person #nationality/US #source/CPAC-2022 #source/CPAC-2023 #source/CPAC-2024
Amazon
Amazon and Matt Gaetz were both involved in a tech antitrust hearing discussion about Amazon’s Smile program’s reliance on SPLC designations.
Jeff Bezos hinted Amazon might split from the SPLC over designation of … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:04.309961
- Topics: AmazonSmile, United States antitrust law
- Media:
- Orgs: Amazon Smile, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Events:
- People:
None
BlackRock
BlackRock and Matt Gaetz are both involved in discussions regarding potential antitrust actions against large investment firms and their influence over industry standards like ESG.
Submission: “I think there is a case that the largest investment firms … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:04.545145
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Investment management, Index fund, China–United States relations
- Media: DailyClout
- Orgs: Big Tech, State Street Corporation, The Vanguard Group
- Events:
- People:
None
Republicans Launch Antitrust Investigation Into Climate-Obsessed … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:04.578371
- Topics: Environmental, social, and governance, Antitrust investigation into ESG initiatives
- Media: The Wall Street Journal
- Orgs: Equinox Partners, Climate Action 100+, BlackRock, Inc.
- Events: Climate Action 100+
- People: Mark Brnovich, Sean Fieler
None
BP
BP and Matt Gaetz are connected through the BP oil spill settlement funding, which Gaetz seeks to allocate to generational projects in Florida.
Gaetz: BP oil spill funding could become missed opportunity link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:04.799080
- Topics: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Media:
- Orgs:
- Events:
- People: Matt Gaetz
None
Gaetz: BP oil spill funding could become missed opportunity link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:04.804994
- Topics: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Media:
- Orgs:
- Events:
- People: Matt Gaetz
None
Koch Industries
Koch Industries and Matt Gaetz are connected through political campaign donations from Koch Industries, which support Gaetz’s legislative activities such as attempting to abolish the EPA.
These 4 Koch-Funded Congressmen Are Behind the Bill to Abolish the EPA link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:05.382878
- Topics: Environmental Protection Agency rollback, Fossil fuel industry political donations
- Media: HuffPost
- Orgs: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Koch Industries, Duke Energy, Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil
- Events:
- People: Scott Pruitt, Matt Gaetz
None
Microsoft
Matt Gaetz and Microsoft have been indirectly connected through Gaetz’s role as a political figure who acknowledges regulatory actions against technology companies, including Microsoft.
Microsoft Azure Reportedly In Lina Khan’s Crosshairs As FTC … - Benzinga link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:05.789940
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Big Tech antitrust scrutiny in the 2020s
- Media: Financial Times
- Orgs: Federal Trade Commission
- Events:
- People: Lina Khan, Matt Gaetz
None
SpaceX
Matt Gaetz and SpaceX are linked through Gaetz’s demand for DOJ documents regarding a lawsuit against SpaceX.
Gaetz Demands DOJ Explain SpaceX Lawsuit · The Floridian link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:07.267958
- Topics: SpaceX, Employment discrimination
- Media:
- Orgs: United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
- Events:
- People: Merrick Garland, Elon Musk
None
Starlink
Matt Gaetz and Starlink are linked through accusations against FEMA relating to aid distribution and Starlink’s role.
Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz accuse FEMA of ‘seizing’ aid, stalling Starlink … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:07.395156
- Topics: Tornadoes of 2023, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Media:
- Orgs: SpaceX, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Events:
- People: Alejandro Mayorkas, Elon Musk
None
TotalEnergies
Matt Gaetz and TotalEnergies are indirectly connected through climate policy debates regarding liability waivers for the fossil fuel industry.
Is There a Path Toward Climate Accountability in the Courts — Even … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:07.787244
- Topics: Climate change litigation, Fossil fuel industry liability immunity
- Media:
- Orgs: United States Department of Justice, Republican Attorneys General Association, Climate Leadership Council
- Events:
- People: Leonard Leo
None
Climate accountability under Trump: the courts link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:07.802939
- Topics: Climate change litigation, Null, United States environmental law
- Media:
- Orgs: Republican Attorneys General Association, Climate Leadership Council
- Events:
- People:
None
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos and Matt Gaetz both addressed Amazon’s reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center during a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing.
Jeff Bezos Folds Under Questioning on SPLC … - Business Insider link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.689310
- Topics: Big Tech antitrust scrutiny in the United States, Corporate philanthropy
- Media: Business Insider
- Orgs: Amazon Smile, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Events: United States House Judiciary Committee hearings on Big Tech
- People:
None
Matt Gaetz urges Jeff Bezos to cut ties with SPLC over AmazonSmile bans link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.694866
- Topics: Amazon censorship, Big Tech antitrust scrutiny in the United States
- Media:
- Orgs: AmazonSmile, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Events: United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
- People:
None
Jeff Bezos says Amazon may break ties with SPLC link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.700397
- Topics: Southern Poverty Law Center
- Media:
- Orgs: Southern Poverty Law Center
- Events: United States House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing
- People:
None
US congressman to Bezos: Amazon needs to ‘divorce’ far-left … - LifeSite link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.703918
- Topics: AmazonSmile
- Media:
- Orgs: Southern Poverty Law Center
- Events: United States House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Hearing
- People:
None
Matt Gaetz Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging Jeff Bezos to Testify Before … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.710737
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Competition law
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: United States House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Hearing
- People: Jerry Nadler, David Cicilline
None
Why Does Amazon Blacklist Conservatives and Christians? Matt Gaetz … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.719222
- Topics: Viewpoint discrimination
- Media:
- Orgs: Southern Poverty Law Center, AmazonSmile
- Events: United States House Judiciary Committee hearings on Big Tech
- People:
None
Lawmakers say Amazon reps, including Jeff Bezos, misled or ‘may have … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.724351
- Topics: Criticism of Amazon, Amazon (company) investigations
- Media: Reuters, The Markup
- Orgs: Amazon (company), United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
- Events:
- People: Andy Jassy, Jerry Nadler, David Cicilline, Ken Buck, Pramila Jayapal
None
WATCH: Pressed By Rep. Gaetz, Jeff Bezos Admits … - The Daily Wire link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:08.731752
- Topics: AmazonSmile, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Media: The Daily Wire
- Orgs: AmazonSmile, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Events:
- People:
None
Shimon Peres
Matt Gaetz and Shimon Peres are indirectly connected through discussions on the Dimona nuclear facility.
Israeli Gov’t Hypocrisy over Secret Nuclear Facilities link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.093539
- Topics: Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, Nuclear ambiguity (Israel)
- Media:
- Orgs: Israel Aerospace Industries
- Events:
- People: John F. Kennedy, Shimon Peres
None
Matt Gaetz calls out the Israeli Government’s Hypocrisy over Secret … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.098338
- Topics: Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, Nuclear ambiguity (Israel)
- Media: MJTRUTH
- Orgs: Israel Aerospace Industries
- Events:
- People: Shimon Peres
None
Selbst Bewußt aktuell 360 - bewusst.tv link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.108737
- Topics: Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, Nuclear ambiguity policy of Israel
- Media: Selbst Bewußt aktuell 360
- Orgs: Israel Aerospace Industries
- Events:
- People:
None
Charles Koch
Charles Koch and Matt Gaetz both have a history of downplaying climate change, with Koch funding opposition to legislation and Gaetz proposing the ‘Green Real Deal’ while underestimating human impact.
Loud and Wrong: The Politicians and CEOs Blocking Climate Action - Eco Hugo link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.246017
- Topics: Climate change denial, Green New Deal
- Media: Eco Hugo
- Orgs: Koch Industries
- Events:
- People:
None
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg and Matt Gaetz are connected through Gaetz’s accusations against Zuckerberg for lying to Congress about Facebook’s alleged anti-conservative bias.
Rep. Matt Gaetz says Mark Zuckerberg lied to Congress … in 2018 link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.303949
- Topics: False statements to Congress, United States antitrust law
- Media:
- Orgs: United States Department of Justice
- Events: 2018 Mark Zuckerberg congressional testimony, High-profile antitrust hearing (2020)
- People: William Barr
None
’Materially impeding our work’: Matt Gaetz files criminal referral … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.310561
- Topics: Big Tech and Congressional Oversight, Social media censorship
- Media:
- Orgs: Facebook
- Events: 2018 Facebook-Congress hearings
- People:
None
Rep Matt Gaetz accuses Mark Zuckerberg of ‘lying under oath’ about … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.316595
- Topics: Content moderation, Social media bias against conservatives
- Media: Project Veritas
- Orgs: Facebook, United States Department of Justice
- Events: 2018 Facebook-Congress hearings
- People: William Barr
None
Matt Gaetz files criminal referral against Mark Zuckerberg for ‘false … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.334175
- Topics: Political bias, Censorship by Facebook
- Media: Project Veritas
- Orgs: Meta Platforms
- Events:
- People: William Barr, Donald Trump
None
Matt Gaetz Asks DOJ to Investigate Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.352687
- Topics: Media bias in the United States
- Media:
- Orgs: Facebook, United States Department of Justice, Project Veritas
- Events: United States congressional hearings on Facebook data privacy
- People: William Barr, Donald Trump
None
Matt Gaetz calls for DOJ to investigate Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.360292
- Topics: False statements to Congress, Anti-conservative bias on social media
- Media:
- Orgs: United States Department of Justice
- Events:
- People:
None
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Files Criminal Referral Against Facebook … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.366986
- Topics: Censorship on social media, Facebook content management controversies
- Media: Project Veritas
- Orgs: Facebook, United States Congress
- Events: Hearings on Social Media Censorship
- People:
None
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz files a criminal referral against … - Salon.com link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.373869
- Topics: Political bias on social media, False statements to Congress
- Media:
- Orgs: Facebook, United States Congress
- Events:
- People: William Barr
None
Peter Thiel
Matt Gaetz and Peter Thiel shared a breakfast meeting at Thiel’s Los Angeles mansion.
Peter Thiel helped build big tech. Now he wants to tear it all down. link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.586590
- Topics: Big Tech
- Media:
- Orgs: Republican Party (United States), Facebook
- Events: 2016 Republican National Convention
- People:
None
Peter Thiel helped build big tech. Now he wants to tear it all down. link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.689985
- Topics: Big Tech, Campaign finance
- Media: The Washington Post
- Orgs: Facebook, Republican Party (United States)
- Events:
- People:
None
Joe Lonsdale
Joe Lonsdale and Matt Gaetz are linked through Lonsdale’s reference to Gaetz’s potential role as attorney general in response to a political situation involving federal agencies.
FBI raided home of Polymarket CEO over alleged illegal bets by US users … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:09.711771
- Topics: Political retaliation in the United States, Polymarket
- Media:
- Orgs: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Events: 2024 United States presidential election
- People: Donald Trump, Jay Clayton (attorney)
None
Elon Musk
Elon Musk and Matt Gaetz are connected through Musk’s active defense of Gaetz’s nomination as Attorney General by President-elect Donald Trump.
‘The Hammer of Justice is coming:’ Elon Musk defends Matt Gaetz - USA TODAY link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:10.041898
- Topics: United States Attorney General, United States presidential transition of 2020–2021
- Media: Twitter
- Orgs: United States Department of Justice
- Events:
- People: Donald Trump
None
Musk Defends Gaetz Amid New Sexual Misconduct Allegations - Forbes link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:10.056757
- Topics: United States Attorney General confirmation hearings, Sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Gaetz
- Media: Forbes
- Orgs:
- Events:
- People: Donald Trump
None
Donald Trump Elon Musk cabinet: Musk defends Gaetz as pressure rises … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:10.078588
- Topics: Cabinet of Donald Trump, House sexual misconduct investigation
- Media: Twitter
- Orgs:
- Events:
- People: Donald Trump
None
’Hammer of Justice’: Elon Musk likens Matt Gaetz to Judge Dredd link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:11:10.120504
- Topics: United States Attorney General, Judge Dredd, Political endorsements in United States elections
- Media:
- Orgs: United States Department of Justice
- Events:
- People:
None
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin and Matt Gaetz are both involved in discussions and criticisms regarding the F-35 fighter jet program.
Lockheed Martin shares sank as much as 7% after a report that the … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:19:23.057848
- Topics: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Military budget of the United States
- Media: Bloomberg News
- Orgs: The Pentagon, United States Congress, United States Air Force
- Events:
- People: Matt Gaetz
None
Lockheed feels financial pinch from F-35 upgrade, contract delays link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:19:23.061077
- Topics: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
- Media:
- Orgs: Joint Strike Fighter program
- Events:
- People: James Taiclet, Jay Malave, Seth Moulton
None
Air Force Chief Admits To Matt Gaetz That Lockheed Martin Basically … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:19:23.065192
- Topics: F-35 Lightning II program, United States Air Force
- Media:
- Orgs: Government Accountability Office, United States Department of Defense
- Events:
- People:
None
Strange Bedfellows in House Take on Pentagon, Lockheed Martin over F-35 … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:19:23.083232
- Topics: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program
- Media:
- Orgs: The Pentagon
- Events:
- People: Seth Moulton
None