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Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by charcircuit on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:57PM (#46762032)
ICE is bringing order to the country as they are law enforcement.
Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by pcj-github on Monday January 26, 2026 @01:17AM (#46762400)
You're either joking, deaf and blind, or mentally retarded to believe this.
Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by donkeybeer on Monday January 26, 2026 @04:17AM (#46763443)
This guy's one of those I called genetically incapable of freedom. I have seen him in the past claiming he works in his free time out of his own wish to create locked down computing devices. Imagine what kind of person does that out of genuine desire instead of being paid a good sum by a FAANG for.
Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by cthalupa on Monday January 26, 2026 @01:31AM (#46762483)
ICE's remit is dealing with immigration. They are not general purpose law enforcement, despite this administration seemingly using them as such.

But that's also not really the point, so we can even presume they are, because the root of the argument is the same either way. Just having a title or being ordered to do something by a politician does not automatically mean they are bringing order to the country. There is a reason the founding fathers set the country up the way they did, with multiple checks and balances, separate branches, etc. They went out of their way to make it that no one branch would have unlimited power.

That means that order in this country fundamentally is based on those checks and balances being adhered to. Any unilateral shift away from that is fundamentally pulling us into a more disordered state. I wish seances were a thing because I would love to hear the founders' take on "Masked men ordered here by a unitary executive branch detain and arrest random people including US citizens for the purpose of making sure they are here legally, while also using a private ledger to determine where the citizen's legally recognized documents are valid."

But we can go even more fundamentally than that: The label on a thing does not make it the thing. They can call themselves law enforcement while still breaking the law. It happens to real law enforcement all the time - cops can and do get punished for crimes they commit, at least sometimes.

Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by FireBeyond on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:44PM (#46773389)
Then why would the head of DHS offer to the state governor to pull them out of the state if Minnesota turned over its state electoral and other records to Trump's administration, in defiance of court orders and laws prohibiting it?