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The Hound | Aug. 3

The Hound | Aug. 3

Trump asks SCOTUS to revise voting rules before midterms, two arrested over threats made in Nolan Wells case in Mississippi, and more.

August 03, 2026

Hi there,

It’s Monday. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche — Trump's former personal defense lawyer — used the power of the Justice Department to hand the president something no American has ever received: blanket immunity from IRS audits, investigations, and prosecution for any federal tax offense he or his family may have committed, permanently.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Todd Blanche's confirmation not as a routine Senate proceeding, but as a referendum on whether the Justice Department will be permanently converted into the president's personal law firm.

This is not an attorney general doing his job. It is a personal fixer doing the president's bidding — using the full legal authority of the United States government to shield one man and his family from the tax accountability that applies to every other American citizen. When the nation's top law enforcement officer grants the president immunity from prosecution and then lies about it to Congress, that is corruption in plain sight.

In addition, ICE is building a massive DNA database through immigration arrests. And, the Trump administration wants to privatize the TSA — returning things to how they were before 9/11.

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

As Blanche’s path to confirmation is cleared, Trump’s tax audit immunity remains in place (AP News)

ICE Is Using Immigration Arrests to Build a Massive DNA Database (The New Republic)

TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a Dangerous Past (The American Prospect)

For college students, a school’s state politics can matter as much as its academics (The 19th News)

Nolan Wells death: at least two people charged over alleged threats to officials (The Guardian)

Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new mail ballot restrictions in the 2026 midterms (Votebeat)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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