The Daily Populous Saturday May 31st, 2025 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by Hrmbee

Since then, the administration has been very quiet about these efforts, increasing suspicion. Meanwhile, Palantir has taken more than $113 million in government spending since Trump took office, from both existing contracts and new ones with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. That number is expected to grow, especially given that the firm just won a new $795 million contract with the DOD last week.

Palantir is speaking with various other agencies across the federal government, including the Social Security Administration and the IRS, about buying its technology, according to the Times. Palantir’s Foundry tool, which analyzes and organizes data, is already being used at the DHS, the Department of Health and Human Services, and at least two other agencies, allowing the White House to compile data from different places.

The administration’s efforts to compile data began under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, which sought Americans’ personal data from multiple agencies including the IRS, the SSA, Selective Service, Medicare, and many others. In some cases, court orders hindered these efforts, but not in all of them.

JackBurton___Me on May 30th, 2025 at 17:02 UTC »

Far right conservatives are obsessed with stuff like this, but will be completely blind to it when done under Trump.

Relevant-Situation99 on May 30th, 2025 at 16:48 UTC »

The same MAGAs who lose their shit about 5G and MRNA vaccines being able to microchip them (or whatever) will be fine with this.

Hifivesalute on May 30th, 2025 at 16:45 UTC »

Ahh great timing on Musk's "WH departure" and then this... pretty clear what happened to all that data he gobbled up.