Soros-backed, pro-China network fuels protests against US tech firms

As the U.S. and Israel continued joint military strikes against Iran earlier this week, a woman pounded on a piñata resembling President Donald Trump as a small crowd cheered and clapped.

But the scene wasn’t in Tehran.

It was Aventura, Florida, outside Miami, near the new headquarters of Palantir Technologies, a government contractor that is supporting U.S. military and immigration enforcement operations, including "Project Maven," an enterprise that uses artificial intelligence and...