Elon Musk may have left the White House — but we now know that one of DOGE’s primary aims was to transfer an inordinate amount of government data to Palantir. What’s that, you ask? Why, it’s an AI software company founded by Peter Thiel, a far-right billionaire who just happened to give millions to Vice President J.D. Vance.
That’s scary enough, but Andra Watkins will keep you up at night with her essays about what comes next. She’s written about the nexus between Palantir’s surveillance tools and Project 2025, the operating document for Trump’s second term.
So how does this work? Andra explains that Project 2025’s “state-sanctioned moral values” mirror China’s social credit system, but are rooted in Christian Nationalist biblical law rather than Communist Party loyalty. Meanwhile, Palantir’s surveillance tools would enable enforcement of this theocratic code across every aspect of American life.
The result would be a technocratic theocracy that punishes “immorality” through both visible and invisible means — from jail time to digital blacklisting. In other words, we could see a Christian Nationalist legal framework that bans or restricts abortion, birth control, IVF, and even miscarriage care; criminalizes trans identity, LGBTQ+ life, premarital sex, and cohabitation; outlaws pornography, adultery, divorce, and certain speech — and more.
This might sound far-fetched, but it’s closer than we think. Tune in to this live with Andra and Lincoln Square Executive Editor Susan J. Demas for more on Project 2025’s goals so we can fight back.
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