🕵️Palantir's $3.9 Billion Government Surveillance Empire Under Trump
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+1 morePeter Thiel's Palantir Technologies projects $3.9 billion revenue for 2025, with government contracts comprising 42% of total revenue. The company's stock surged 64% this year as Trump administration awards expanded surveillance contracts, including a $30 million ICE deal for real-time migrant tracking.
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Why This Matters
They're building secret files on everyone:
Palantir processes surveillance data from NSA, FBI, and ICE through commercial cloud systems, meaning every digital activity, financial record, and location ping feeds corporate algorithms that flag people for government action
ICE arrests 3,000 people daily using this tech:
Palantir's $30 million contract enables mass deportations through AI-powered surveillance that tracks entire families, employment records, and children's legal status throughout communities
The vice president took their money:
J.D. Vance received $15 million from Palantir founder Peter Thiel before taking office, creating direct financial ties between surveillance company profits and White House policy decisions
They bypass the Constitution with credit cards:
Government agencies purchase surveillance data to avoid Fourth Amendment warrant requirements—Senator Wyden calls this "using credit cards to end-run Americans' constitutional rights"
Their algorithms assume guilt first:
Palantir flags individuals for investigation based on associations and behavior patterns before any crimes occur, turning the presumption of innocence upside down
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How much did Palantir spend on lobbying in 2024 to influence surveillance policies?
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Palantir's platforms can track what specific family information for immigration enforcement?
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Immigration
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Civil liberties organizations describe the current surveillance infrastructure as creating what type of control system?
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Which foreign intelligence agencies use Palantir's surveillance platforms according to international reports?
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Palantir's "Gotham" platform was originally developed for which specific government use?
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Palantir's ICE contract enables what specific surveillance capability for immigration enforcement?
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Which former Obama administration official joined Palantir's board, creating bipartisan surveillance expansion?
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Senator Ron Wyden described Palantir's data purchasing as violating which constitutional principle?
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What type of government employees does Palantir specifically recruit to influence policy decisions?
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Peter Thiel's early funding for Palantir came from which intelligence-connected source?
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What does Peter Thiel's dual role as Palantir founder and Trump advisor represent according to ethics experts?
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