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- Facebook: Removal of Four Infowars Pages (2018)
Corporate Filing · 2018
Meta / Facebook
Facebook, August 2018: removed four Infowars-related Pages for repeated Community Standards violations, including glorifying violence and dehumanizing language about transgender people, Muslims and immigrants. It said…
- Fact Check: Were Grammys Sponsored by Pfizer?
News Report · 2023
Newsweek
Newsweek, February 2023: Pfizer sponsored the 2023 Grammys broadcast, but said it sponsored the overall event, not any particular performance.
- Fact-Check of Donald Trump’s Beyoncé Endorsement-Payment Claim
News Report · 2025
PolitiFact
PolitiFact, July 2025: no evidence the Harris campaign paid Beyoncé millions for her endorsement. The only payment found was the $165,000 for event production.
- Facts on the Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Government Record · 2013
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Director of National Intelligence fact sheet, June 8, 2013: describes PRISM as an internal government system for court-supervised collection from internet companies. The agency's own description.
- Failure to Escape Traumatic Shock
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1967
Martin E. P. Seligman and Steven F. Maier
Dogs previously exposed to yoked inescapable shock showed substantial interference with later escape learning. The authors interpreted this as learned helplessness: learning that responding and shock…
- FARA: Bridges Partners $900,000 Influencer Payment Schedule (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Bridges Partners LLC
Bridges Partners LLC, FARA exhibit, September 2025: the payment schedule for the Israel influencer campaign totals $900,000 from June to November 2025, covering onboarding, production, content…
- FARA: Bridges Partners Registration for Israel Influencer Campaign (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Bridges Partners LLC
Bridges Partners LLC, FARA registration, September 2025: names the Government of Israel, through Havas Media Group Germany and the Foreign Ministry's LAPAM office, as principal under…
- FARA: Brunswick Group Goalkeepers Abu Dhabi Influencer Campaign (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Brunswick Group / Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity
Brunswick Group, FARA filing, September 2026: lists $117,631.04 in payments for the Goalkeepers Abu Dhabi Influencer Campaign for the Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity, paid…
- FARA: Clock Tower X Amendment Raises Budget to $9 Million (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Clock Tower X LLC
Clock Tower X LLC, FARA filing, December 2025: an amendment records the $6 million paid as a lump sum and adds $3 million for digital advertising…
- FARA: Clock Tower X Statement of Work, $6 Million Campaign (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Clock Tower X LLC
Clock Tower X LLC, FARA filing, September 2025: an Israel-linked statement of work sets a $6 million, four-month budget. It requires at least 100 original creative…
- FARA: FINN Partners Alberta Influencer Program (2025)
Government Record · 2025
FINN Partners / Travel Alberta
FINN Partners, FARA filing, November 2025: for Travel Alberta, a provincial Crown corporation, FINN arranges two hosted influencer trips, handling negotiations, itineraries, content review and reporting.…
- FARA: Stagwell Global Work for Havas and LAPAM (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Stagwell Global LLC
Stagwell Global LLC, FARA filing, August 2025: work for Havas on behalf of Israel's Foreign Ministry includes testing influencers, recruiting three to five civil-society spokespeople, and…
- FBI Richmond: Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Memo (2023)
Government Record · 2023
FBI Richmond Field Office
FBI Richmond Field Office, January 2023: a memo saying violent extremist interest in radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology offers chances for tripwire and source development. It separates this…
- FBI: Director Wray Testifies on Oversight of the FBI (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI, July 2023: says the Bureau has long assessed that COVID-19 likely came from a lab incident in Wuhan, with no final interagency conclusion. The same…
- FBI: Former CIA Officer Kiriakou Pleads Guilty (2012)
Government Record · 2012
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI, October 2012: Kiriakou pleaded guilty to one count of disclosing information identifying a covert agent, with an agreed 30-month sentence. The plea was under the…
- FCC: 2022 Quadrennial Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules, Proposed Rule (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission, November 2025: a proposed rule in its 2022 review of broadcast ownership limits. It is a proposal, not a final order. No later…
- FDA, Merck and Vioxx: Putting Patient Safety First? Hearing before the Senate Finance Committee
Transcript · 2004
David J. Graham; U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Graham sharply criticized FDA’s safety structure in sworn Senate testimony concerning Vioxx. These were Graham’s testimony and opinions, not an FDA admission or a committee finding.
- FDIC Banking Review: The Cost of the Savings and Loan Crisis (2000)
Government Record · 2000
Timothy Curry and Lynn Shibut (FDIC staff)
FDIC economists Curry and Shibut, 2000: 1,043 savings and loans failed from 1986 to 1995. The cleanup cost $152.9 billion, of which taxpayers paid $123.8 billion…
- FEC Advisory Opinion 2010-09: Club for Growth (2010)
Government Record · 2010
Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission, July 2010: allowed Club for Growth to run a committee that takes unlimited individual contributions for independent spending. The first Super PAC approval.
- FEC Advisory Opinion 2010-11: Commonsense Ten (2010)
Government Record · 2010
Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission, July 2010: allowed independent-spending committees to take unlimited contributions from corporations and labor unions as well as individuals.
- FEC Commissioner Steven Walther: Statement on Advisory Opinion 2010-09 (2010)
Government Record · 2010
FEC Commissioner Steven T. Walther
FEC Commissioner Steven Walther, July 2010: his statement on the Club for Growth opinion, describing how the SpeechNow ruling struck down contribution limits as applied to…
- FEC: Campaign Activity Summary, 2011 to 2012 Cycle (2013)
Government Record · 2013
Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission, 2013: in the 2012 cycle, Super PACs raised $824 million and spent $796.9 million, accounting for $606.8 million of independent political spending.
- FEC: Campaign Activity Summary, 2019 to 2020 Cycle (2021)
Government Record · 2021
Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission, 2021: in the 2020 cycle, 2,319 Super PACs spent $3.39 billion, and accounted for $2 billion of independent political spending.
- FEC: Campaign Activity Summary, 2023 to 2024 Cycle (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission, 2025: in the 2024 cycle, independent spending reached $4.4 billion. 2,526 Super PACs spent $5.01 billion and accounted for $2.7 billion of independent…