ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by JKCalhoun on Sunday January 25, 2026 @04:32PM (#46758514)

And honestly, with a Congress that allows every state, irrespective of population, two Senators, it is somewhat skewed. I mean San Jose, California is about double the population of the entire state of Wyoming.

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Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by red-iron-pine on Monday January 26, 2026 @09:26AM (#46766021)

i don't know why this is downvoted, it's a legit complaint.

wyoming has ~800k people. ohio has 11 million. the greater NYC area (parts of NJ, CT, etc.) has ~22 million. california has 40 million.

and as a parent poster mentioned, just slightly 1/3 of eligible voters chose trump; if "no candidate" was a choice it may have one most states, beating out kamala and trump.

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Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by helterskelter on Monday January 26, 2026 @01:18PM (#46769412)

I didn't downmod, but it's probably because they are represented by population in the House, a coequal chamber which approves the budget (and the Speaker of which is next in line for POTUS after the VP). States have equal representation in Senate so one high-population state can't write laws that only benefit them, or are disadvantageous to smaller states.

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