Steve Early is a Richmond resident, East Bay DSA member, longtime RPA supporter, and author of Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City (Beacon Press).
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.