Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who gave $2M to Republicans, now says he is a Democrat
- Newsrooms
- 7
- Last 3 hours
- 1 report
- Momentum
- Steady
0 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Probably peaked. Likely 7 to 8 newsrooms by 8:29am AEDT. Calls like this were right 93% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 93% of the past week’s 4154 stories, and number 116 of 1882 in News.
1Palantir CEO Alex Karp told Politico he has been a Democrat his whole life and called Palantir’s products “essentially progressive,” a week after Democrats swept the US midterms. Karp’s company helps power ICE deportations, and he put roughly $2 million into largely Republican causes, including MAGA
In The Times of India’s words.2
Background: Alex Karp
Alexander Caedmon Karp is an American billionaire businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies.3
The bigger story: Alex Karp
2 developments since Thu 12 Nov. 1 more since this one.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who gave $2M to Republicans, now says he is a Democrat
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- Alex Karp Said He’s a ‘Progressive.’ OK! Here’s Some Other Stuff He’s Said Recently
1 newsroom. Linked by Alex Karp, progressive
The story so far
7 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 7
- Newsrooms and sources
- 7
- Last 3 hours
- 1
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (1 in the last three hours, 0 in the three before).
First with it: The New Republic, 29 min before anyone else.
Reported by 7 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
- Newsrooms
- 7
- Over
- 21.4 hr
- To three newsrooms
- 58 min
Newsrooms on it each counted once
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 12 Nov, 2:51am AEDT | The New Republic | 1 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 3:20am AEDT | Washington Examiner | 2 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 3:49am AEDT | Business Insider | 3 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 8:00am AEDT | The Washington Post | 4 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 10:00am AEDT | The Hill | 5 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 3:45pm AEDT | Le Monde | 6 |
| Fri, 13 Nov, 12:13am AEDT | The Times of India | 7 |



