Is Palantir Under Contract to Surveil the Federal Workforce?
Jacobin focuses on workforce and palantir, with context pulled from source reporting instead of recycled feed copy. Cross-checked against The Defiant.
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Sunday, 8 March 2026·Source: Jacobin·US·independent
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What happened: Implementation of the White House’s return-to-office directive will be aided by the tech firm Palantir. It remains unclear why a spy-tech company should be tasked with things like “employee seat assignments.”
Cross-source context: The Defiant highlights the Trump administration's cybersecurity framework names cryptocurrency and blockchain as technologies requiring federal protection, a first for a U.S.
What to watch next: movement around workforce, palantir.
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Jacobin(far-left)
Implementation of the White House’s return-to-office directive will be aided by the tech firm Palantir. It remains unclear why a spy-tech company should be tasked with things like “employee seat assignments.”
The dark wizard Saruman consults a palantír in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The surve
The Trump administration's cybersecurity framework names cryptocurrency and blockchain as technologies requiring federal protection, a first for a U.S. presidential strategy document.
What GAO Found
Health professionals often work in demanding and stressful environments, which can affect their well-being and mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic led to new and worsening mental health conditions for many health professionals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
The Trump administration's cybersecurity framework names cryptocurrency and blockchain as technologies requiring federal protection, a first for a U.S.
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Swarm Claim
Polymarket and Palantir team to protect integrity of sports betting as prediction markets face key moment.
Implementation of the White House’s return-to-office directive will be aided by the tech firm Palantir. It remains unclear why a spy-tech company should be tasked with things like “employee seat assignments.”
The Trump administration's cybersecurity framework names cryptocurrency and blockchain as technologies requiring federal protection, a first for a U.S.
What GAO Found Health professionals often work in demanding and stressful environments, which can affect their well-being and mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic led to new and worsening mental health conditions for many health professionals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
The Trump administration's cybersecurity framework names cryptocurrency and blockchain as technologies requiring federal protection, a first for a U.S. presidential strategy document.
What GAO Found
Health professionals often work in demanding and stressful environments, which can affect their well-being and mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic led to new and worsening mental health conditions for many health professionals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
The Trump administration's cybersecurity framework names cryptocurrency and blockchain as technologies requiring federal protection, a first for a U.S. presidential strategy document.
What GAO Found
Health professionals often work in demanding and stressful environments, which can affect their well-being and mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic led to new and worsening mental health conditions for many health professionals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
What GAO Found
In the 2025 filing season, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) tax return processing and customer service performance were similar to prior years. IRS did not meet its 13-day goal to process paper returns but took fewer days to do so in 2025 (16) than in 2024 (20). IRS also answered