{
  "id": 19689639,
  "title": "Alex Karp Wants to Be Friends With Democrats Again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/alex-karp-wants-to-be-friends-with-democrats-again",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T17:49:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/palantir-alex-karp-trump-democrats-weinberger-ice-dhs-surveillance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Palantir’s co-founder Alex Karp has expressed his newfound affinity for Democrats, claiming to have been a Democrat his entire life. Karp, who traditionally supported the Democratic party, notably backed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. However, his allegiance shifted during Donald Trump’s second term, aligning with the \"anti-woke\" right. Now, Karp appears to be courting the Democratic party to ride the \"blue wave\" in the upcoming elections. Despite this shift, Karp’s pivot reflects Silicon Valley’s strategy to maintain power, regardless of which party holds the government.",
  "summary": "The surveillance tech giant Palantir’s products have always been “essentially progressive,” its founder Alex Karp said Wednesday. Karp’s company won hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts under Donald Trump’s second term, soaring past the billion-dollar quarterly revenue mark by working with ICE to track and monitor immigrants and building AI systems for the US […]",
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}