The Hound | April 21

Hi there,

It’s Tuesday. The American labor movement set up a centralized strike fund to support workers, adding organizing support to workers. Some news sites in the Middle East have been uncovered as US government propaganda. And Trump is pushing a massive financial lifeline to the United Arab Emirates despite the massive business ties with Trump’s family.

When financial relationships, foreign governments, and presidential decision-making intersect, the central question is not strategy—it is whether public power is being used for private or political gain. Framing it as policy obscures the possibility of self-dealing.

🖊️ Add your name to call on major news organizations to cover this development clearly and forcefully as a corruption issue—examining financial ties, potential conflicts of interest, and who stands to benefit.

The public deserves reporting that follows the money and names corruption when it appears, not coverage that normalizes it.

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

Trump Considers Bailing Out His Family’s Major Business Partner (The New Republic)

Union Now Is America’s New Strike Fund (The American Prospect)

Trump’s Approval Rating Sinks to Lowest Point of His Second Term (Mother Jones)

With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington (AP News)

Who owns presidential records? Trump's Justice Department says it's him (NPR)

These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations (The Intercept)

Polymarket in fundraising talks that could value the prediction platform at $15bn (The Guardian)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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