7 of 28 Years for Detroit Corruption

President Trump commuted the sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who was serving a 28-year sentence for orchestrating a massive corruption scheme that looted the city of Detroit while it spiraled toward bankruptcy. Kilpatrick had served only 7 years of his sentence for racketeering, …

House Impeaches Trump for Second Time on Single Charge of "Incitement of Insurrection"

One week after the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, the House of Representatives voted 232-197 to impeach President Donald Trump on a single article charging him with “incitement of insurrection,” making Trump the first president in American history to be impeached twice. The …

Facebook Bans Trump Only After He Loses Power, Following January 6 Insurrection It Enabled

Facebook bans Trump from the platform on January 7, 2021, one day after the Capitol insurrection his election fraud lies helped incite, but only after he has lost political power and can no longer retaliate against the company. The ban follows four years of systematic Terms of Service violations …

Boeing Pays $2.5 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Deal, Zero Executives Charged for 346 Deaths

The Department of Justice charged Boeing with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the 737 MAX evaluation and entered a deferred prosecution agreement requiring Boeing to pay $2.5 billion in penalties. Despite evidence that Boeing executives knowingly deceived the …

Trump says "So what?" when told Pence evacuated for safety during Capitol riot

During the January 6th Capitol attack, when informed by White House aide Nick Luna that Vice President Mike Pence had been rushed to a secure location for his safety, Trump responded dismissively with “So what?”. Alone in the White House dining room while watching Fox News coverage of …

Stephen Miller Writes Trump's January 6 Ellipse Speech, Adds Language About Pence Overturning Election

Stephen Miller served as the primary author of President Trump’s January 6, 2021 Ellipse speech that directly preceded the Capitol insurrection, and personally added language claiming Vice President Mike Pence had the power to overturn the election results. Miller spoke with Trump for several …

Nick Fuentes Rallies Supporters Outside Capitol During January 6 Insurrection

White nationalist leader Nick Fuentes was present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, wearing a VIP badge to President Trump’s speech and addressing supporters outside the Capitol building during the violent insurrection. While Fuentes did not enter the Capitol itself, witnesses reported …

January 6 Capitol Insurrection Represents Culmination of WHIG Constitutional Crisis Template Implementation for Oligarchic Governance Establishment

President Trump’s orchestrated January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection represents the systematic culmination of WHIG constitutional crisis template implementation, demonstrating how established precedents for executive immunity, congressional manipulation, intelligence corruption, and democratic …