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This Palantir Billionaire’s Passion Project is Criminalizing Homelessness

Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of the weapons-tech company Palantir, is also a major force behind the Trump administration’s policy of pushing unhoused people toward incarceration.

  • Joe Lonsdale, Palantir co-founder, aims to criminalize homelessness.
  • Cicero Institute, founded by Lonsdale, passed anti-camping laws in 16 states.
  • Supreme Court ruled camping bans don't violate Eighth Amendment.

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