The Trump regime is hiring Palantir to compile data across gov’t, “raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power.” MAGA Libertarians should be up in arms over this. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t... - ThreadSky

tomjoscelyn.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The Trump regime is hiring Palantir to compile data across gov’t, “raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power.”

MAGA Libertarians should be up in arms over this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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flglchicago.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Raising questions?” This has been crystal clear since the campaign, when Trump praised Xi for being able to “rule 1.4 billion people with an iron fist.”

DOGE’s tiger teams have always been and only been about data extraction, and Musk is still Peter Thiel’s errand boy, same as it ever was.

youngbloods.bsky.social•22 hours ago

JD Vance is also Thiel’s errand boy

flglchicago.bsky.social•20 hours ago

JD Vance is Theil's pet pig

capemellen.bsky.social•1 day ago

that was Musk’s goal. Personal data on everyone.

dmichbai.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Why raise hell about this when we let ketamine driven musk load all of americas data including soc sec #’s on hard drives and skip merrily into the sunset

suha1001.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not only give trump power but Palantir the ability to use and sell to others. Yes there will be contracts and the contracts might restrict use, but we are not dealing with honorable people.

davidw38.bsky.social•1 day ago

There's no way in hell that Palantir would limit their use of the data to what's in the contract. They'll take it and use in whatever way is most profitable.... including working with foreign countries.

lifecoachjen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palentir has been working with the US government since 2003.

youngbloods.bsky.social•22 hours ago

But maybe not with a complete and cross referenced database of every US citizen and ALL their personal data.

forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Enemies list.

forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most “libertarians” just didn’t want to pay taxes, of course. Appears to me that most of them now are fully MAGA & are fine with whatever the Trump regime does.

vieuxquelquechose.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Small government my ass

patclatter.bsky.social•1 day ago

@markwarner.bsky.social
With federal acquisition laws and regulations, how does he do this? Our personal and sensitive information must be protected. Does Congress know?

patclatter.bsky.social•1 day ago

The plot thickens. “Palantir’s selection as a chief vendor for the project was driven by Elon Musk’s DOGE according to the government officials. At least 3 DOGE members formerly worked at Palantir, while two others had worked at companies funded by Peter Thiel, an investor & a founder of Palantir.”

jpwkeeper.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Nothing says your company is for the greater good than naming it after the evil devices used by the overlords in Lord of the Rings.

davidgilbertvoiceover.com•1 day ago

What would have, in a "normal" world, been seen as delusional rantings by a tin foil hat lunatic about some nefarious 1984-ish government conspiracy to spy on every American citizen is sadly, not delusional at all!

AMERICA IS DOOMED!

PRIVACY IS AN ILLUSION!

TYRANNY IS NOW!

GOD HELP US!!

sarcasmodemiami.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you're not a criminal*, why would you care?

(*criminal= YoU kNoW wHo ThEy ArE)

youngbloods.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Peter Thiel thinks Curtis Yarvin is brilliant. Yarvin wants to create Network States. Sounds like feudalism. The chosen ones will rule over their own regions. All unproductive people will be composted. I read that as the elderly, ill, disabled. GOP with their budget cuts, moving this way.

ppanchorage.bsky.social•1 day ago

hey Rand Paul
Will you confirm

kate411.bsky.social•22 hours ago

WHAT!!!

crobertbuchanan.bsky.social•1 day ago

“MAGA libertarian” is an oxymoron.

skyplumes.bsky.social•1 day ago

His version of the Doomsday Book: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/domesday-book/

brantman.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't understand the use of future tense. That master data list was Elon's goal all along, and he almost certainly already has all the data he can ever sell on each and every American citizen.

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