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- PBS NewsHour: Who Are the Koch Brothers? (2015)
News Report · 2015
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour, January 2015: the Koch-aligned network took in at least $407 million in 2012, though 'not all of that money came from the Kochs themselves.'
- Pelosi Periodic Transaction Report: Nvidia Purchase (2024)
Government Record · 2024
U.S. House of Representatives, Clerk; Nancy Pelosi
House Clerk disclosure, July 2024: Nancy Pelosi's spouse bought 10,000 Nvidia shares on July 26, 2024, valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000. A required disclosure, not an…
- Pentagon dismisses Taylor Swift psy-op conspiracy theory
News Report · 2024
Politico
Politico, January 2024: Fox host Jesse Watters claimed a Pentagon psy-op unit pitched NATO on making Taylor Swift an asset. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh dismissed it:…
- Pew: Public Trust in Government, 1958 to 2025 (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center, December 2025: 17% of Americans trust the federal government to do what is right just about always (2%) or most of the time…
- Pfizer: Scott Gottlieb Board Biography (2026)
Corporate Filing
Pfizer Inc.
Pfizer's current board biography: lists Scott Gottlieb's FDA service from 2017 to 2019 and describes him as a contributor to CNBC. The company's own description.
- Pfizer: Scott Gottlieb Elected to Board of Directors (2019)
Corporate Filing · 2019
Pfizer Inc.
Pfizer, June 2019: elected former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to its board of directors, effective immediately. The company's announcement, filed with the SEC. No wrongdoing is…
- Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System (2014–2020)
Government Record · 2014
State Council of the People’s Republic of China; Rogier Creemers translation
China's State Council plan to build a social credit system (2014 to 2020): records of trustworthiness with rewards for trust and penalties for broken trust. Translation…
- Pocket.watch Caps Year of Explosive Growth by Closing $15M Series B Investment Round with Viacom Taking Lead
Document · 2018
Pocket.watch
Pocket.watch, the company behind Ryan's World, announced a $15 million round led by Viacom in 2018. BlackRock is not among the named investors.
- POGO: Dangerous Liaisons, Revolving Door at SEC (2013)
Document · 2013
Project On Government Oversight
Project On Government Oversight, February 2013: more than 400 former SEC employees filed nearly 2,000 notices that they planned to represent clients before their old agency.…
- Pollstar: Eras Tour $2.2 Billion Estimated Gross (2024)
News Report · 2024
Pollstar
Pollstar, December 2024: the Eras Tour set the all-time touring record at an estimated $2.2 billion gross. Swift's camp did not report ticket sales, so this…
- Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015
Thomas R. Karl et al.
The updated analysis produced higher temperature trends, especially in recent decades, and did not support the claimed recent slowdown. It documents a scientific data update, not…
- Posts Make Unfounded Claim About Beyoncé’s Endorsement of Harris
News Report · 2025
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org: FEC records show one $165,000 payment to Parkwood for campaign event production, and no evidence of a larger payment for Beyoncé's endorsement.
- Predictions put into practice: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Chicago’s predictive policing pilot
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Jessica Saunders; Priscillia Hunt; John S. Hollywood
RAND's evaluation of Chicago's predictive list: people on it were no less likely to be shot, but were more likely to be arrested for a shooting.
- Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments Financial Report to Congress: FY 2025
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
In FY 2025, FDA obligated $1,359,676,908 in user-fee funds, representing 77% of the $1,758,633,360 total obligated for the human drug review process; non-user-fee appropriations supplied 23%.
- Prevalence of Food and Beverage Brands in Made-for-Kids Child-Influencer YouTube Videos: 2019–2020
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2023
Frances Fleming-Milici; Lindsay Phaneuf; Jennifer Harris
UConn Rudd Center study of 400 kid-influencer videos (2019 to 2020): food and drink brands appeared in 65 percent, but only 8 percent disclosed any paid…
- Priority Records: Legacy (the 1989 FBI letter over N.W.A)
Document
Priority Records
Priority Records' history: on August 1, 1989, the FBI sent the label a letter objecting to N.W.A's song about police.
- Prof. Ian Lipkin Brings Science to Hollywood’s “Contagion”
Document · 2011
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University: virus hunter Ian Lipkin was technical adviser on Contagion from March 2009 and worked closely on the production.
- Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Misinformation and Disinformation
Government Record · 2022
CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
The committee recommended CISA actions concerning misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation while recognizing First Amendment constraints and government’s limited speech-regulation role. It documents proposed government activity, not…
- Public Citizen: Revolving Door at the FTC (2019)
Document · 2019
Public Citizen (Claypool, R.)
Public Citizen, May 2019: found 75 percent of top FTC officials (31 of 41) had corporate revolving-door conflicts, before or after their FTC service, with 63…
- Public Law 118-50, Division H: Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (2024)
Government Record · 2024
U.S. Congress
The law itself, Public Law 118-50, Division H (April 24, 2024): it made it unlawful to distribute or update an app controlled by a foreign adversary…
- Public School Administration: A Statement of the Fundamental Principles Underlying the Organization and Administration of Public Education
Document · 1916
Ellwood P. Cubberley
Cubberley directly compares schools to factories and children to raw products shaped for social demands. The original wording is raw products and includes the qualifier in…
- Raskin: Alphabet’s Coerced Confession Contradicts Employee Testimony (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Rep. Jamie Raskin, House Judiciary Committee minority
Rep. Jamie Raskin, House Judiciary Democrats, October 2025: says Alphabet's letter conflicts with testimony from 20 Alphabet employees, quoting a YouTube executive who recalled no policy…
- RCFP: Court Throws Out Streisand’s Privacy Lawsuit (2003)
News Report · 2003
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, December 2003: reports a judge's tentative ruling throwing out Barbra Streisand's $10 million privacy suit over an aerial photo…
- Reagan: Remarks on Signing the Garn-St Germain Act (1982)
Government Record · 1982
President Ronald Reagan
President Reagan, October 1982: signed the Garn-St Germain Act loosening limits on savings and loans, calling it 'the first step in our administration's comprehensive program of…