Trump Hires Palantir To Compile Data On Americans

The New York Times reports:

In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power.

Mr. Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since. But behind the scenes, officials have quietly put technological building blocks into place to enable his plan. In particular, they have turned to one company: Palantir, the data analysis and technology firm.

The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work across the federal government in recent months. The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since Mr. Trump took office, according to public records, including additional funds from existing contracts as well as new contracts with the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon.

Read the full article. Palantir, as most of you surely know, was founded by homocon libertarian Peter Thiel [photo], who gets a lot of face time in the dystopian documentary/futuristic drama “2073” now running on Netflix.

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans (gift link)

The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t…

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