From the Bomb Shelter with Katie & Keith

‘Chinese communist AI […] the big eye of Sauron that will be watching you at all times and all places.’ (Don’t worry, y’all. He’s here to save us from that fate by…helping the U.S. government surveil us even better. Oh, and he doesn’t believe in democracy. But just TRUST HIM.)
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why he’s seen as an enemy of the free press, & how his alleged Christianity informs his “techno-libertarian” politics: namely, his ironic concern that in an effort to avoid Armageddon, the masses will run into the arms of the Antichrist in the form of ‘a totalitarian one-world government,’
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CEO’s to Fight: Part 2 Palantir Technologies & the Surveillance State: Cofounder/Chairman Peter Thiel

In Part 2 of our latest episode, we finally get to the Boss Level in our discussion of the increasingly technocratic impulses of Palantir Technologies: the ultimate evil CEO with a god complex, cofounder/Chairman Peter Thiel.
Join us for a discussion of how the PayPal Mafia don got his start,
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CEO’s to Fight: Part 1 "What’s that? You’re raising my rent? F*ck me, f*ck my consent…"

We open our latest two-part episode with a song by Wisconsin’s @secretmenutheband that tears the Trump regime and late-stage capitalism in general several new holes. The lyrics couldn’t be more fitting for this week’s news:
- US markets tank, the latest jobs numbers are staggeringly but..

Join us as we pull back the curtain on the recent expansion of Palantir’s work with the federal government, the company’s increasingly technocratic impulses, and poor, misunderstood CEO Alex Karp, who oversees the whole shebang.
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(ahem Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Stephen Colbert, Kendrick Lamar, Miss Rachel, Rep. Summer Lee, Rosie O’Donnell, Dropkick Murphys, Elmo) & who is just paying lip service while making dastardly deals in the back room.
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(Hint: Concerned Palantir alumni don’t seem to think so, according to their recent open letter to “the tech workers of Silicon Valley.”)
As we watch the Empire’s veneer crumble in real-time, it’s becoming increasingly apparent who the real anti-fascists are
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Part 2 Palantir Technologies & the Surveillance State

Who is Alex Karp, the “good cop” cofounder of Palantir Technologies to Theil’s “bad cop”? He portrays himself as a progressive, an enemy of fascism, a victim caught in the crosshairs of a rogue administration. But do his words and actions align?
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Someday, when he’s finally gone & this is all over, these need to hang side by side on a museum wall for the whole world to see.

understanding how they controll us. What comes after that is up to us.
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continue our exploration of the increasingly technocratic impulses of Palantir, the company helping the 🍊regime expand the surveillance state by mining Americans’ private data. There’s a reason they’ve tried to make ‘woke’ a dirty word: The first step toward revolution is
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the Epstein Files, the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, & the gutting of the U.S. Dept. of Ed all point to the same thing: propaganda & divide-and-conquer politics meant to distract the masses from the systemic oppression inflicted on us by the ruling class.
In part 2, we
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the Me Too Movement back in 2018, but her words are no less relevant today. Yes, this apocalypse is messy & painful, but it’s also an opportunity to wipe the slate clean & grow something better from the Empire’s ashes.
Join us for a conversation about how the existence & suppression of
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not ultimate powers. Empires fall, tyrants fade, systems die, God’s still around. In Greek, the word apocalypse means “to uncover, to peel away, to show what’s underneath.” ‘That’s what this country has been experiencing in recent months.’
Rev. Bolz-Weber was talking about
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Part 1 We may not feel fine, but there is reason to be hopeful.

The Empire’s veneer is finally crumbling as the corruption of the ultra-wealthy & those who feed off them is revealed in real-time. It’s a reminder that, as Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber says,
‘Originally, apocalyptic literature existed […] to proclaim a big hope-filled idea that dominant powers are
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And tune in next week as we discuss warnings from concerned former Palantir employees and dig into the life and leanings of the PayPal Mafia don himself. Buckle up! The cognitive dissonance might explode your brain (if that mixed metaphor didn’t already) 🤯

Palantir Technologies & the Surveillance State Pulling back the digital curtain to reveal who’s behind the controlled chaos

Been meaning to get to the bottom of this whole Palantir/Peter Thiel/Eye of Sauron thing? 🧿
We’re breaking it down into digestible chunks in a multi-part series. Here’s the first companion newsletter ⬇️

Part 1 here ⬇️

federal privacy and tax law in light of the Trump regime’s abuse of power
* Palantir’s defensive and opaque response to the letter

a coalition of 10 Democratic senators (including Ranking Member on the Finance Committee Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, AOC, & Jeff Merkley) demanding more transparency around how they plan to ensure compliance with

Trump chose Palantir Technologies.’
In this second of a many-part series, we look at… 
* the New York Times’ recent analysis of the potential danger posed by the increasingly concerning partnership between Palantir/Peter Thiel and the Trump regime
* a letter to Palantir from

including social media profiles, personal information and physical characteristics. These are used to identify and surveil individuals.
‘In March, Trump signed an executive order requiring all agencies and departments of the federal government to share data on Americans. To get the job done,

‘During the War of the Ring, a palantír falls under the control of Sauron, who uses it to manipulate and deceive.
‘Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity. It sells an AI-based platform that allows its users – among them, military and law enforcement agencies – to analyze personal data,

Palantir Technologies & the Surveillance State: Part 2 Pulling back the digital curtain to reveal who’s behind the controlled chaos

On June 30, Robert Reich published an op-ed in The Guardian entitled ‘Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans,’ in which he wrote,
‘In JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, a “palantír” is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth and present selective visions of reality.

but also RFK/NIH, Elon Musk/Neuralink, the state of FL, & possibly even Alligator Auschwitz.
But first, we open with a brief discussion of…
* The assassination of MN Dеm Меlissа Ноrtmаn (I attended the visitation at the MN Capitol)
* SСОТUS’s ruling on nationwide injunctions & Justiсе KBJ’s dissеnt

Palantir Technologies & the Surveillance State: Part 1 Pulling back the digital curtain to reveal who’s behind the controlled chaos

In this first of a many-part series, we explore the threat posed by the increasingly concerning partnership between 🧿 Palantir/Peter Thiel & the 🍊 regime, including a $150B line item in the “Big Beautiful Bill” 🤮 with implications for biotech surveillance that potentially involves not only Palantir,

Congress? You awake?

-A right-wing terrorist assassinated a MN Dem & her husband
-More political violence in Salt Lake City, VA, & San Fran
-The unfolding Israel-Iran situation: strikes, counter-strikes, the world responds

No Kings Day The rallies, the sad sack 'perade,' & the inevitable dark spots of political violence

Our resident cybersecurity expert @jillianratliff.bsky.social filled in for Katie as cohost again yesterday to help @kegbot1.bsky.social debrief the week’s many developments:
-Millions of Americans rallied against the Trump regime
-Old Yam Tits’ military birthday parade was a big embarrassing flop
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💯 we gotta stop giving them our money