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When the government can see everything: How one company โ€“ Palantir โ€“ is mapping the nationโ€™s data

When the government can see everything: How one company โ€“ Palantir โ€“ is mapping the nationโ€™s data Palantir’s Gotham platform is a powerful tool used by government agencies to connect the dots on individuals, mapping their social networks, tracking their movements, and identifying their physical characteristics. The U.S. government has awarded Palantir billions of dollars […]

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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go

Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The countryโ€™s two political parties โ€“ the […]

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