Maine (@TheMaineWonk) posted at 9:04 AM on Sun, Jun 01, 2025:
Trump’s election was designed to manufacture consent for the techno-fascist takeover of the federal government.

While you were distracted by transgenders, you were actually voting in your own demise.

Do you get it now? https://t.co/XxwvAPTyhU
(https://x.com/TheMaineWonk/status/1929177170326307080?t=cRyj_dCgpYlSClhcACc-sg&s=03)

Donald Trump’s Reported Database Move Sparks Alarm: ‘Dystopian’
Published Jun 02, 2025 at 6:47 AM EDT
Updated Jun 02, 2025 at 8:58 AM EDT

President Donald Trump allegedly plans on developing a database of Americans’ private information, according to The New York Times.

On Friday, the Times reported that the White House had contracted Colorado-based data analytics and technology firm Palantir, co-founded by longtime Trump backer Peter Thiel, for assistance in compiling a database of personal information on American citizens.

Citing unnamed government officials and Palantir employees, the newspaper said the company had been in talks with various government agencies regarding the project, including the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Education.

When approached by Newsweek for comment on the report, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said, without explicitly confirming the report: “President Trump signed an executive order to eliminate information silos and streamline data collection across all agencies to increase government efficiency and save hard-earned taxpayer dollars.”
Why It Matters
Palantir has partnered with the U.S. government in the past, but the reported expansion of its work with the Trump administration has raised concerns that this could be the precursor to surveillance of Americans on a mass scale, and accusations online that the plan mimics the actions of authoritarian states and China’s “Social Credit System.”

What To Know
Palantir has been deepening its partnership with the government in recent years, its software being employed by the U.S. Army and, last year, through a co-partnership with Microsoft delivering its AI-powered data analytics capabilities to the intelligence community. The company saw its government revenue grow 45 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025 for a total of $373 million.

The company’s stock price is up over 80 percent since Trump took office in January, and was trading at $131.78 ahead of markets opening on Monday.

As The New York Times reports, the company’s software is already being employed within the Department of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and others. Both Wired and CNN reported previously that Palantir had been enlisted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help craft a database of undocumented immigrants and expedite deportations.

Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 9:54 AM on Sun, Jun 01, 2025:
Can a Trump supporter please explain to me like I’m five:

How does Trump paying Palantir to build a surveillance database on every single American… somehow Make America Great Again?

You chanted “drain the swamp,” and he gave a $1B contract to the surveillance swamp. But sure, tell me more about “freedom.”
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1929189863217144304?t=askpjSVzbIOfHoX5DNy01g&s=03)