on Dec 06, 2025 (Schwartzreport from info@schwartzreport.net)
Robert Reich, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. – Raw Story | Commentary
Stephan: Fact-based journalism is a fading skill, just as magazines and newspapers are disappearing, replaced by manipulated, weaponized social media misinformation driven by AI. The views and attitudes of the already barely literate majority of Americans is being shaped by a fascist coup that plays to their fears, resentments, and racism. The United States is a nation going backwards to something much like the country in the 1950s.
“king” Trump and billionaire Peter Thiel
The most dangerous corporation in America is one you may not have heard of. It’s called Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech company that may put your most basic freedoms at risk.
Palantir gets its name from a device used in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, in which a “palantir” is a seeing stone — something like a crystal ball — that can be used to spy on people and distort the truth. During the War of the Ring, a palantir falls under the control of the evil Sauron, who uses it to manipulate and deceive.
Palantir — co-founded by far-right billionaire Peter Thiel and its current CEO Alex Karp — bears a striking similarity.
It sells AI-based data platforms that let their clients, including governments, militaries, and law enforcement agencies, quickly process and analyze massive amounts of your personal data.
Whether it’s social media profiles, bank account records, tax history, medical history, or driving records, the tools that Palantir sells are used to help clients identify and monitor individuals — like you.
Why should this matter to you? Billions of […]
