One week. Two Americas. Here's what happened:
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Feb 1 (Sunday) β Grammys: Billie Eilish and Kehlani say "f*** ICE." Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Joni Mitchell, and more stars wear "ICE Out" pins. Standing ovations.
π° Feb 2 (Monday) β Palantir Technologies posts record earnings: 70% YoY growth, $4.3B in contracts. Karp defends ICE work, invokes Fourth Amendment. Stock jumps 5%.
π Feb 3 (Tuesday) β Wall Street celebrates. Cultural backlash simmers.
π Feb 4 (Wednesday) β NYC Comptroller (overseeing $311B in pension funds) demands independent human rights assessment of Palantir's ICE work.
π Feb 8 (Sunday) β Super Bowl LX: Bad Bunny's halftime show centers "Together, We Are America."
π¬π§ Feb 9 (Monday) β Palantir announces Β£20M UK defense contract for AI-powered military wargaming.
TLDR: Artists protest ICE β Palantir celebrates profits from government surveillance β Investors demand accountability β Culture promotes unity β Palantir expands defense work internationally.
This isn't just about one company or one earnings call. It's about the gap between what we say we believe and what we're actually willing to fund.
I spent the week connecting these dots, from Karp's shareholder letter to the institutional pushback to the UK expansion nobody's talking about.
Where do you stand? Read the full analysis in my latest newsletter β¬οΈ
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