The Hound | July 9

Hi there,

It’s Thursday. Nine people connected to a July 4th noise demonstration outside a Texas ICE detention center last year have collectively received 562 years in federal prison — the longest sentences ever handed down to a group of political anarchist defendants in U.S. history.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, NBC News, ABC News, and other mainstream outlets to cover the Prairieland sentences — all 562 years of them — as what legal experts, the National Lawyers Guild, and the defendants' own supporters say they are: a coordinated government crackdown on dissent.

This is not a crime story. It is a political prosecution — and it is part of a deliberate, expanding pattern. Similar federal indictments have now been filed against activists in Minnesota and Spokane. University of Michigan protesters have been charged. A pro-Palestine activist received 19 years. The public deserves reporting that connects these prosecutions into the chilling pattern they form.

In addition, Trump blows up his Iran deal — striking the country multiple times in the past day. And a judge ordered the release of nearly $6 million Trump owed to E. Jean Carroll.

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

Then They Came for the Anarchists: Prairieland Defendants Sentenced to 562 Years (Unicorn Riot)

Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal (The American Prospect)

Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk. (ProPublica)

Judge Orders Release of $5.8 Million Trump Owes E. Jean Carroll (The New Republic)

It’s Time for Maine to Ditch Platner — But Not the Politics That Won Over Voters (The Intercept)

California colleges reveal their military weapons stockade after CalMatters investigation (AP News)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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