A stacked area chart showing a steady increase in ICE spending on surveillance tools from 2018 to 2025, reaching nearly $400 million. Subcharts show increases in categories like data analysis, intercept/exploit tools, geolocation, data brokers, biometrics, and state/local contracts. Spending spikes most notably in 2025.

FT analysis shows ICE has spent at least $353mn on surveillance contracts this year, up 27 per cent from 2024. Some of these sidestep legal restraints on surveillance by purchasing data from third parties. They also raise worrying questions about outsourcing sensitive work to the private sector.

Trump’s immigration data dragnet The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year

With watchdogs sidelined, critics fear surveillance could go beyond migration. A former DHS official notes a shift from immigration enforcement to "domestic security". This, he adds, appears to be an “ever-expanding category”.

Read @peter.andringa.me's investigation on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4oGyQfT

“by mistake”

How Switzerland and Europe use AI tech for migration control Drones, surveillance towers and mobile phone data extraction: the full extent of these developments has been revealed in an international investigation.

The example of Germany shows how problematic the use of AI for migration work often is. Apart from the erosion of fundamental rights, on many occasions it provides only an illusion of efficiency.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-di...

Palantir Releases a Radical Hiring Pathway Challenging the Traditional College Model Introduction A silent tension is growing at the crossroads of education, technology, and opportunity. Palantir, one of America’s most influential defense software companies, has stepped forward with a bold declaration. Instead of waiting for top talent to emerge from universities, it is attempting to shape that talent from the moment students leave high school. Its new Meritocracy Fellowship aims to offer young graduates a direct path into high-impact work, without the detour of a four-year degree.

Palantir Releases a Radical Hiring Pathway Challenging the Traditional College Model

Introduction A silent tension is growing at the crossroads of education, technology, and opportunity. Palantir, one of America’s most influential defense software companies, has stepped forward with a bold…

A time for truth and reconciliation Trump’s return to the White House augurs the ‘apokálypsis’ of the ancien regime’s secrets

Can't get over this bizarre essay Peter Thiel wrote in January, promising "apocalypse" and "truth" — and also amplifying conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Given Thiel's relationship to Epstein, this get weirder and weirder with time.

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This Is What Genocide Looks Like When Silicon Valley Writes the Brochure Corporate, tech oligarchs are providing the infrastructure for and profiting off genocide in Gaza. But accountability is closer than you think.

"your tax dollars may have helped bankroll a company that is arming the IDF. Now, Palantir and similar tech firms are bringing the tech they’ve honed overseas home to the United States where the Trump administration is using it to target its ​“enemies.”
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...

This is all such garbage.

Why do we get served so much "analysis" about why people like Alez Karp are ok with profiting from ICE using their technology to help kidnap people?

There's only one answer: MONEY. Last year Karp got paid $6.8bn.

The rest of this 'analysis' is just a distraction.

The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb Many critical systems are still being maintained, and the cloud provides some security cover. But experts say that any lapses in protections like patching and monitoring could expose government system...

NEW: Experts say that any lags in protections like security updates and network monitoring caused by the government shutdown could lay the groundwork for future breaches. @lhn.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/the-go...

Thomas Bell, nominated to be the IG at HHS, wrote in his statement that he looks forward to supporting the president’s agenda.

The role of an IG isn’t to pursue an agenda, it’s to identify and investigate waste, fraud and abuse.

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.

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Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.

Are you a doctor, nurse or other frontline medical provider who has recently left your position at a VA hospital or clinic?

We want to hear from you. Tell us your story 👇

ICE had access to a nationwide network of AI-enabled surveillance cameras that constantly track vehicles', and by extension peoples, movements without a warrant www.404media.co/ice-secret-s...

ICYMI: A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone. But experts say differential privacy is a "punching bag" to excuse redoing the census--a long-term right wing goal
@wired.com

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Former Texas House speaker says GOP megadonor Tim Dunn told him only Christians should hold leadership positions - The Texas Tribune Straus, who is Jewish, publicly confirmed the conversation for the first time Thursday. It had previously been reported by Texas Monthly.

Amid the scandal, former Texas House Speaker Joe Strauss, who is Jewish, confirmed a long-ago reported claim: That Tim Dunn had privately told him he believed only Christians should be in government leadership positions.

He’s the chairman of Gloo. He’s the head of Sporkfister. He founded Blappo, a Bafflegab Company. He’s CEO of Syzygy. He’s Chief Vision Evangelist at Dumpstr (formerly General Electric).

Say Less, Repeat More: The Science of Winning the Message War by @DigitalWarfare1 For too long, progressives have treated communication as a contest of facts, as if the most accurate argument wins the day.

Repetition isn’t manipulation. It’s memory. It’s how humans learn, how trust forms, & how movements are built.

We don’t need to say more things.
We need to say fewer things more often.

Read DigitalWarfare1’s piece, Say Less, Repeat Often.

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This is a story that got missed, about how the White House is using the shutdown as an excuse to eliminate accountability.

It has shut down Inspectors General websites, meaning that lots of reports about failures have disappeared from govt websites.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

The Thiel Effect. YouTube video by Byline TV

🔴 How a Silicon Valley billionaire, a reactionary blogger, and a Labour peer are importing MAGA politics – racism, authoritarianism, and tech control – into Britain’s mainstream.

@nafeez.bsky.social on the "Thiel Effect."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OaS...

L.A. Dodgers Owner’s Ties To Private Prisons And Surveillance Spark Backlash From Latino Fans Los Angeles Dodgers owner's ties to private prisons and surveillance companies spark backlash from Latino fans and civil rights advocates.

Sports betters please understand he is invested in Palantir— that shit is rigged:

seattlemedium.com/dodgers-owne...

Teens heading to school. Racial profiling isn’t just something they do, it’s all they do.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas Purchases 60,503 Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR – Free Report) by 8.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 805,547 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 60,503 shares during the […]

Teacher Retirement System of Texas Purchases 60,503 Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR – Fre...

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VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester “Your name was brought up.”

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.

While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm' Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."

The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.

Gold Rush: Top Trump Officials’ Silicon Valley Ties The Golden Dome missile defense project could be a “slush fund” for tech companies like Palantir — and for high-level officials with financial stakes.

ICYMI, our investigation from last month:

A number of top Trump appointees have had significant ties to rising defense technology companies,

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HHS Watchdog Cuts Could Increase Waste, Fraud and Abuse, Inside… Insiders at HHS Office of General Counsel regional offices say firing attorneys could hurt healthcare access and waste taxpayer dollars.

FROM JUNE:

Insiders at HHS Office of General Counsel regional offices say a purported plan to cut waste by slashing staff could hurt healthcare access AND waste taxpayer $$.

POGO investigator @ziembavision.bsky.social discusses surveillance and how it could be used to target people based on gender identity and sexual orientation on the TransLash podcast:

This week on TransLash Podcast, @imarajones.bsky.social sits down with @kredburn.bsky.social and @ziembavision.bsky.social to discuss the DHS rolling back limitations on surveillance based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia

CBP Flew Drones to Help ICE 50 Times in Last Year The drone flight log data, which stretches from March 2024 to March 2025, shows CBP flying its drones to support ICE and other agencies. CBP maintains multiple Predator drones and flew them over the r...

This is yet another invasive use of dangerous surveillance technology by law enforcement. It's essential that Congress conduct appropriate oversight to ensure that these drones aren't stifling your right to free speech and privacy.