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Amazon
Amazon and Ken Buck are connected through Ken Buck’s advocacy against Amazon in government contracting.
Rep. Ken Buck: federal agencies should reconsider future Amazon … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.783178
- Topics: Competition law, Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, Government procurement in the United States
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- Orgs: United States Congress, United States Department of Defense
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Apple
Apple and Ken Buck are connected through Buck’s legislative efforts and criticism against Big Tech, including Apple, for monopolistic practices.
Rep. Ken Buck pens new book saying Big Tech is “crushing” competition … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.805007
- Topics: Monopoly, Freedom of speech, United States antitrust law
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- Orgs: Big Tech
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Rep. Ken Buck is the new face of Republican antitrust link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.819625
- Topics: United States antitrust law
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- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
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Ken Buck Battles Big Tech With Bill to Unlock App Stores’ Rules link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.829270
- Topics: United States antitrust law, App Store (Apple)
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- Orgs: Google
- Events:
- People: Hank Johnson
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Ken Buck - Institute of Politics link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.835252
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech censorship controversies
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- Orgs: Freedom Caucus
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- People: Larry Berlin
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Ken Buck is staring down Big Tech. And powerful Republicans link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.840577
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Monopoly
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary, United States Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission
- Events: United States House Judiciary Committee antitrust legislation (2023)
- People: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg
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BlackRock
BlackRock and Ken Buck are both central figures in legislative efforts opposed to ESG and DEI policies, with Buck introducing a bill against BlackRock’s influence on federal retirement systems.
Cruz Introduces Bill to Ban Investment Fund Managers from Leveraging … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.924116
- Topics: Environmental, social, and governance, Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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- Orgs: Thrift Savings Plan
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- People: Ted Cruz
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Representative Buck Introduces Stop TSP ESG Act link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.975374
- Topics: Environmental, social, and governance, Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Media: ESG University
- Orgs: BlackRock, Inc.
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- People: Ken Buck
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Sen. Cruz Puts ESG and DEI in the Crosshairs - RedState link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.983629
- Topics: Environmental, social, and governance, Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Media: RedState
- Orgs: Thrift Savings Plan
- Events:
- People: Ted Cruz
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Cruz Introduces Bill to Ban Investment Fund Managers from Leveraging … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:59.999361
- Topics: Environmental, social, and governance, Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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- Orgs: Thrift Savings Plan
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Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs and Ken Buck both are associated with the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) and its affiliated conservative activities.
How a Shadowy Group of Far-Right Donors Is Funding Federal DEI Watchlists link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:00.176772
- Topics: Far-right politics in the United States, Project 2025, Make America Great Again
- Media: Fox News
- Orgs: Conservative Partnership Institute, America First Legal, The Heritage Foundation, American Accountability Foundation, NumbersUSA, The 85 Fund, Club for Growth
- Events: Legislative Assistant Symposium (May 29, 2024), AAF and CPI training event (February 15-17, 2023)
- People: Tom Jones (American Accountability Foundation), William Amos III
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Koch Industries
Ken Buck and Koch Industries are indirectly connected through opposing efforts on antitrust protections regarding Big Tech reform.
How Koch Cash Is Bankrolling the Effort to Kill Big Tech Reform link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:00.513467
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech, Libertarianism in the United States
- Media:
- Orgs: Freedom Caucus, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, House Antitrust Subcommittee, KochPAC, Americans for Prosperity
- Events:
- People: Jim Jordan, Thomas Massie, Charles Koch
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How Koch Cash Is Bankrolling the Effort to Kill Big Tech Reform link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:00.534399
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech
- Media:
- Orgs: Koch Industries, Freedom Caucus, Americans for Prosperity
- Events:
- People: Jim Jordan, Thomas Massie, Charles Koch
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Tea-Party-Bewegung - Wikipedia link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:00.539340
- Topics: Tea Party movement, Astroturfing, Limited-government conservatism, Right-wing populism, Climate change denial
- Media: Fox News
- Orgs: Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, The Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute
- Events:
- People: Dick Armey, Glenn Beck
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Meta
Ken Buck and Meta have an indirect connection through Buck’s involvement in antitrust investigations targeting large tech companies, including Meta.
Ken Buck plans to challenge the GOP’s direction under Trump - AP News link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:00.995005
- Topics: United States antitrust law
- Media: CNN
- Orgs: Freedom Caucus, United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events:
- People: David Cicilline, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy
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Palantir
Ken Buck and Palantir both feature in discussions about the ethical and security implications of AI in military contexts.
L’Intelligence Artificielle, arme de paix ou de guerre link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:01.440710
- Topics: Military applications of artificial intelligence, Russo-Ukrainian War, Regulation of artificial intelligence
- Media: National Defense (magazine)
- Orgs: Palantir Technologies, United States House of Representatives, National Defense Industrial Association
- Events:
- People: Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, Robin Fontes, Jorrit Kamminga
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TSMC
Ken Buck and TSMC are both involved in discussions regarding the CHIPS Act, with Ken Buck expressing criticism of TSMC’s role in American semiconductor manufacturing policy.
Ken Buck: Time to Fix CHIPS Act | Newsmax.com link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:02.473237
- Topics: United States semiconductor industry, United States antitrust law, CHIPS and Science Act
- Media: The Joe Rogan Experience
- Orgs: CHIPS and Science Act
- Events:
- People: Donald Trump
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ken Buck and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are publicly connected through his criticisms of their financial practices and influence in Washington.
GOP Nominees Steve Stivers, Ken Buck Call On Chamber Of Commerce To … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:02.513475
- Topics: Campaign finance disclosure
- Media: ThinkProgress
- Orgs: United States Chamber of Commerce
- Events:
- People: Steve Stivers
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Democrats question U.S. Chamber of Commerce money spent on Buck link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:02.519468
- Topics: Campaign finance in the United States
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- Orgs: United States Chamber of Commerce
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Senate Race: Ken Buck Is Called Out for His Chamber Connections and on … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:02.526427
- Topics: Campaign finance in the United States
- Media: The Hill (newspaper)
- Orgs: United States Chamber of Commerce
- Events:
- People: Trevor Kincaid, Owen Loftus
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Buck Blasts U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Colorado Pols link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:02.552154
- Topics: Conservatism in the United States, Opposition (politics)
- Media: KNUS
- Orgs:
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- People: Tim Huelskamp, Chuck Bonniwell
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Andy Jassy
Andy Jassy and Ken Buck are both involved in discussions regarding Amazon’s market power and antitrust issues.
Who is Andy Jassy, the longtime Amazon executive set to … - CBS News link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.000399
- Topics: Cloud computing, United States antitrust law, Parler, Mass surveillance in the United States
- Media: Bloomberg L.P., CNBC
- Orgs: Amazon Web Services, Amazon (company), Action Center on Race and the Economy
- Events:
- People: Jeff Bezos, Maurice BP-Weeks, Elana Caplan
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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO later this year, Andy Jassy to … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.004407
- Topics: United States antitrust law
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Big Tech
- People:
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy makes first visit to Capitol… - inkl link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.022159
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Amazon unionization efforts in Bessemer, Alabama, FTC v. Amazon, Texas Heartbeat Act
- Media: Politico
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: Cybersecurity Summit
- People: Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ‘may have lied to Congress’ - BBC link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.044721
- Topics: United States antitrust law, United States congressional investigations into Amazon, Private label, Use of third-party seller data
- Media: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The Capitol Forum
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events:
- People: Jeff Bezos, Jerry Nadler, David Cicilline, Pramila Jayapal, Matt Gaetz
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Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos and Ken Buck have a contentious relationship as Buck has repeatedly questioned Bezos’s Amazon on antitrust issues and attempted influence on government contracts.
Ken Buck is staring down Big Tech. And powerful Republicans link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.063077
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech antitrust regulation in the United States
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary, United States Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission
- Events: United States House Judiciary Committee antitrust legislation (2023)
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Rep. Ken Buck Criticizes Amazon for Charging Customers for Returns at … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.072856
- Topics: Amazon (company) business practices, Amazon (company) business practices
- Media: Twitter
- Orgs: Amazon (company), United Parcel Service
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Lee, Buck Question Amazon’s Influence on JEDI Contract Procurement … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.079449
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Government procurement
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- Orgs: Amazon (company), United States Department of Defense
- Events: Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure
- People: Merrick Garland, Sean O’Donnell (Acting Inspector General)
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GOP lawmakers demand DOJ investigate alleged Amazon $1 million bribery … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.117382
- Topics: Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, Bribery Allegations
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- Orgs: Amazon Web Services, United States Department of Defense
- Events: Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure
- People: Merrick Garland, Sally Donnelly
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Tim Cook
Ken Buck and Tim Cook are connected through a Congressional letter urging Apple to change its operations in China.
Congress members demand Apple exit China in letter to Tim Cook link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.128520
- Topics: Censorship by Apple, China–United States relations, Digital privacy
- Media: The New York Times
- Orgs: United States Congress, Apple Inc.
- Events:
- People: Scott Fitzgerald (politician), Burgess Owens, Dan Bishop
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Charles Koch
Charles Koch and Ken Buck are connected through political campaign donations, with Koch Industries financially supporting Buck’s campaign against fellow fraternity member Sen. Michael Bennet.
My Brothers, Charles and David Koch | HuffPost Latest News link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.544698
- Topics: 2016 United States presidential election, Koch network, Tea Party movement
- Media: HuffPost
- Orgs: Beta Theta Pi, Koch Industries, Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth
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The Koch Brothers Are My Brothers | HuffPost Latest News link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.562773
- Topics: Conservatism in the United States, 2016 United States presidential election, Campaign finance in the United States, Tea Party movement
- Media: Rolling Stone, CBS News Sunday Morning
- Orgs: Koch Industries, Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth, Beta Theta Pi
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The Kochs are my frat brothers: We were Betas - Salon.com link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.573700
- Topics: Beta Theta Pi, Campaign finance, Tea Party movement, Conservative political funding in the United States
- Media: Rolling Stone, CBS News Sunday Morning, Popular Mechanics
- Orgs: Koch Industries, Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth
- Events: 2016 Koch brothers Palm Springs gathering
- People: Tim Dickinson
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Koch Network Spending Big to Torpedo Big Tech Anti-Trust Reforms link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.581457
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech
- Media:
- Orgs: Koch Industries
- Events:
- People: Jim Jordan, Thomas Massie
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Can a New Think Tank Put a Stop to Endless War? - The Nation link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.613980
- Topics: Ending Endless War, Transpartisan, Foreign policy of the United States, War Powers Clause
- Media: Democracy Now!, The Nation Podcast
- Orgs: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Charles G. Koch Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Center for American Progress, Win Without War
- Events:
- People: Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Bill Kristol, Matt Duss, Keane Bhatt
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Mark Zuckerberg
Ken Buck and Mark Zuckerberg have a significant interaction as Buck repeatedly challenges Zuckerberg on Facebook’s policies and practices.
Rep. Ken Buck calls Facebook out for censoring content link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.738038
- Topics: Content moderation, Hunter Biden laptop controversy, COVID-19 misinformation, Political censorship
- Media: Hunter Biden laptop controversy
- Orgs: Facebook
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’Forced labor is abhorrent’: Tech executives agree not to use slave … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.746580
- Topics: Forced labour, Modern Slavery Act 2015
- Media:
- Orgs: Antitrust Subcommittee (United States House of Representatives)
- Events: House antitrust subcommittee hearing on forced labor and supply chain transparency
- People: Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Josh Hawley
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ken Buck Demands Zuckerberg Hand Over Research Into … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.792211
- Topics: Social media and mental health, Child sexual abuse
- Media: The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller
- Orgs: Facebook, Instagram
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Satya Nadella
Ken Buck and Satya Nadella were both involved in the context of Microsoft’s antitrust assurances regarding an acquisition.
Microsoft avoided the latest round of Big Tech antitrust scrutiny. Then … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.822788
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech antitrust scrutiny in the United States, Lobbying in the United States
- Media: House Judiciary Committee Democrats’ report on competition in digital markets
- Orgs: Federal Trade Commission, United States Department of Justice, United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events:
- People: Rima Alaily, Ken Buck, Nu Wexler
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Peter Thiel
Ken Buck and Peter Thiel are both prominently involved in discussions about the impact of artificial intelligence on security and politics.
L’Intelligence Artificielle, arme de paix ou de guerre link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:04.071039
- Topics: Military applications of artificial intelligence, Lethal autonomous weapon, Russo-Ukrainian War
- Media: National Defense Industrial Association
- Orgs: Palantir Technologies, OpenAI, United States House of Representatives
- Events:
- People: Alex Karp, Bill Fassinou
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Zen and the artificial intelligence: We should be “somewhat scared … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:04.084313
- Topics: Artificial intelligence for video surveillance, Freedom of the press
- Media: CNN
- Orgs: Clearview AI, National Security Agency
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk and Ken Buck both criticize Big Tech censorship, specifically focusing on Twitter’s practices and political biases.
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ken Buck Blasts ‘Dangerous’ Big Tech Censorship link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:04.119692
- Topics: Big Tech censorship controversies
- Media: CensorTrack (podcast)
- Orgs: Twitter
- Events: Twitter Files
- People:
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Ken Buck’s ‘Crushed’ Reveals Big Tech Dangers - Newsmax link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:04.175355
- Topics: Big Tech censorship controversies, Monopoly, Technology industry regulation in the United States
- Media: Newsmax
- Orgs: Big Tech, Twitter
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