📺 On the Season 1 finale of The Axios Show, Axios co-founder Mike Allen asks Palantir CEO Alex Karp if he’s worried about a surveillance state. His answer flipped the script: Worry less about the government watching you — and more about companies tracking you to sell stuff. “That’s the reality of life in the West.” Watch the full episode — linked in bio. | Axios

📺 On the Season 1 finale of The Axios Show, Palantir CEO Alex Karp shares his take on the Democratic Party’s mistake with men. “Democrats just completely neglect males. ... It’s admirable to be a ... high-testosterone male. And ... you have the general vibe in the Democratic Party that there’s something wrong. ... I don’t find it very appealing as a dude.” ▶️ Watch the full episode on YouTube: link in bio. | Axios

At an Axios News Shapers event Wednesday, Sen. Thom Tillis said that the Trump administration should “release the damn” Jeffrey Epstein files as the best way to put the whole issue in the rearview. WHY IT MATTERS: The Justice Department’s handling of evidence in the case driven the most enduring conflict between Trump and his MAGA base of this term — and the fallout has has roiled Congress. “It makes no sense to me,” Tillis told Axios’ Stef Kight at an Axios News Shapers event Wednesday, referri