💡 Share this on X and Bluesky! Palantir, the data analytics company whose software powers the Trump administration's deportation operations, has hired a former Democratic senator and a team of Democratic lobbyists with close ties to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, adding to a growing roster of Democrat-connected operatives the company has brought on in recent months. The company registered Avoq LLC as a lobbying firm effective May 1, according to a disclosure signed on June 15.