And yet another article from the Washington Post decrying the march of the left. But now centrists, Tom Souzzi and Josh Gottheimer have come up with an answer-a manifesto promising to adhere to the core republican values of capitalism, law enforcement and fiscal responsibility to counter Democratic Socialists embracing M4ALL and affordable housing. Raise your hand if you'll vote for capitalism and law enforcement that has brought rising prices and thousands of illegal ICE detentions.

"Democrats Are in a Civil War—and the Far Left Is Gaining Ground Centrists have been ‘wringing our hands’ are scrambling to beat back insurgents In Colorado, allies of longtime Rep. Diana DeGette are pouring money into a late round of ads to help defeat a Democratic socialist in next week’s primary election. In Los Angeles, Democratic Mayor Karen Bass shook up her campaign team this week in her tough re-election bid against a Democratic socialist challenger. And in Michigan’s race for a U.S. Senate seat, Democrats have discussed consolidating the primary field in hopes of beating Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive populist candidate whom party-establishment figures see as a risky bet in the general election. The party’s centrists are alarmed. “The left, the DSA, and the right, the MAGA movement, they’re both very well organized, and those of us that oppose those policies are talking to each other at cocktail parties and wringing our hands,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Long Island Democrat. “But we got to get organized.” “I agree that people’s economic anxiety is real, and we have to address it—I just happen to disagree with their solutions,” Suozzi said.

In the aftermath of the New York races, 10 House Democrats including Suozzi signed a centrist pledge of “bringing common sense back to the Democratic Party” by committing to fiscal discipline and capitalism over socialism. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat who signed the pledge, said the left was “using Tea Party tactics and trying to divide up the country and pray to socialist ideals.”

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A single hugely powerful "technology company" has secured a massive foothold across key parts of the US federal government. Its software now "supports operations" ranging from military battlefield decision-making to agricultural data management and immigration enforcement.

That company is Palantir Technologies. Over time, it has built deep and seemingly irrevocable relationships with federal agencies. Early work in intelligence and defense has evolved into wider deployments.

Public records show contracts that consolidate data systems.

Possibly most concerning is the rapid reliance on Palantir In defense, the US Army alone has consolidated dozens of prior arrangements into a single agreement with Palantir potentially worth up to $10 billion over ten years.

Beyond defense, the US Department of Agriculture has now signed a $300 million agreement with Palantir to modernize farmer data systems under its “One Farmer, One File” initiative. Capturing complex data on private individuals with little real oversight.

Then there's immigration and homeland security, Palantir’s "platforms" are behind data integration at agencies like ICE and DHS, systems handling billions of records for enforcement purposes, with capabilities for cross-referencing travel, immigration, they see it all.

A recurring feature is the gradual expansion from "pilot projects" to enterprise wide platforms. Some integrations reportedly operated for years before formal agreements were in place, building absolute institutional reliance on Palantir.

The cumulative effect is significant: disparate government datasets, military, agricultural, fiscal, health and immigration, increasingly converge on common analytical platforms operated by a single private entity.

The idea that a single powerful privately led Tech giant would have such a massive impact on the operation of the ants most powerful institutions, reads like something from a mediocre sci-fi novel.

It's not.

Welcome to the future.

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Chay Bowes

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