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Palantir CEO Alex Karp, previously known for aligning with the Trump administration and criticizing Democrats, told Politico he has 'been a Democrat my whole life' and described Palantir's products as 'essentially progressive,' using the word 'progressive' eight times in the interview. The shift follows Democratic gains in last week's midterm elections, which gave the party more control over congressional oversight.
Time magazine reports that in December, weeks before U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro, President Trump met privately with Elon Musk and spent hours questioning Musk's Grok chatbot about how Venezuelans would react to Maduro's removal. Grok reportedly told Trump that Maduro was an unpopular dictator whose fall would be celebrated, a prediction a source says Trump saw as vindicated once celebrations followed the January 3 invasion.
After a March 2025 executive order targeted the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund for elimination, B:Side Capital CEO faced an existential threat to the SBA-backed lender's operations. Rather than scrambling for a new strategy, the CEO relied on a previously established written code of decision-making principles to guide the organization through the weekend crisis and present a plan to staff and board by Monday.