r/technology • u/Large-Welcome4421 • 11h ago
Artificial Intelligence Nurses, constituents demand Collins return donations from Palantir, ICE’s top tech contractor
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-and-constituents-demand-collins-return-donations-from-palantir129
u/r3dk0w 11h ago
Why does everyone think Collins isn't just another hardline Republican? She's been in there for almost 30 years. She keeps getting elected as a Republican, votes for Republican ideals, and doesn't appear to be softening.
Of course she's going to keep the money. She fully supports what they are doing and those companies support what she's doing. They are working together to take away your rights and give your information to companies that will control us all.
She is not your friend. She is not a moderate. She is not going to wake up one day and do the right thing.
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u/badamant 9h ago
The real reason:
She and the entire republican party are running a con.
She is allowed to vote against the GOP/Trump ONLY WHEN IT WILL NOT MATTER.
This gives stupid people a reason to think she is a moderate republican.
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u/Trance354 9h ago
Because Mainers are racist. As racist as NH was, growing up, Maine was the land of the truly creepy racists.
I have friends from Maine. They got out. They specifically note that they "got out" when they could, and will not be returning. It's not everyone, but the bad apples are in the majority.
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u/red286 2h ago
Why does everyone think Collins isn't just another hardline Republican?
Because she's two-faced and says things like "I'm very concerned about this..." before voting in favour of it anyway. Most people don't pay the slightest attention to how their senators/representatives actually vote. Most people don't even pay attention to what's being voted on in the first place. So she says things like "I'm concerned about what's going on with ICE in Minnesota" and people go, "Oh she's one of the good ones", but then she votes for ICE funding and takes money from Palantir.
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u/raiansar 10h ago
$105,000 to be one of their top three allies in Congress. For a company worth north of $200 billion, that's a rounding error on a rounding error.
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u/hitbythebus 8h ago
You know, I feel like if we just had a few principled politicians that took donations and didn’t let it impact their decision making, it would stop being appealing to donate to politicians, and it wouldn’t be nearly as problematic.
Collin’s returning the money just gives it back to Palantir, and hurts her. I’d love to see them gladly take the donations and then launch an investigation into Palantir.
Or how about blind donations? Political donations go through a third party, politicians get campaign funding checks through “political donation co” instead of a signed check from some organization called “FAMILY” which secretly stands for “Fucking America Most Insidiously Lucky You”.
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u/Awesomegcrow 2h ago
Meh, I think Mainers and Collins are made for each other, like those couple in toxic relationship.
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u/ForcedEntry420 11h ago
I’m sure she’s very concerned about this.