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Let’s cut the niceties. You have stood by — or worse, cheered — while Donald Trump transforms the United States government into a surveillance regime straight out of 1984. The executive order to consolidate government data, paired with Palantir Technologies’ deepening contracts across federal agencies, is a clear attempt to build an authoritarian data infrastructure that no freedom-loving American should tolerate. Yet you’ve said nothing. You’ve done nothing. You are complicit. Palantir is now embedded in the IRS, DHS, HHS, ICE, and is in talks with the SSA and Department of Education. Their software is being used to merge highly sensitive data: bank accounts, medical records, disability status, tax filings, immigration history — all under one roof. This isn’t about “efficiency.” This is about control. We’ve seen this before. The Stasi in East Germany. The KGB in the Soviet Union. China’s Communist Party, using data to monitor and punish dissent. Trump isn’t hiding his intentions. He wants this infrastructure so he can retaliate against critics, profile immigrants, and reward loyalists. This isn’t theoretical — it’s already happening. And by your silence, you are endorsing it. And now we’re hearing reports that this data operation may be paired with social media tracking. That’s not law enforcement. That’s a digital loyalty test. That’s Thought Police. It is the stuff of Orwell’s worst nightmares — and it’s happening here, now, under your watch. You like to talk about the Constitution. Show me where in the Constitution it says the president can use government records to create a centralized database on the American people, mined by private corporations, for political purposes. You won’t find it. What you are defending is not constitutional conservatism — it’s fascism wrapped in a flag. Let me be absolutely clear: You are not protecting freedom. You are enabling tyranny. If you had a shred of courage, you would: • Call for a full congressional investigation into the Trump–Palantir data operation. • Support an immediate freeze on any further data-sharing between agencies. • Demand accountability for how this data is being used — and misused. But if your plan is to keep playing loyal foot soldier to a man actively dismantling the republic, then know this: Your legacy will be that of a collaborator, not a patriot. We’re not asleep. We’re not going away. And we will remember exactly who sold out the people they swore to represent. Do your job — or get out of the way.