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- Reagan: Remarks on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike (1981)
Government Record · 1981
President Ronald Reagan
President Reagan, August 3, 1981: told striking air traffic controllers that if they did not return to work within 48 hours they would lose their jobs.
- Reagan: Veto of the Fairness in Broadcasting Act (1987)
Government Record · 1987
President Ronald Reagan
President Reagan, June 1987: vetoed S. 742, which would have written the Fairness Doctrine into law, calling it unconstitutional content regulation of the press.
- Remember When Neil Young Was Sued by His Label for Not Being Commercial Enough
News Report · 2023
American Songwriter
American Songwriter: in 1983 Geffen Records sued Neil Young for $3.3 million for making albums "uncharacteristic" of his earlier work. The suit later settled.
- Rep. Tony Wied: 10-Year Ban on Members of Congress Becoming Lobbyists (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Office of Rep. Wied (wied.house.gov)
Rep. Tony Wied, July 2026: introduced the SERVE Act, a 10-year lobbying ban for former members of Congress, compared with today's 1 year for House members…
- Report of Special Counsel David Weiss (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Special Counsel David C. Weiss, U.S. Department of Justice
Special Counsel David Weiss, January 2025: his final report says he won convictions in both Hunter Biden cases, a guilty plea on all tax counts and…
- Republished study: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2014
Gilles-Eric Séralini et al.
The retracted article was republished with an editor’s note explaining the purpose of republication. Republication was not independent replication, validation, or a finding that the original…
- Responsible Statecraft: Israel Paying Influencers About $7,000 Per Post (2025)
News Report · 2025
Responsible Statecraft
Responsible Statecraft, September 2025: estimates Israel's campaign pays influencers roughly $6,143 to $7,372 per post, from $552,946 spread over 75 to 90 expected posts. This is…
- Review: Hearing at Low and Infrasonic Frequencies (2004)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2004
Henrik Møller; Christian Sejer Pedersen
2004 scientific review: infrasound is sound below 20 Hz, and people can hear or feel it if it is loud enough.
- Review: Utopia is a very good series released at exactly the wrong time
News Report · 2020
Ars Technica
Ars Technica review, October 2020: in the remake, a company engineers an outbreak and ships a "vaccine" that secretly sterilizes nearly everyone who takes it.
- Roc Nation: About
Document
Roc Nation
Roc Nation's own history: founded by Jay-Z in 2008. Nothing ties it to the Rockefeller Foundation.
- Rockefeller Foundation: Scenarios for the Future of Technology, Lock Step (2010)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2010
The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network
Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network, May 2010: the Lock Step scenario imagines tighter top-down government control after a fictional pandemic kills eight million. The report…
- Rubio: Protecting and Championing Free Speech at the State Department (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, April 2025: closed R/FIMI, the successor to the Global Engagement Center, and said the office spent millions to silence Americans. The…
- Rumble Form 10-Q, Second Quarter (2026)
Corporate Filing · 2026
Rumble Inc.
Rumble Inc., SEC quarterly report, August 2026: reports 57 million average monthly active users for Q2 2026, up 2% from Q1, and says it will stop…
- Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 2: Russia’s Use of Social Media
Government Record · 2019
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Internet Research Agency's social media operations. It documents a structured foreign campaign to inflame American social and racial divisions.
- SAG-AFTRA Rescinds “Do Not Work” Order for Michael Bay-Produced Pandemic Film
News Report · 2020
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter, July 2, 2020: the actors' union SAG-AFTRA lifted its order telling members not to work on Songbird.
- Saving Shirley Temple: An Attempt to Secure Financial Futures for Child Performers
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2000
Peter M. Christiano
Law review history of the Coogan Law, passed in 1939 after child star Jackie Coogan's parents spent nearly all of his earnings. The original law let…
- Science: Pharma Payments to FDA Advisers After Approvals (2018)
News Report · 2018
Charles Piller; data analysis by Charles Piller and Jia You
Science, July 2018: of 107 FDA advisers who voted on drugs, 40 later got over $10,000 from the makers or competitors, 26 over $100,000 and six…
- SEC Chair Mary Jo White: Remarks to the Council of Institutional Investors (2013)
Government Record · 2013
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Chair Mary Jo White, September 2013: announced the SEC would demand admissions of wrongdoing in some cases, such as egregious conduct or widespread harm to…
- SEC Inspector General: Investigation of the Failure to Uncover Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme (2009)
Government Record · 2009
SEC Office of Inspector General (Kotz, H. David)
SEC Inspector General, August 2009: despite numerous credible and detailed complaints over 16 years, the SEC never properly examined Bernard Madoff's trading or took basic steps…
- SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets (2d Cir. 2014)
Court Filing · 2014
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Federal appeals court, June 2014: overturned Judge Jed Rakoff's 2011 refusal to approve an SEC settlement in which Citigroup admitted nothing. Judges cannot demand admissions before…
- SEC: About the SEC, Mission
Government Record
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC's own statement of its mission: protecting investors, keeping markets fair and efficient, and helping companies raise capital. The SEC is a markets and disclosure regulator.…
- SEC: Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami to Leave Agency (2013)
Government Record · 2013
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC, January 2013: announced that enforcement director Robert Khuzami was leaving after about four years.
- SEC: Historical Summary of Chairmen and Commissioners
Government Record
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC's own roster of its leaders: Joseph P. Kennedy was the first chairman (1934 to 1935), Mary Jo White chaired 2013 to 2017, and Paul S.…
- SEC: Policy Change on Settlements (2012)
Government Record · 2012
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Khuzami, R.)
SEC, January 2012: defendants who were criminally convicted or admitted wrongdoing in a criminal deal could no longer settle with the SEC while denying the same…