The Hound | April 1

Hi there,

It’s Wednesday. A federal judge approved the Trump administration’s request for the University of Pennsylvania to give them a list of Jewish employees (no, this is not an April Fools joke). New data shows the Trump DOJ dropped more than 23,000 criminal investigations as it shifted attorneys to immigration work. And Trump signed a new, illegal executive order on voting attempting to suppress the vote before the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump’s new executive order targeting voter rolls and mail-in ballots is being framed as an effort to ensure “election integrity.” But its real impact could be to make voting harder—by increasing scrutiny of voter lists, restricting access to mail ballots, and creating new barriers that disproportionately affect eligible voters. Changes like these don’t just tweak the system—they risk excluding people from it. Framing this as neutral election management obscures how such policies function in practice: as voter suppression.

🖊️ Add your name to call on major news organizations to cover this executive order clearly and directly as a voter suppression issue—examining who will be affected, how access to voting could change, and why these measures are being pursued now.

Democracy depends on voters understanding when their rights are at risk. The media must tell that story plainly.

Read about this, and more, with today’s stories:

Trump signs a new executive order on voting. Experts say he lacks the authority (NPR)

Trump's FCC Chief Says His Censorship Protects the Little Guy. It Really Serves One Powerful Man. (The Intercept)

Notes for Next Time (The American Prospect)

Ex-FBI agents who worked on Trump cases sue agency and DoJ over firings (The Guardian)

Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees in US discrimination probe (AP News)

MAGA Furious as Trump Restores Planned Parenthood Funding (The New Republic)

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration (ProPublica)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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