Political Interference

Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump publicly intervenes in the DOJ’s antitrust review of Netflix’s $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, stating it ‘could be a problem’ due to market concentration and demanding that CNN be sold. Trump’s intervention follows his …

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IRS Whistleblowers Testify Hunter Biden Investigation Was Obstructed by DOJ

| Importance: 7/10

IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and case agent Joseph Ziegler testified before House Oversight Committee that the Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden was ‘slow walked’ with political interference. They alleged prosecutors blocked scrutiny of Joe Biden’s potential …

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Pentagon Awards $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft Over Amazon

| Importance: 8/10

The Pentagon awards the $10 billion, 10-year Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract to Microsoft, stunning observers who widely expected Amazon Web Services to win based on its established relationship with the intelligence community through the CIA’s C2S contract. Under …

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Commerce Secretary Ross Threatens to Fire NOAA Scientists Who Contradicted Trump's False Hurricane Claim

| Importance: 8/10

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unless they backed President Donald Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. Ross called acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs on September 6, …

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Bush Administration's Systematic Destruction of Oversight Infrastructure Enables WHIG Constitutional Crisis Operations

| Importance: 8/10

President Bush’s firing of two experienced Inspector Generals on Valentine’s Day 2002 represents systematic preparation for constitutional crisis operations by destroying independent oversight infrastructure necessary for WHIG’s subsequent systematic deception campaigns. The …

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