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Big Tech pivots left

November 12, 2026 · 23 min

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Playbook co-author Adam Wren sat down with Palantir CEO Alex Karp and former Montana Sen. Jon Tester for a conversation that cut across party lines. They dug into why Karp considers himself a progressive despite his ties with the Trump administration, how the two are sizing up a new Democratic Congress and what message the midterms sent to Silicon Valley's power players. 

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